Bruno Mealli (20 November 1937 – 3 August 2023) was an Italian professional

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. He competed in eight editions of the Giro d'Italia.

Career

When an amateur, Mealli won several races, notably the Giro del Casentino. A professional rider from 1961 to 1969, during his career he competed in eight editions of the Giro d'Italia, winning three stages and wearing the

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five times. He won the Italian National title in 1963, and he was selected in the Italian team for the 1964 and 1965

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. After his retirement, he worked as a clerk and later as a manager for Poste Italiane. He died on 3 August 2023, at the age of 85.

Major results

;1959 :1st Giro del Casentino ;1960 :3rd

Gran Premio della Liberazione Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 ...

;1961 :1st

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 ...

:2nd Giro del Veneto ;1962 :1st

Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato The Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Prato, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ...

:1st Giro dell'Emilia :1st Stage 8

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

:1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia :2nd

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:9th

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 ...

;1963 :1st MaillotItalia

Road race, National Road Championships :1st Giro della Romagna :2nd Coppa Sabatini ;1964 :1st

:1st Stage 1

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

:1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia :2nd

Coppa Agostoni The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed during World War II. It is also called ''Gir ...

;1965 :1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia ;1966 :1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore ;1967 :1st Giro della Romagna :2nd

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:3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria ;1968 :3rd

References

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* 1937 births 2023 deaths Italian male cyclists Cyclists from Tuscany Sportspeople from the Province of Arezzo {{Italy-cycling-bio-1930s-stub