Ottavio Bottecchia

Ottavio Bottecchia

Bottecchia in 1923
Personal information
Full name	Ottavio Bottecchia
Nickname	Il Muratore del Friuli (The Bricklayer of Friuli)
Born	(1894-08-01)1 August 1894 San Martino di Colle Umberto, Italy
Died	15 June 1927(1927-06-15) (aged 32) Gemona, Italy
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team
1922–26	Automoto-Hutchinson
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1924, 1925) Mountains classification (1924, 1925) 9 individual stages (1923-1925) Stage races Giro della Provincia di Milano (1925)

Ottavio Bottecchia (pronounced [otˈtaːvjo botˈtekkja];^[1] 1 August 1894 – 15 June 1927^[2]) was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian winner of the Tour de France.

He was found injured and unconscious by a roadside and died a few days later; the exact circumstances of his accident remain a mystery.