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1965 Giro D'Italia
The 1965 Giro d'Italia was the 48th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in San Marino, on 15 May, with a stage and concluded in Florence, on 6 June, with a leg. A total of 100 riders from 10 teams entered the 22-stage race, which was won by Italian Vittorio Adorni of the Salvarani team. The second and third places were taken by Italian riders Italo Zilioli and Felice Gimondi, respectively. Teams Ten teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1965 edition of the Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 100 cyclists. From the riders that began the race, 80 made it to the finish in Florence. The teams entering the race were: Route and stages The race route was revealed to the public on 25 March 1965 by race director Vincenzo Torriani. San Marino hosted the start of the race, which marked the first time in race history that the race began outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Adorni
Vittorio Adorni (14 November 1937 – 24 December 2022) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Early life and amateur career Adorni was born in San Lazzaro di Parma on 14 November 1937.L'Eqquipe, Profile of Vittorio Adorni Lequipe.fr. Retrieved on 24 July 2015. He was a talented amateur and showed early talent at riding alone. He began racing in 1955Vittorio ADORNI uci.ch and won the national amateur pursuit championship in 1959. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Dancelli
Michele Dancelli (born 8 May 1942) is an Italian former road racing cyclist. His main victories include one Milan–San Remo (1970), the 1966 Flèche Wallonne, three editions of the Giro dell'Appennino (1965–1967), two Trofeo Laigueglia (1968 and 1970). He also won 11 stages in total in the Giro d'Italia and one stage in the 1969 Tour de France. Major results ;1963 : 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships : 3rd Giro di Lombardia : 9th Giro dell'Emilia ;1964 : 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato : 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia : 1st Corsa Coppi : 1st Col San Martino : 3rd Giro di Campania : 4th Coppa Placci : 6th Giro di Lombardia ;1965 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stages 1 & 5 Giro d'Italia : 1st Giro del Veneto : 1st Giro dell'Appennino : 1st Grand Prix de Cannes : 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato : 1st Giro di Campania : 1st GP Montelupo : 1st Coppa Placci : 1st Giro dell'Emilia : 2nd Trofeo Baracchi : 2nd Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Brands
Frans Brands (31 May 1940 in Berendrecht – 9 February 2008 in Blankenberge) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Brands won a stage in the 1963 Tour de France and in the 1965 Giro d'Italia, and was the winner of the 1967 Tour de Luxembourg. Major results ;1961 :Rummen ;1963 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 18 ;1964 :München - Zürich :Pléneour-Lanver :GP Stad Vilvoorde :Sint-Amandsberg :Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen :Zellik :Kapellen ;1965 :Roosendaal : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 8 :Stabroek :Sint-Lenaerts :Bilzen :Ossendrecht :Nationale Sluitingsprijs :Tour de France: ::8th place overall classification ;1966 :Omloop van West-Brabant :Polder-Kempen :Visé :Essen ;1967 :Omloop der drie Proviniciën :De Pinte :Tour de Luxembourg :Auvelais ;1968 :Nokere Koerse :Herenthout :Oud-Turnhout :Buggenhout :Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a semi classic European bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. Since 2005, the race is orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catanzaro
Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanzaru ; , or , ''Katastaríoi Lokrói''; ; la, Catacium), also known as the "City of the two Seas", is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabria. The archbishop's seat was the capital of the province of Calabria Ultra for over 200 years. It houses the University "Magna Græcia", the second-largest university in Calabria. Catanzaro is an urban centre, with much activity, including some coastal towns, such as Sellia Marina and Soverato, and the municipalities of Silas, with a total of 156,196 inhabitants. Catanzaro is being consolidated to form a greater metropolitan area, by the Region of Calabria, and in connection with the town of Lamezia Terme, comprising 10 municipalities. This will lead to the creation of an integrated area involving over 200,000 inhabitants. During the summer months, the Ioni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Armani
Luciano Armani (12 October 1940 – 4 February 2023) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. In the 1971 Tour de France, Luis Ocaña was leading the race after his great victory in the 11th stage, Eddy Merckx was more than 10 minutes behind. After the rest day, Merckx attacked in the 12th stage from the start, following his teammate Rini Wagtmans. Armani and some other cyclists joined them, and the group stayed away. In the peloton, the teams of Luis Ocaña and Cyrille Guimard (the holder of the green jersey) were trying to get the group back. The entire stage (245 km) the difference stayed between 40 seconds and two minutes. At the end of the stage, Armani surprised Merckx, and the difference was 1 minute and 50 seconds. Because of the high speed of the stage (45,351 km/h), the finish was reached 90 minutes faster than the fastest time schedule of the organizers, which caused a chaos. The latest group of cyclists had to fight to finish the race in the allowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maratea
Maratea (; nap, Marathia, label= Marateota ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' of Basilicata, in the province of Potenza. It is the only ''comune'' of the region on the Tyrrhenian coast, and is known as "the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian". Owing to the considerable number of its churches and chapels it has also been described as "the town with 44 churches". Geography Maratea is the only town of Basilicata on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It has approximately of rocky coastline, with more than twenty beaches. One of the main characteristics of Maratea is the variety of its landscapes, varying from breath-taking sea views to wooded hillsides and majestic mountains which sweep down to the sea creating steep cliffs. The Grotta di Maratea, or the Cave of Wonders, was discovered in 1929 by men building the Highway 18 from Calabria. The centre of the town (called ''Maratea Borgo'', meaning "Maratea's Old Town") is situated on the northern slopes of Mount San Biagio; other villages in the comune in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potenza
Potenza (, also , ; , Potentino dialect: ''Putenz'') is a ''comune'' in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania). Capital of the Province of Potenza and the Basilicata region, the city is the highest regional capital and one of the highest provincial capitals in Italy, overlooking the valley of the Basento river in the Apennine Mountains of Lucania, east of Salerno. Its territory is bounded by the comuni of Anzi, Avigliano, Brindisi Montagna, Picerno, Pietragalla, Pignola, Ruoti, Tito and Vaglio Basilicata. History of Potenza Ancient times The first settlement of Potentia (Potenza's original Latin name) was probably located at a lower elevation than at present, some south of today's Potenza. The Lucanians of Potentia sided against Rome's enemies during the latter's wars against the Samnites and the Bruttii. Subjugated during the 4th century BC (later gaining the status of ''municipium''), the Potentini rebelled after the Roman defeat at Cann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avellino
Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. History Before the Roman conquest, the ancient ''Abellinum'' was a centre of the Samnite Hirpini, located on the Civita hill some outside the current town, in what is now Atripalda. The city could correspond to the ancient ''Velecha'', documented by coins found in the area. ''Abellinum'' was conquered by the Roman Republic, Romans in 293 BC, changing name several times in the following centuries (''Veneria'', ''Livia'', ''Augusta'', ''Alexandriana'', and ''Abellinatium''). However, the construction of a true Roman town occurred only after the conquest by Lucius Cornelius Sulla in the Sulla's civil war, civil wars in 89 BC. He razed the old site and in 82 BC founded the colony Veneria Abellinatium on the left bank of the river Sabato. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriano Durante
Adriano Durante (24 July 1940 – 23 June 2009) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1963 :Giro del Lazio :Giro del Piemonte :Milano–Vignola :Giro di Campania : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 8 ;1964 :Giro della Romagna ;1965 :Col San Martino :Coppa Bernocchi :Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stages 4 and 9 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 13 ;1966 :Milano–Vignola ;1967 :Aiello del Friuli ;1968 :Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato ;1970 :Milano–Vignola The Milano–Vignola was a professional road bicycle race held annually in the Province of Modena, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in t ... External links *Official Tour de France results for Adriano Durante Italian male cyclists 1940 births Italian Tour de France stage winners Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners 2009 deaths Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benevento
Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and '' comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the Sabato. In 2020, Benevento has 58,418 inhabitants. It is also the seat of a Catholic archbishop. Benevento occupies the site of the ancient Beneventum, originally Maleventum or even earlier Maloenton. The meaning of the name of the town is evidenced by its former Latin name, translating as good or fair wind. In the imperial period it was supposed to have been founded by Diomedes after the Trojan War. Due to its artistic and cultural significance, the Santa Sofia Church in Benevento was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, as part of a group of seven historic buildings inscribed as Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.). A patron saint of Benevento is Saint Bartholomew, the Apostle, whose relics are kept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Galbo
Luciano Galbo (12 April 1943 – 23 September 2011) was an Italian racing cyclist. He won stage 3 of the 1965 Giro d'Italia The 1965 Giro d'Italia was the 48th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in San Marino, on 15 May, with a stage and concluded in Florence, on 6 June, with a leg. A total of 100 riders from 10 tea .... References External links * 1943 births 2011 deaths Italian male cyclists Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Place of birth missing Sportspeople from Padua Cyclists from the Province of Padua {{Italy-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
