Fabio Casartelli
Fabio Casartelli (16 August 1970 – 18 July 1995) was an Italian Road bicycle racing, cyclist and an Olympic games, Olympic gold medalist. He was killed in a crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet, France, during the 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France. Amateur career Fabio Casartelli showed great promise as an amateur. He had many important wins and placings between 1990 and 1992, climaxing in winning a gold medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics road race. He finished the 194 km race in 4:35:21, a second ahead of Erik Dekker of the Netherlands and 3 ahead of Dainis Ozols of Latvia. Amateur victories ;1990 *Trofeo Sironi ;1991 *Monte Carlo-Alassio *Gemeli Meda *Coppa Casale *GP Capodarco di Fermo *Trofeo Cesab ;1992 * Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Olympic Road Race Championship *Monte Carlo-Alassio *GP Diano Marina *Coppa Cigogna *Trophia de Mare Professional career Casartelli began his professional career in 1993 with the Ariostea team. He won a st ...
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1993 Paris–Nice
The 1993 Paris–Nice was the 51st edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 7 March to 14 March 1993. The race started in Fontenay-sous-Bois and finished at the Col d'Èze. The race was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE team. General classification References 1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ... 1993 in road cycling 1993 in French sport March 1993 sports events in Europe {{France-cycling-race-stub ...
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