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Giro d’Italia 1972

Ho to defeat Eddy Merckx (Molteni), that was the question of the 55th Giro d’Italia (21 May- 11 June 1972). Nobody could answer it, although Jose Manuel Fuente (KAS) came quite close to the solution.Read More »Giro d’Italia 1972

4 June 1965 Cima Coppi Was Introduced

Every year the highest peak of the Giro d’Italia is called “Cima Coppi”, in honour of the great cyclist Fausto Coppi (1919-1960). In the inauguration year, the highest peak of the route was Passo dello Stelvio. The race was a real spectacle due to the heavy snowfall. Graziano Battistini crossed the finish line first on that memorable day.

Mini Cyclibng Who’s Who: Miguel Poblet

miguel Poblet was born at Montcada i Reixac in the northern suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on 18 March 1928.  He was encouraged by his father (a bicycle shop owner) to take up racing seriously and turned professional in 1944 at the age of 16. The late forties, early fifties were a difficult time to race for Spanish cyclist* (f. e. the Vuelta a Espana wasn’t held between 1951 and 1954 and the circumstances were not always professional). The turning point in Poblet’s career was 1955 when he was a member of the Spaniard team at the Tour de France. Miguel Poblet was the first Spanish rider to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour… Read More »Mini Cyclibng Who’s Who: Miguel Poblet

Mini Cycling Who’s Who : Vittorio Adorni

Vittorio Adorni was born on 14th November 1937 in  San Lazzaro di Parma. His professional career began in 1961. Adorni was rather known as a domestic, but he also managed to win the Giro d’Italia in 1965. He was a master of tactic, no wonder, that from his 10 participations,  he finished Giro d’Italia six times with a top5 result. He also won the World Championship in Imola (Italy) in 1968, and had another stage race overall victories like the Tour de Romandie in 1965 and 1967. His professional teams: 1961 Vov 1962 Philco 1963 Cynar 1964–1966 Salvarani 1967 Salamini-Luxor 1968 Faema 1969–1970 Scic