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Gino Sciardis

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Gino Sciardis was a professional road bicycle racer, born in Italy on 28 January 1917 and died on 9 January 1968, who later became a naturalized French citizen. He moved to Bondy in France at the age of 13. He rode the Tour de France in 1948, 1949 and 1950, finished fifth in the 1950 Paris-Roubaix, and in 1948 won the eleventh stage as a member of the international team before being disqualified in the fifteenth stage for holding on to a car. In 1950 he rode as a member of a French regional team. His nephews Guido Anzile and Ugo Anzile were also cyclists.

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1917 1
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later naturalized French
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    Gino Sciardis (28 January 1917
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    He rode in the 1948, 1949, and 1950 Tour de France.
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    later naturalized French
  • Competed In: Tour de France, Biography, 1948 stage win
    In 1948, Sciardis rode the Tour de France as member of the international team, and won the eleventh stage.
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