Riccardo Filippi

Riccardo Filippi (born January 25, 1931 in Ivrea ; † April 21, 2015 ) was an Italian cyclist and world champion.

As an amateur driver , Filippi was not noticed in major road races until he surprisingly won the amateur title in 1953 at the age of 22 at the road world championships. He left behind both the one year older Tour de France and Giro d'Italia winner Gastone Nencini and the later professional world champion of 1960 and 1961 Rik Van Looy .

After winning the world championship title, Filippi became a professional racing driver. He was signed by the Italian racing team Bianchi-Pirelli, which also included the 1953 professional world champion Fausto Coppi . With him as a partner, Filippi won his first professional driver victory in the two-road race Trofeo Baracchi in 1953. Filippi was able to repeat this success in 1954 and 1955 with Coppi.

1954 Filippi first took part in the Giro d'Italia , but retired in the course of the race. A year later he was able to present himself better at the Giro and came in 37th place in the overall ranking among 86 drivers. Filippi achieved his best Giro result in 1956 when he was 25th, his last Giro participation was in 1957, when he retired prematurely.

Filippi achieved his last notable placement in 1958 at the Milan – Sanremo road race , which he finished in tenth. In 1960 he drove his last races as a professional driver for the Italian team Gazzola, which also included several German drivers ( Fischerkeller , Junkermann , Reitz ).

literature

• Sergio Calvi: Nell'ombra di Fausto. La vita sportiva di Riccardo Filippi , 2011

Web links

• Riccardo Filippi in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Results at www.museociclismo.it

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ciao Filippi, Angelo di Coppi: iridato a Lugano '53 nei dilettanti. Un giorno great. In: La Gazzetta dello Sport . April 21, 2015, accessed May 23, 2018 (Italian).