Ernesto Azzini
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| Ernesto Azzini at the finish of the Tour de France 1910 | |
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| Date of birth | October 17, 1885 |
| nation |
 Italy
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| discipline | Street |
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| 1907–1909 1909 1910 1910–1913 1919 |
Atena Rudge Whitworth - Pirelli Atena Legnano Stucchi - Dunlop |
| Last updated: April 16, 2017 | |
Ernesto Azzini (born October 17, 1885 in Rodigo , † July 14, 1923 in Milan ) was an Italian cyclist .
Azzini was the brother of professional cyclists Luigi Azzini and Giuseppe Azzini . In 1910 , Azzini was the first Italian cyclist to win a stage of the Tour de France . In the same year he also won a stage of the Giro d'Italia 1910 . He won his second stage of this tour in 1912 . His nickname was El du meter . Azzini was able to achieve a total of nine daily victories in important races.
In 1914 Azzini was drafted as a soldier and took part in the First World War. In 1919 he started racing again, but his body was weakened from years of military service. In 1923 he died of tuberculosis , as did his younger brother Giuseppe four years later.
successes
- 1906
- Milan – Verona
- 1907
- GP Peugeot
- 1908
- Milan – Verona
- San Remo – Vintimilli – San Remo
- 1910
- a stage Tour de France
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
- Coppa Savona
- 1912
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
- Corsa del Commercio
Web links
- Ernesto Azzini in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Ernesto Azzini in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Azzini Ernesto. In: memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved April 16, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Luciano Boccaccini, Giovanni Tarello: Annuario Storico Del Ciclismo Italiano . Publialfa Edizion, Milan 1994, p. 29 (Italian).
- ↑ Ernesto Azzini. In: - Stuyfs Sportverhalen. Retrieved April 16, 2017 (Dutch).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Azzini, Ernesto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | El you meter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rodigo |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1923 |
| Place of death | Milan |