Mario Vicini
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mario Vicini |
| Nickname | Gaibera |
| Born | 21 February 1913 Cesena, Italy |
| Died | 6 December 1995 (aged 82) Cesena, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
| Italian road race champion (1940) | |
Mario Vicini ( 21 February 1913 — 6 December 1995) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Vicini won the 1940 Italian road race championship, as well as the Giro del Lazio and the Giro di Toscana. He rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 2nd (in 1937) and 6th (in 1938). In the Giro d'Italia, Vicini won 3 stages, and finished third in 1939. He later went on to build racing bicycles, simply named "Vicini", using top of the line components. You can tell his frame and fork sets by the Vicini name stamped into the top end of the seat stay flutes and the V in the top of each side of the fork crown.
Palmarès
- 1935
- Giro delle Province Romagnole
- Gran Premio di Camaiore
- 1936
- Giro delle Quattro Province
- 1937
- Tour de France:
- 2nd place overall classification
- 1938
- Tour de France:
- 6th place overall classification
- Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stage 2
- Giro di Toscana
- 1939
- Giro d'Italia:
- 3rd place overall classification
- Giro del Lazio
Italian National Road Race Championship- 1940
- Coppa Marin
- Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stages 15 and 16
- 4th place overall classification
- 1947
- Giro d'Italia:
- 7th place overall classification
- 1953
- Coppa Signorini
External links
- Mario Vicini at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Mario Vicini – official Tour de France results (archive)
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