Giovanni Gerbi
- Coppa del Re (1902, 1903)
- Milano–Torino (1903)
- Circuito di Alessandria (1905)
- Corza Nazionale (1905, 1907, 1908)
- Giro di Lombardia (1905)
- Brescia–Milano–Pallanza (1906)
- Giro del Piemonte (1906, 1907, 1908)
- Milano–Alessandria–Milano (1906)
- Milano–Pontedecimo (1906)
- Roma–Napoli–Roma (1907, 1908, 1909)
Giovanni Gerbi (20 May 1885 – 6 May 1955) was an Italian road racing cyclist.[1]
He was nicknamed the "red devil", due to his red jersey and his "never-say-die" attitude.
In 1905, he won the first Giro di Lombardia. In 1911, he finished third in the Giro d'Italia. He held the world "6 hours" record in 1913 with 208.161 km. Between 1921 and 1925, he did not race. He began racing again in 1926. Failing to get a single result, he retired from racing. In 1932, he took part in the Italian Championships for veterans, which he won. He repeated this performance in 1933.[1]
Gerbi died in Asti in 1955. In 1982, Paolo Conte dedicated a song on his album "Appunti di viaggio" to him: "Diavolo rosso dimentica la strada, vieni qui con noi a bere un'aranciata, contro luce tutto il tempo se ne va..."
References
- ^ a b Giovanni Gerbi at Cycling Archives
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- Giovanni Gerbi (1905)
- Cesare Brambilla (1906)
- Gustave Garrigou (1907)
- François Faber (1908)
- Giovanni Cuniolo (1909)
- Giovanni Micheletto (1910)
- Henri Pélissier (1911)
- Carlo Oriani (1912)
- Henri Pélissier (1913)
- Lauro Bordin (1914)
- Gaetano Belloni (1915)
- Leopoldo Torricelli (1916)
- Philippe Thys (1917)
- Gaetano Belloni (1918)
- Costante Girardengo (1919)
- Henri Pélissier (1920)
- Costante Girardengo (1921–1922)
- Giovanni Brunero (1923–1924)
- Alfredo Binda (1925–1927)
- Gaetano Belloni (1928)
- Pietro Fossati (1929)
- Michele Mara (1930)
- Alfredo Binda (1931)
- Antonio Negrini (1932)
- Domenico Piemontesi (1933)
- Learco Guerra (1934)
- Enrico Mollo (1935)
- Gino Bartali (1936)
- Aldo Bini (1937)
- Cino Cinelli (1938)
- Gino Bartali (1939)
- Gino Bartali (1940)
- Mario Ricci (1941)
- Aldo Bini (1942)
- (1943–1944, not held)
- Mario Ricci (1945)
- Fausto Coppi (1946–1949)
- Renzo Soldani (1950)
- Louison Bobet (1951)
- Giuseppe Minardi (1952)
- Bruno Landi (1953)
- Fausto Coppi (1954)
- Cleto Maule (1955)
- André Darrigade (1956)
- Diego Ronchini (1957)
- Nino Defilippis (1958)
- Rik Van Looy (1959)
- Emile Daems (1960)
- Vito Taccone (1961)
- Jo de Roo (1962–1963)
- Gianni Motta (1964)
- Tom Simpson (1965)
- Felice Gimondi (1966)
- Franco Bitossi (1967)
- Herman Van Springel (1968)
- Jean-Pierre Monseré (1969)
- Franco Bitossi (1970)
- Eddy Merckx (1971–1972)
- Felice Gimondi (1973)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1974)
- Francesco Moser (1975)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1976)
- Gianbattista Baronchelli (1977)
- Francesco Moser (1978)
- Bernard Hinault (1979)
- Alfons De Wolf (1980)
- Hennie Kuiper (1981)
- Giuseppe Saronni (1982)
- Sean Kelly (1983)
- Bernard Hinault (1984)
- Sean Kelly (1985)
- Gianbattista Baronchelli (1986)
- Moreno Argentin (1987)
- Charly Mottet (1988)
- Tony Rominger (1989)
- Gilles Delion (1990)
- Sean Kelly (1991)
- Tony Rominger (1992)
- Pascal Richard (1993)
- Vladislav Bobrik (1994)
- Gianni Faresin (1995)
- Andrea Tafi (1996)
- Laurent Jalabert (1997)
- Oscar Camenzind (1998)
- Mirko Celestino (1999)
- Raimondas Rumšas (2000)
- Danilo Di Luca (2001)
- Michele Bartoli (2002–2003)
- Damiano Cunego (2004)
- Paolo Bettini (2005–2006)
- Damiano Cunego (2007–2008)
- Philippe Gilbert (2009–2010)
- Oliver Zaugg (2011)
- Joaquim Rodríguez (2012–2013)
- Dan Martin (2014)
- Vincenzo Nibali (2015)
- Esteban Chaves (2016)
- Vincenzo Nibali (2017)
- Thibaut Pinot (2018)
- Bauke Mollema (2019)
- Jakob Fuglsang (2020)
- Tadej Pogačar (2021–23)
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