Antonio Pesenti (17 May 1908 – 10 June 1968) was an Italian professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the

1932 Giro d'Italia The 1932 Giro d'Italia was the 20th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The race began on 14 May in Milan with a stage that stretched to Vicenza, finishing back in Milan on 5 Jun ...

. He also placed third and fourth overall in the

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

and

1932 Tour de France The 1932 Tour de France was the 26th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 6 to 31 July. It consisted of 21 stages over . André Leducq, who also won six stages, won the race, thanks to the bonification system; had the bonification sy ...

, respectively.

Major results

;1930 : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 13 ;1931 : 3rd Overall Tour de France : 7th Overall Giro d'Italia : 10th Giro di Lombardia ;1932 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 7 : 4th Overall Tour de France ::1st Stage 5 : 8th

Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...

;1935 : 6th Giro del Veneto

References

1908 births 1968 deaths Cyclists from the Province of Bergamo Italian male cyclists Giro d'Italia winners Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Italian Tour de France stage winners {{Italy-cycling-bio-stub