Vito Favero

Vito Favero was an Italian road racing cyclist who lived from 21 October 1932 to 16 May 2014 and was a professional from 1956 to 1962. He finished second in the 1958 Tour de France, a race in which he did not win a stage but spent several stages in the yellow jersey. He took the lead after stage 14, won by Federico Bahamontes, as the eighth different leader of that Tour, and held it for four stages until Charly Gaul won stage 18 and Raphaël Géminiani took over. He retook the lead in stage 21 and kept it for two more stages until Gaul won the final time trial. He started the 1959 Tour de France, winning stage 2 but not finishing.