Avanti Martinetti
Avanti Martinetti (born December 3, 1904 in Lausanne , † October 15, 1970 in Paris) was an Italian track cyclist and world champion in sprinting .
Avanti Martinetti was one of the best track sprinters in the world in the late 1920s and 1930s. In 1926 he became world champion in the sprint of amateurs, then he moved on to the professionals. He was Italian sprint champion four times.
As a professional, Martinetti also drove standing races and 13 six-day races . After the end of his active career in 1938, he acted as the sporting director of teams that took part in the Tour de France .
Web links
- Avanti Martinetti in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Museo Ciclismo: "Avanti Martinetti"
1893 Arthur A. Zimmerman | 1894 August Lehr | 1895 Jaap Eden | 1896 Harry Reynolds | 1897 Edwin Schrader | 1898 Paul Albert | 1899 Thomas Summersgill | 1900 Alphonse Didier-Nauts | 1901 Émile Maitrot | 1902 Charles Piard | 1903 Arthur L. Reed | 1904 Marcus Hurley | 1905 Jimmy S. Benyon | 1906 Francesco Verri | 1907 Jean Devoissoux | 1908 Victor Johnson | 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913 William Bailey | 1912 Donald McDougall | 1914–1919 not held | 1920 Maurice Peeters | 1921 Henry Brask Andersen | 1922 Thomas Johnson | 1923, 1924 Lucien Michard | 1925 Jaap Meijer | 1926 Avanti Martinetti | 1927 Mathias Engel | 1928 Willy Falck Hansen | 1929 Antoine Mazairac | 1930 Louis Gérardin | 1931 Helge Harder | 1932 Albert Richter | 1933 Jacobus van Egmond | 1934 Benedetto Pola | 1935 Toni Merkens | 1936 Arie van Vliet | 1937, 1938 Jef van de Vijver | 1939 Jan Derksen | 1940–1945 not held | 1946 Oscar Plattner ; | 1947 Reginald Harris | 1948 Mario Ghella | 1949 Sydney Patterson | 1950 Maurice Verdeun | 1951, 1952 Enzo Sacchi | 1953 Marino Morettini | 1954 Cyril Peacock | 1955 Giuseppe Ogna | 1956, 1957 Michel Rousseau | 1958, 1959 Valentino Gasparella | 1960 Sante Gaiardoni | 1961, 1962 Sergio Bianchetto | 1963 Patrick Sercu | 1964 Pierre Trentin | 1965 Omar Pchakadze | 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975 Daniel Morelon | 1968 Luigi Borghetti | 1972 not held | 1974, 1978 Anton Tkáč | 1976 not held | 1977 Jürgen Geschke | 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987 Lutz Heßlich | 1980 not held | 1981, 1982 Sergei Kopylov | 1984 not held | 1986 Michael Huebner | 1988 not held | 1989, 1990 Bill Huck | 1991 Jens Fiedler
(Afterwards the separation between amateurs and professionals was lifted. Further results under world champion in sprint )
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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martinetti, Avanti |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian track cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1970 |
| Place of death | Paris |