Renato Longo
Longo before 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1937-08-09)9 August 1937 Vittorio Veneto, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 June 2023(2023-06-08) (aged 85) Conegliano, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Cyclo-cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1960–1972 | Salvarani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cyclo-cross World Champion (1959, 1962, 1964–1965 and 1967) Italy Cyclo-Cross champion (1959–1960, 1962, 1964–1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Renato Longo (9 August 1937 – 8 June 2023) was an Italian cyclo-cross racer. Longo won the World Cyclo-cross Championships five times in 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965 and 1967 and was the Italian Cyclo-cross champion 12 times.[1]
Biography
Longo competed as a professional from 1960 to 1972 and for most of his career, he rode with the Salvarani team of Felice Gimondi. Longo's first wins in the World Championships in 1959 and 1962 were obtained after a battle with German Rolf Wolfshohl who won the title ahead of Longo in 1960, 1961 and 1963. In 1964, Wolfshohl focused on road racing and Longo became the master of cyclo-cross until Eric De Vlaeminck arrived – although Longo beat de Vlaeminck for his last world title in 1967.[2] In total he won more than 230 cyclo-cross races in his professional career.
Longo died on 8 June 2023, at the age of 85.[3]
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- Jean Robic (1950)
- Roger Rondeaux (1951–1953)
- André Dufraisse (1954–1958)
- Renato Longo (1959)
- Rolf Wolfshohl (1960–1961)
- Renato Longo (1962)
- Rolf Wolfshohl (1963)
- Renato Longo (1964–1965)
- Erik De Vlaeminck (1966)
- Renato Longo (1967)
- Erik De Vlaeminck (1968–1973)
- Albert Van Damme (1974)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1975)
- Albert Zweifel (1976–1979)
- Roland Liboton (1980)
- Hennie Stamsnijder (1981)
- Roland Liboton (1982–1984)
- Klaus-Peter Thaler (1985)
- Albert Zweifel (1986)
- Klaus-Peter Thaler (1987)
- Pascal Richard (1988)
- Danny De Bie (1989)
- Henk Baars (1990)
- Radomír Šimůnek (1991)
- Mike Kluge (1992)
- Dominique Arnould (1993)
- Paul Herygers (1994)
- Dieter Runkel (1995)
- Adri van der Poel (1996)
- Daniele Pontoni (1997)
- Mario De Clercq (1998–1999)
- Richard Groenendaal (2000)
- Erwin Vervecken (2001)
- Mario De Clercq (2002)
- Bart Wellens (2003–2004)
- Sven Nys (2005)
- Erwin Vervecken (2006–2007)
- Lars Boom (2008)
- Niels Albert (2009)
- Zdeněk Štybar (2010–2011)
- Niels Albert (2012)
- Sven Nys (2013)
- Zdeněk Štybar (2014)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2015)
- Wout van Aert (2016–2018)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2019)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2020–2021)
- Tom Pidcock (2022)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2023–2024)