Ercole Baldini

Ercole Baldini (26 January 1933 – 1 December 2022) was an Italian cyclist. As an amateur he won an Olympic gold medal in the road race and the world title in the individual pursuit on track, both in 1956. Next year he turned professional, and in 1958 won the world title in the road race and the Giro d'Italia. He continued competing on track and won bronze medals in the individual pursuit at the world championships of 1960 and 1964.

Baldini finished 6th in the 1959 Tour de France. His career ended in 1964 after surgery to a leg.

Career achievements Major results

1953 3rd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia

1954 1st Targa D’Oro Città di Legnano World hour record (Amateurs) – 44.90km

1956

1st Milano–Bologna 1st Manx International World hour record – 46.39km

1957

1st Coppa Brescia 1st Pescara Criterium 1st Giro della Romagna 1st Giro del Lazio 1st GP de Lugano 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Fausto Coppi) 2nd Tre Valli Varesine 2nd Grand Prix des Nations 2nd Vezzola Criterium 2nd GP Martini 2nd Cenon Criterium 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 12 3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 3rd Parma Criterium

1958

1st Stages 2, 8, 15 & 17 1st Trofeo Matteotti 1st GP Industria e Commercio di Prato 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Aldo Moser) 1st Coppa Collecchio 1st Castrocaro Terme 1st Forlì Criterium 1st Riccione Criteriym 1st Stages 3b & 6a Roma–Napoli–Roma 2nd GP Martini 2nd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 2nd San Maria Vezzola 2nd Valeggio sul Mincio 5th Desgrange-Colombo

1959 1st Castrocaro Terme 1st GP Faema 1st Giro dell'Emilia 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Aldo Moser) 2nd Bol d'Or des Monédières 2nd GP de Lugano 3rd Trofeo Longines 6th Overall Tour de France 1st Stage 18

1960 1st Grand Prix des Nations 2nd Giro dell'Appennino 2nd Trofeo Baracchi 2nd Castrocaro Terme 3rd UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Individual Pursuit) 3rd GP de Lugano 3rd Giro del Veneto

1961 1st Trofeo Moschini 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Joseph Velly) 1st GP d'Europe 2nd Ravenna Criterium 2nd Castrocaro Terme 3rd GP du Parisien 3rd Coppa Agostoni 8th Bordighera Criterium

1962 1st Ponte di Piave 2nd Castrocaro Terme 2nd Coppa Sabatini 2nd GP de Lugano 2nd Trofeo Baracchi 3rd Giro della Romagna 4th GP Alghero 7th Overall Giro d'Italia 7th Giro di Lombardia 7th Giro del Lazio 8th Overall Tour de France

1963 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 1st Criterium dei Campioni 1st Coppa Placci 1st Castrocaro Terme 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino

1964 2nd Trofeo Baracchi 3rd UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Individual Pursuit)

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish DSQ Disqualified