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1967 Giro D'Italia
The 1967 Giro d'Italia was the 50th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Treviglio, on 20 May, with a stage and concluded in Milan, on 11 June, with a split leg. A total of 130 riders from 13 teams entered the 22-stage race, which was won by Italian Felice Gimondi of the Salvarani team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Franco Balmamion and Frenchman Jacques Anquetil, respectively. Teams Thirteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1967 edition of the Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists. From the riders that began the race, 70 made it to the finish in Milan. The teams entering the race were: Pre-race favorites The starting peloton did include the 1966 winner, Gianni Motta. ''l'Unità'' writer Gino Sala named Felice Gimondi, Jacques Anquetil, Vittorio Adorni, Eddy Merckx, and Motta as the main c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Gimondi
Felice Gimondi (; 29 September 1942 – 16 August 2019) was an Italian professional racing cyclist. With his 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed "The Phoenix", was the second cyclist (after Jacques Anquetil) to win all three ''Grand Tours'' of road cycling: Tour de France (1965, his first year as a pro), Giro d'Italia (1967, 1969 and 1976), and Vuelta a España (1968). He is one of only seven cyclists to have done so. Gimondi also won three of the five Cycling monuments, winning the Giro di Lombardia twice, and finished on the podium of a grand tour twelve times. He accomplished all of these major victories despite his career coinciding with that of Eddy Merckx. Biography Gimondi was born on 29 September 1942 in Sedrina in the Province of Bergamo. He was the son of a transport manager and a post mistress. In his youth, he frequently took his mother's post bicycle and later helped to deliver mail on ... [...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] |
Antonio Gómez Del Moral
Antonio Gómez del Moral (15 November 1939 – 14 July 2021) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. Major results ;1960 : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España : 1st Stages 1a & 2 Volta a Catalunya : 1st Stages 3a & 4 Vuelta a Levante : 3rd Overall Volta a Portugal ::1st Stage 12 ;1961 : 1st Stage 1b Vuelta a Levante : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Gran Premio Navarra : 2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu : 5th Overall Vuelta a España ;1962 : 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Stage 10 : 1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España : 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;1963 : 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España : 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;1964 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Levante : 1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal : 1st Stage 7b Volta a Catalunya : 2nd Trofeo Masferrer : 6th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1965 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stage 6b : 1st Circuito de Getxo : 3rd Subida al Naranco : 9th Overall Vuelta a Es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Spezia
La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. La Spezia is the second largest city in the Liguria region, after Genoa. Located roughly midway between Genoa and Pisa, on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbours and a major Italian Navy base. A popular seaside resort, it is also a significant railway junction, and is notable for its museums, for the Palio del Golfo rowing race, and for railway and boat links with the Cinque Terre. History La Spezia and its province have been settled since prehistoric times. In ancient Rome, Roman times the most important centre was Luni (Italy), Luni, not far from Sarzana. As the capital of the short-lived Niccolò Fieschi Signoria in the period between 1256 and 1273, La Spezia was inevitably linked with Genoese vicissitudes. After the fall of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Zancanaro (cyclist)
Giorgio Zancanaro (born 15 April 1940 in San Michele, Alessandria) is an Italian former cyclist. Major results ;1961 :1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir :2nd Giro dell'Emilia ;1963 :3rd Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 9 ;1964 :1st Giro di Toscana :1st Stage 13 Giro d'Italia ;1967 :1st Stage 1 Giro d'Italia :2nd Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually the first and most important race of Trittico Lombardo, which con ... References 1940 births Sportspeople from Alessandria Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists from Piedmont {{italy-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandria
Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin. Alessandria is also a major railway hub. History Alessandria was founded in 1168 with a charter as a free comune; it was sited upon a preexisting urban nucleus, to serve as a stronghold for the Lombard League, defending the traditional liberties of the communes of northern Italy against the Imperial forces of Frederick Barbarossa. Alessandria stood in the territories of the marchese of Montferrat, a staunch ally of the Emperor, with a name assumed in 1168 to honour the Emperor's opponent, Pope Alexander III. In 1174–1175 the fortress was sorely tested by the Imperial siege and stood fast. A legend (related in Umberto Eco's book ''Baudolino'', and which recalls one concerning Bishop Herculanus’ successful defence of Perugia several centuries ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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