Franco Ballerini was born on December 11, 1964. He died on February 7, 2010.
The Italian rider was a two-time winner in the Paris-Roubaix Classic.
He also stood on the podium another two times at the same event.
Ballerini won the 1995 Paris-Roubaix Classic in front of Andrei Tchmil of Russia and Johan Museeuw of Belgium.
Ballerini also won the 1998 Paris-Roubaix Classic in front of Andrea Tafi of Italy and Wilfied Peeters of Belgium.
Ballerini was 2nd in the 1993 Paris-Roubaix behind Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle of France.
Ballerini was also 3rd in the 1994 Paris-Roubaix behind Andrei Tchmil of Russia and Fabio Baldato of Italy.