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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 14,759 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pasquale Fornara is the 198th most popular cyclist, the 3,544th most popular biography from Italy and the 38th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Pasquale Fornara ranks 198 out of 1,214Before him are Aavo Pikkuus, Tomas Pettersson, Lloyd Hildebrand, Philippe Gilbert, Armand Blanchonnet, and Pierre Adam. After him are Richard Virenque, Mogens Frey, Anton Tkáč, Marco Cimatti, Piotr Ugrumov, and Jean Brankart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Pasquale Fornara ranks 377Before him are John Shepherd-Barron, Alain Decaux, Rosemary Murphy, Mel Tormé, Robert Hirsch, and Tony Hillerman. After him are Eddi Arent, Margaretha Krook, Mahmoud Fayad, Martha Vickers, Carlo Annovazzi, and Ali Bozer. Among people deceased in 1990, Pasquale Fornara ranks 225Before him are Mahmoud Namjoo, Wilhelm Baumann, Cazuza, Alfredo Pián, Ralph Abernathy, and Mohamed Latif. After him are Margaret Lockwood, Ina Balin, Omero Tognon, Sadi Irmak, Dries van der Lof, and Georges de Rham.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pasquale Fornara ranks 3,544 out of 4,668Before him are Roberto Lippi (1926), Luigi Galleani (1861), Guenther Steiner (1965), Ferruccio Novo (1897), Nek (1972), and Annibale Frossi (1911). After him are Severino Poletto (1933), Roberto De Zerbi (1979), Carlo Monti (1920), Caterina Davinio (1957), Carlo Biotti (1901), and Siegfried Stohr (1952).

Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Pasquale Fornara ranks 38Before him are Mario Zanin (1940), Angelo Conterno (1925), Vincenzo Nibali (1984), Giuseppe Saronni (1957), Moreno Argentin (1960), and Mario Ghella (1929). After him are Marco Cimatti (1913), Paolo Pedretti (1906), Davide Rebellin (1971), Ivan Basso (1977), Angelo Damiano (1938), and Severino Rigoni (1914).