Alessandro Fantini (

Fossacesia Fossacesia is a city in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The town is located on a small hill on the left of the Sangro River's mouth, about from the Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Ita ...

, 1 January 1932 —

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, 5 May 1961) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Fantini died after a crash at the end of the sixth stage of the 1961

Tour of Germany The Tour of Germany is a nordic combined event first established in Germany for the 2006-07 Nordic Combined World Cup season by the International Ski Federation. Initially scheduled to include events in Oberhof, Ruhpolding, and Schonach from ...

Major results

;1955 :

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 12 ;1956 :

: ::Winner stage 7 : Giro d'Italia: ::6th place overall classification ;1957 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 5 ;1960 :

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

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Official Tour de France results for Alessandro Fantini
1932 births 1961 deaths People from Fossacesia Italian male cyclists Italian Tour de France stage winners Cyclists who died while racing Sport deaths in Germany Cyclists from Abruzzo Sportspeople from the Province of Chieti {{Italy-cycling-bio-1930s-stub