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Guido Messina
was born January 4, 1931 in Monreale, Italy and was a road and
track champion cyclist. He won the gold medal in the men's 4,000
meter team pursuit at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics and rode
as a professional road cyclist from 1954 to 1963 during which he
won 5 World titles in the individual pursuit. He won his first
two titles as an amateur (1948, 1953), before turning
professional and winning three consecutive World Championships
(1954-56). His major road success came in the first stage of
1955 Giro d’Italia, which he won, earning him a day in the pink
jersey. Palmares: Campione del mondo 1948-49 Amsterdam Campione d'Italia 1950-51 Torino Campione Olimpionico 1952 Kesinki Campione d'Italia 1953-54 Milano Campione del Mondo 1953-54 Zurigo More HERE Messina rode on the Frejus team in 1954, '55, '56 and on the Molteni team for 1960 & 1961. For a great deal of information and many photographs HERE Special thanks to John Pergolizzi |
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Various publicity pictures of Messina
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Road
bike, early 1970's - made by Guiseppe Pela |
