The death of Ottavio Bottecchia is still shrouded in mystery. On June 3, 1927, Bottecchia was found dying on the ground: only two years earlier he had won his second Tour de France. This monument celebrates the life of the eighth son of Francesco Bottecchia, "the Mason of Friuli".

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Paolo🉑

September 10, 2020

On 3 June 1927 a strange accident, probably caused by a malaise, struck the 33-year-old Ottavio while he was walking along the familiar streets where he used to train and still today there is no certainty about it. What is certain is that a great champion died that day. But the man who had made the greatest champions of European cycling tremble, the former cyclist bersagliere who during the First World War had earned a medal for valor.

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Manuel Fedrigo

August 26, 2025

Stele commemorating the great Ottavio Bottecchia and his trusted friend and companion Alfonso Piccin

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