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Historic Overview Giovanni Gerbi

Rider

Overall Rank420
NameGiovanni GERBI
Country
  Italy
Date of birth04-Jun-1885 - Asti (Piemonte)
Date of death07-May-1954 - Asti (Piemonte)

Biography

Giovanni Gerbi

Giovanni Gerbi (20 May 1885 – 6 May 1955) was an Italian road racing cyclist.

He was nicknamed the "red devil", due to his red jersey and his "never-say-die" attitude.

In 1905, he won the first Giro di Lombardia. In 1911, he finished third in the Giro d'Italia. He held the world "6 hours" record in 1913 with 208.161 km. Between 1921 and 1925, he did not race. He began racing again in 1926. Failing to get a single result, he retired from racing. In 1932, he took part in the Italian Championships for veterans, which he won. He repeated this performance in 1933.

Gerbi died in Asti in 1955. In 1982, Paolo Conte dedicated a song on his album "Appunti di viaggio" to him: "Red devil forget the road, come here with us to drink an orangeade, against the light all the time goes away..."

source - Wikipedia

Badges

2 7 2 3 15

Major Victories

Giro di Lombardia 1905
Giro del Piemonte 1906, 1907, 1908
Gran Fondo / Corza Nazionale 1905, 1907, 1908
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) 1907, 1908, 1909
Milano - Torino 1903
Coppa Savona 1907, 1911
Brescia - Milano - Pallanza 1906
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) - stages 1908 (1)
More results

Seasons

Giovanni Gerbi - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1902 Individual 494 8
2. 1903 Maino 201 28
3. 1904 La Française 57 76
4. 1905 Maino 914 6
5. 1906 Maino 858 10
6. 1907 Peugeot - Wolber 1672 6
7. 1908 Maino 2149 3
8. 1909 Bianchi - Dunlop 848 23
9. 1911 Gerbi 831 26
10. 1912 Gerbi 305 74
11. 1913 Gerbi - Dunlop 380 72
12. 1914 Gerbi - Dunlop 95 155
13. 1919 Gerbi 0 564
14. 1920 Gerbi 214 88
15. 1926 Gerbi 0 1081
16. 1927 Gerbi 0 1651
17. 1928 Gerbi 0 1539
18. 1932 Gerbi 6 853
Overall: 9024 420