Pierre Brambilla

Personal information
Full name	Pierre Brambilla
Nickname	La Brambille
Date of birth	May 12, 1919(1919-05-12)
Date of death	February 13, 1984 (aged 64)
Country	Italy (until 9 September 1949)  France (from 9 September 1949)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)1
1939 1942 1944 1946–1949 1950 1951	Terrot Tendil - Hutchinson Mercier - Hutchinson Metropole - Dunlop Mervil Alcyon - Dunlop
Major wins
King of Mountain, 1947 Tour de France
Infobox last updated on:
June 30, 2008 1 Team names given are those prevailing at time of rider beginning association with that team.

Pierre Brambilla (May 12, 1919 at Villarbeney in Switzerland – February 13, 1984 at Grenoble, France) is a former French former professional road bicycle racer. He was of Italian origin but adopted French nationality on September 9, 1949. He was known as "la Brambille" and he won the King of the Mountains competition in the 1947 Tour de France where he also finished third overall and wore the maillot jaune for two days. In that 1947 Tour, Brambilla was leading the race at the penultimate day, with Aldo Ronconi at 53 seconds and Jean Robic at 2'58". At the last stage, Caen-Paris, Robic and Edouard Fachleitner attacked, and finished more than 13 minutes before Brambilla, taking the first two places. Brambilla was the first cyclist to lose the lead in the Tour de France on the last stage.

[edit] Palmarès

[edit] External links

• Pierre Brambilla profile at the Cycling Website
• Official Tour de France results for Pierre Brambilla

v • d • e Tour de France mountains classification winners 1933 Trueba • 1934 Vietto • 1935 Vervaecke • 1936 Berrendero • 1937 Vervaecke • 1938 Bartali • 1939 Maes • 1947 Brambilla • 1948 Bartali • 1949 Coppi • 1950 Bobet • 1951 Géminiani • 1952 Coppi • 1953 Loroño • 1954 Bahamontes • 1955–1956 Gaul • 1957 Nencini • 1958–1959 Bahamontes • 1960–1961 Massignan • 1962–1964 Bahamontes • 1965–1967 Jiménez • 1968 González • 1969–1970 Merckx • 1971–1972 Van Impe • 1973 Torres • 1974 Perurena • 1975 Van Impe • 1976 Bellini • 1977 Van Impe • 1978 Martínez • 1979 Battaglin • 1980 Martin • 1981 Van Impe • 1982 Vallet • 1983 Van Impe • 1984 Millar • 1985 Herrera • 1986 Hinault • 1987 Herrera • 1988 Rooks • 1989 Theunisse • 1990 Claveyrolat • 1991–1992 Chiappucci • 1993 Rominger • 1994–1997 Virenque • 1998 Rinero • 1999 Virenque • 2000 Botero • 2001–2002 Jalabert • 2003–2004 Virenque • 2005–2006 Rasmussen • 2007 Soler • 2008 None • 2009 Pellizotti

Persondata
NAME	Brambilla, Piere
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1919-03-12
PLACE OF BIRTH	Villarbeney, Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH	1984-02-13
PLACE OF DEATH	Grenoble, France

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