CYCLIST

Costante Girardengo

1893 - 1978

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Costante Girardengo (Italian pronunciation: [koˈstante dʒirarˈdeŋɡo]; 18 March 1893 – 9 February 1978) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or "champion of champions" by the Italian media and fans. At the height of his career, in the 1920s, he was said to be more popular than Mussolini and it was decreed that all express trains should stop in his home town Novi Ligure, an honour only normally awarded to heads of state. His career achievements include two wins in the Giro d'Italia, six wins in Milan–San Remo, three wins in the Giro di Lombardia; he was also Italian road race champion on nine occasions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Costante Girardengo is the 67th most popular cyclist (up from 90th in 2019), the 2,695th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,137th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Costante Girardengo ranks 67 out of 1,613. Before him are Fiorenzo Magni, Erik De Vlaeminck, Herman Van Springel, Josef Fischer, Lucien Buysse, and Hennie Kuiper. After him are Alberto Contador, Tony Rominger, Gösta Pettersson, José Manuel Fuente, Italo De Zan, and Maurice De Waele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Costante Girardengo ranks 147. Before him are Walter Donaldson, Georges Florovsky, Lajos Czeizler, George Ohsawa, Meghnad Saha, and Rued Langgaard. After him are Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Hilda Geiringer, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Freya Stark, Herbert Read, and Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1978, Costante Girardengo ranks 117. Before him are Mária Mednyánszky, Nancy Spungen, Henryk Zygalski, Semyon Krivoshein, Hans Stuck, and Bernhard Karlgren. After him are Juan Evaristo, Warren Weaver, Raymond Braine, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Harold Abrahams, and José Gonzalvo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Costante Girardengo ranks 2,695 out of 5,161. Before him are Salvatore De Giorgi (1930), Ugolino di Nerio (1280), Massimo Ranieri (1951), Augusto Righi (1850), Paul Henreid (1908), and Pasquale Cicogna (1509). After him are Mauro Codussi (1440), Bartolomeo Carducci (1554), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus (1), Lanassa (-400), and Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1395).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Costante Girardengo ranks 13. Before him are Francesco Moser (1951), Ottavio Bottecchia (1894), Luigi Ganna (1883), Gastone Nencini (1930), Ercole Baldini (1933), and Fiorenzo Magni (1920). After him are Italo De Zan (1925), Attilio Pavesi (1910), Enzo Sacchi (1926), Mario Zanin (1940), Giovanni Brunero (1895), and Vittorio Adorni (1937).

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