Giovanni Brunero

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Giovanni Brunero

Personal information
Full name	Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero
Date of birth	October 4, 1895(1895-10-04)
Date of death	November 23, 1934 (aged 39)
Country	Italy
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Giro d'Italia (1921, 1922, 1926)
Infobox last updated on:
June 10, 2008

Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero (10 April 1895 - November 23, 1934) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He is considered one of the best Italian cyclists of all time, ranking 66th on Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, being the 18th Italian cyclist of that list.

[edit] Biography

Giovanni Brunero was born in San Maurizio Canavese.

He became a professional cycling racer in 1920, soon obtaining a promising fifth place in the Milan-Sanremo. In the same year he was Junior Italian champion, second at the Giro di Lombardia and won the Giro dell'Emilia, beating champions of the time like Gaetano Belloni and Costante Girardengo.

In the 1920s he was one the dominant racers in the Giro d'Italia, with a total of three overall victories (1921-1922 and 1926). At the Tour de France he did not perform as well, with the exception of the 1924 edition in which he retreated at the second last stage when he was third overall.

His other victories include a Milan-Sanremo (1922) and two Giri di Lombardia (1923-1924).

Brunero died in Cirié in 1934 from a fatal illness.

[edit] Palmarès

[edit] External links

• Giovanni Brunero profile at the Cycling Website
• Official Tour de France results for Giovanni Brunero

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gaetano Belloni	Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1921-22	Succeeded by Costante Girardengo
Preceded by Alfredo Binda	Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1926	Succeeded by Alfredo Binda