Alfredo Martini

Italian cyclist and coach

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Alfredo Martini
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Born	(1921-02-18)18 February 1921 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Died	28 August 2014(2014-08-28) (aged 93) Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Role	Rider

Alfredo Martini (18 February 1921 – 25 August 2014) was an Italian cyclist and coach from Sesto Fiorentino, north of Florence. Professional from 1941 to 1957, he won a stage in the 1950 Giro d'Italia and was later the coach of the Italian national team.^[1]^[2] He also rode in the 1949 Tour de France.^[3] In 2021, in honour of Martini's 100th birthday, the one-day race Per sempre Alfredo was first held; the race finishes in Martini's home town of Sesto Fiorentino.

Under his 22-year tenure as head coach, Italy got six gold medals at the Road World Championships with 5 different cyclists (Francesco Moser, Giuseppe Saronni, Moreno Argentin, Maurizio Fondriest once each and Gianni Bugno twice), plus seven silver and as many bronze medals.

References

^ "Ciclismo in lutto, è morto Alfredo Martini". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
^ Gregor Brown. "Italy's famed national coach, Alfredo Martini dies". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
^ "36ème Tour de France 1949" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2015.