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Pasquale Fornara

1925 - 1990

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pasquale Fornara has received more than 15,914 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pasquale Fornara is the 223rd most popular cyclist (down from 198th in 2019), the 3,815th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,533rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Pasquale Fornara ranks 223 out of 1,613. Before him are Johny Schleck, Antonio Bailetti, Michel Rousseau, Abraham Olano, Carlo Oriani, and Michael Rasmussen. After him are Richard Virenque, Mogens Frey, Bernard Leene, Paolo Bettini, Clarence Kingsbury, and Willy Planckaert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Pasquale Fornara ranks 405. Before him are Arne Månsson, István Szondy, Brandãozinho, Warren Frost, Art Larsen, and Asunción Balaguer. After him are Charles Haughey, Elaine Stritch, Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Ernst Benda, Gizella Farkas, and Alain Decaux. Among people deceased in 1990, Pasquale Fornara ranks 240. Before him are Edward Binns, Wilhelm Baumann, Carl A. Wirtanen, Arno Arthur Wachmann, Bahriye Üçok, and Sadi Irmak. After him are Giorgio Scarlatti, Yevgeniya Sechenova, Norman Cousins, Margarete Adler, Oscarino Costa Silva, and Alfredo Pián.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pasquale Fornara ranks 3,815 out of 5,161. Before him are Iginio Straffi (1965), Giorgio Bocchino (1913), Giuseppe Galante (1937), Pierluigi Pairetto (1952), Giovanni Saldarini (1924), and Giovanni Invernizzi (1926). After him are Silvio Micali (1954), Giorgio Scarlatti (1921), Nicola Berti (1967), Manius Aquillius (-101), Carlo Orlandi (1910), and Piero D'Inzeo (1923).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Pasquale Fornara ranks 45. Before him are Nino Defilippis (1932), Imerio Massignan (1937), Mario Zanin (1940), Giuseppe Saronni (1957), Franco Balmamion (1940), and Antonio Bailetti (1937). After him are Paolo Bettini (1974), Arnaldo Pambianco (1935), Ivan Basso (1977), Alessandro Petacchi (1974), Marco Cimatti (1913), and Renato Perona (1927).

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