Renato Longo
Renato Longo (* 9. August 1937 in Vittorio Veneto ) is a former Italian cyclist , who on cross-country race was dedicated (cyclocross) and competitions dominated in this discipline in the 1960s.
In 1958 Renato Longo was Italian champion of the amateur - stayers and runner-up in the cyclo-cross race. In the following years he successfully concentrated on the cross-country sport. Between 1959 and 1972 Longo was five times world champion and twice vice world champion as well as twelve times Italian champion in this discipline. He also won the cyclocross race in Solbiate Olona eight times and the Critérium Martini in Vincennes four times . In total, he achieved around 230 victories. His big rivals during these years were Rolf Wolfshohl from Cologne and Eric De Vlaeminck from Belgium . In 1972 Longo retired from active cycling.
Web links
- Renato Longo in the Radsportseiten.net database
1950 Jean Robic | 1951–1953 Roger Rondeaux | 1954–1958 André Dufraisse | 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967 Renato Longo | 1960, 1961, 1963 Rolf Wolfshohl | 1966, 1968–1973 Erik De Vlaeminck | 1974 Albert Van Damme | 1975 Roger De Vlaeminck | 1976–1979, 1986 Albert Zweifel | 1980, 1982–1984 Roland Liboton | 1981 Hennie Stamsnijder | 1985, 1987 Klaus-Peter Thaler | 1988 Pascal Richard | 1989 Danny De Bie | 1990 Henk Baars | 1991 Radomír Šimunek | 1992 Mike Kluge | 1993 Dominique Arnould | 1994 Paul Herijgers | 1995 Dieter Runkel | 1996 Adrie van der Poel | 1997 Daniele Pontoni | 1998, 1999, 2002 Mario De Clercq | 2000 Richard Groenendaal | 2001, 2006, 2007 Erwin Vervecken | 2003, 2004 Bart Wellens | 2005, 2013 Sven Nys | 2008 Lars Boom | 2009, 2012 Niels Albert | 2010, 2011, 2014 Zdeněk Štybar | 2015, 2019, 2020 Mathieu van der Poel | 2016–2018 Wout Van Aert
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| SURNAME | Longo, Renato |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vittorio Veneto |