Luigi Arienti
Luigi Arienti (born January 6, 1937 in San Carlo di Desio ) is a former Italian cyclist .
Athletic career
At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 , Luigi Arienti and the Italian four-man team were Olympic champion in the team pursuit , together with Marino Vigna , Franco Testa and Mario Vallotto . He then switched to the professionals and was five times Italian runner-up in the single pursuit . In 1967 he was tested positive for doping agents at the UCI track world championships and was fined. He also started in road races and six-day races , but without major success. In 1972 he ended his cycling career. During his career as a professional driver, he achieved four victories in road races. At the Giro d`Italia he was part of the Molteni team in 1961 and finished the tour in 64th place.
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 36/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 5 .
- ↑ Luciano Boccaccini, Giovanni Tarello: Annuario Storico Del Ciclismo . Publialfa Edizion, Milan 1994, p. 24 (Italian).
Web links
- Luigi Arienti in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Luigi Arienti in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Luigi Arienti on medagliedoro.org
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Arienti, Luigi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Carlo di Desio |