Cino Cinelli

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Cino Cinelli Road cycling
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Date of birth February 9, 1916
date of death April 20, 2001
nation ItalyItaly Italy
discipline Street
End of career 1944
Last updated: December 12, 2018

Cino Cinelli (born February 9, 1916 in Montespertoli ; † April 20, 2001 there ) was an Italian cyclist and bicycle manufacturer .

Athletic career

The beginnings

Cino Cinelli was one of ten children of a small farmer near Florence . His childhood was marked by the clashes between the fascists and the communists , which is why the family had to move several times. He received his first bike at the age of 13 and subsequently competed in cycling with his brothers Giotto and Arrigo on the way to school and to work. At the age of 14 he had to leave school and contribute to the family income with an income. After crashing into a car, the driver gave him enough money to buy a racing bike. He found a job with a publishing company whose boss supported his hunger for education and his cycling ambitions. Cino Cinelli became a member of the Benotto cycling club and later moved to the US Azzini . In 1931 he drove his first amateur race, in which he was beaten by Gino Bartali in the battle for second place.

Through his tremendous diligence, Cinelli worked his way up in the publishing house in the following years. When he was 21 years old, the owners changed. The new management gave Cinelli an ultimatum: job or cycling. Cinelli chose cycling.

Professional athletes

In 1937 Cinelli drove on his own account and won the Giro dell'Appennino . The following year he received his first contract with Team Frejus and won the Giro di Lombardia ahead of his local rival Bartali, with whom he was henceforth close friends. In 1940 he won the Giro del Piemonte . In 1938 he won two and in 193 he won several stages of the Giro d'Italia , in 1939 he could not finish the tour. The greatest success of his sporting career was - according to his own statement - his victory at Milan – Sanremo in 1943. Although Italy was now at war , street races were still held to entertain the Italian population, in which Cinelli could take part as an exempted soldier. In 1944 he competed in his last races, only to end his career.

Professional and commitment as a functionary

In 1948, Cino Cinelli founded the company of the same name in Milan , which became known in particular for the production of innovative bicycle components. Cinelli also advised his business friend Gentullio Campagnolo on the development of new products.

Together with Bartali and Fausto Coppi, Cino Cinelli was also the founder of the Italian Association for Professional Racing Drivers, the “Associazione Corridori Ciclisti Professionisti Italiani” (ACCPI), and remained its president for 24 years. In the early 1970s he wrote a handbook on the theory and training of cycling for the National Olympic Committee of Italy (CONI): Cycling (Rome 1972), which is considered the "cycling bible" in Italy.

successes

1937
1938
1939
1940
1943

Web links

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c d e f David V. Herlihy : A Visit With Cino Cinelli. In: bikeraceinfo.com. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Cinelli Timeline. In: Velo-Retro. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
  3. ^ Giampiero Petrucci, Carlo Fontanelli: Corse promiscue sotto le bomb . Corse promiscue sotto le bomb. La Biblioteca del Ciclismo, Geo Edizione 2000, p. 46 (Italian).
  4. ↑ Version of Cycling online ( Memento from February 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Cinelli, Cino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist and bicycle manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Montespertoli
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2001
Place of death Montespertoli