Carlo Tonon

Carlo Tonon (25 March 1955, in San Vendemiano – 17 June 1996, in Stabiuzzo) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer.

Carlo Tonon
Personal information
Full nameCarlo Tonon
Born(1955-03-25)25 March 1955
San Vendemiano, Italy
Died17 June 1996(1996-06-17) (aged 41)
Stabiuzzo, Italy
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1982–1983Inoxpran
1984Carrera Inoxpran

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
1982
Tour de France:

116th

1983
Giro d'Italia:

134th

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References
  1. Carlo TONON - Le Tour
  2. Italian Cyclist in Coma After Collision - NY Times
  3. Vergeten wielrenner: Tonon, Carlo - Het is Koers (in Dutch)


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