Luigi Ganna

Luigi Ganna

Luigi Ganna, posing in a studio in Varese, Italy, 18 June 1914
Personal information
Full name	Luigi Ganna
Born	(1883-12-01)1 December 1883 Induno Olona, Italy
Died	2 October 1957(1957-10-02) (aged 73)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1904	Individual
1905	Rudge Whitwort
1906	Bianchi/Rudge Whitwort
1907	Turkheimer
1908	Alycon/Atala
1909–1911	Atala
1912	Atala/Ganna
1913–1915	Ganna
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia General classification (1909) One-day races and Classics Milan–San Remo (1909)

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.^[1] In 1908 he set a new Italian hour record, which he held for six years.

He was born in Induno Olona, near Varese, in Lombardy. Before becoming a professional cyclist, he worked as a bricklayer, commuting up to 100 km to work by bike.^[1]

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Bibliography[]

• Gregori, Claudio (2009). Luigi Ganna—Il romanzo del vincitore del primo Giro d'Italia del 1909 [Luigi Ganna—The romance of the winner of the first Giro d'Italia in 1909] (in Italian). Cassina de' Pecchi (Milan), Italy: Edizioni Roberto Vallardi. ISBN 978-88-95684-23-9.