Cycling, Luciano Armani dead: he was Adorni’s companion and beat Merckx in the Tour

Mourning in the cycling world: he died at the age of 82 in Fidenza Luciano Armaniprofessional from 1965 to 1972. Born in Felegara di Medesano (Pr) on 12 October 1940, Armani was a teammate of Vittorio Adorni, recently disappeared. He turned professional in 1965 with Bianchi, in 1966 he raced with Salvarani, in 1967 with Salamini-Luxor, then in 1968 he went to Faema and competed for four seasons with Scic.

He won 17 professional races, including two stages at the Tour of Italythe Coppa Sabatini in 1965, the Giro di Sardegna, the Coppa Placci in 1967 and the Monaco Grand Prix in 1967, the Giro del Tre Province in Camucia in 1968, the Milan-Turin in 1970. Memorable was the victory of the stage in Marseille to Tour de France in 1971, in which he sprinted Eddy Merckx in a small group, at the end of a breakaway that started at the beginning of the fraction: Armani completed the 245 km scheduled at the extraordinary average of 45.351 km/h, crossing the finish line about 1h30′ ahead of the fastest average assumed by the organization.