- Luciano Armani
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Luciano Armani
fullname = Luciano Armani
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1940|10|12
country = ITA
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currentteam = Retired
discipline = Road
role = Rider
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updated =July 15 ,2008 Luciano Armani (
Felegara di Medesano ,12 October 1940 ) was an Italian professionalroad bicycle racer .In the
1971 Tour de France ,Luis Ocaña was leading the race after his great victory in the 11th stage,Eddy Merckx was more than 10 minutes behind. After the rest day, Merckx attacked in the 12th stage from the start, following his team mateMarinus Wagtmans . Armani and some other cyclists joined them, and the group stayed away.In the peloton, the teams of
Luis Ocaña andCyrille Guimard (the holder of thegreen jersey ) were trying to get the group back. The entire stage (245 km) the difference stayed between 40 seconds and two minutes. At the end of the stage, Armani surprised Merckx, and the difference was 1 minute and 50 seconds.Because of the high speed of the stage (45,351 km/h), the finish was reached 90 minutes faster than the fastest time schedule of the organizers, which caused a chaos. The latest group of cyclist had to fight to finish the race in the allowed time limit, even though they did the 245 km in more than 42 km/h. [ [http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurmemofiche.php?coureurmemoid=34&coureurid=299 Luciano Armano Memo nl icon] ]
Palmarès
;1965:
Coppa Sabatini :Giro d'Italia:::Winner stage 7;1967:Giro di Sardegna:GP Monaco:Coppa Placci ;1968:Tre Province;1969:Castiglione del Lago:Lisboa - Porto;1970:Genua - Nice:Giro d'Italia:::Winner stage 21:Milano-Torino ;1971:Tour de France:::Winner stage 12References
External links
*cyclingwebsite|299
* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/4023.html Official Tour de France results for Luciano Armani]Persondata
NAME=Armani, Luciano
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1940-10-12
PLACE OF BIRTH=Felegara di Medesano
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