through the critically acclaimed song "Il Bandito e il Campione" by Francesco De Gregori that juxtaposes his life with that of his childhood friend the notorious bandit and outlaw Sante Pollastri. He died in 1978 at Cassano Spinola, just outside Novi Ligure, at the age of 84. Major results Source: 1912 1st Coppa de Bagni di Casciana 1913 1st Road race, Italian National Road Race Championship 1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia Corsa XX Septembre 1st Overall 1st Stage 2 1st Coppa Borzino 1st Gran Fondo 1914 1st Road race, Italian National Road Race Championship 1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia 1st Milano–Torino 2nd Overall Giro della Romagna 2nd Giro dell'Emilia 1915 1st Milano–Torino 1917 2nd Milan–San Remo 2nd Overall Giro della Provincia Milan (with Angelo Gremo) 2nd Milan-Bellagio-Varèse 1918 1st Milan–San Remo 1st Giro dell'Emilia 1st Serravalle-Arquata 1st Turin-Arquata (with Gaetano Belloni, Lauro Bordin, and Luigi Lucotti) 2nd Milan-Varèse 1919 1st Road race, Italian National Road Race Championship Giro d'Italia 1st Overall 1st Stages 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 1st Giro di Lombardia 1st Milan-Modène 1st Milano–Torino 1st Giro del Piemonte 1st Overall Giro della Provincia Milan (with Angelo Gremo) Rome-Trente-Trieste 1st Overall 1st Stages 1, 2, & 3 1st Giro dell'Emilia 2nd Milan–San Remo 1920 1st Road race, Italian National Road Race Championship 1st Milan-Modène 1st Giro del Piemonte 1st Milano–Torino 1st Turin-Gênes 2nd Giro dell'Emilia 2nd Milan-San Pellegrino 2nd Overall Giro della Provincia Milan (with Annoni) 3rd Milan–San Remo 1921 1st Road race, Italian National Road Race Championship 1st Milan–San Remo 1st Giro di Lombardia 1st Giro dell'Emilia 1st Stages 1, 2, 3, & 4 Giro d'Italia 1st Milan-San Pellegrino 1st Genoa–Nice 1st Overall Corsa XX Septembre 1st Overall Giro della Provincia Milan (with Giuseppe Azzini) 2nd Milan-Modène 1922 1st Road race, Italian National Road Race Championship 1st Giro di Lombardia 1st Overall Corsa XX Septembre 1st Giro dell'Emilia 1st Giro di Romagna 1st Tour du Lac Leman 1st Critérium de Genève 1st Tour des Deux Golfes 1st Giro della Provincia de Milan (with Belloni) 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia 2nd Milan–San Remo 1923 1st Road race, Italian National Road Race Championship Giro d'Italia 1st Overall 1st Stages 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 10 1st Milan–San Remo 1st Overall Corsa XX Septembre 1st Milano–Torino 1st Giro del Veneto 1st Giro di Toscana 1st Giro de la Province de Turin (with Giovanni Brunero) 1924