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1940 Giro D'Italia
The 1940 Giro d'Italia was the 28th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The race began on 17 May 1940 in Milan with a stage that stretched to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 9 June 1940 after a stage and a total distance covered of . The race was won by Fausto Coppi (at his first participation) of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Enrico Mollo and Giordano Cottur coming in second and third respectively. Coppi, who was 20 years old at the time, is the youngest winner of the Giro. Participants Of the 91 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 17 May 1940, 47 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 9 June May. Riders were allowed to ride as a member of a team or group; 41 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 50 competed as a part of a group. The eight teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Legnano, Gloria, Olympia, Lygie, Gerbi. Each team started with either six or seven riders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Coppi
Angelo Fausto Coppi (; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the World War II, Second World War. His successes earned him the title ''Il Campionissimo'' ("Champion of Champions"). He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a great sprinter. He won the Giro d'Italia five times (1940 Giro d'Italia, 1940, 1947 Giro d'Italia, 1947, 1949 Giro d'Italia, 1949, 1952 Giro d'Italia, 1952, 1953 Giro d'Italia, 1953), the Tour de France twice (1949 Tour de France, 1949 and 1952 Tour de France, 1952), and the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Championship in 1953 UCI Road World Championships, 1953. Other notable results include winning the Giro di Lombardia five times, the Milan–San Remo three times, as well as wins at Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne and setting the hour record (45.798 km) in 1942. Early life and amat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisa
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the city contains more than twenty other historic churches, several medieval palaces, and bridges across the Arno. Much of the city's architecture was financed from its history as one of the Italian maritime republics. The city is also home to the University of Pisa, which has a history going back to the 12th century, the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, founded by Napoleon in 1810, and its offshoot, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa Information statistics History ...
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Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primo Volpi
Primo Volpi (26 April 1916 – 28 November 2006) was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1947 and 1948 Tour de France. Major results ;1940 : 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia ;1945 : 2nd Giro di Campania : 3rd Giro del Piemonte ;1946 : 10th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1948 : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1949 : 1st Stage 7 Giro di Sicilia : 1st Stage 4 Giro del Lazio ;1950 : 1st Stage 14 Tour d'Algérie : 2nd Giro di Toscana ;1951 : 1st Overall Giro di Sicilia : 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya ;1952 : 1st Coppa Bernocchi : 1st Coppa Sabatini ;1953 : 1st Coppa Sabatini : 1st Stage 6 GP Mediterraneo : 1st Stage 5 Giro di Sicilia : 3rd Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria : 4th Giro del Veneto ;1954 : 1st Overall Tour d'Europe ::1st Stage 11 : 7th Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 6 : 9th Giro di Lombardia ;1955 : 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Asturias Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arezzo
Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. As of 2022, the population was about 97,000. Known as the city of gold and of the high fashion, Arezzo was home to artists and poets such as Giorgio Vasari, Guido of Arezzo and Guittone d'Arezzo and in its province to Renaissance artist Michelangelo. In the artistic field, the city is famous for the frescoes by Piero della Francesca inside the Basilica of San Francesco, and the crucifix by Cimabue inside the Basilica of San Domenico. The city is also known for the important Giostra del Saracino, a game of chivalry that dates back to the Middle Ages. History Described by Livy as one of the ''Capita Etruriae'' (Etruscan capitals), Arezzo (''Aritim'' in Etruscan) is believed to have been one of the twelve most important Etruscan cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terni
Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is northeast of Rome and 81 km south of the regional capital, Perugia. The Latin name means "between-two-rivers", in reference to its location on the confluence of the Nera river Nera may refer to: People * Nera Smajic (born 1984), Bosnian-born Swedish footballer * Nera Stipičević (born 1983), Croatian actress * Nera White (1935–2016), American basketball player * André António Ribeiro Novais (born 1988), Portuguese ... ( Ancient Umbrian ''Nahar'', lat, Nār, Nahar) and the Serra stream. When disambiguation was needed, it was referred to as ''Interamna Nahars''. Its inhabitants were known in Latin as ''Interamnātēs Na(ha)rtēs''. Interamna was founded as an Ancient Roman town, albeit settlements in the Terni area well precede th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Generati
Walter Generati (Solara, Bomporto, 8 September 1913 — Modena, 8 February 2001) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who won the third stage in the 1937 Tour de France. Major results ;1937 :Torino - Ceriale :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...: ::Winner stage 3 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 11 ::6th place overall classification ;1938 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 4B ::6th place overall classification ;1940 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 7 ::7th place overall classification External links *Official Tour de France results for Walter Generati Italian male cyclists 1913 births 2001 deaths Italian Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from the Province of Modena Cyclists from Emilia-Romagna {{Italy-cycling-bio-1910s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiuggi
Fiuggi ( Central-Northern Latian dialect: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Frosinone in the region of Lazio in central Italy. The town of Fiuggi became famous for its Acqua di Fiuggi (Fiuggi Water) which flows from its natural springs and mountains. The water has been used in Italy since as early as the 14th century and is famous for its purported healing properties. History Fiuggi, originally called Anticoli di Campagna, gained fame as early as the 14th century, when Pope Boniface VIII claimed his kidney stones had been healed by the mineral waters from the nearby Fiuggi spring. Two centuries later Michelangelo also extolled the virtues of the water that cured him of what he called "the only kind of stone I couldn't love." Soon ''Acqua di Fiuggi'' was being sent in bottles to all of Europe's royalty. Not until the turn of the 20th century did it become fashionable to make pilgrimages to spa towns, and it was around this time that the King of Italy renamed Anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glauco Servadei
Glauco Servadei (27 July 1913 – 27 December 1968) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Servadei won 6 stages in the Giro d'Italia and two in the Tour de France. He also competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1931 :Giro dell'Emilia ;1937 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stages 15 and 18 ;1938 :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 6B and 20 ;1939 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 9A ;1940 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stages 6, 14 and 18 ;1942 :Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup) ... :Milano - Mantova ;1943 :Giro della provincia Milano References External links *Official Tour de France results for Glauco Servadei 1913 births 1968 deaths Italian male cyclists Italian Tour de France stage w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
