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Italian cyclist

FullnameGiuseppe Loretz

Born4 May 1860
Milan, Kingdom of Sardinia

Died14 January 1944(1944-01-14) (aged 83)
Rubiana, Italy

DisciplineRoad

Giuseppe Loretz
Personal information

Full name	Giuseppe Loretz
Born	4 May 1860 Milan, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died	14 January 1944(1944-01-14) (aged 83) Rubiana, Italy
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Road One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1885) Milano–Pavia–Lodi–Milano (1881) Track Sprint, National Championships (1884)

Giuseppe Loretz (4 May 1860 – 14 January 1944) was an Italian cyclist. He was the first winner of the Italian National Road Race Championships in 1885,^[1]^[2] and finished second in 1886.

Loretz was born in 1860.^[3] He trained as a land surveyor at the Royal Technical Institute of Milan.^[3] Loretz started riding in 1878.^[3] In 1882, he graduated from the institute with a diploma with distinction in 1882.^[3]

Loretz won a number of races between 1878 and 1883.^[3] In 1878, he won at Bergamo;^[3] in 1879, at Asti and Voghera.^[3] In 1880, he won at Lonigo and Pavia;^[3] in 1881 at Asti, Milan, Racconigi, and Alba.^[3] In 1882, he won at Brescia, and Cremona;^[3] in 1883, at Asti and Venaria Reale.^[3]

In 1884, Loretz also won a national race at Venaria Reale for which he was presented with a certificate, which was on display as part of the exhibiition for Giro d’Italia 2024.^[1]

In 1885, he won the Italian National Road Race Championships.^[1] For the win, he was presented with a bronze cup by Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "Cycling and Bikes Museum Go to the Giro May 4th - 26th". Ghisallo International Cycling Museum. 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
↑ "Il Primo Campione" [The First Champion]. Il Giornale Italiano. Sydney, Australia. 8 Nov 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Biographie: Giuseppi Loretz". La rivista velocipedistica (in Italian). 1883.

External links

Giuseppe Loretz at Cycling Archives (archive)

v t e Italian National Road Race Champion (men)
1880–1899	Giuseppe Loretz (1885) Geo Davidson (1886) Gilberto Marley (1887–1889) Carlo Braida (1890) Ambrogio Robecchi (1891) Luigi Cantu (1892) Giuseppe Moreschi (1893) Giovanni Da Montelatico (1896)
1900–1919	Giovanni Cuniolo (1906–1908) Dario Beni (1909) Emilio Petiva (1910) Dario Beni (1911) Not attributed (1912) Costante Girardengo (1913–1914, 1919)
1920–1939	Costante Girardengo (1920–1925) Alfredo Binda (1926–1929) Learco Guerra (1930–1934) Gino Bartali (1935) Giuseppe Olmo (1936) Gino Bartali (1937) Olimpio Bizzi (1938) Mario Vicini (1939)
1940–1959	Gino Bartali (1940) Adolfo Leoni (1941) Fausto Coppi (1942) Mario Ricci (1943) Severino Canavesi (1945) Aldo Ronconi (1946) Fausto Coppi (1947) Vito Ortelli (1948) Fausto Coppi (1949) Antonio Bevilacqua (1950) Fiorenzo Magni (1951) Gino Bartali (1952) Fiorenzo Magni (1953–1954) Fausto Coppi (1955) Giorgio Albani (1956) Ercole Baldini (1957–1958) Diego Ronchini (1959)
1960–1979	Nino Defilippis (1960) Arturo Sabbadin (1961) Nino Defilippis (1962) Bruno Mealli (1963) Guido De Rosso (1964) Michele Dancelli (1965–1966) Franco Balmamion (1967) Felice Gimondi (1968) Vittorio Adorni (1969) Franco Bitossi (1970–1971) Felice Gimondi (1972) Enrico Paolini (1973–1974) Francesco Moser (1975) Franco Bitossi (1976) Enrico Paolini (1977) Pierino Gavazzi (1978) Francesco Moser (1979)
1980–1999	Giuseppe Saronni (1980) Francesco Moser (1981) Pierino Gavazzi (1982) Moreno Argentin (1983) Vittorio Algeri (1984) Claudio Corti (1985–1986) Bruno Leali (1987) Pierino Gavazzi (1988) Moreno Argentin (1989) Giorgio Furlan (1990) Gianni Bugno (1991) Marco Giovannetti (1992) Massimo Podenzana (1993–1994) Gianni Bugno (1995) Mario Cipollini (1996) Gianni Faresin (1997) Andrea Tafi (1998) Salvatore Commesso (1999)
2000–2019	Michele Bartoli (2000) Daniele Nardello (2001) Salvatore Commesso (2002) Paolo Bettini (2003) Cristian Moreni (2004) Enrico Gasparotto (2005) Paolo Bettini (2006) Giovanni Visconti (2007) Filippo Simeoni (2008) Filippo Pozzato (2009) Giovanni Visconti (2010–2011) Franco Pellizotti (2012) Ivan Santaromita (2013) Vincenzo Nibali (2014–2015) Giacomo Nizzolo (2016) Fabio Aru (2017) Elia Viviani (2018) Davide Formolo (2019)
2020–2039	Giacomo Nizzolo (2020) Sonny Colbrelli (2021) Filippo Zana (2022) Simone Velasco (2023) Alberto Bettiol (2024) Filippo Conca (2025)

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