Eberardo Pavesi (2 November 1883 – 11 November 1974) was an Italian professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most comm ...

. Pavesi was born in

Colturano Colturano (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located approximately southeast of Milan. Colturano borders the following municipalities: Mediglia, Tribiano, San Giu ...

province of Milan The province of Milan () was a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Milan. The area of the former province is highly urbanized, with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, the third-highest population density among Ital ...

. The highlight of his career was at the

1912 Giro d'Italia The 1912 Giro d'Italia was the fourth edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour set up and sponsored by the newspaper ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. The race began on 19 May in Milan with a stage that stretched to Padua. The race was compose ...

when he rode with the victorious Atala team, the General classification being contested by teams rather than by individual riders that year. He was later a team director, having under him racers such as

Gino Bartali Gino Bartali, (; 18 July 1914 – 5 May 2000), nicknamed Gino the Pious and (in Italy) Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice, in ...

. He died in Milan in 1974.

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* 1883 births 1974 deaths Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Milan Italian male cyclists Giro d'Italia winners {{Italy-cycling-bio-stub