Alessandro Fantini

Alessandro Fantini (Fossacesia, 1 January 1932 — Trier, West-Germany, 5 May 1961) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. After winning the fifth stage, Fantini died after a crash during a mass sprint at the end of the sixth stage of the 1961 Tour of Germany. He was immediately admitted to a hospital, but surgery was impossible due to the large amount of amphetamines in his system. He died two days later.

Major results Source:

1955 Tour de France – 1st stage: 12 Giro d'Italia – 1st stages: 4 & 7 Milano–Torino – 6th Giro del Ticino – 7th

1956

Tour de France – 1st stage: 7 Giro d'Italia – overall: 6th place, 1st stage: 2 & 4 Tour de Romandie – place overall: 8th

1957

Giro d'Italia – 1st stage: 5 & 17 Roma–Napoli–Roma – 1st stage: 12 Coppa Bernocchi – 6th

1958 Gran Piemonte – 2nd Giro dell'Emilia – 8th Giro della Romagna – 8th

1959 Giro d'Italia – 1st stage: 16 Giro dell'Emilia – 2nd Giro di Lombardia – 4th Tre Valli Varesine – 4th Trofeo Matteotti – 4th Gran Piemonte – 5th

1960 Milano–Vignola – 1st Deutschland Tour – 1st stage: 1 & 5 Championship of Zurich – 4th Giro di Campania – 8th

1961 Deutschland Tour – 1st stage: 4 Milano–Torino – 3rd Tour des Quatre-Cantons – 4th