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Antonio Maspes (14 January 1932 – 19 October 2000) was an Italian world champion sprinter cyclist. Maspes was born and died in 
After his death, the
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
. Maspes won seven professional world championship sprint titles between 1955 and 1964. He competed in the men's tandem event at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
, winning a bronze medal. Maspes also had a record five consecutive titles in the Grand Prix de Paris (1960-1964).
After his death, the Velodromo Vigorelli
Velodromo Vigorelli (from 2001 officially Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli) is a semi-covered velodrome in Milan, Italy. It is currently used mostly
for American football events, in fact, surrounded by the track, there is a standard size football f ...
in Milano, where Maspes began with racing competitions, was renamed into Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli.
Palmarès
; 1948 : 1st, Coppa Caldirola ; 1949 : 1st, Sprint, National championship ; 1952 : 1st, Sprint, National championship : 3rd, Tandem, ; 1953 : 1st, Sprint, National championship ; 1954 : 3rd, GP de Paris, Sprint : 1st, Sprint, National championship ; 1955 : 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Milan ; 1956 : 3rd, GP de Paris : 1st, Sprint, National championship : 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Copenhagen ; 1957 : 1st, Sprint, National championship ; 1958 : 3rd, World championship, professional sprint, Paris ; 1959 : 1st, Sprint, National championship : 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Amsterdam ; 1960 : 1st, GP de Paris, Sprint : 1st, Sprint, National championship : 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Leipzig ; 1961 : 1st, GP de Paris, Sprint : 1st, Sprint, National championship : 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Zürich ; 1962 : 1st, GP de Paris, Sprint : 1st, Sprint, National championship : 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Milan ; 1963 : 1st, GP de Paris, Sprint : 1st, Sprint, National championship : 2nd, World championship, professional sprint, Rocourt ; 1964 : 1st, GP de Paris, Sprint : 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Paris : 2nd, Sprint, National championship ; 1965 : 1st, Sprint, National championshipSee also
* Legends of Italian sport - Walk of FameReferences
External links
* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maspes, Antonio 1932 births 2000 deaths Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Italian male cyclists Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic cyclists of Italy UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists from Milan Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Italian track cyclists