Pierre Brambilla
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Pierre Brambilla in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
– February 13, 1984 at Grenoble
Grenoble
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, France
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) is a former French
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former professional road bicycle racer. He was of Italian
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origin but adopted French
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nationality on September 9, 1949. He was known as "la Brambille" and he won the King of the Mountains
King of the Mountains
The King of the Mountains is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race; usually and officially known as the Mountains classification...
competition in the 1947 Tour de France
1947 Tour de France
The 1947 Tour de France was the 34th Tour de France, taking place from 25 June to 20 July 1947. The total race distance was 21 stages over 4,640 km, ridden at an average speed of 31.412 km/h...
where he also finished third overall and wore the maillot jaune for two days.
In that 1947 Tour, Brambilla was leading the race at the penultimate day, with Aldo Ronconi
Aldo Ronconi
Aldo Ronconi is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1940 to 1952 where he won 5 victories. He finished fourth overall in his first Tour de France where he won a stage and wore the yellow jersey for 2 days. He also won a stage in the 1946 Giro d'Italia...
at 53 seconds and Jean Robic
Jean Robic
Jean Robic was a French road racing cyclist, who won the 1947 Tour de France. Robic was a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961. His diminutive stature and appearance was encapsulated in the nickname the hobgoblin of the Brittany moor...
at 2'58". At the last stage, Caen
Caen
Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....
-Paris
Paris
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, Robic and Edouard Fachleitner
Edouard Fachleitner
Edouard Fachleitner was a French former professional road bicycle racer. He was an Italian citizen until June 23, 1939. He was a professional between 1943 and 1952...
attacked, and finished more than 13 minutes before Brambilla, taking the first two places. Brambilla was the first cyclist to lose the lead in the Tour de France on the last stage.
Palmarès
1939- Lyon - Grenoble - Lyon (with Giuseppe Martino)
1941
- Montluçon
1942
- Vuelta a España1942 Vuelta a EspañaThe 4th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from June 30 to July 19, 1942. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,683 km, and was won by Julián Berrendero. Berrendero also won the mountains classification.-Stages:-Final General...
:- Winner stage 10
- Mountains classification circuit de France
1943
- Carcassonne
- Circuit du Mont Ventoux
- Course du Mont Chauve
- GP d'Espéraza
- GP Haute Savoie
- Perpignan
1945
- Annecy - Grenoble - Annecy
1946
- Tour de l'Ouest
1947
- Paris - Clermont-Ferrand
- Tour de France1947 Tour de FranceThe 1947 Tour de France was the 34th Tour de France, taking place from 25 June to 20 July 1947. The total race distance was 21 stages over 4,640 km, ridden at an average speed of 31.412 km/h...
:- Winner Mountains classification
- 3rd place overall classification
- Wearing yellow jerseyYellow jerseyThe general classification in the Tour de France is the most important classification, the one by which the winner of the Tour de France is determined. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification wears the yellow jersey .-History:...
for two days
1949
- Cahors