Gianni Ferlenghi Explained

Gianni Ferlenghi
Birth Date:11 February 1931
Birth Place:Collesalvetti, Italy
Death Place:Sospiro, Italy
Role:Rider

Gianni Ferlenghi (11 February 1931 – 19 August 2023) was an Italian professional racing cyclist.[1] He rode in three editions of the Tour de France.[2]

Born in Collesalvetti, Ferlenghi started his career as a junior with the Pedale Soresinese team, and was a professional rider from 1954 to 1961. Best known as a domestique of Fausto Coppi, during his career his best results were a victory in a stage of the and two runner-up placements in stages of the Giro d'Italia and of the Paris–Nice. Ferlenghi died in Sospiro on 19 August 2023, at the age of 92.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gianni Ferlenghi . 13 July 2016 . Cycling Archives.
  2. Web site: 47ème Tour de France 1960. Memoire du cyclisme. French. 11 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120121063116/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1960.php. 21 January 2012.
  3. News: 19 August 2023 . Addio a Giovanni Ferlenghi, gregario di Fausto Coppi . . 20 August 2023.