Cycling: Italian great Gimondi dies of heart attack

(Reuters) – Italian Felice Gimondi, one of only seven riders to have won all three Grand Tours, has died at the age of 76 after suffering a heart attack while swimming in Sicily on Friday.
“A great champion who made our sport more human has left us, a great man,” the Italian cycling federation said in a statement.
Gimondi won the 1965 Tour de France in his first season as a professional, aged 22.
He won the Giro d’Italia two years later and the Vuelta a Espana in 1968.
Gimondi also won the Giro in 1969 and 1976 to take his Grand Tours tally to five. He retired in 1978.
Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Chris Froome are the other six riders to have won all three Grand Tours.
(Reporting by Pritha Sarkar, editing by Ian Ransom)
More Top Stories
Hong Kong gears up for mass rally as government appeals for calm
Hong Kong was gearing up for a mass rally on Sunday that is expected to gauge support for pro-democracy demonstrations in the Chinese-ruled city as …
read moreNorth Korea’s U.N. envoy says denuclearization off negotiating table with United States
North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Saturday that denuclearization is off the negotiating table with the U.S. and lengthy talks with Washington …
read moreDemocrats huddle to draft impeachment charges against Trump
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives will spend the weekend on Capitol Hill preparing for what could be the final week of their months-old …
read moreC J Country Local News for Sat, Dec 7
Buttigieg pledges billions to curb education disparities
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg vowed on Saturday to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to improve public education if elected, with a plan that …
read moreSaudi airman may have become radicalized before U.S. Navy base attack
The Saudi airman accused of killing three people at a U.S. Navy base in Florida appeared to have posted criticism of U.S. wars and quoted …
read more