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Born | (1921-02-18)18 February 1921 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy |
Died | 28 August 2014(2014-08-28) (aged 93) Sesto Fiorentino, Italy |
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Role | Rider |
Alfredo Martini (18 February 1921 – 25 August 2014) was an Italian cyclist and coach from Sesto Fiorentino, north of Florence. Professional from 1941 to 1957, he won a stage in the 1950 Giro d'Italia and was later the coach of the Italian national team. He also rode in the 1949 Tour de France. In 2021, in honour of Martini's 100th birthday, the one-day race Per sempre Alfredo was first held; the race finishes in Martini's home town of Sesto Fiorentino.
Under his 22-year tenure as head coach, Italy got six gold medals at the Road World Championships with 5 different cyclists (Francesco Moser, Giuseppe Saronni, Moreno Argentin, Maurizio Fondriest once each and Gianni Bugno twice), plus seven silver and as many bronze medals.
References
- "Ciclismo in lutto, è morto Alfredo Martini". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- Gregor Brown. "Italy's famed national coach, Alfredo Martini dies". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- "36ème Tour de France 1949" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
External links
- Alfredo Martini at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Alfredo Martini at ProCyclingStats
- Alfredo Martini at CycleBase
- Alfredo Martini at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
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