Alessandro Fantini

Alessandro Fantini (Fossacesia, 1 January 1932 — Trier, West-Germany, 5 May 1961) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. After winning the fifth stage, Fantini died after a crash during a mass sprint at the end of the sixth stage of the 1961 Tour of Germany. He was immediately admitted to a hospital, but surgery was impossible due to the large amount of amphetamines in his system. He died two days later.

Major results

Source:

1955

• Tour de France – 1st stage: 12
• Giro d'Italia – 1st stages: 4 & 7
• Milano–Torino – 6th
• Giro del Ticino – 7th

1956

• Tour de France – 1st stage: 7
• Giro d'Italia – overall: 6th place, 1st stage: 2 & 4
• Tour de Romandie – place overall: 8th

1957

• Giro d'Italia – 1st stage: 5 & 17
• Roma–Napoli–Roma – 1st stage: 12
• Coppa Bernocchi – 6th

1958

• Gran Piemonte – 2nd
• Giro dell'Emilia – 8th
• Giro della Romagna – 8th

1959

• Giro d'Italia – 1st stage: 16
• Giro dell'Emilia – 2nd
• Giro di Lombardia – 4th
• Tre Valli Varesine – 4th
• Trofeo Matteotti – 4th
• Gran Piemonte – 5th

1960

• Milano–Vignola – 1st
• Deutschland Tour – 1st stage: 1 & 5
• Championship of Zurich – 4th
• Giro di Campania – 8th

1961

• Deutschland Tour – 1st stage: 4
• Milano–Torino – 3rd
• Tour des Quatre-Cantons – 4th

See also

• List of racing cyclists and pacemakers with a cycling-related death

References

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Alessandro Fantini