title: Pasquale Fornara
text: # Pasquale Fornara
  
  Pasquale Fornara (29 March 1925 – 24 July 1990) was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that still stands to this day.
  
  In addition to his Tour de Suisse achievements, Fornara won the 1956 Tour de Romandie and finished on the podium in two Grand Tours: a third place behind the legendary Fausto Coppi at the 1953 Giro d'Italia and a second place at the 1958 Vuelta a España behind Frenchman Jean Stablinski.
  
  ## Major achievements
  
  ### 1952
  
      1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 2 stage wins)
      1st, Stage, Giro d'Italia
  
  ### 1953
  
      3rd, Overall, Giro d’Italia (and 1 stage win)
         1st, King of the Mountains
  
  ### 1954
  
      1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse
  
  ### 1955
  
      4th, Overall, Tour de France
      1st, Stage, Giro d’Italia
  
  ### 1956
  
      1st, Overall, Tour de Romandie
      1st, Stage, Giro d'Italia
      24th, Overall, Tour de France
  
  ### 1957
  
      1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 1 stage win)
         1st, King of the Mountains
  
  ### 1958
  
      1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 2 stage wins)
      2nd, Overall, Vuelta a España
  