In fact, the writing on my Testi is much more specific: it says "Vincitore Campionato del Mondo 1948." Although this might address Steven's comments, it then raises other questions given what Angel cites in terms of the 1948 winner being Swedish. The writing about 1947 is worked into the headbadge itself, and says "Campione del Mondo 1947." It's certainly interesting to see the two terms being used on the same bike at the same time, i.e. "Vincitore Campionato..." and "Campione..." Might it be fair to assume that they meant different things, e.g. that one would refer to the individual race winner, and the other to a member of the winning team? Or were the terms perhaps interchangeable? Surely someone in the broader CR universe can shed light on this?
Jonathan Agnew Darien, CT
In a message dated 12/8/2003 3:08:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
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> An Italian did win the U23 1947 road race:
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> 1947 - France - Reims - 164km
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> FERRARI, Alfio (ITA) PEDRONI, S. (ITA) VAN BEEK, G. (NED)
> 1948 - Pays-Bas - Valkenburg - 186km
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> SNELL, Harry (SWE) LERNO, L. (BEL) WANLUND, Olle (SWE)
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> If the formatting doesn't come across well: Alfio Ferrari
> of Italy was the
> 1947 U23 road race winner.
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> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley, NJ