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1966 Giro D'Italia
The 1966 Giro d'Italia was the 49th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Monaco's Monte Carlo, on 18 May, with a stage and concluded in Trieste, on 8 June, with a leg. A total of 100 riders from 13 teams entered the 22-stage race, which was won by Italian Gianni Motta of the Molteni team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Italo Zilioli and Frenchman Jacques Anquetil, respectively. The points classification was introduced in this edition. Teams A total of 10 teams were invited to participate in the 1966 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 100 cyclists. Out of the 100 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 83 riders made it to the finish in Trieste. The 10 teams that took part in the race were: Route and stages The race route was revealed to the public on 21 February 1966 by race director Vincenzo Torriani. With Monaco hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Motta
Gianni Motta (born 13 March 1943) is an Italian former bicycle racer who won the 1966 Giro d'Italia. Gianni Motta was born at Cassano d'Adda (Lombardy). His main victories include the Giro d'Italia (1966), a Giro di Lombardia (1964), a Tour de Suisse (1967) and two Tour de Romandie (1966, 1971). Like many before him, he turned to manufacture and sales of bicycles after his racing career. While at in 1968 Motta tested positive for a banned substance and his results in the 1968 Giro d'Italia were removed. Major results Sources: ;1964 : 1st Giro di Lombardia : 1st Coppa Bernocchi : 1st Trofeo Baracchi : 1st Stage 3b Tour de Romandie : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 21 : 2nd Giro dell'Appennino : 2nd Giro delle Tre Provincie : 3rd Giro del Veneto : 8th Coppa Placci ;1965 : 1st Tre Valli Varesine : 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 2nd GP Lugano : 3rd Overall Tour de France : 3rd Giro di Campania : 3rd Milano-Vignola : 4th Coppa Bernocchi : 5th Giro di Lombardia ... [...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] |
Rudi Altig
Rudi Altig (; 18 March 1937 – 11 June 2016) was a German professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. After his retirement from sports he worked as a television commentator. Amateur career Rudi Altig was born in Mannheim, Baden, Germany, an area which had produced good track riders.Sporting Cyclist, UK, December 1966 He began racing in 1952, following his older brother, Willi. The brothers teamed for madison and other two-man races, becoming the best in the country. The British promoter, Jim Wallace, booked Altig to ride with Hans Jaroszewicz at a meeting on Herne Hill velodrome in Good Friday in 1956. He said: What a pair they made! They just about slaughtered a top-class field of international riders, with all our best home lads. Only Michel Rousseau, later that year to become world sprint champion, was able to take a points sprint from them. That was in the first sprint, too; thereafter the German pair ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocca Di Cambio
Rocca di Cambio (locally ''Rocche 'i Cagne'') is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Located in the northern part of the Altopiano delle Rocche, the communal territory is included in the Sirente-Velino Regional Park. Sights include the Abbey of Santa Lucia and the nearby Campo Felice ski resort. Numerous buildings were damaged in the course of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, whose epicenter was located nearby, on the boundary with Lucoli. Twin towns * Saas-Fee Saas-Fee () is the main village in the Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village is situated on a high mountain plateau at 1,800 meters (5,900 feet), surrounded ..., Switzerland References Cities and towns in Abruzzo {{Abruzzo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaele Marcoli
Raffaele Marcoli (27 March 1940 in Turbigo, Italy– 29 August 1966 in Feriolo, Italy) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. He won 4 stages at the Giro d'Italia in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966. He also won the semi-classic race Coppa Bernocchi and Tirreno–Adriatico. He died with his girlfriend in a traffic collision accident on August 29, 1966, aged 26. Major results ;1962 : Gran Premio Somma : Coppa d'Inverno ;1963 : Milan-Vignola ::2nd ;1964 : Giro d'Italia ::Winner 11th stage ;1965 :Giro d'Italia ::Winner 12th and 17th stage ;1966 :Coppa Bernocchi :Giro d'Italia ::Winner 6th stage :Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ... ::Winner 3rd stage References 1940 births 1966 deaths Italian male cyclists Road incident deaths in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Vendramino Bariviera
Vendramino Bariviera (25 October 1937 – 23 November 2001) was an Italian racing cyclist who competed in the individual road race at the 1960 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics he turned professional and won several stages of the Giro d'Italia in 1963, 1964 and 1966. He rode the 1964 Tour de France The 1964 Tour de France was the 51st edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 22 June and 14 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of . Stages 3, 10 and 22 were all two-part stages with the first half ... and retired in 1967. His younger brother Renzo was an Olympic basketball player. References 1937 births 2001 deaths Italian male cyclists Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Olympic cyclists for Italy Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Rome Cyclists from the Province of Verona {{Italy-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chianciano Terme
Chianciano Terme is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about southeast of Siena. It is located between the Valdichiana and the Val d'Orcia. Chianciano Terme borders the following municipalities: Chiusi, Montepulciano, Pienza, Sarteano. History Chianciano Terme history dates back to the 5th century BC, when the Etruscans built a temple dedicated to the god of Good Health, close to the Silene springs where the newer quarter of Chianciano (the ''Terme'' section) stands today. News of the curative power of Chianciano's water became well known during Roman times, as Horace visited the area on the advice of his physician during the 1st century BC. Luxurious Roman villas were built in the area near the thermal baths. In 1993 bathhouse columns and an enormous tile-paved swimming pool have been excavated as part of a major spa complex unlike anything else ever found in the Siena region and one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Knapp
Giovanni Knapp (28 July 1943 – 21 February 2021) was an Italian racing cyclist. He won stage 4 of the 1966 Giro d'Italia The 1966 Giro d'Italia was the 49th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Monaco's Monte Carlo, on 18 May, with a stage and concluded in Trieste, on 8 June, with a leg. A total of 100 riders f .... He died after suffering a fall in February 2021 at the age of 77. References External links * 1943 births 2021 deaths People from Belluno Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Belluno {{Italy-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viareggio
Viareggio () is a city and ''comune'' in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city within the province of Lucca, after Lucca. It is known as a seaside resort as well as being the home of the famous carnival of Viareggio (dating back to 1873), and its papier-mâché floats, which (since 1925), parade along the promenade known as "Passeggiata a mare", in the weeks of Carnival. The symbol of the carnival of Viareggio and its official mask is Burlamacco, designed and invented by Uberto Bonetti in 1930. The city traces its roots back to the first half of the 16th century when it became the only gate to the sea for the Republic of Lucca. The oldest building in Viareggio, known as Torre Matilde, dates back to this time and was built by the Lucchesi in 1541 as a defensive fortification to fight the constant menace of corsair incursions. Viareggio is also an active industrial and manufacturing centre; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severino Andreoli
Severino Andreoli (born 8 January 1941) is a retired Italian road cyclist. Competing as amateur in the 100 km team time trial, he won an Olympics silver medal and a world title in 1964. He then turned professional and won one stage of the Giro d'Italia in 1966. He rode the 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 ... in 1968. cyclingarchives.com References 1941 births Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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