Domenico Piemontesi

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Domenico Piemontesi (born January 11, 1903 in Boca , † May 31, 1987 in Borgomanero ) was an Italian racing cyclist .

The greatest success in Domenico Piemontesi's cycling career was third place in the 1927 UCI Road World Championships for professionals at the Nürburgring , behind Alfredo Binda and Costante Girardengo , after finishing ninth at the 1924 Road World Championships in Paris was. He was a professional cyclist for 16 years from October 1922 to 1938 . In 1922 he won the Tre Valli Varesine , still as an amateur. His first place as a professional driver was 12th in the Tour of Lombardy . In 1925 he was second several times, a. a. at the Coppa Bernocchi . In 1927 he won the Giro dell'Emilia , in 1928 the Great Saxony Prize and finished ninth at the 1929 Road World Championships in Zurich . In 1932 he won the Tre Valle Varesini a second time and in 1933 the Tour of Lombardy , in which he also came second in 1932 and third in 1934. At Milan-Sanremo he took third place three times.

Piemontesi started 13 times at the Giro d'Italia and won a total of eleven stages, in 1933 he achieved his best result in the tour with third place. He ended the Tour de France early twice.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Herve Dauchy: Wereld Encyclopedie Wielrennen . Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2001, p. 1469 (Flemish).
  2. ^ Gino Cervi, Paolo Facchinetti: 100 years of the Giro d'Italia . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7654-4954-3 , p. 167 .
personal data
SURNAME Piemontesi, Domenico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Boca
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1987
Place of death Borgomanero