Alfredo Martini Explained

Alfredo Martini
Birth Date:18 February 1921
Birth Place:Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Death Place:Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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.[1] [2] He also rode in the 1949 Tour de France.[3] 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ciclismo in lutto, è morto Alfredo Martini . Repubblica.it . 2014-08-26.
  2. Web site: Gregor Brown . Italy's famed national coach, Alfredo Martini dies . Cycling Weekly . 2014-08-26.
  3. Web site: 36ème Tour de France 1949. Memoire du cyclisme. French. 9 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120124102917/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1949.php. 24 January 2012.