Francesco Camusso

Francesco Camusso
Personal information

Born	(1908-03-09)9 March 1908 Cumiana, Italy
Died	23 June 1995(1995-06-23) (aged 87) Turin, Italy
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Professional team(s)
1929–1934	Gloria
1935–1936	Legnano
1937	Il Bertoldo
1938	Gloria
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia General Classification (1931)
Infobox last updated on 20 June 2008

Francesco Camusso (9 March 1908 – 23 June 1995) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.

Camusso was born in Cumiana, Piedmont, and is ranked among the best Italian climbers ever. In his second year as professional, he won the 1931 Giro d'Italia. In the following year he won a stage at the Tour de France, finished third overall.

His other results include a second place in the 1934 Giro d'Italia and a fourth in the 1935 Tour de France.

He died at Turin in 1995.

Palmares

1931

Giro d'Italia:

Winner overall classification

Winner 1 stage

1932

Tour de France:

3rd overall

Winner stage 10

1934

2nd overall — Giro d'Italia

Tour de Suisse: 1st King of the Mountains, winner 1 stage

1935

Tour de France:

Winner Stage 7

1937

Tour de France:

4th overall

Winner Stage 13A

External links

Francesco Camusso profile at Cycling Archives
Official Tour de France results for Francesco Camusso

Giro d'Italia general classification winners

1909: Luigi Ganna 1910–11: Carlo Galetti 1912^* Team Atala (Carlo Galetti, Giovanni Micheletto, Eberardo Pavesi) 1913: Carlo Oriani 1914: Alfonso Calzolari 1915–18 World War I 1919: Costante Girardengo 1920: Gaetano Belloni 1921–22: Giovanni Brunero 1923: Costante Girardengo 1924: Giuseppe Enrici 1925: Alfredo Binda 1926: Giovanni Brunero 1927–29: Alfredo Binda 1930: Luigi Marchisio 1931: Francesco Camusso 1932: Antonio Pesenti 1933: Alfredo Binda 1934: Learco Guerra 1935: Vasco Bergamaschi 1936–37: Gino Bartali 1938–39: Giovanni Valetti 1940: Fausto Coppi 1941–45 World War II 1946: Gino Bartali 1947: Fausto Coppi 1948: Fiorenzo Magni 1949: Fausto Coppi 1950: Hugo Koblet 1951: Fiorenzo Magni 1952–53: Fausto Coppi 1954: Carlo Clerici 1955: Fiorenzo Magni 1956: Charly Gaul 1957: Gastone Nencini 1958: Ercole Baldini 1959: Charly Gaul 1960: Jacques Anquetil 1961: Arnaldo Pambianco 1962–63: Franco Balmamion 1964: Jacques Anquetil 1965: Vittorio Adorni 1966: Gianni Motta 1967: Felice Gimondi 1968: Eddy Merckx 1969: Felice Gimondi 1970: Eddy Merckx 1971: Gösta Pettersson 1972–74: Eddy Merckx 1975: Fausto Bertoglio 1976: Felice Gimondi 1977: Michel Pollentier 1978: Johan de Muynck 1979: Giuseppe Saronni 1980: Bernard Hinault 1981: Giovanni Battaglin 1982: Bernard Hinault 1983: Giuseppe Saronni 1984: Francesco Moser 1985: Bernard Hinault 1986: Roberto Visentini 1987: Stephen Roche 1988: Andy Hampsten 1989: Laurent Fignon 1990: Gianni Bugno 1991: Franco Chioccioli 1992–93: Miguel Indurain 1994: Evgeni Berzin 1995: Tony Rominger 1996: Pavel Tonkov 1997: Ivan Gotti 1998: Marco Pantani 1999: Ivan Gotti 2000: Stefano Garzelli 2001: Gilberto Simoni 2002: Paolo Savoldelli 2003: Gilberto Simoni 2004: Damiano Cunego 2005: Paolo Savoldelli 2006: Ivan Basso 2007: Danilo Di Luca 2008: Alberto Contador 2009: Denis Menchov 2010: Ivan Basso 2011: Michele Scarponi 2012: Ryder Hesjedal 2013: Vincenzo Nibali 2014: Nairo Quintana 2015: Alberto Contador

^*In 1912, Giro was contested solely by teams, with no individual classification

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