Aldo Ronconi Explained

Aldo Ronconi
Fullname:Aldo Ronconi
Birth Date:1918 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Brisighella, Italy
Death Place:Faenza, Italy
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1940–1941
Proyears2:1941
Proteam2:Viscontea
Proyears3:1942
Proteam3:SC Malatesta
Proyears4:1943–1944
Proteam4:Individual
Proyears5:1945
Proteam5:Viscontea
Proyears6:1946
Proteam6:Mondia
Proyears7:1946
Proteam7:Tebag
Proyears8:1946–1947
Proteam8:Benotto–Superga
Proyears9:1948
Proyears10:1949
Proteam10:Viscontea
Proyears11:1950
Proteam11:Heidemann
Proyears12:1950–1952
Proteam12:Benotto
Proyears13:1951
Proteam13:Vampire–Sterling
Majorwins:1 stage Tour de France 1947
1 stage Giro d'Italia 1946

Aldo Ronconi (20 September 1918  - 12 June 2012) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer.[1]

Ronconi was born at Brisighella, Ravenna, Italy. He was professional from 1940 to 1952 where he won 5 victories. He finished fourth overall in his first Tour de France[2] where he won a stage and wore the yellow jersey for 2 days. He also won a stage in the 1946 Giro d'Italia. He owned a bicycle goods and sports shop in Faenza, Italy, and died in Faenza, aged 93.

Major results

1937
  • 8th Giro dell'Appennino
    1939
  • 1st Overall Milano–Munchen
  • 1st Stage 2
    1940
  • 1st Giro dell'Umbria
  • 8th Giro dell'Emilia
  • 10th Milan–San Remo
    1942
  • 7th Giro di Lombardia
  • 10th Giro del Veneto
    1946
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Giro di Toscana
  • 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
  • 3rd Trofeo Matteotti
  • 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Stage 15
    1947
  • 2nd Gran Piemonte
  • 3rd Giro di Romagna
  • 4th Overall Tour de France
  • 1st Stage 3
  • Held for two stages
  • 5th Giro dell'Emilia
    1949
  • 2nd Overall Giro dei Tre Mari
  • 1st Stages 2 & 6
  • 3rd Giro di Romagna
    1950
  • 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
  • 5th Giro del Ticino
  • 6th Giro di Romagna

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Addio a Ronconi, ‘vero’ vincitore del Tour ’47 | Sirotti News . News.sirotti.it . 2012-06-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203142229/http://news.sirotti.it/12-06-2012/addio-a-ronconi-vero-vincitore-del-tour-47-877.html . 3 February 2014 .
    2. Web site: 34ème Tour de France 1947. Memoire du cyclisme. French. 4 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301034216/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1947.php. 1 March 2012.