Pierino Baffi

Pierino Baffi
	Baffi in 1958
Personal information
Full name	Pierino Baffi
Born	15 September 1930; Vailate, Italy
Died	27 March 1985 (aged 54)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1954–1956	Nivea-Fuchs
1957	Arbos-Bif Welter
1958	Chlorodont-Leo
1959	Ignis-Frejus
1960	Ignis
1961	Fides
1962	Ghigi
1963–1964	Molteni
1965	Bianchi-Mobylette
1966	G.B.C.
Major wins
	Giro d'Italia, 4 stages; Tour de France, 5 stages; Vuelta a España, 4 stages

Pierino Baffi (15 September 1930 – 27 March 1985) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. In 1958 he won stages in all three of the Grand Tours, becoming the second cyclist (after Miguel Poblet) to win stages in all three of the Grand Tours in the same year. As of 2016, this has only been repeated by Alessandro Petacchi in 2003. Baffi's son Adriano also became a professional cyclist.^[1]

Major results

1955: 1st, Stages 6 & 9, Vuelta a España
1956: 1st, Giro di Romagna; 1st, Milano–Vignola; 1st, Stage 10, Giro d'Italia
1957: 1st, Stages 8 & 19, Tour de France
1958: 1st, Stage 12, Giro d'Italia; 1st, Stages 10, 16 & 24, Tour de France; 1st, Stages 3 & 14, Vuelta a España
1959: 1st, Milano-Mantua; 1st, Stage 9, Paris–Nice; 1st, Stage 7b, Roma-Naples-Roma
1960: 1st, Giro dell'Emilia; 1st, Trofeo Fenaroli; 1st, Stage 6, Giro d'Italia; 1st, Stage 4a, Roma-Naples-Roma
1962: 1st, Coppa Bernocchi; 1st, Milano-Mantua; 1st, Trofeo Matteotti
1963: 1st, Trofeo Matteotti; 1st, Stage 2, Giro d'Italia; 1st, Stage 1 & 4, Tour de Luxembourg

References

^ Pierino Baffi at Cycling Archives (archive)

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[1] Pierino Baffi at Cycling Archives (archive)

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