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1966 Milan–San Remo
The 57th running of the Milan–San Remo cycling classic was held on March 20, 1966. The race was won by 20-year old Belgian Eddy Merckx, the first of seven victories of the ''Cannibal'' in the monument race. Summary After the Turchino, 17 riders were in the breakaway, but they were joined by a large peloton before the Poggio. Raymond Poulidor, looking for a second win, broke clear on the Poggio, but was caught before entering San Remo. A large group rushed to the finish on the Via Roma, with Italian champion Michele Dancelli leading out the sprint. Young Belgian Eddy Merckx, on his way to cycling legend, beat Italian 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 Rom ... by centimeters, winning his very first international classic. At 20, he became the youngest winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Merckx
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an unequalled eleven Grand Tours (five Tours de France, five Giros d'Italia, and a Vuelta a España), all five Monuments, setting the hour record, three World Championships, every major one-day race other than Paris–Tours, and extensive victories on the track. Born in Meensel-Kiezegem, Brabant, Belgium, he grew up in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe where his parents ran a grocery store. He played several sports, but found his true passion in cycling. Merckx got his first bicycle at the age of three or four and competed in his first race in 1961. His first victory came at Petit-Enghien in October 1961. After winning eighty races as an amateur racer, he turned professional on 29 April 1965 when he signed with . His first major victory ... [...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] |
1966 In Italian Sport
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communism, Communist aggression there is e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 In Road Cycling
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Poggiali
Roberto Poggiali (born 16 April 1941) is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. As an amateur he won the national road championship and one stage of the Tour de l'Avenir in 1962. He then turned professional and won the 1970 Tour de Suisse. He also rode the Giro d'Italia in 1963–74 and 1976–78, with the best result of eighth place in 1965, and 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 1967, 1969 and 1975, finishing 22nd in 1975. References 1941 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists from Florence {{Italy-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubertus Zilverberg
Hubertus "Huub" Zilverberg (born 13 January 1939 in Goirle) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. In 1962, Zilverberg won a stage in the Tour de France and in the Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1959 :Olympia's Tour ;1961 :Ronde van Vlaanderen (for independents) :Rijen ;1962 :Grand Prix du Parisien (with Rik Van Looy, Guillaume van Tongerloo, Edgard Sorgeloos, Joseph Planckaert and Peter Post) :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 7 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 8 :Schiedam :Leuze ;1963 :Rijen :Hulst References External links * * *Hubertus Zilverbergat FirstCycling.com 1939 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Dutch Tour de France stage winners Dutch Giro d'Italia stage winners People from Goirle Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Balmamion
Franco Balmamion (born 11 January 1940), is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1960 and 1972. The highlight of his career was his successive overall wins in the 1962 and 1963 editions of the Giro d'Italia. sabob.com Major results ;1960 :10th National Amateur Road Championships ;1961 :3rd ;1962 :1st[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Maurer
Rolf Maurer (16 April 1938 – 6 June 2019) was a Swiss road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 1960 and 1969. In 1964, he won Tour de Suisse and Tour de Romandie. Major results ;1960 : 5th Tour du Nord-Ouest ;1961 : 1st Züri-Metzgete ;1962 : 2nd Tour du Nord-Ouest : 10th Overall 1962 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse ;1963 : 1st Stage 4 1963 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 2nd Overall 1963 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse : 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Stage 12 : 3rd Tour du Nord-Ouest ;1964 : 1st Overall 1964 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse ::1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT) : 1st Overall 1964 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 9th Overall 1964 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 10 : 10th Züri-Metzgete ;1965 : 2nd Overall 1965 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 3rd Tour des Quatre-Cantons ;1966 : 3rd Overall 1966 Tirreno–Adriatico, Tirreno–Adriatico ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall 1966 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 5th Gran Piemonte : 6th Overall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriano Passuello
Adriano Passuello (born 3 November 1942) is a retired Italian professional road cyclist. 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 and 1976 and Giro d'Italia in 1968–1974. He won the Giro della Valle d'Aosta in 1964 and the Tour of Tessin in 1967. References 1942 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Vicenza {{Italy-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo
Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera. It hosts numerous cultural events, such as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan–San Remo cycling classic. Name The name of the city is a phonetic contraction of ''Sant'Eremo di San Romolo'', which refers to Romulus of Genoa, the successor to Syrus of Genoa. It is often stated in modern folk stories that Sanremo is a translation of Saint Remus. In Ligurian language (Romance), Ligurian, his name is ''San Rœmu''. The spelling ''San Remo'' is on all ancient maps of Liguria, the ancient Republic of Genoa, Italy in the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Kingdom of Italy. It was used in 1924 in official documents under Benito Mussolini, Mussolini. This form of the name appears still on some road signs and, more rarely, in ... [...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] |
Raymond Poulidor
Raymond Poulidor (; 15 April 1936 – 13 November 2019), nicknamed "Pou-Pou" (), was a French professional racing cyclist, who rode for his entire career. His distinguished career coincided with two other outstanding riders – Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx. This underdog position may have been the reason Poulidor was a favourite of the public. He was known as "The Eternal Second", because he never won the Tour de France despite finishing in second place three times, and in third place five times (including his final Tour at the age of 40). Despite his consistency, he never wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 14 Tours (of which he completed 12). He did win one Grand Tour, the 1964 Vuelta a España. Of the eighteen Grand Tours that he entered in his career, he finished in the top 10 fifteen times. Early life and amateur career Raymond Poulidor was the son of Martial and Maria Poulidor, small farmers outside the hamlet of Masbaraud-Mérignat, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
