Luigi Ganna

Luigi Ganna ( born December 1, 1883 in Induno Olona (VA ); † October 2, 1957 in Varese ) was an Italian cyclist and the first overall winner of the Giro d' Italia.

Career

Ganna began his career as a professional cyclist in 1904. According wins in smaller races he started in 1908 at the Tour de France and finished it in fifth place. The following year he won the Milan - Sanremo classic today, before he scored a few weeks later to the 127 starters of the inaugural Giro d' Italia. With a total of three stage victories, he secured the overall victory sovereign. In 1910 he started again at the Giro was once again despite three stage wins, but finished second in the overall standings. In 1912 he again won the overall classification of the Tour of Italy, but this issue was held only as team standings and Ganna was one of the four drivers of the winning team Atala. In 1915, he finished his career.

Ganna died on 2 October 1957 at the age of 73 in Varese.

Achievements

1906

  • Milan - Piano dei Giovi Milan

1907

  • San Remo, Ventimiglia - San Remo

1909

  • Giro d' Italia and 4th, 5th and 7th stage
  • Milan - Sanremo

1910

  • 6th, 7th and 10th stage of the Giro d' Italia
  • Giro dell'Emilia
  • Milan - Modena

1912

1908 Tour de France Atala (company) Carlo Oriani Alfonso Calzolari Costante Girardengo Gaetano Belloni Giuseppe Enrici Alfredo Binda Luigi Marchisio Antonio Pesenti Learco Guerra Vasco Bergamaschi Giovanni Valetti Fausto Coppi Fiorenzo Magni Hugo Koblet Carlo Clerici Charly Gaul Gastone Nencini Ercole Baldini Jacques Anquetil Arnaldo Pambianco Gianni Motta Fausto Bertoglio Michel Pollentier Giuseppe Saronni Bernard Hinault Giovanni Battaglin Francesco Moser Roberto Visentini Stephen Roche Andrew Hampsten Gianni Bugno Ivan Gotti Marco Pantani Gilberto Simoni Paolo Savoldelli Damiano Cunego Ivan Basso Danilo Di Luca Alberto Contador Michele Scarponi Lucien Petit-Breton Cyrille Van Hauwaert Gustave Garrigou Ugo Agostoni Giuseppe Olmo Pierino Favalli Adolfo Leoni Cino Cinelli Louison Bobet Loretto Petrucci Rik Van Steenbergen Germain Derycke Fred De Bruyne Miguel Poblet Rik Van Looy Emile Daems Joseph Groussard Tom Simpson Arie den Hartog Roger De Vlaeminck Jan Raas Pierino Gavazzi Alfons De Wolf Marc Gomez Hennie Kuiper Sean Kelly (cyclist) Giorgio Furlan Laurent Jalabert Gabriele Colombo Erik Zabel Mario Cipollini Paolo Bettini Alessandro Petacchi Filippo Pozzato Fabian Cancellara Mark Cavendish Gerald Ciolek
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