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1948 UCI Road World Championships – Men's Road Race
The UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, men's road race at the 1948 UCI Road World Championships was the 15th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 22 August 1948 in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Valkenburg, the Netherlands. The race was won by Briek Schotte of Belgium. Final classification References 1948 UCI Road World Championships, Men's Road Race UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race {{UCIMen-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briek Schotte
Alberic "Briek" Schotte (7 September 1919 – 4 April 2004) was a Belgium, Belgian professional road racing cyclist, one of the champions of the 1940s and 1950s. His stamina earned him the nickname "Iron Briek" (''IJzeren Briek''). He was World Cycling Championship, world champion in 1948 and 1950, won the last stage of the 1947 Tour de France and finished second in the 1948 Tour de France, 1948 Tour, behind Gino Bartali. He twice won the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour of Flanders (1942, 1948), Paris–Tours (1946, 1947) and Paris–Brussels (1946, 1952). He also won the inaugural ''Challenge Desgrange-Colombo'', a season-long competition to identify the world's best road rider, in 1948. He holds the record with twenty consecutive participations in the Tour of Flanders and in addition to his two victories made the podium on six other occasions. Schotte corresponded to the archetype of the ''Flandrien'', the diligent farm boy who competes against better equipped and guided ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Cycling Federation
The Italian Cycling Federation or FCI (in Italian: ''Federazione Ciclistica Italiana'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in Italy. The FCI is a member of the UCI and the UEC. History The Italian Cycling Federation was born, under the name ''Unione Velocipedistica Italiana'', in Pavia on December 6, 1885 through the union of 17 cycling clubs, already operating for some time in Italy in an autonomous form. In the second half of 1884, a year before the birth of the FCI, there were 25 regularly established cycling societies: the oldest of these was the ''Veloce Club Fiorentino'' in Florence, established in 1870, while Milan and Turin each hosted three velocipedes societies. An initial attempt to unite and coordinate the activities of these sports clubs was made on the occasion of the competitions staged by the Sports Committee of the Italian General Exhibition in Turin, scheduled for August 23–25, 1884. At the initiative of lawyer Brignone, secretary of the VC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Impanis
Raymond Impanis (19 October 1925 – 31 December 2010) was a Belgium, Belgian professional cycle sport, cyclist from 1947 to 1963. He won Paris–Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour of Flanders, Gent–Wevelgem and three stages in Tour de France. Career Impanis became a professional rider on 2 October 1946 in the Alcyon (cycling team), Alcyon team. In 1947, he came second in 1947 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and fourth in 1947 Paris–Roubaix, Paris-Roubaix. In July, he took part in his first 1947 Tour de France, Tour de France with the Belgian team. He won the longest time trial stage in the history of the Tour, between Vannes and Saint-Brieuc, nearly five minutes ahead of second-placed Jean Robic. He finished sixth in the general classification. The following year, he won two more stages in the Tour, finishing tenth. He won Gent–Wevelgem, Gent-Wevelgem in 1952 and 1953. In 1954, Raymond Impanis joined the Mercier (cycling team), Mercier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Ortelli
Vito Ortelli (5 July 1921 – 24 February 2017) was an Italian racing cyclist. Ortelli died on 24 February 2017, aged 95. Major results ;1940 :1st Giro della Provincia Milano (with Fiorenzo Magni) ;1942 :1st Giro di Toscana ;1945 : National Pursuit Champion :1st Milano–Torino ;1946 : National Pursuit Champion :1st Milano–Torino :1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia :2nd Giro della Romagna :3rd Giro di Toscana :3rd National Road Race Championships ;1947 :1st Giro del Piemonte :2nd National Road Race Championships ;1948 : National Road Race Champion :1st Giro della Romagna :2nd Milano-Modena :2nd Giro di Campania ;1949 :2nd Milan–San Remo ;1950 :3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria :3rd Giro della Romagna The Giro della Romagna is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Italian region of Romagna. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was discontinued in 2011, and in 2013, it merged with the Me ... References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Kübler
Ferdinand Kübler (; 24 July 1919 – 29 December 2016) was a Swiss cyclist with 71 professional victories, including the 1950 Tour de France and the 1951 UCI Road World Championships, 1951 World Road Race Championship. Biography Kübler was born in Marthalen. He began racing professionally in 1940 but his early career was limited to Switzerland by the Nazism, Nazi occupation elsewhere. He was multiple Swiss national champion and a three time winner of the Tour de Suisse. Kübler's most successful years in international racing were 1950–1952, when the classics had resumed after the Second World War. He won the La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, both in 1951 and 1952, in a time where these races were still contested in the same weekend. He was also World Cycling Championship, World Road Race Champion in 1951, having placed second in 1949 and third in 1950. Kübler rode the Giro d'Italia from 1950–1952, placing fourth once, and third twice. Kübler abandoned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Ricci
Mario Ricci (13 August 1914 – 22 February 2005) was an Italian cyclist. He rode in seven editions of the Giro d'Italia, and the 1949 Tour de France. Ricci also won the Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ... in 1941 and 1945. References External links * 1914 births 2005 deaths Italian male cyclists Cyclists from Padua 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Dupont
Marcel Dupont (10 October 1917, Jupille – 6 March 2008, Blegny) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who finished 5th place in the 1949 Tour de France. Major results ;1939 :Herstal ;1948 :Malchamps ;1949 :Aachen :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...: ::5th place overall classification ;1950 : Roubaix–Huy References External links * * 1917 births 2008 deaths Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Liège 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Maggini
Luciano Maggini (16 May 1925 – 24 January 2012) was an Italian road bicycle racer who competed professionally between 1946 and 1957. He rode the Giro d'Italia in 1947–53, with a top result of fifth place overall in 1950; he won individual stages in 1947–49 and 1951. His elder brother Sergio was also a professional road racer. Major victories ;1945 :3rd Giro del Lazio ;1947 :Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 3 & 5 :4th Milan–San Remo :7th Giro di Romagna ;1948 :1st Giro del Veneto :1st Giro di Campania :1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia :2nd Giro di Toscana :2nd GP Alghero :3rd Road race, National Road Championships :4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships :6th Zürich–Lausanne :9th Giro dell'Emilia ;1949 :1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato :2nd Road race, National Road Championships :2nd Giro del Lazio :3rd Milan–Modena :5th Giro di Romagna ;1950 :1st Giro dell'Emilia :2nd Milan–Modena :4th Giro di Toscana :5th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 7 & 13 :7th Tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Bartali
Gino Bartali, (; 18 July 1914 – 5 May 2000), nicknamed Gino the Pious and (in Italy) Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice, in 1936 and 1937, and the Tour de France in 1938. After the war, he added one more victory in each event: the Giro d'Italia in 1946 and the Tour de France in 1948. His second and last Tour de France victory in 1948 gave him the largest gap between victories in the race.Eurosport, Tour De France, 2008, Legends, Gino Bartali Eurosport.fr (4 July 2008). Retrieved on 6 August 2014. In September 2013, 13 years after his death, Bartali was recognised as a "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem for his e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 UCI Road World Championships
The 1948 UCI Road World Championships was the 21st edition of the UCI Road World Championships It took place on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 August 1948 in Valkenburg, Netherlands. For the first time, six riders per country were allowed to participate in the professional race. The Cauberg had to be climbed every lap. Briek Schotte Alberic "Briek" Schotte (7 September 1919 – 4 April 2004) was a Belgium, Belgian professional road racing cyclist, one of the champions of the 1940s and 1950s. His stamina earned him the nickname "Iron Briek" (''IJzeren Briek''). He was World ... became the winner in the professional cyclists' road race after 266.8 kilometres of cycling (27 laps). Only 10 of the 50 riders who started rode out the race. In the same period, the 1948 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were organized in the Olympic Stadium of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Events Summary References UCI Road World Championships by year W R R Cycling in Valkenburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Coppi
Angelo Fausto Coppi (; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the World War II, Second World War. His successes earned him the title ''Il Campionissimo'' ("Champion of Champions"). He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a good sprinter. He won the Giro d'Italia five times (1940 Giro d'Italia, 1940, 1947 Giro d'Italia, 1947, 1949 Giro d'Italia, 1949, 1952 Giro d'Italia, 1952, 1953 Giro d'Italia, 1953), the Tour de France twice (1949 Tour de France, 1949 and 1952 Tour de France, 1952), and the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Championship in 1953 UCI Road World Championships, 1953. Other notable results include winning the Giro di Lombardia five times, the Milan–San Remo three times, as well as wins at Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne and setting the hour record (45.798 km) in 1942. Early life and amate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
