Antonio Maspes
Track cyclist
Died when: 68 years 279 days (825 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Antonio Maspes (14 January 1932 – 19 October 2000) was an Italian world champion sprinter cyclist.Maspes was born and died in Milan.Maspes won seven professional world championship sprint titles between 1955 and 1964.
He competed in the men's tandem event at the 1952 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal.Maspes also had a record five consecutive titles in the Grand Prix de Paris (1960-1964).
After his death, the Velodromo Vigorelli in Milano, where Maspes began with racing competitions, was renamed into Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli.
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