Luigi Mele Explained

Luigi Mele
Birth Date:11 September 1937
Birth Place:Calvi Risorta, Italy
Death Place:Calvi Risorta, Italy
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1960
Proyears2:1961–1964
Proyears3:1966
Proteam3:Queen Anne

Luigi Mele (11 September 1937 – 14 April 2023) was an Italian racing cyclist.[1] He rode in the 1962 Tour de France as well as in three editions of the Giro d'Italia.[2] [3]

Mele died in Calvi Risorta on 14 April 2023, at the age of 85.[4]

Major results

1962
  • 1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse
  • 2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
  • 8th Coppa Placci
    1963
  • 3rd GP Alghero
    1964
  • 5th Coppa Placci

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Luigi Mele . Cycling Archives . 3 September 2020.
    2. Web site: Tour de France 1962 . Cycling Archives . 3 September 2020.
    3. Web site: Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson (1962). 11 May 2017. Mémoire du cyclisme. French. https://web.archive.org/web/20170511050532/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/pelotons/equipes.php?q=4910. 11 May 2017. live.
    4. https://www.casertafocus.net/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55855 Addio a Luigi Mele, campione di ciclismo e di vita