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Giuseppe Pancera was second in the 1928 Giro d'Italia and the 1929 Tour de France. He was an outstanding rider in an era where the conditions could only be described as brutal. The roads were usually dirt, often with deep potholes. Frames and forks broke regularly. Mud was a constant menace. Bikes were single-speed and the brakes were a joke. Look at the first picture of Pancera and De Waele to get an idea of what a day racing in the 1920s did to a man.

You can read about Pancera and his career in our rider history section. Here is a selection of photos that Pancera's daughter Egidia Barbetta kindly sent me to share with BikeRaceInfo readers.

Pancera gallery pages 2|3

Tour de France 1929 after the 333-kilometer stage 14 trip from Nice to Grenoble with ascents of the Allos and Bayard. It took stage winner Gaston Rebry 13 hours 19 minutes 6 seconds. Pancera is on the left and race leader and eventual winner Maurice De Waele is on the right. The 2 riders finished 6 minutes 2 seconds behind Rebry and Jef Demuysere. The handwritten note says the stage was very hard. One look at the two makes that very clear.
	Young Giuseppe Pancera, taken in 1923.
An undated studio photograph of Pancera.

More Pancera photos: Page 2 | Page 3

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