Arnaldo Pambianco (16 August 1935 – 6 July 2022) 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 ...

who was active between 1956 and 1966. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the

1961 Giro d'Italia The 1961 Giro d'Italia was the 44th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Turin, on 20 May, with a stage and concluded in Milan, on 11 June, with a leg. A total of 170 riders from 17 teams ente ...

. He competed at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

in the road race and finished in seventh individually and fourth with the Italian team.Arnaldo Pambianco
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Career achievements

Major results

;1956 :

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

::4th

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

::7th Road race ;1958 : 8th

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 ...

: 9th Overall Giro di Sardegna ;1959 : 3rd Giro di Romagna ;1960 : 1st Milano–Torino : 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna : 5th Giro dell'Emilia : 5th GP Forli : 7th Overall

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 ...

: 7th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1961 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro d'Italia : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna : 2nd

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup) ...

: 3rd GP Forli : 8th Coppa Sabatini : 10th Giro di Lombardia ;1962 : 2nd Trofeo Baracchi (with Ercole Baldini) : 4th Overall

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...

: 4th Giro di Campania : 4th Giro di Romagna : 5th Road race,

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay. Events ...

: 5th Giro dell'Emilia : 7th Tre Valli Varesine : 8th Overall Giro di Sardegna : 10th

Giro del Lazio The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

;1963 : 1st Overall Giro di Sardegna : 1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia ;1964 : 1st Brabantse Pijl : 4th Giro di Romagna ;1965 : 2nd Giro di Romagna ;1966 : 10th Overall

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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* 1935 births 2022 deaths People from Bertinoro Italian male cyclists Giro d'Italia winners Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Italy Cyclists from Emilia-Romagna Sportspeople from the Province of Forlì-Cesena {{Italy-cycling-bio-1930s-stub