Pasquale Fornara Explained

Pasquale Fornara
Birth Date:1925 3, df=y
Birth Place:Borgomanero, Italy
Death Place:Borgomanero, Italy
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider

Pasquale Fornara (29 March 1925 – 24 July 1990) was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that still stands to this day.

In addition to his Tour de Suisse achievements, Fornara won the 1956 Tour de Romandie and finished on the podium in two Grand Tours: a third place behind the legendary Fausto Coppi at the 1953 Giro d'Italia and a second place at the 1958 Vuelta a España behind Frenchman Jean Stablinski.

Major achievements

1952
  • 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 2 stage wins)
  • 1st, Stage, Giro d'Italia
    1953
  • 3rd, Overall, Giro d’Italia (and 1 stage win)
  • 1st, King of the Mountains
    1954
  • 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse
    1955
  • 4th, Overall, Tour de France
  • 1st, Stage, Giro d’Italia
    1956
  • 1st, Overall, Tour de Romandie
  • 1st, Stage, Giro d'Italia
  • 24th, Overall, Tour de France
    1957
  • 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 1 stage win)
  • 1st, King of the Mountains
    1958
  • 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 2 stage wins)
  • 2nd, Overall, Vuelta a España

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