Angelo Pambianco died at 86: he had won the 1961 Giro d’Italia

Arnaldo Pambianco, winner of the 1961 Giro d’Italia, died in the night. Born in Bertinoro, in the province of Forlì, he was 86 years old and had recently been deeply tried by the death of his wife Fabiola, lost at the end of March. The triumph in the squad was the pinnacle of a career that the year before had also seen him place seventh in both the Giro and the Tour de France.

Glory

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The success of 1961 is in the history of cycling for the ability to defend the symbol of primacy, conquered in the Ancona-Florence (14th stage), from the assault of Gaul, Anquetil and Van Looy in the epic Trento-Bormio on the eve of the arrival in Milan: second place in the penultimate stage behind only Gaul, including a mythical ascent on the Stelvio between two wings of snow, was decisive to close the Giro with 4’22 “ahead of the Luxembourgian (fourth) and 3’45” on Anquetil.