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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian
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Fossati's Great Ride
Italian Pietro Fossati finished 3rd in the 1928 Giro di Lombardia. On a brilliant fall day on October 26, 1929 Fossati complete his unfinished business with a sterling effort to gain the victory in the “Race of the Falling Leaves”.
GdL October 26, 1929 |
238 Km, Milan-Milan |
1.
Pietro FOSSATI (Ita) 8h13'10" |
2.
Adriano Zanaga (Ita) |
3.
Raffaele Di Paco (Ita) |
Starters: 72 |
Finishers: 45 |
Average Speed: 28.955 km/h |
Lomb 1928
Lomb 1930
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