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Luigi Ganna

1883 - 1957

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Luigi Ganna (1 December 1883 – 2 October 1957) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He was the overall winner of the first Giro d'Italia, held in 1909, as well as the first Italian winner of the classic Milan–San Remo earlier that year. Further highlights in his career were his fifth place in the 1908 Tour de France and several podium places in Italian classic races. In 1908, he set a new Italian hour record, which he held for six years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Ganna is the 46th most popular cyclist (up from 68th in 2019), the 2,409th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,833rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Luigi Ganna ranks 46 out of 1,613. Before him are Ottavio Bottecchia, Walter Godefroot, Louison Bobet, Rudi Altig, Henri Pélissier, and André Leducq. After him are Hugo Koblet, Sylvère Maes, Aristidis Konstantinidis, Georgios Koletis, Freddy Maertens, and Roger Pingeon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Luigi Ganna ranks 114. Before him are Umberto Saba, Henri Maspero, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Ikki Kita, Sam Wood, and Richard Gerstl. After him are Dmytro Dontsov, Paul Levi, Hasui Kawase, Johann Kremer, Riccardo Zandonai, and Diego Martínez Barrio. Among people deceased in 1957, Luigi Ganna ranks 100. Before him are Eugène Schueller, Karl Genzken, Heinrich Bär, Valery Larbaud, Umberto Saba, and Musidora. After him are Hasui Kawase, Rudolf Weigl, Irving Baxter, Walter Jakobsson, Katie Johnson, and Sholem Asch.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Ganna ranks 2,409 out of 5,161. Before him are Boniface II, Marquis of Montferrat (1202), Mariano Rumor (1915), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), Francesco Pesellino (1422), Umberto Lenzi (1931), and Prospero Fontana (1512). After him are Geminianus (312), Lazare Ponticelli (1897), Anne Marie Martinozzi (1637), Luca Cambiaso (1527), Publius Decius Mus (-400), and Giovanni Pascoli (1855).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Luigi Ganna ranks 9. Before him are Gino Bartali (1914), Felice Gimondi (1942), Alfredo Binda (1902), Marco Pantani (1970), Francesco Moser (1951), and Ottavio Bottecchia (1894). After him are Gastone Nencini (1930), Ercole Baldini (1933), Fiorenzo Magni (1920), Costante Girardengo (1893), Italo De Zan (1925), and Attilio Pavesi (1910).

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