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
individual and
team road race events at the
1936 Summer Olympics and placed seventh and fourth, respectively.
After the Olympics he turned professional and won the
Milano–Torino
Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ev ...
race in 1938–40 and
Milan–San Remo race in 1941, finishing second in 1937–38 and 1942. He also won one stage in the
1940 Giro d'Italia.
Pierino Favalli
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References
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
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