Aldo Ronconi

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

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.

  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.