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

Aldo Ronconi
Personal information
Full nameAldo Ronconi
Born(1918-09-20)20 September 1918
Brisighella, Italy
Died12 June 2012(2012-06-12) (aged 93)
Faenza, Italy
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1940–1941Legnano
1941Viscontea
1942SC Malatesta
1943–1944Individual
1945Viscontea
1946Mondia
1946Tebag
1946–1947Benotto–Superga
1948Bianchi
1949Viscontea
1950Heidemann
1950–1952Benotto
1951Vampire–Sterling
Major wins
1 stage Tour de France 1947
1 stage Giro d'Italia 1946

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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Addio a Ronconi, 'vero' vincitore del Tour '47 | Sirotti News". News.sirotti.it. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  2. ^ "34ème Tour de France 1947" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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