Carlo Tonon
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Carlo Tonon |
| Born | 25 March 1955 San Vendemiano, Italy |
| Died | 17 June 1996 (aged 41) Stabiuzzo, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1982–1983 | Inoxpran |
| 1984 | Carrera Inoxpran |
Carlo Tonon (25 March 1955, in San Vendemiano – 17 June 1996, in Stabiuzzo) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer.
He was a professional rider from 1982 through 1984 and twice started the Tour de France.
1984 Tour de France
[edit]Tonon finished his first Tour de France for Carrera, where he rode alongside Guido Bontempi, in 1982 as 116th.[1] He was again selected for the 1984 Tour de France where in the 19th stage he collided with a tourist while descending the Col de Joux-Plane. He was transferred to Annecy hospital with a fractured skull.[2] He remained in a coma for two months and was left with a permanent disability which contributed to him taking his own life in 1996, aged 41.
Death and legacy
[edit]In 1996 Tonon committed suicide, hanging himself in his barn, having never totally recovered from his fall.[3]
From 2004, the Memorial Carlo Tonon e Denis Zanette is staged, in memory of Tonon and Denis Zanette, another Italian cyclist who died in 2003.
Palmarès
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Carlo TONON - Le Tour
- ^ Italian Cyclist in Coma After Collision - NY Times
- ^ Vergeten wielrenner: Tonon, Carlo - Het is Koers (in Dutch)
External links
[edit]- Carlo Tonon at Cycling Archives (archived)
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