Adriano Zanaga

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Adriano Zanaga Road cycling
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Date of birth January 14, 1896
date of death January 31, 1977
nation ItalyItaly Italy
discipline Street
End of career 1931

Adriano Zanaga (born January 14, 1896 in Padua ; † January 31, 1977 there ) was an Italian racing cyclist.

Athletic career

Zanaga was active from 1921 to 1930. In his first year as a professional, he was Italian champion in both youth and amateurs. Just one year later, he won the oldest one-day race in cycling, Milan – Turin , ahead of Emilio Petiva and last year's winner Federico Gay . In 1924 he won a stage at the Giro d'Italia .

In 1925 he won again at Milan – Turin , this time ahead of Domenico Piemontesi and Giuseppe Pancera , who won the first Tour of Thuringia in 1927 , then across Thuringia followed in front of Gaetano Belloni and the Swiss Heiri Suter . In the same year he was third in Rund um Köln .

In 1928 he came in fourth place in the Milan – Sanremo race in the victory of Alfredo Binda and in the Lombardy Tour in the same year he took second place.

successes

1921
  • Coppa del Re
  • MaillotItalia.svg Italian amateur champion - road racing
1922
1924
1925
1927
  • Across Thuringia

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
Vuelta a España
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia DNF DNF - - DNF 21st
Yellow jersey Tour de France
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sports album of the cycling world . tape 26 . Guido Hackebeil, Berlin 1927, p. 186 .
personal data
SURNAME Zanaga, Adriano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Padua
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1977
Place of death Padua