Pierre Brambilla Explained

Pierre Brambilla
Full Name:Pierre Brambilla
Nickname:La Brambille
Birth Date:12 May 1919
Birth Place:Villarbeney, Switzerland
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1939
Proteam1:Terrot
Proyears2:1942
Proteam2:Tendil–Hutchinson
Proyears3:1944
Proteam3:Mercier–Hutchinson
Proyears4:1946 - 1949
Proteam4:Metropole–Dunlop
Proyears5:1950
Proteam5:Mervil
Proyears6:1951
Proteam6:Alcyon–Dunlop
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

Mountains classification (1947)

Vuelta a España

1 individual stage (1942)

Pierre Brambilla (12 May 1919 at Villarbeney in Switzerland – 13 February 1984 at Grenoble, France) was a French professional road cyclist. He was of Italian origin but adopted French nationality on 9 September 1949. He was known as "la Brambille" and he won the King of the Mountains competition in the 1947 Tour de France where he also finished third overall and wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for two days.In that 1947 Tour, Brambilla was leading the race at the penultimate day, with Aldo Ronconi at 53 seconds and Jean Robic at 2'58". At the last stage, Caen-Paris, Robic and Édouard Fachleitner attacked, and finished more than 13 minutes before Brambilla, taking the first two places. Brambilla was the first cyclist to lose the lead in the Tour de France on the last stage. Brambilla is pictured in the short story "Brambilla" by Julian Barnes, published in his collection of short stories Cross Channel (1996).

Major results

1939
  • Lyon–Grenoble–Lyon (with Giuseppe Martino)
    1941
  • Montluçon
    1942
  • Vuelta a España
  • Winner stage 10
  • Mountains classification circuit de France
    1943
  • Carcassonne
  • Circuit du Mont Ventoux
  • Course du Mont Chauve
  • GP d'Espéraza
  • GP Haute Savoie
  • Perpignan
    1945
  • Annecy–Grenoble–Annecy
    1946
  • Tour de l'Ouest
    1947
  • Paris–Clermont-Ferrand
  • Tour de France
  • Winner Mountains classification
  • 3rd place overall classification
  • Wearing yellow jersey for two days
    1949
  • Cahors

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