Ercole Baldini
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| Full name | Ercole Baldini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 January 1933 Villanova di Forlì, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1957–1958 | Legnano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1962 | Ignis–Frejus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Cynar–Frejus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | Salvarani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ercole Baldini (born 26 January 1933) is a retired Italian cyclist. As an amateur he won an Olympic gold medal in the road race and the world title in the individual pursuit on track, both in 1956.[1] Next year he turned professional, and in 1958 won the world title in the road race and the Giro d'Italia. He continued competing on track and won bronze medals in the individual pursuit at the world championships of 1960 and 1964.[2]
Biography[]
Baldini was born at Villanova di Forlì (Emilia-Romagna).[1] At 21 he set the hour record for amateurs, with 44.870 km, gaining the nickname of Forlì train. His best year was 1956, in which he won a gold medal in the road race at the Summer Olympics in Melbourne, and, in September, stripped Jacques Anquetil of the hour record, riding 46.394 km at the Velodromo Vigorelli in Milan.[1]
In 1957 he became professional and won six important races, including the Trofeo Baracchi alongside Fausto Coppi, and became Italian champion. In 1958 Baldini won the Giro d'Italia,[1] beating Charly Gaul on the latter's favourite terrain, climbing. He was again Italian champion and also won the World Cycling Championship.[2]
Baldini finished 6th in the 1959 Tour de France. His career ended in 1964 after surgery to a leg.[1]
Career achievements[]
Major results[]
- 1953
- 3rd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 1954
- 1st
- World hour record (Amateurs) – 44.90km
- 1956
- 1st
Olympic Games Road Race - 1st
UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Individual Pursuit) - 1st
National Track Cycling Championships (Individual Pursuit) - 1st
- 1st Manx International
- World hour record – 46.39km
- 1957
- 1st National Road Championship, Road Race
- 1st Coppa Brescia
- 1st Pescara Criterium
- 1st Giro della Romagna
- 1st Giro del Lazio
- 1st
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Fausto Coppi)
- 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
- 2nd Grand Prix des Nations
- 2nd Criterium
- 2nd
- 2nd Cenon Criterium
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 12
- 3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 3rd Parma Criterium
- 1958
- 1st UCI Road World Championships, Road Race
- 1st National Road Championship, Road Race
- 1st
Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 2, 8, 15 & 17
- 1st Trofeo Matteotti
- 1st GP Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Aldo Moser)
- 1st
- 1st Castrocaro Terme
- 1st Forlì Criterium
- 1st Riccione Criteriym
- 1st Stages 3b & 6a Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 2nd
- 2nd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 2nd
- 2nd Valeggio sul Mincio
- 5th
- 1959
- 1st Castrocaro Terme
- 1st
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Aldo Moser)
- 2nd
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 18
- 1960
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations
- 2nd Giro dell'Appennino
- 2nd Trofeo Baracchi
- 2nd Castrocaro Terme
- 3rd UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Individual Pursuit)
- 3rd
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 1961
- 1st
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Joseph Velly)
- 1st
- 2nd Ravenna Criterium
- 2nd Castrocaro Terme
- 3rd GP du Parisien
- 3rd Coppa Agostoni
- 8th Bordighera Criterium
- 1962
- 1st Ponte di Piave
- 2nd Castrocaro Terme
- 2nd Coppa Sabatini
- 2nd
- 2nd Trofeo Baracchi
- 3rd Giro della Romagna
- 4th
- 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 7th Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Giro del Lazio
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 1963
- 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 1st
- 1st Coppa Placci
- 1st Castrocaro Terme
- 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
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 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Giro d'Italia
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3 | 1 | 17 | 41 | DNF | 7 | 26 | DNF |
| Tour de France
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— | — | 6 | 33 | — | 8 | — | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
See also[]
- Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Ercole Baldini Archived 18 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ercole Baldini. cyclingarchives.com
External links[]
- Ercole Baldini at Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Ercole Baldini at Olympedia
- Ercole Baldini at Cycling Archives
- Ercole Baldini at ProCyclingStats
- Ercole Baldini at The-Sports.org
- Ercole Baldini at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1933 births
- Living people
- People from Forlì
- Italian male cyclists
- Giro d'Italia winners
- Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Italian Tour de France stage winners
- Olympic cyclists of Italy
- Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- UCI Road World Champions (elite men)
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Emilia-Romagna