Rodolfo Muller
{{short description|Italian cyclist and journalist}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1876|8|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Livorno, Italy
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| proyears2 = 1901
| proyears3 = 1902
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| proyears4 = 1903
| proyears5 = 1904
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Rodolfo Muller (12 August 1876 – 11 September 1947) was an Italian racing cyclist{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=10931 |title=Rodolfo Muller |access-date=14 April 2014 |work=Cycling Archives}} and sports journalist. He finished sixth in the 1898 Paris–Roubaix,{{cite web |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Rodolfo_Muller |title=Rodolfo Muller |access-date=14 April 2014 |work=ProCyclingStats}} but his best season was 1902 with podium finishes in Bordeaux-Paris,{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/races/1902/56/bordeaux-paris-l-auto-vélo?highlight=119|title=Bordeaux - Paris (l'Auto-Vélo) 1902|access-date=6 January 2019|work=cyclingranking.com}} Marseille-Paris{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/races/1902/59/marseille-paris?highlight=119|title=Marseille - Paris 1902|access-date=6 January 2019|work=cyclingranking.com}} and the Italian Corsa Nazionale.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/races/1902/76/corza-nazionale-la-seicento?highlight=119|title=Corsa Nazionale 1902|access-date=6 January 2019|work=cyclingranking.com}} In that same year he also won the Concours de Tourisme du TCF,{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/races/1902/174/le-concours-de-tourisme-du-t-c-f?highlight=119|title=Le Concours de Tourisme du TCF|access-date=6 January 2019|work=cyclingranking.com}} the first ever race to include the iconic Col du Tourmalet mountain pass.
Major results
- 1897
- 3rd Paris-Cabourg
- 1898
- 6th Paris-Roubaix
- 1899
- Record Paris-Torino on motorbike
- 1901
- 6th Paris-Brest-Paris
- 1902
- 1st Le Concours de Tourisme du TCF (First race to include the Col du Tourmalet)
- 2nd Marseille-Paris
- 3rd Corsa Nazionale / La Seicento
- 3rd Bordeaux-Paris
- 1903
- 4th Tour de France
- 1904
- 1st 1000 kilometers of the Vélodrome d'Hiver
References
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External links
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- [https://www.cyclingranking.com/rider/119/rodolfo-muller Rodolfo MULLER's page] at CyclingRanking.com
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Category:Italian male cyclists
Category:Cyclists from Livorno
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