Mario Cipollini
The Lion King: 42 Giro stages, 12 Tour stages and the 2002 rainbow jersey.
Mario Cipollini (born 22 March 1967), known as "Cipo", "Il Re Leone" (The Lion King) and "Super Mario", is a retired Italian sprinter regarded as the best of his generation, with 170 professional wins between his first in 1988 and his last in 2005. His highlights include the 2002 world road race championship and Milan-San Remo the same year, 42 stage wins in the Giro d'Italia, 12 in the Tour de France and three in the Vuelta a España. In the 1999 Tour he won four stages in a row, a post-war record, and led the peloton on what was then the fastest stage in the race's history, averaging more than 50 km/h. Born in San Giusto di Compito near Lucca into a cycling family, he won 125 races as a youth before turning professional in 1989.
Quick Facts
- Nickname
- Il Re Leone (The Lion King)
- Super Mario
- Cipo
- Mooie Mario (Pretty Mario)
- Mousselini
- Born
- 22 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Lucca, Italy
- Weight
- 76 kg / 168 lb
- Discipline
- Road
- Role
- Rider
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