Federico Gay was an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 professional road bicycle racer, who won four stages in the 1924 Giro d'Italia, and one stage in the 1922 Tour de France. He rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 11th in 1922 and 10th in 1925. His best result in the Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

 was in 1924, when he finished second in the overall classification.

He was born and died in Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

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Palmarès

1921

Milan-Turin

1922

Tour de France

1922 Tour de France

The 1922 Tour de France was the 16th Tour de France, taking place June 25 to July 23, 1922. The 1922 Tour consisted of 15 stages covering a total of . The race was won by the Belgian cyclist Firmin Lambot...

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Winner stage 13

1924

Giro d'Italia

1924 Giro d'Italia

The 1924 Giro d'Italia of cycling was the 12th edition to take place. It was held from 10 May to 1 June 1924, with 12 stages stretching over 3,613 km, and was won by the Italian Giuseppe Enrici....

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Winner stages 2, 3, 5 and 6

2nd place overall classification

Milan-Turin

1925

Zürich-Berlin

1932

national track stayers championship

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Federico Gay