Walter Serena Explained
Walter Serena |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1928 |
Birth Place: | San Zeno Naviglio, Italy |
Death Date: | 19 August 2011 (aged 83) |
Death Place: | Brescia, Italy |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Proyears1: | 1952–1953 |
Proteam1: | Welter–Ursus |
Proyears2: | 1954 |
Proteam2: | Bottecchia |
Proyears3: | 1955–1956 |
Proteam3: | Leo–Chlorodont |
Proyears4: | 1957 |
Proteam4: | Arbos Bif |
Majorwins: | Volta a Catalunya (1954) |
Walter Serena (3 April 1928 – 19 August 2011) was an Italian cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1952 to 1957. He most notably won the 1954 Volta a Catalunya.[1] [2] [3] He also competed in five editions of the Giro d'Italia.
Major results
- 1953
6th Züri-Metzgete
9th Giro dell'Appennino
- 1954
1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 8 (ITT)
6th Coppa Sabatini
6th Giro del Veneto
7th Giro di Campania
8th Giro di Lombardia
10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1955
3rd Giro del Veneto
8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
9th Giro di Lombardia
- 1956
1st Stage 2b (TTT) Giro d'Italia
3rd Overall Giro di Sicilia
8th Overall Volta a CatalunyaNotes and References
- Web site: 34ème Volta a Catalunya 1954. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20050316185041/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_catalogne/catalunya1954.php. 16 March 2005.
- Web site: Walter Serena . ProCyclingStats . 9 October 2021.
- Web site: Cycling - Walter Serena (Italy). 2021-10-27. www.the-sports.org.