Angelo Conterno

Angelo Conterno

Personal information
Born	13 March 1925 Turin, Italy
Died	1 December 2007 (aged 82) Turin, Italy
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
1956 Vuelta a España

Angelo Conterno (13 March 1925 – 1 December 2007) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s who is most famous for becoming the first Italian to win the Vuelta a España. At the 1956 Vuelta after winning Stage 2 and capturing the golden jersey, Conterno, in one of the closest Vuelta's in history, outlasted Spaniard Jesus Loroño to win the overall title by just 13 seconds. The following year, Loroño won the 1957 Vuelta a España without Conterno in attendance.

Earlier in his career, Conterno wore the maglia rosa for a day when he won the second stage of the 1952 Giro d'Italia. Beyond his three stage victories in the Giro d'Italia, he won the 1959 Züri-Metzgete.

Major achievements

1952 – Frejus

5th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stage 2, (Abetone - Montecatini Terme, 197 km)

Maglia rosa, General classification leader (after Stage 2)

1953 – Frejus

5th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

1954 – Frejus

1st, Giro di Lazio

3rd, Giro del Piemonte

10th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stage 4, (Catanzaro - Bari, 352 km)

1955 – Torpado

2nd, Giro del Piemonte

3rd, Giro di Lombardia

18th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stage 18, (Trieste - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 236 km)

1956

1st, Overall, Vuelta a España

1st, Stage 2, (Santander - Oviedo, 248 km)

41st, Overall, Tour de France

1957

1st, Giro del Veneto

3rd, Giro dell'Emilia

3rd, Tre Valli Varesine

1958

3rd, Tour of Flanders

1959

1st, Züri-Metzgete

3rd, Giro di Lazio

1960

3rd, Tre Valli Varesine

1961

1st, Giro del Piemonte

2nd, Milano–Torino

1963

2nd, Züri-Metzgete

External links

• Angelo Conterno profile at Cycling Archives