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1970 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 1970 Tirreno–Adriatico was the fifth edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 11 March to 15 March 1970. The race started in and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto. The race was won by Antoine Houbrechts. General classification References 1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ... 1970 in Italian sport {{Italy-cycling-race-stub ...
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Antoine Houbrechts
Antoine Houbrechts (born 6 September 1943) is a Belgian retired road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1965 and 1981. He won the 1967 Volta a Portugal and 1968 Vuelta a Andalucía, and rode the 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 ... in 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1975. References 1943 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Sportspeople from Tongeren Cyclists from Limburg (Belgium) Volta a Portugal winners 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ...
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Italo Zilioli
Italo Zilioli (born 24 September 1941) is an Italian former professional cyclist. Born in Turin, he won 58 races as a professional, including the 1966 Züri-Metzgete. He also totaled 5 stage wins at the Giro d'Italia; however, he never won the major tour of his country. He finished the Giro in the top 5 on six occasions and made the podium four times, finishing 2nd in 1964, 1965 and 1966, and finishing 3rd in 1969 as a member of Filotex. During the 1970 Tour de France he won stage 2 and took over the Yellow jersey, which caused a minor controversy as it angered his teammate Eddy Merckx, who was anticipated to wear the jersey for the majority of the race and repeat as champion. Zilioli held the jersey for three stages before relinquishing it to Merckx. Zilioli lives in the province of Cuneo (Piedmont) and is responsible for the stage starts for Giro d'Italia. Career achievements Major results ;1959 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;1963 : 1st Giro del Veneto ...
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Felice Gimondi
Felice Gimondi (; 29 September 1942 – 16 August 2019) was an Italian professional racing cyclist. With his 1968 Vuelta a España, 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed "The Phoenix", was the second cyclist (after Jacques Anquetil) to win all three ''Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours'' of road cycling: Tour de France (1965, his first year as a pro), Giro d'Italia (1967, 1969 and 1976), and Vuelta a España (1968). He is one of only Grand Tour (cycling)#Winners of all three Grand Tours, seven cyclists to have done so. Gimondi also won three of the five Cycling monuments, winning the Giro di Lombardia twice, and finished on the podium of a grand tour twelve times. He accomplished all of these major victories despite his career coinciding with that of Eddy Merckx. Biography Gimondi was born on 29 September 1942 in Sedrina in the Province of Bergamo. He was the son of a transport manager and a post mistres ...
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1969 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 1969 Tirreno–Adriatico was the fourth edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 11 March to 15 March 1969. The race started in Bracciano and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto. The race was won by Carlo Chiappano. General classification References 1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ... 1969 in Italian sport {{Italy-cycling-race-stub ...
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1971 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 1971 Tirreno–Adriatico was the sixth edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 10 March to 14 March 1971. The race started in Ladispoli and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto. The race was won by Italo Zilioli. General classification References 1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ... 1971 in Italian sport {{Italy-cycling-race-stub ...
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Tirreno–Adriatico
Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, and usually counter-programmed with the Paris-Nice/'Race to the Sun', it is considered to be an important preparation for the Giro d'Italia. It is part of the UCI World Tour, cycling's highest level of professional men's races. First held in 1966, the race was held over three stages. Since 2002 it is held over seven stages. Except for the first edition, the last stage has always finished in San Benedetto del Tronto on the Adriatic Seaside.Baroni, Francesco (2008). ''La Bicicletta. Mito, tecnica e passione''. Edizioni White Star. p.238-239. Belgian Roger De Vlaeminck holds the record for most wins with six consecutive victories in the 1970s. Italian Francesco Moser also finished six times on the podium and won the race twice. Hi ...
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San Benedetto Del Tronto
San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and ''comune'' in Marche, Italy. Part of an urban area with 100,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated areas along the Adriatic Sea coast. It is the most populated city in Province of Ascoli Piceno, with 47,019 (December 2024). Its port is one of the biggest on the Adriatic; it is the most important centre of ''Riviera delle Palme (Marche), Riviera of the Palms'', with over 8,000 ''Phoenix canariensis'', ''Washingtonia'' and ''Phoenix sylvestris, P. sylvestris'' plants. San Benedetto del Tronto's economy depends on tourism, aimed above all at families. Geography San Benedetto del Tronto rises on the shores of the Adriatic Sea and is located about 28 km east of Ascoli Piceno. It is the southernmost coastal town in the Marche region. The municipal territory extends for 25.31 km2 and has the conformation of a coastal hill, with an altitude level between 0 and 282 height above sea level in the ''"Barattelle"'' contrada, ...
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Vittorio Adorni
Vittorio Adorni (14 November 1937 – 24 December 2022) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Early life and amateur career Adorni was born in San Lazzaro di Parma on 14 November 1937.L'Eqquipe, Profile of Vittorio Adorni
Lequipe.fr. Retrieved on 24 July 2015.
He was a talented amateur and showed early talent at riding alone. He began racing in 1955Vittorio ADORNI
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and won the national amateur pursuit championship in 1959.
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Franco Bitossi
Franco Bitossi (born 1 September 1940) is an Italian former professional cyclist. He was born in Camaioni di Carmignano. Career Bitossi cycled for three years as an amateur and became a professional in October 1961, after he had reached the required age of 21. As a professional cyclist, from 1961 until 1978, he won a total of 171 races. In 1965, he won the Tour de Suisse and the Züri-Metzgete, which he won again in 1968. In 1967 he won the Tirreno–Adriatico, Giro di Lombardia and Coppa Agostoni, while the following year he became the first Italian to win the points classification in the Tour de France. In 1970, he won the Italian championship.Statistics Franco Bitossi
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Patrick Sercu
Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx.Patrick Sercu
. www.famousbelgians.net. Gives information on record number of six day wins.
He also won six stages at the and eleven stages at the



Giancarlo Polidori
Giancarlo Polidori (born 30 October 1943 in Sassoferrato, Italy) is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer. His career highlights include stage wins in Tirreno–Adriatico, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de Romandie as well as wins in the one-day Italian Classic cycle races, semi-classics the Giro del Lazio, GP Montelupo, Tre Valli Varesine, the Giro di Toscane, the Trofeo Melinda and the Sassari-Cagliari. In addition he wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France, general classification for one day in the 1967 Tour de France. Palmarès ;1965 : national amateur road race champion ;1967 :1967 Tour de France, Tour de France: ::Wearing yellow jersey for one day ;1968 :Giro del Lazio ;1969 :Ardea :1969 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 1 ;1970 :GP Montelupo ;1971 :Giro del Veneto :Giro di Toscana :GP Cemab :Tre Valli Varesine ;1972 :Sassari – Cagliari ;1973 :Giro dell'Umbria ;1974 :Faenza :Sassari – Cagliari :GP Ind ...
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Marcello Bergamo
Marcello Bergamo (Ponte di Piave, Veneto, December 16, 1946) was an Italian cyclist, who rode as a professional from 1969 until 1978. Presently he runs the sports clothing company Bergamo Maglifico Sportivo. Career His best results are victories in Milano–Torino in 1973 and two stages in the Tour de Romandie in 1971 and 1973. He also achieved podium finishes in the Italian semi-classics Giro dell'Emilia, Giro del Piemonte, and Giro del Lazio. The most successful years of his career he rode for the cycling team Filotex Filotex was an Italian professional cycling team that existed from 1963 to 1980. The team's main sponsor from 1976 to 1980 was Italian food producer Sanson. History Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Filotex riders such as Italo Zilioli, Ugo Colom .... Palmares References External links * Page a''CyclingRanking.com''* Page a''cyclingarchives.com'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergamo, Marcello Italian male cyclists 1946 births Cyclists from the Province of Treviso ...
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