Amedeo Polledri

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Amedeo Polledri (born February 19, 1890 in Paris , † October 6, 1918 in Taliedo ) was an Italian track cyclist .

Amedeo Polledri was born to Italian parents in Paris and grew up there, apart from a few years that he spent in Italy. He drove his first bike races in the Prinzenparkstadion . In 1912 and 1914 Amedeo Polledri was Italian sprint champion . In 1913 he started in the six days of Paris, but gave up. In the First World War he was active as a pilot from 1916. A few weeks before the end of the war in 1918, he was killed on a test flight near Taliedo airport (now part of Milan ).

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  1. memoire-du-cyclisme.net

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