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Cycling Who’s Who: Giuseppe Enrici

Giuseppe Enrici was born on the 16 Juni 1894 in Pittsburgh, USA. Although he was born in America, he was an Italian citizen at the time when he won the Giro d’Italia (1924).  He also won two stages that year.  His other results at the Giro: 3rd (1921), 6th (1923) 5th  1926) 13th (1928). He attended several other Italian races mostly with top10  results, but without any other notable victory. Giuseppe Enrici’s professional teams: 1922–1924 Legnano 1925 Armor-Dunlop 1926 Automoto-Hutchinson Giuseppe Enrici died on the 1st September 1968, in Nice, France

Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Gaetano Belloni

Every generation has its “eternal second” rider. During the post WW1 period in Italy, this was Gaetano Belloni. Belloni was born on the 26th of August in 1892 in Pizzighettone, Italy. Before turning professional, he won several races as amateur, including the Italian Championship. There were significantly more races held during the first World War than during the second one, and Belloni participated in many of them. He was avoided to be called to the front after he lost his thumb and forefinger of his right hand when he was working in textile manufacture before becoming a cyclists.  He won the two Italian monuments multiple times (Milano-Sanremo 1917 and 1920, Giro di Lombardia 1915, 1918… Read More »Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Gaetano Belloni

Tour de France 1951 Tourmalet Fausto Coppi Hugo Koblet,

Tour de France 1951

The 38th Tour de France between 4th and 29th July 1951 was the first edition which visited the interior of France, most importantly the Massif Central and the Mont Ventoux.Read More »Tour de France 1951

Antonin Magne Tour de France winner 1931 and 1934

Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Antonin Magne

Antonin Magne, the two-time winner of the Tour de France was born on the 15th of February 1904 in Ytrac, France. He attended the Tour de France first in 1927. In 1931 André Leducq, the defending champion was the team leader of the French squad, but he was out of shape, so Magne became the first man of the team and won his first Tour de France. He repeated his success in 1934, when René Vietto, his 20 years old teammate sacrificed his chance to win the race for him. This edition was the first which included an individual time trial. The 90 km long stage was won also by Magne. He rode the Tour… Read More »Mini Cycling Who’s Who: Antonin Magne