Oscar Cavagnis Explained

Birth Date:12 December 1974
Birth Place:Bergamo, Italy
Death Place:Königspitze
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:1994
Amateurteam1:Ecoclear Sumirago
Amateuryears2:1996
Amateurteam2:Casini Saeco–Vigorplant Vellutex
Amateuryears3:1997
Amateurteam3:San Pellegrino–Bottoli–Artoni
Proyears1:1998–1999
Proyears2:2000
Proyears3:2001
Proyears4:2002

Oscar Cavagnis (12 December 1974 – 19 May 2021) was an Italian cyclist. He competed professionally from 1998 to 2002 and rode in the 2002 Giro d'Italia.[1]

Cavagnis died on 19 May 2021, aged 46, from an avalanche on the Königspitze.

Major results

1996
  • 1st Prologue (TTT) Giro delle Regioni
  • 2nd Gran Premio di Poggiana
    1997
  • 1st GP Industrie del Marmo
  • 1st Stage 5 Giro d'Abruzzo
  • 2nd Overall Giro del Ticino
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Nouvelle-Calédonie
  • 5th Gran Premio della Liberazione
    1998
  • 1st Stages 5 & 9 Peace Race
    2000
  • 1st Stage 1 Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
  • 2nd Giro di Campania
  • 3rd Route Adélie
  • 5th Classic Haribo
    2002
  • 2nd Poreč Trophy 3
  • 6th Trofeo dell'Etna
  • 8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

    Notes and References

    1. https://bergamo.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/21_maggio_19/travolti-valanga-due-scialpinistitrovati-morti-700-metri-piu-valle-42f6aa52-b8dd-11eb-86a2-256e95d23aef.shtml Gran Zebrù, morti sotto la valanga: chi erano Fernando Bergamelli e Oscar Cavagnis