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1962 Giro Di Lombardia
The 1962 Giro di Lombardia was the 56th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 20 October 1962. The race started in Milan and finished in Como. The race was won by Jo de Roo of the Saint-Raphaël (cycling team), Saint-Raphaël team. General classification References

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Jo De Roo
Johan De Roo (born 5 July 1937) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist between 1958 and 1968. During 11 seasons as a professional he had six victories in single-day classics, three stages of the Tour de France and one stage of the Vuelta a España. He had 46 wins as a professional. He was the most successful rider from Zeeland until the emergence of Jan Raas. Career details De Roo caught the eye in 1957 as a 20-year-old amateur when he took two stages in the Olympia’s Tour as well as winning the Omloop van de Kempen. The following year he turned professional with the Dutch Magneet-Vredestein team, with which he stayed for two seasons. In 1960 he moved to the Helyett, which had Jacques Anquetil as leader. He rode for five years with Anquetil at Helyett and then at St-Raphaël. In 1960 he rode his first Tour de France, abandoning after stage 14 and saying the Tour was not for him. 1962 was De Roo’s best year as a professional. He won the Gerrit Schulte Trophy as ...
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Vito Taccone
Vito Taccone (6 May 1940 – 15 October 2007) was an Italian road cyclist. Taccone made his professional debut in 1961. In the same year he won the Giro di Lombardia. During the 1964 Tour de France, he was accused of causing other cyclists to fall , leading to a fight with Spanish racer Fernando Manzaneque and his non-appearance in following tours. His other victories include one Giro del Piemonte (1962), one Giro della Toscana (1963), one Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ev ... (1965) and five stages overall at the 1963 Giro d'Italia. In June 2007, he was arrested and charged with selling counterfeit and stolen clothing. References External links ''La Stampa'' obituary (Italian)* 1940 births 2007 deaths People from Avezzano Italian male cy ...
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1962 In Road Cycling
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ...
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Idrio Bui
Idrio Bui (14 June 1932 – 15 December 2022) was an Italian racing cyclist. He raced professionally from 1957 to 1964. Awards Amateur *Winner of the (1952, 1953, 1955) *Winner of the (1952) *Winner of the (1954) *Winner of the Coppa Sabatini (1956) Professional *Winner of the (1958) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bui, Idrio 1932 births 2022 deaths Italian male cyclists People from Sinalunga ...
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Jos Hoevenaers
Jos Hoevenaers (30 November 1932, in Antwerp – 14 June 1995, in Wilrijk) was a Belgian cyclist, reputed for his attacking style. In 1960 he wore the pink jersey of leadership for eight days in the Giro d'Italia, but Jacques Anquetil won instead. Bad luck, and inadequate time-trialling and sprinting stopped Hoevenaers' becoming the best Belgian Tour rider of his generation. Major results ;1955 : Berliner Rundfahrt (U23) ;1956 : Berliner Rundfahrt (U23) : Liège-Marche-Liège : Final classification Ster van Ieper ;1957 : Omloop der drie Proviniciën : Omloop van Midden-België : Tour de Catalonia: Stage 3A ;1958 : Mandel-Leie-Schelde : Final classification Rome-Naples-Rome ;1959 : La Flèche Wallonne ;1960 : Driedaagse van Antwerpen Stage 1A : Brussel-Sint-Truiden stage 2 ;1961 : Schaal Sels ;1962 : Omloop van Midden-België ;1964 : Omloop van Midden-Brabant : Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen : Berner Rundfahrt Tours de France *1958 – 10th, 1 day in yellow jersey *1959 †...
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Armand Desmet
Armand Desmet (23 January 1931 – 17 November 2012) nieuwsblad.be
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was a professional road bicycle racer. Desmet was born in , and competed professionally between 1955 and 1967. He was the first winner of the and

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Ercole Baldini
Ercole Baldini (26 January 1933 – 1 December 2022) was an Italian cyclist. As an amateur he won an Olympic gold medal in the road race and the world title in the individual pursuit on track, both in 1956.
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Next year he turned professional, and in 1958 won the world title in the road race and the Giro d'Italia. He continued competing on track and won bronze medals in the individual pursuit at the world championships of 1960 and 1964.


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Baldini was born at Villanova di Forlì. At 21 he set the for

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Angelo Conterno
Angelo Conterno (13 March 1925 – 1 December 2007) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s who is most famous for becoming the first Italian to win the Vuelta a España. At the 1956 Vuelta after winning Stage 2 and capturing the golden jersey, Conterno, in one of the closest Vuelta's in history, outlasted Spaniard Jesus Loroño to win the overall title by just 13 seconds. The following year, Loroño won the 1957 Vuelta a España without Conterno in attendance. Earlier in his career, Conterno wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification for a day when he won the second stage of the 1952 Giro d'Italia. Beyond his three-stage victories in the Giro d'Italia, he won the 1959 Züri-Metzgete. Major achievements ;1952 – Frejus : 5th, Overall, Giro d’Italia :: 1st, Stage 2, (Abetone - Montecatini Terme, 197 km) :: general classification leader (after Stage 2) ;1953 – Frejus : 5th, Overall, Giro d'Italia ;1954 & ...
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Emile Daems
Emile Daems (born 4 April 1938) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. Major results ;1960 :1st, Giro dell'Appennino :1st, Giro di Lombardia :1st, Nationale Sluitingsprijs :1st, Stages 9a and 19, Giro d'Italia ;1961 :1st, Tour of Sardinia :1st, Stages 3, Tour de France ;1962 :1st, Milan–San Remo :1st, Stage 2a, Paris–Nice :13th, Overall, Tour de France ::1st, Stages 5, 16 and 18 ::2nd, points classification ;1963 :1st, Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the ' Monuments' or classics of th ... References * 1938 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners People from Rixensart Cyclists from Walloon Brabant {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ...
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Livio Trapè
Livio Trapè (born 26 May 1937) is a former Italian cyclist. At the 1960 Olympics he won a gold medal in the team time trial and a silver medal in the individual road race. After that he turned professional and competed until 1966, albeit with little success.Livio Trapè
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1937 births Living people Italian male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Italy
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Saint-Raphaël (cycling Team)
Saint-Raphaël was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1954 to 1964. Its main sponsor was French Apéritif and digestif, apéritif brand . From 1959 to 1961, a sister team existed, Rapha–Gitane–Dunlop. One of its champion riders was Jacques Anquetil. Major results ;1955 :Stage 5 Paris–Nice, Gilbert Bauvin :Montluçon Criterium, Louis Bergaud :Bonnat, Creuse, Bonnat Criterium, Claude Colette :Tour du Vaucluse, Russell Mockridge :Stages 1 & 2 1955 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España, Gilbert Bauvin :Étoile du Léon, Pierre Barbotin :Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier Criterium, Claude Colette :Circuit des Deux Ponts, Claude Colette :Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné, Maurice Lampre :Stage 9 1955 Tour de France, Tour de France, Raphaël Géminiani :Prix du Chasselas: Maurice Bertrand :Issoire Criterium: Louis Bergaud : Overall Lyon–Montluçon–Lyon, Claude Colette ::Stage 1, Maurice Lampre ;1956 : National Cyclo-cross Championship, Andrè Dufraisse : UCI Cyclo-cross W ...
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Como
Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps has made Como a tourist destination, and the city contains numerous works of art, churches, gardens, museums, theatres, parks, and palaces: the ''Como Cathedral, Duomo'', seat of the Diocese of Como; the Basilica of Sant'Abbondio; the Villa Olmo; the public gardens with the Tempio Voltiano; the Teatro Sociale; the ''Broletto'' or the city's medieval town hall; and the 20th-century Casa del Fascio (Como), Casa del Fascio. With 215,320 overnight guests in 2013, Como was the fourth-most visited city in Lombardy after Milan, Bergamo, and Brescia. In 2018, Como surpassed Bergamo becoming the third most visited city in Lombardy with 1.4 million arrivals. Como was the birthplace of many historical figures, including the poet Caeciliu ...
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