Bruno Monti

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Bruno Monti (born June 12, 1930 in Albano Laziale ; † August 16, 2011 ibid) was an Italian racing cyclist .

Athletic career

Bruno Monti started cycling at AS Roma and achieved 100 victories as an amateur . In 1952 he started at the Olympic Games in Helsinki and finished 15th in the individual road race , together with the team he won silver in the team championship . In the same year he won the Piccolo Giro di Lombardia , the tour of Lombardy for amateurs, and came second in the overall ranking of the Giro delle Puglie e Lucania .

In 1953 Monti became a professional . In the same year he won two stages of the Giro d'Italia . During the 1955 Giro he wore the leader's Maglia Rosa for two days and took third place in the mountain classification , the following year he was eighth in the overall Giro and in 1957 he won another stage. In 1954 he also had a stage success in the Tour de Suisse .

At the UCI Road World Championships in 1955 in Frascati , Bruno Monti finished tenth. In 1956 and 1957 he won the Giro dell'Emilia (it was his last win as a professional) and was second in the Tour of Lombardy in 1957. Overall, he competed in two road world championships, six times in the Giro, twice in the Tour de France , eight times in Milan – Sanremo , once in Paris – Roubaix and seven times in the Tour of Lombardy. In 1961, Monti resigned from professional cycling after winning a total of 20 victories in his professional career.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bruno Monti on museociclismo.it
  2. ↑ Luciano Boccaccini, Giovanni Tarello: Annuario Storico Del Ciclismo Italiano . Publialfa Edizion, Milan 1994, p. 253 (Italian).

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personal data
SURNAME Monti, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Albano Laziale
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 2011
Place of death Albano Laziale