Pierino Favalli (1 May 1914 – 14 May 1986) was an Italian road cyclist. As an amateur he won the road race at the 1934 national championships and finished third at the 1936 World Championships. He competed in the

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and team road race events at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

and placed seventh and fourth, respectively. After the Olympics he turned professional and won the Milano–Torino race in 1938–40 and

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 ...

race in 1941, finishing second in 1937–38 and 1942. He also won one stage in the

1940 Giro d'Italia The 1940 Giro d'Italia was the 28th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The race began on 17 May 1940 in Milan with a stage that stretched to Turin, finishing back in Milan on ...

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1914 births 1986 deaths Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Cyclists from the Province of Cremona Olympic cyclists for Italy {{Italy-cycling-bio-1910s-stub