fullname ridertype updated death_date death_place birth_place majorwins discipline birth_date role article_title name
wladimiro panizza climber july 16 , 2008 21 may 2002 cassano magnago , italy fagnano olona , italy 2 grand prix du midi libre -lrb- 1977 -rrb- stages giro d'italia 1 stage tour de france road 5 june 1945 rider wladimiro panizza
 wladimiro panizza
wladimiro panizza

wladimiro panizza -lrb- fagnano olona , 5 june 1945 -- cassano magnago , 21 may 2002 -rrb- was an italian professional road bicycle racer .
panizza came from a communistic family and was named after lenin .
during his long career -lrb- 1967 -- 1985 -rrb- , he helped felice gimondi and franco bitossi .
his best grand tour was the 1980 giro d'italia , where he finished on the second place in the overall classification .
he holds the record for participation in the giro , completing the race 16 times from 18 starts .
