Six Days of Rio de Janeiro

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Six Days of Rio de Janeiro
Race details
DateAugust
Region Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Discipline Track
Type Six-day racing
History
First edition1956 (1956)
Editions1

The Six Days of Rio de Janeiro was a six-day cycling event, held in Rio de Janeiro. The event was only held once, in August 1956, won by Italian-Argentine team Severino Rigoni and Bruno Sivilotti. [1]

Roll of honour

EditionWinnersSecondThird
1956 Flag of Italy.svg Severino Rigoni
Flag of Argentina.svg Bruno Sivilotti
Flag of Argentina.svg Mario García
Flag of Argentina.svg Ernesto Giacche
Flag of Brazil.svg José Carvalho
Flag of Brazil.svg Claudio Rosa

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References

  1. "6 jours de Rio de Janeiro (Brésil)". mémoire-du-cyclisme.net (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2016.

Coordinates: 22°33′01″S43°06′42″W / 22.5503°S 43.1117°W / -22.5503; -43.1117