Pierre Brambilla

Personal information
Full name	Pierre Brambilla
Nickname	La Brambille
Date of birth	March 12, 1919(1919-03-12)
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)
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

Pierre Brambilla (born May 12, 1919 at Villarbeney in Switzerland – died 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 at Jean Robic at 2'58". At the last stage, Caen-Paris, Robic and Edouard Fachleitner attacked, and finished more than 13 minutes before Robic, 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

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