Carlo Oriani (5 November 1888 – 3 December 1917) 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

1913 Giro d'Italia The 1913 Giro d'Italia was the fifth edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour organized and sponsored by the newspaper '' La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The race began on 6 May in Milan with a stage that stretched to Genoa, finishing back in M ...

. He died in the aftermath of the

Battle of Caporetto The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Kobarid or the Battle of Karfreit) was a battle on the Italian front of World War I. The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Central ...

from

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contracted as a result of diving into the icy waters of the

Tagliamento The Tagliamento () is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice. The Tagliamento river is considered as the last morphologically intact river in the Alps. (Its c ...

river to save a fellow retreating soldier.Giro d’Italia by Colin O’Brien

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* 1888 births 1917 deaths Italian male cyclists Giro d'Italia winners Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Milan Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Italian military personnel killed in World War I Deaths from pneumonia in Campania {{Italy-cycling-bio-stub