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Adolfo Leoni

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Adolfo Leoni
Leoni at the 1950 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameAdolfo Leoni
Born(1917-01-13)13 January 1917
Massa, Italy
Died19 October 1970(1970-10-19) (aged 53)
Gualdo Tadino, Italy
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
Milan–San Remo (1942)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1937 Copenhagen Amateur's Road Race

Adolfo Leoni (Gualdo Tadino, 13 January 1917 — Massa, 19 October 1970) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Leoni won many classic races before, during, and after the Second World War.

Major results

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1937
World Amateur road race champion
1939
Coppa Bernocchi
Giro del Veneto
Milano-Mantova
1940
GP Leptis Magna
Milano-Mantova
1941
Giro del Lazio
Italian National Road Race Championship
1942
Milan–San Remo
Giro dell'Emilia
1945
Tre Valli Varesine
1946
Giro dell'Emilia
1948
Sassari-Cagliari
1949
Giro del Piemonte
1950
Tour de France:
Winner stage 2
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