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Historic Overview Pasquale Fornara

Rider

Overall Rank166
NamePasquale FORNARA
Country
  Italy
Date of birth29-Mar-1925 - Borgomanero (Piemonte)
Date of death24-Jul-1990 - Borgomanero (Piemonte)

Biography

Pasquale Fornara

Pasquale Fornara (29 March 1925 – 24 July 1990) was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that still stands to this day.

In addition to his Tour de Suisse achievements, Fornara won the 1956 Tour de Romandie and finished on the podium in two Grand Tours: a third place behind the legendary Fausto Coppi at the 1953 Giro d'Italia and a second place at the 1958 Vuelta a España behind Frenchman Jean Stablinski.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

4 9 5 3 17

Major Victories

G.P. Suisse 1953
Tour de Romandie 1956
Tour de Suisse 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) - stages 1959 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1952 (1), 1953 (1), 1955 (1), 1956 (1)
Tour de Romandie - stages 1956 (1)
Tour de Suisse - stages 1952 (2), 1957 (1), 1958 (2)
More results

Seasons

Pasquale Fornara - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1948 Individual 61 517
2. 1949 Legnano - Pirelli 496 104
3. 1950 Legnano - Pirelli 1130 33
4. 1951 Legnano - Pirelli 904 33
5. 1952 Bottecchia - Ursus 1037 32
6. 1953 Bottecchia 1792 11
7. 1954 Bottecchia - Ursus 1833 12
8. 1955 Bottecchia - Ursus 1894 9
9. 1956 Arbos - Bif - Clément 1395 20
10. 1957 Arbos - Bif - Welter 1448 20
11. 1958 Ignis - Peña Solera - Doniselli 1800 16
12. 1959 EMI - Guerra 539 103
13. 1960 Mondia 265 206
14. 1961 VOV 79 438
Overall: 14673 166