Romeo Venturelli

Cloth badge for the Peace Trip 1960 (the twelve most popular participants)

Romeo Venturelli (born December 9, 1938 in Lama Mocogno , † April 2, 2011 in Pavullo nel Frignano ) was an Italian cyclist .

Athletic career

As an amateur he won the Giro de Lombardia for amateurs. He started twice in the International Peace Tour . After retiring from the race in 1958, he was third overall in 1959 , won three stages and wore the yellow jersey for three stages. Romeo Venturelli was considered the greatest talent among the Italian amateurs of his time. Fausto Coppi therefore brought him into his San Pellegrino team , whose sporting director was Gino Bartali . Venturelli's victory in the individual time trial of the Giro d'Italia in 1960 caused a sensation . It was the first Giro after the war without Coppi, who had died of malaria in January of that year . Venturelli was the team's new hope and took over Maglia Rosa for one day after the time trial . However, he could not fulfill the hopes placed on him and ended his cycling career just five years later. The reason was that he had a naive character and couldn't find his way around the world of professional cycling.

Venturelli died in 2011 at the age of 72 years to cancer after many years of working with asbestos had come into contact.

successes

1959

Gran Premio della Liberazione
three stages peace journey

1960

a stage Paris – Nice
a stage Menton-Roma
a stage Tour de Romandie
a stage of the Giro d'Italia
Trofeo Baracchi (with Diego Ronchini )

1965

Giro del Piemonte

Teams

1960 San Pellegrino
1961-62 Molteni
1963 San Pellegrino Firt
1964 Ignis
1965-66 Bianchi-Mobylette
1967 Salamini-Comet
1970-71 Zonca

Web links

Commons : Romeo Venturelli - collection of images, videos and audio files

Romeo Venturelli in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1989, p. 263 .
^ ^A ^b Carlo Martinelli: Morto Romeo Venturelli campione di ciclismo. In: gazzettadimodena.gelocal.it. April 2, 2011, accessed March 24, 2016 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Venturelli, Romeo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 9, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Llama Mocogno
DATE OF DEATH	April 2, 2011
Place of death	Pavullo in Frignano

[1] Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1989, p. 263 .

[morto-2] A ^b Carlo Martinelli: Morto Romeo Venturelli campione di ciclismo. In: gazzettadimodena.gelocal.it. April 2, 2011, accessed March 24, 2016 (Italian).