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Historic Overview Costante Girardengo

Rider

Overall Rank15
NameCostante GIRARDENGO
Country
  Italy
Date of birth18-Mar-1893 - Novi Ligure (Piemonte)
Date of death09-Feb-1978 - Novi Ligure (Piemonte)
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Biography

Costante Girardengo

Costante Girardengo (Italian pronunciation: [koˈstante dʒirarˈdeŋɡo]; 18 March 1893 – 9 February 1978) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or "champion of champions" by the Italian media and fans. At the height of his career, in the 1920s, he was said to be more popular than Mussolini and it was decreed that all express trains should stop in his home town Novi Ligure, an honour only normally awarded to heads of state.

His career achievements include two wins in the Giro d'Italia, six wins in Milan–San Remo, three wins in the Giro di Lombardia; he was also Italian road race champion on nine occasions. His professional career was extensive, lasting from 1912 to 1936 and was interrupted by World War I which robbed Girardengo of some of his best years. He was ranked number one in the World in 1919, 1922, 1923, 1925 and 1926. He raced almost exclusively in his home country as was the custom in those days, as foreign travel was not easy. Girardengo was of only small stature and this earned him the nickname "The Novi Runt".

source - Wikipedia

Badges

2 5 7 30 26 6 3 29 2 11 89

Major Victories

Giro d'Italia 1919, 1923
Milano - Sanremo 1918, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928
Giro di Lombardia 1919, 1921, 1922
Grand Prix Wolber 1924
Giro del Piemonte 1919, 1920, 1924
Giro dell'Emilia 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1925
Gran Fondo / Corza Nazionale 1913
Roma - Trieste 1919
Giro di Romagna 1922, 1926
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) 1913, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925
Milano - Torino 1914, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1923
Genova - Nizza 1921
Tour du Lac Léman 1922
Milano - Modena 1919, 1920, 1928
Giro del Veneto 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926
Campionato d'Italia su strada 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925
Giro di Toscana 1923, 1924
Roma - Trieste - stages 1919 (3)
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) - stages 1913 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1913 (1), 1914 (1), 1919 (7), 1921 (4), 1922 (1), 1923 (8), 1925 (6), 1926 (2)
Giro del Lazio - stages 1935 (1)
More results

Seasons

Costante Girardengo - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1912 Maino 536 44
2. 1913 Maino 1957 3
3. 1914 Maino - Dunlop 1163 10
4. 1915 Bianchi 144 17
5. 1916 Bianchi 0 95
6. 1917 Bianchi 899 3
7. 1918 Bianchi 1179 2
8. 1919 Stucchi - Dunlop 4321 1
9. 1920 Stucchi - Dunlop 1789 5
10. 1921 Stucchi - Pirelli 3155 1
11. 1922 Bianchi - Salga 2811 1
12. 1923 Maino 3600 1
13. 1924 Maino 2617 2
14. 1925 Wolsit - Pirelli 3484 1
15. 1926 Wolsit - Pirelli 1582 7
16. 1927 Wolsit - Pirelli 238 118
17. 1928 Maino - Dunlop 1128 15
18. 1929 Maino - Clément 0 1114
19. 1930 Maino - Clément 173 177
20. 1931 Maino - Clément 0 1139
21. 1932 Maino - Clément 131 211
22. 1933 Maino - Clément 115 227
23. 1934 Maino - Clément 0 1349
24. 1935 Maino - Girardengo 242 172
25. 1936 Maino 9 912
Overall: 31273 15