Pierino Favalli

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Pierino Favalli (born May 1, 1914 in Zanengo di Grumello , † May 16, 1986 in Cremona ) was an Italian cyclist and national champion in cycling .

Favalli won the 1934 Italian championship for amateurs in road racing. In 1936 Pierino Favalli started at the Olympic Games in Berlin : He finished eleventh in the individual road race and fourth in the team classification with the Italian team. The 100-kilometer team race began with a mass start for the first time, and the times of the top three drivers on each team were added together for the purposes of the classification. In the same year Favalli won the bronze medal in the street race of the amateurs at the road world championships in Bern .

Favalli was a professional from 1936 to 1946 . His greatest success was the 1941 victory at Milan – Sanremo , in 1937 and 1938 he was second and in 1932 third. In 1938 he won the Giro della Romagna and in 1938 and 1939 Milan – Turin , in 1942 the Giro del Veneto and the Giro di Campania . He won a couple time trial four times with Gino Bartali . At the Giro d'Italia 1940 he decided the second stage for himself.

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SURNAME Favalli, Pierino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Zanengo di Grumello
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1986
Place of death Cremona