Lucien Mazan (well known as Petit Breton) to Pozzato, through Girardengo (who won the race six times), Binda (four times), Coppi, Bobet, Van Steenbergen, Bartali, Van Looy, Merckx (seven times!), Kelly, Bugno and Zabel.
Some great nostalgia about La Primavera in Pez Cycling News:
Alessandro Federico, "How We Look To Her"
http://pezcyclingnews.com/
Edmond Hood, "The Honor Roll"
http://pezcyclingnews.com/
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)