Wladimiro Panizza, who was named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin by his parents, was born on the 5th July 1945 in Fagnano Olona, Italy.
Bernard Hinault and Wladimiro Panizza (Giro d’Italia 1980)
Although this picture suggests it differently, but Bernard Hinault and Wladimiro Panizza were the two big rivals at the Giro d’Italia in 1980. Hinault finished first (this was his first of a total of three Giro-victories), and behind him with 5 min 43 sec, Panizza second. Actually the Italian rider wore the pink jersey for … Read more