Ernesto Colnago (born 9 February 1932) is an Italian

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who founded in 1952 and still runs the bicycle manufacturing company Colnago Ernesto & C. S.r.l.Cycling News, 2 May 2018, Ernesto Colnago's best bikes of all time
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Biography

Colnago began working for the Gloria Bicycle Company in Milan in 1945 when he was 13 years old. He subsequently raced their bikes.

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20th-century Italian inventors 1932 births Businesspeople from Milan Living people Italian cycle designers {{Italy-business-bio-stub