Carlo Tonon
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Carlo Tonon |
| Born | 25 March 1955 San Vendemiano, Italy |
| Died | 17 June 1996 (aged 41) , 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 ) 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[]
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] where he would stay in a coma for a couple of months and was eventually handicapped for life.
Death and legacy[]
In 1996 Tonon committed suicide, hanging himself in his barn. He 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[]
References[]
- ^ Carlo TONON - Le Tour
- ^ Italian Cyclist in Coma After Collision - NY Times
- ^ Vergeten wielrenner: Tonon, Carlo - Het is Koers (in Dutch)
External links[]
- Carlo Tonon at Cycling Archives
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- People from the Province of Treviso
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- Suicides by hanging in Italy
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