CYCLIST

Gino Bartali

1914 - 2000

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Gino Bartali, (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒiːno ˈbartali]; 18 July 1914 – 5 May 2000), nicknamed Gino the Pious and (in Italy) Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice, in 1936 and 1937, and the Tour de France in 1938. After the war, he added one more victory in each event: the Giro d'Italia in 1946 and the Tour de France in 1948. His second and last Tour de France victory in 1948 gave him the largest gap between victories in the race. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gino Bartali is the 6th most popular cyclist, the 1,076th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,090th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Cyclist.

Gino Bartali was a famous Italian cyclist who was a part of the Tour de France in the 1930s. He was most famous for being a hero during World War II.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Gino Bartali ranks 6 out of 1,613Before him are Eddy Merckx, Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, Rik Van Looy, and Maurice Garin. After him are Raymond Poulidor, Bernard Hinault, Roger De Vlaeminck, Miguel Induráin, Tom Simpson, and Lucien Petit-Breton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Gino Bartali ranks 38Before him are Demetrios I of Constantinople, William Vickrey, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Arthur Kennedy, Boris Christoff, and Philippe Ariès. After him are Vincent J. McMahon, Etty Hillesum, Jonas Salk, Renato Dulbecco, Agostino Casaroli, and Robert Wise. Among people deceased in 2000, Gino Bartali ranks 32Before him are Gherman Titov, Walter Matthau, Carl Barks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Ofra Haza. After him are Yasuo Suzuki, Bettino Craxi, Hirokazu Ninomiya, John Gielgud, Rudolf Kirchschläger, and Empress Kōjun.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gino Bartali ranks 1,076 out of 5,161Before him are Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Nina Ricci (1883), Pietro Locatelli (1695), Fulvia (-77), Lucius Julius Caesar (-135), and Aloysius Lilius (1510). After him are Gabriele Falloppio (1523), Sextus Pompey (-67), Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), Carlo Crivelli (1430), Angelo Secchi (1818), and Guy III of Spoleto (900).

Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Gino Bartali ranks 3Before him are Fausto Coppi (1919), and Maurice Garin (1871). After him are Felice Gimondi (1942), Alfredo Binda (1902), Marco Pantani (1970), Francesco Moser (1951), Ottavio Bottecchia (1894), Luigi Ganna (1883), Gastone Nencini (1930), Ercole Baldini (1933), and Fiorenzo Magni (1920).