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Aldo Ross Middletown, Ohio
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From: "The Maaslands" <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>
To: "CR" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Giordano Cottur has passed away
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:05:34 -0500
> The title says it all. Cottur was one of the riders who
> was developing alongside Coppi when WWII interrupted
> normal racing in Italy. After the war, he joined the then
> new Wilier Triestina team as one of its star riders. In
> fact, the fact that he was from Trieste was of prime
> importance to the political statement that the team
> leaders were trying to express. He won the very first
> post-war stage of the Giro, and later placed third in the
> Giro GC. He rode for Lygie, Viscontea (I have a Viscontea
> cambio corsa bike arriving shortly, so this makes me happy
> to see the name come up!) and Wilier-Triestina. He was
> born in 1914 in Trieste, which is also where he passed
> away. Maybe Aldo can do the impossible once more and dig
> up a photo of Cottur.
>
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ