Gastone Nencini
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Gastone Nencini was an Italian road racing cyclist who won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d'Italia.
Nencini at the 1960 Tour de France
Monument at Futa pass
Gastone Nencini with wife Bianca, wearing the pink jersey from the Giro d'Italia 1957
Henry Anglade
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Henry Anglade was a French cyclist. In 1959 he was closest to winning the Tour de France, when he won a stage and finished second, 4:01 behind Federico Bahamontes. In 1960 he wore the yellow jersey fo
Gastone Nencini
…mountain on Stage 14 of the 1960 Tour de France that Roger Rivière missed a bend, crashed over a wall and broke his spine. Nencini's downhill race with Henry Anglade has become part of the legend of cycling. They met at a col in the Dolomites during the Giro d'Italia. The weather was bad, and a snowstorm had forced…
Anglade in 1960
Stained-glass window at the Notre Dame des Cyclistes