Ernesto Azzini

Ernesto Azzini was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, born on 17 October 1885 and died on 14 July 1923. He is remembered as the first Italian cyclist to win a stage in the Tour de France, a feat he achieved in 1910. The distinction is the one the English Wikipedia lead gives for him, and it rests on a single stage win rather than on a general classification result. He was 24 when he won it, since he was born in October 1885, and he lived until July 1923, dying at the age of 37. Nothing in the lead material records his teams or other results, so this entry stays limited to what is stated there. He died in 1923 aged 37, at a young age compared with most riders of the sport.