Ercole Baldini (* 26. January 1933 in Villanova di Forli ) was an Italian bike - professional .
Cycling career
Baldini began his cycling career in 1951. After Ercole Baldini had already broken the world hour record for amateurs with 44.870 km in 1954, he improved the generally accepted world hour record for professionals on September 19, 1956 on the Vigorelli Railway in Milan with 46.394 km . He exceeded the only three-month-old record of five-time Tour de France winner Jacques Anquetil by 235 m. Baldini turned pro in 1957 after becoming an Olympic road race champion in Melbourne in 1956 . Because of his championship titles and his successes, Baldini is considered a Campionissimo in Italy - he is particularly popular in his central Italian homeland, Emilia-Romagna . In 1958 he won the professional road cycling championship .
Baldini, nicknamed Il Treno di Forlì (Italian = the train from Forli ), was successful on the track as well as in road cycling competitions . Above all, his great pace and clean driving style made him a successful time trialist - which he achieved with the mentioned hour record, the world championship title in the single pursuit as well as in various individual and pair time trials , such as the Trofeo Baracchi (four wins) and the Grand Prix des Nations proved. He also won the Grand Prix Forlì four times. Thanks to his well-trained all-rounder skills, he won the Giro d'Italia in 1958 .
successes
1954
World hour record for amateurs - 44.870 km
1956
1957
1958
Hour record - 46.394 km
four stages and overall ranking Giro d'Italia
World Champion - Road Race
GP Industria e Commercio
Baracchi Trophy (with Aldo Moser)
1959
1960
1961
1963
also
three-time Italian champion (road and rail)
Teams
1957-1958 Legnano
1959 Ignis-Frejus
1960-1961 Ignis
1962 Ignis-Moschettieri
1963 Cynar
1964 Salvarani
Individual evidence
↑ Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1961 . Grenchen 1961, p. 96 .
literature
Rino Negri / Maurizio Rizzi: La storia di Ercole Baldini, il treno de Forli . Edizioni Ciclofer, 2000
Web links
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