Antonio Maspes
Antonio Maspes (born January 15, 1932 in Milan , † October 19, 2000 ibid) was an Italian cyclist .
Athletic career
Antonio Maspes was a multiple Italian champion and won bronze together with Cesare Pinarello in the tandem competition of the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki . Maspes then became a professional driver and was active until 1968. Because of its impressive ability to try standing , the track sprinter was called the “king of balance”. On his home track, the Vigorelli Velodrome in Milan, Maspes was a celebrated star and as a professional he became the best sprinter of his time. He won seven titles at track cycling world championships , in Milan 1955, Copenhagen 1956, Amsterdam 1959, Leipzig 1960 , Zurich 1961, Milan 1962 and Paris 1964. Maspes was Italian champion eleven times in the track sprint. On July 21, 1960 Maspes set a new world record over 200 meters (10.08 seconds) in Rome. He was the only driver to win the renowned sprint classic Grand Prix de Paris five times in a row .
Maspes' attempt to stand together with the Dutchman Jan Derksen on his home track in Milan during the Track Cycling World Championships in 1955, which lasted 32 minutes and 20 seconds and was finally canceled by the referees, is legendary .
Trivia
As a teenager, Maspes gave the wrong date of birth several times in order to be able to take part in the men's competitions. In 1967 he was given a suspended sentence for participating in illegal gambling.
Web links
- Antonio Maspes in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Antonio Maspes in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
- radsportnews.net from October 20, 2000: "Balance King" Antonio Maspes has passed away ( Memento from November 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Storia di Antonio Maspes. Retrieved November 21, 2019 (Italian).
- ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 27/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 9 .
1895 Robert Protin | 1896 Paul Bourillon | 1897 Willy Arend | 1898 George A. Banker | 1899 Major Taylor | 1900 Edmond Jacquelin | 1901, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1908, 1911 Thorvald Ellegaard | 1904 Iver Lawson | 1905 Gabriel Poulain | 1907, 1910 Émile Friol | 1909 Victor Dupré | 1912 Frank Kramer | 1913 Walter Rütt | 1914–1919 not held | 1920 Robert Spears | 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926 Piet Moeskops | 1925 Ernst Kaufmann | 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 Lucien Michard | 1931 Willy Falck Hansen | 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1947 Jef Scherens | 1938, 1948, 1953 Arie van Vliet | 1939–1945 final or World Cup not held | 1946, 1957 Jan Derksen | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954 Reg Harris | 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 Antonio Maspes | 1958 Michel Rousseau | 1963 Sante Gaiardoni | 1965, 1966, 1968 Giuseppe Beghetto | 1967, 1969 Patrick Sercu | 1970 Gordon Johnson | 1971 Leijn Loevesijn | 1972, 1973 Robert Van Lancker | 1974 Peder Pedersen | 1975, 1976 John Nicholson | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Kōichi Nakano | 1987 Nobuyuki Tawara | 1988 Stephen Pate | 1989 Claudio Golinelli | 1990, 1992 Michael Huebner | 1993 Gary Neiwand | 1994 Marty Nothstein | 1995 Darryn Hill | 1996, 1997, 1998 Florian Rousseau | 1999, 2003 Laurent Gané | 2000 Jan van Eijden | 2001 Arnaud Tournant | 2002 Sean Eadie | 2004, 2006, 2007 Theo Bos | 2005 René Wolff | 2008 Chris Hoy | 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 Grégory Baugé | 2011, 2016 Jason Kenny | 2013 Stefan Bötticher | 2014 François Pervis | 2017 Denis Dmitriev | 2018 Matthew Glaetzer | 2019, 2020 Harrie Lavreysen
1891 Ambrogio Robecchi | 1894 Narciso Pasta | 1895, 1903, 1904 Pietro Bixio | 1896 Luigi Pontecchi | 1897, 1899 Gian Ferdinando Tomaselli | 1900 Giuseppe Singrossi | 1901 Umberto Ferrari | 1902 Antonio Restelli | 1905, 1913 Angelo Gardellin | 1906–1911, 1920, 1921 Francesco Verri | 1912, 1914 Amedeo Polledri | 1919 Orlando Piani | 1922–1927 Cesare Moretti sr. | 1928, 1930 Mario Bergamini | 1929 Pietro Linari | 1931–1933, 1936, 1937 Avanti Martinetti | 1934, 1935 Bruno Pellizzari | 1938 Benedetto Pola | 1939 Bruno Loatti | 1940, 1943, 1945 Primo Bergomi | 1941, 1942, 1946–1950 Italo Astolfi | 1951 Mario Ghella | 1952–1954, 1956, 1957, 1959–1963, 1965 Antonio Maspes | 1955 Enzo Sacchi | 1958 Giuseppe Ogna | 1964 Sante Gaiardoni | 1966 Sergio Bianchetto | 1967–1969 Giuseppe Beghetto | 1970–1972, 1974, 1975, 1978–1980 Giordano Turrini | 1973, 1976, 1977 Ezio Cardi | 1981 Moreno Capponcelli | 1982–1985, 1987 Ottavio Dazzan | 1986, 1988-1991 Claudio Golinelli | 2003–2010 Roberto Chiappa | 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 Luca Ceci | 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019 Francesco Ceci | 2014 Davide Ceci
The sprint was not consistently held at Italian track championships. The data are also not complete.
1939 Olimpio Bizzi | 1940–1942, 1947, 1948 Fausto Coppi | 1943, 1949–1951 Antonio Bevilacqua | 1945, 1946 Vito Ortelli | 1949 Antonio Maspes | 1952, 1953 Donato Piazza | 1954–1956 Guido Messina | 1957–1968 Leandro Faggin | 1969, 1973 Davide Boifava | 1970 Giuseppe Rosolen | 1971, 1972 Pietro Guerra | 1974, 1976 Luciano Borgognoni | 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987 Francesco Moser | 1989 Silvio Martinello | 2003 Alessandro Mazzolani | 2004 Francesco Giuliani | 2005 Alan Marangoni | 2006 Marco Pinotti | 2007 Giairo Ermeti | 2008, 2009, 2012–2014 Marco Coledan | 2015 Alessandro De Marchi | 2016 Michele Scartezzini | 2020 Jonathan Milan
The competition was not held in all years.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maspes, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 2000 |
| Place of death | near Milan |