Giuseppe Tonucci
Giuseppe Tonucci (born March 9, 1938 in Fano ; † October 11, 1988 in Pesaro ) was an Italian cyclist .
Athletic career
His first major international success was victory on the 10th stage of the International Peace Drive in 1959 , which he finished 54th in the overall ranking. In 1960 the Italian Association nominated him for the Summer Olympics in Rome . There he was classified as 19th in the road race . The following year he became a professional driver in the Italian team Ignis . He achieved his first victory in the new profession. He drove the Giro d'Italia (where he was eliminated) and in which he was able to win a stage a year later. Then he started in the Tour de France and was 88th in the final classification. In 1963 he started for the Gazzola team , finished 86th in the Giro , but remained unsuccessful and ended his career.
Web links
- Giuseppe Tonucci in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Giuseppe Tonucci in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 260 .
- ↑ Joel Godaert, Robert Janssens, Guido Cammaert: Tour Encyclopedie 1954 to 1965 . Uitgeverij Worldstrips, Gent 1999, p. 149 .
- ↑ Cycling Museum - Giuseppe Tonucci. In: museociclismo.it. Retrieved January 19, 2020 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tonucci, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fano |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1988 |
| Place of death | Pesaro |