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“The Train from Forli” Ercole Baldini 89

By J.Lo

OUR deepest sympathy to the family of Ercole Baldini, who passed away at the age of 89.

“The train from Forlì,” as he was nicknamed, marked history of two wheels by collecting series of incredible victories: from Olympic gold in Melbourne 1956 to the 1958 Giro d’Italia, from the 1958 World Championships in Reims also in 1958 to the hour record, set at the Vigorelli with 46.394.

The results of that two-year golden era were not later repeated, partly because of appendicitis.

Ercole Baldini (26 January 1933 – 1 December 2022) , Italian cyclist,as an amateur he won an Olympic gold medal in the road race and the world title in the individual pursuit on track, both in 1956. In 1957 he turned professional, and in 1958 won world title in the road race and the Giro d’Italia. He continued competing on track and won bronze medals in the individual pursuit at the world championships of 1960 and 1964.

Baldini was born at Villanova di Forlì. At 21 he set the hour record for amateurs, with 44.870 km, gaining the nickname of Forlì train. His best year was 1956, in which he won gold medal in the road race at the Summer Olympics in Melbourne, and, in September, stripped Jacques Anquetil of the hour record, riding 46.394 km at the Velodromo Vigorelli in Milan.

In 1957 he won six important races, including the Trofeo Baracchi alongside Fausto Coppi, and became Italian champion. In 1958 Baldini won the Giro d’Italia, beating Charly Gaul on the latter’s favorite terrain, climbing. He was again Italian champion and also won World Cycling Championship.^[2]

Baldini finished 6th in the 1959 Tour de France. His career ended in 1964 after surgery to a leg.

Major results

1953

3rd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia

1954

1st Targa D’Oro Città di Legnano

World hour record (Amateurs) – 44.90km

1956

1st Olympic Games Road Race

1st UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Individual Pursuit)

1st National Track Cycling Championships (Individual Pursuit)

1st Milano–Bologna