Giovanni Brunero was born on the 4 October 1895 in San Maurizio Canavese, Italy.
Brunero was the first rider to win the Giro d’Italia 3 times (1921, 1922, 1926), which was a remarkable result during the era of Costante Girardengo and Alfredo Binda.
On the other hand, Brunero’s triumphs seemed to be not entirely undisputable. The Giro d’Italia in 1922 called the race of “mille polemiche”, a. k . a “The Giro of Thousand Arguments”. After an illegal wheel change on the first stage of the race, he only got a penalty of 25 minutes. The teams of Costante Girardengo (Maino) and Gaetano Belloni (Bianchi) wanted him to be excluded from the race. When they learned the decision of the jury, they left the race. Brunero, lacking real strong rivals, was able to defend his victory from the previous year.
Giovianni Brunero was also a 3-time Monument winner, He won Milano Sanremo in 1922 and Giro di Lombardia in 1923 and 1924.
Giovanni Brunero’s professional teams:
1919–1927 Legnano
1928 Wolsit-Pirelli/Legnano
1929 Legnano
He passed ways on the 23 November 1934 in Cirié, Italy.