Carlo Galetti Explained

Carlo Galetti
Fullname:Carlo Galetti
Nickname:Lo Scoiattolo dei Navigli (The Squirrel of the Canals), The Human Stopwatch[1]
Birth Date:1882 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Corsico, Italy
Death Place:Milan, Italy
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1901 - 1905
Proteam1:Individual
Proyears2:1906 - 1907
Proteam2:Rudge Whitwort/OTAV
Proyears3:1908
Proteam3:Alycon/Atala
Proyears4:1909
Proteam4:Legnano/Rudge Whitworth-Pirelli
Proyears5:1910
Proteam5:Medusa
Proyears6:1911
Proteam6:Bianchi
Proyears7:1912
Proteam7:Atala/Senior-Polack
Proyears8:1913
Proteam8:Legnano
Proyears9:1914
Proteam9:Bianchi
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

General classification (1910, 1911, 1912)

6 individual stages (1910, 1911, 1912)Stage races

Giro di Sicilia (1907, 1908)One-day races and Classics

Roma-Napoli-Roma (1906)

Carlo Galetti (26 August 1882  - 2 April 1949) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.

He was born at Corsico. The highlight of his career was his three consecutive overall wins in the 1910, 1911 and 1912 Giros d'Italia, the last of which was won as part of Team Atala along with Giovanni Micheletto and Eberardo Pavesi.[2]

He died in Milan in 1949.

Major results

1904
  • 1st Campionato Brianzola
  • 1st Menaggio–Como–Lecco–Menaggio
  • 2nd Dongo–Gera–Dongo
    1905
  • 1st Campionato Brianzola
  • 3rd Coppa Desio
  • 3rd Legnano–Gravellona–Legnano
  • 3rd Coppa Morbegno
    1906
  • 1st Overall Milano–Bologna–Roma
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Roma–Napoli–Roma
  • 1st Gran Fondo, La Seicento Corza Nazionale
  • 2nd Giro di Lombardia
  • 2nd Coppa Val d'Olona
  • 3rd Milano–Giovi–Milano
  • 3rd Milano–Pontedecimo
  • 3rd Brescia–Milano–Pallanza
    1907
  • 1st Overall Giro di Sicilia
  • 1st Stages 1, 3, 4, 6 & 8
  • 1st Firenze–Roma
  • 2nd Corsa Regina Madre
  • 2nd Milano–Bergamo–Como
  • 2nd Milano–Bologna–Firenze
  • 2nd Giro del Piemonte
    1908
  • 1st Overall Giro di Sicilia
  • 1st Stages 1, 3 & 6
  • 1st Corsa Vittorio Emanuele III e Regina Madre
  • 1st Coppa Tradate
  • 2nd Road Race, National Road Championships
  • 2nd Gran Fondo, La Seicento Corza Nazionale
  • 2nd Coppa Savona
  • 2nd Tre Coppe Parabiago
  • 3rd Giro del Piemonte
    1909
  • 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
  • 2nd Tre Coppe Parabiago
  • 2nd Coppa Savona
  • 3rd Coppa Bastogi
  • 7th Milan–San Remo
    1910
  • 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Stages 3 & 8
  • 1st Overall Ai mari ai laghi ai monti
  • 1st Stages 4 & 8
  • 1st Tre Coppe Parabiago
  • 2nd Giro di Romagna-Toscana
  • 3rd Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma
    1911
  • 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Stages 1, 4 & 10
  • 1st Tre Coppe Parabiago
  • 2nd Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma
  • 2nd Giro del Piemonte
  • 4th Milan–San Remo
    1912
  • 1st Overall Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 1st Milano–Sesto San Giovanni Chrono
  • 2nd Gran Fondo, La Seicento Corza Nazionale
  • 10th Milan–San Remo
    1913
  • 8th Giro di Lombardia
    1914
  • 2nd Milan–San Remo
    1915
  • 4th Milan–San Remo
    1918
  • 1st Overall Milano–Bologna–Roma
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 3rd Giro di Lombardia
    1919
  • 1st National Track Championships, Individual Pursuit
  • 2nd Gran Fondo, La Seicento Corza Nazionale
  • 5th Milan–San Remo
    1920
  • 2nd Overall Giro della Provincia Milano
    1921
  • 9th Milan–San Remo

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 13 of the strangest nicknames in cycling . Clarke . Stuart. 5 November 2015 . . 11 May 2016.
    2. Web site: Carlo Galetti . 1 June 2014 . Cycling Archives.

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