An Italian did win the U23 1947 road race:
1947 - France - Reims - 164km
FERRARI, Alfio (ITA) PEDRONI, S. (ITA) VAN BEEK, G. (NED) 1948 - Pays-Bas - Valkenburg - 186km
SNELL, Harry (SWE) LERNO, L. (BEL) WANLUND, Olle (SWE)
If the formatting doesn't come across well: Alfio Ferrari of Italy was the 1947 U23 road race winner.
Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ
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> The writing on my frame cites "Campionato del Mondo" for 1947 and 1948. I
have not yet been able to confirm whether this indicates what I think it
might (or should, unless they were making exaggerated claims), which is that
the (almost certainly amateur) world road championships were won on Testi
bicycles for those years.
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> Jonathan Agnew
> Darien, CT