Michele Orecchia

Michele Orecchia ( born December 26, 1903 in Marseille, † December 11, 1981 in Moncalieri ) was an Italian cyclist.

1927 occupied Michele Orecchia at the road World Amateur Championship at the Nürburgring, third place. The following year he competed in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, was 16th in the individual road race and in the team competition with the Italian team in fourth.

Then Orecchia stepped over to the professionals. Until 1934 he his cycling career ended, he started at almost all the classics and major tours in Europe. Six times he drove the Giro d' Italia and reached ninth place in 1929 his best result. Three times he drove the Tour de France; In 1932 he won the eighth stage, which ended in his native Marseille, and finished second in the overall standings in 14th Five times he went to Milan - Sanremo to the start and in 1929 eight, at the Tour of Lombardy 1928 ninth.