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1956 Giro d'Italia, the Glossary

The 1956 Giro d'Italia was the 39th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours.^[1]

78 relations: Agostino Coletto, Albaro, Aldo Moser, Alessandria, Alessandro Fantini, Apennine Mountains, Arigo Padovan, Atala (cycling team), Bologna, Bruno Monti, Bruno Tognaccini, Campobasso, Charly Gaul, Cleto Maule, Dolomites, Donato Piazza, Federico Bahamontes, Ferdinand Kübler, Fiorenzo Magni, Frascati, Gastone Nencini, General classification in the Giro d'Italia, Genoa, Giorgio Albani, Giro d'Italia, Giro del Piemonte, Giuseppe Buratti, Giuseppe Fallarini, Giuseppe Favero, Giuseppe Minardi, Godiasco Salice Terme, Grand Tour (cycling), Grosseto, Guido De Santi, Hilaire Couvreur, Hugo Koblet, Individual time trial, Jan Nolten, Jean Brankart, Lecco, Library Network of Western Switzerland, Livorno, Louison Bobet, Lucca, Mantua, Mario Baroni, Merano, Michel Stolker, Miguel Poblet, Milan, ... Expand index (28 more) »
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Agostino Coletto

Agostino Coletto (14 August 1927 – 1 June 2016) was an Italian racing cyclist.

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Albaro

Albaro is an affluent residential neighbourhood of the Italian city of Genoa, located east of the city centre.

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Aldo Moser

Aldo Moser (7 February 1934 – 2 December 2020) was an Italian cyclist.

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Alessandria

Alessandria (Lissandria) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria.

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Alessandro Fantini

Alessandro Fantini (Fossacesia, 1 January 1932 — Trier, West-Germany, 5 May 1961) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer.

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The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; Appenninus or Apenninus Mons– a singular with plural meaning; Appennini)Latin Apenninus (Greek Ἀπέννινος or Ἀπέννινα) has the form of an adjective, which would be segmented Apenn-inus, often used with nouns such as mons ("mountain") or Greek ὄρος, but Apenninus is just as often used alone as a noun.

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Arigo Padovan

Arigo Padovan (born 16 June 1927) is an Italian retired professional road bicycle racer, who won stages in both the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia.

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Atala (cycling team)

Atala was a cycling team that was created in 1908 and officially retired in 1989.

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Bologna

Bologna (Bulåggna; Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region, in northern Italy.

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Bruno Monti

Bruno Monti (12 June 1930 – 16 August 2011) was an Italian road cyclist.

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Bruno Tognaccini

Bruno Tognaccini (13 December 1932 – 13 August 2013) was an Italian racing cyclist.

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Campobasso

Campobasso (Cambuàsce) is a city and comune in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso.

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Charly Gaul

Charly Gaul Sporting Cyclist, UK, undated cutting (8 December 1932 – 6 December 2005) was a Luxembourgish professional cyclist.

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Cleto Maule

Cleto Maule (14 March 1931 – 28 July 2013) was an Italian racing cyclist.

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Dolomites

The Dolomites (Dolomiti), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy.

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Donato Piazza

Donato Piazza (2 January 1930 – 14 September 1997) was an Italian racing cyclist.

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Federico Bahamontes

Federico Martín Bahamontes, born Alejandro Martín Bahamontes (9 July 1928 – 8 August 2023), was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist.

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Ferdinand Kübler

Ferdinand Kübler (24 July 1919 – 29 December 2016) was a Swiss cyclist with 71 professional victories, including the 1950 Tour de France and the 1951 World Road Race Championship.

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Fiorenzo Magni

Fiorenzo Magni (7 December 1920 – 19 October 2012) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.

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Frascati

Frascati is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital in the Lazio region of central Italy.

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Gastone Nencini

Gastone Nencini (1 March 1930 – 1 February 1980) was an Italian road racing cyclist who won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d'Italia.

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General classification in the Giro d'Italia

The general classification in the Giro d'Italia is the most important classification of the Giro d'Italia, which determines who is the overall winner.

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Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

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Giorgio Albani

Giorgio Albani (born 15 June 1929 – 29 July 2015) was an Italian racing cyclist.

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Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy; also known as the Giro) is an annual multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries.

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Giro del Piemonte

The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy.

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Giuseppe Buratti

Giuseppe Buratti (3 November 1929 – 26 May 2008) was an Italian road cyclist.

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Giuseppe Fallarini

Giuseppe Fallarini (4 May 1934 – 15 May 2023) was an Italian racing cyclist.

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Giuseppe Favero

Giuseppe Favero (20 December 1931 – 9 September 2020) was an Italian cyclist.

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Giuseppe Minardi

Giuseppe Minardi (18 March 1928 – 21 January 2019) was an Italian racing cyclist.

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Godiasco Salice Terme

Godiasco Salice Terme (Western Lombard: Gudiass) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km south of Milan and about 30 km south of Pavia.

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Grand Tour (cycling)

In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España.

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Grosseto

Grosseto is a comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the province of Grosseto.

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Guido De Santi

Guido De Santi (16 May 1923 – 30 October 1998) was an Italian racing cyclist.

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Hilaire Couvreur

Hilaire Couvreur (22 September 1924 – 17 February 1998) was a Belgian cyclist.

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Hugo Koblet

Hugo Koblet (21 March 1925 – 6 November 1964) was a Swiss champion cyclist.

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Individual time trial

An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre – literally "against the watch", in Italian: tappa a cronometro "stopwatch stage").

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Jan Nolten

Jan Nolten (20 January 1930 – 13 July 2014) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer.

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Jean Brankart

Jean Brankart (12 July 1930 – 23 July 2020) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who was active from 1953 to 1960.

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Lecco

Lecco (Lècch) is a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, Northern Italy, north of Milan.

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Library Network of Western Switzerland

The Library Network of Western Switzerland (Réseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale; RERO) was founded by several major libraries in 1985, in the French-speaking region of Romandy in western Switzerland.

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Livorno

Livorno is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region, Italy.

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Louison Bobet

Louis "Louison" Bobet (12 March 1925 – 13 March 1983) was a French professional road racing cyclist.

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Lucca

Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea.

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Mantua

Mantua (Mantova; Lombard and Mantua) is a comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the province of the same name.

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Mario Baroni

Mario Baroni (11 March 1927 – 1 August 1994) was an Italian racing cyclist.

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Merano

Merano or Meran is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol, Northern Italy.

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Michel Stolker

Michel Stolker (29 September 1933 – 28 May 2018) was a Dutch former professional racing cyclist.

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Miguel Poblet

Miguel Poblet Orriols (18 March 1928 – 6 April 2013) was a Spanish professional cyclist, who had over 200 professional victories from 1944 to 1962.

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Milan

Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.

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Monte Bondone

Monte Bondone is a mountain of Trentino, northern Italy, located west of the provincial capital of Trento.

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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.

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Pescara

Pescara (Pescàrë; Piscàrë) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

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Pierino Baffi

Pierino Baffi (15 September 1930 – 27 March 1985) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer.

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Pietro Nascimbene

Pietro Nascimbene (22 February 1930 – 4 August 2022) was an Italian racing cyclist.

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Rapallo

Rapallo is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, in the Italian region of Liguria.

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Raphaël Géminiani

Raphaël Géminiani (12 June 1925 – 5 July 2024) was a French road bicycle racer.

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Rimini

Rimini (Rémin or; Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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Salerno

Salerno (Salierno) is an ancient city and comune (municipality) in Campania, southwestern Italy, and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after Naples.

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San Marino

San Marino (San Maréin or San Maroin), officially the Republic of San Marino (Repubblica di San Marino) and also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino (Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino), is a European microstate and enclave within Italy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Giro_d'Italia

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1956 Giro d'Italia, the Glossary

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See also

1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

1956 in road cycling

June 1956 sports events in Europe

May 1956 sports events in Europe

References