Pierino Baffi

Pierino Baffi

Personal information
Full name	Pierino Baffi
Born	(1930-09-15)September 15, 1930 Italy
Died	March 27, 1985(1985-03-27) (aged 54)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1954–1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963–1964 1965 1966	Nivea-Fuchs Arbos-Bif Welter Chlorodont-Leo Ignis-Frejus Ignis Fides Ghigi Molteni Bianchi-Mobylette G.B.C.
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 4 stages Tour de France, 5 stages Vuelta a España, 4 stages
Infobox last updated on December 4, 2007

Pierino Baffi (September 15, 1930 – March 27, 1985) was an Italian road bicycle racer from Vailate. In 1958 he won stages in all three of the Grand Tours, becoming the second cyclist (after Miguel Poblet) to won stages in all three of the Grand Tours in the same year. As of 2008, this has only been repeated by Alessandro Petacchi in 2003. Pierino Baffi was the father of Adriano Baffi, who was a cyclist too.

Palmarès

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

External links

• Pierino Baffi profile at Cycling Archives
• Profile by cyclebase.nl