Angelo Conterno
# Angelo Conterno

Angelo Conterno (13 March 1925 – 1 December 2007) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s who is most famous for becoming the first Italian to win the Vuelta a España. At the 1956 Vuelta after winning Stage 2 and capturing the golden jersey, Conterno, in one of the closest Vuelta's in history, outlasted Spaniard Jesus Loroño to win the overall title by just 13 seconds. The following year, Loroño won the 1957 Vuelta a España without Conterno in attendance.

Earlier in his career, Conterno wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification for a day when he won the second stage of the 1952 Giro d'Italia. Beyond his three-stage victories in the Giro d'Italia, he won the 1959 Züri-Metzgete.

## Major achievements

### 1952 – Frejus

    5th, Overall, Giro d’Italia
       1st, Stage 2, (Abetone - Montecatini Terme, 197 km)
       general classification leader (after Stage 2)

### 1953 – Frejus

    5th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

### 1954 – Frejus

    1st, Giro di Lazio
    3rd, Giro del Piemonte
    10th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
       1st, Stage 4, (Catanzaro - Bari, 352 km)

### 1955 – Torpado

    2nd, Giro del Piemonte
    3rd, Giro di Lombardia
    18th, Overall, Giro d’Italia
       1st, Stage 18, (Trieste - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 236 km)

### 1956

    1st, Overall, Vuelta a España
       1st, Stage 2, (Santander - Oviedo, 248 km)
    41st, Overall, Tour de France

### 1957

    1st, Giro del Veneto
    3rd, Giro dell'Emilia
    3rd, Tre Valli Varesine

### 1958

    3rd, Tour of Flanders

### 1959

    1st, Züri-Metzgete
    3rd, Giro di Lazio

### 1960

    3rd, Tre Valli Varesine

### 1961

    1st, Giro del Piemonte
    2nd, Milano–Torino

### 1963

    2nd, Züri-Metzgete
