Marino Basso

Marino Basso

Marino Basso (born June 1, 1945 in Rettorgole di Caldogno ) is a former Italian professional cyclist .

Basso was a sprint specialist and began his professional career in 1966 by winning the eighth stage of the Giro. As early as 1967 he won two stages in the Tour de France and fought to win the green jersey for the driver with the best points. By 1978 he had a total of 80 victories as a professional driver, including the title of professional world champion in road racing in 1972. In the same year he was also Italian champion when he drove for Felice Gimondi in the Salvarani team . He won seven stages in the Tour de France , twelve in the Giro d'Italia and six in the Vuelta a España .

In the last year of his sporting career, he won two road races and retired from active racing in 1978 at the age of 33. Then Marino Basso built up the company " Cicli Basso " with his brothers Renato and Alcide , which manufactures bicycle frames . Since the late 1990s, Marino Basso was team leader of the Italian team Amica-Chips .

He is not related to the Italian cyclist Ivan Basso .

Racing successes

1966 8th stage of the Giro d'Italia 1967 3rd and 18th stage Tour de France 1968 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia 1969 8th, 13th and 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia 1st stage Tour de France 1970 3rd, 11th and 21st stage Tour de France 4th and 15th Giro d'Italia 1971 Scoring + 1st, 9th and 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia Milan-Vignola

1972 Road racing world champion Italian champion 1st stage Giro d'Italia 1973 Milan-Vignola 1974 22nd stage Tour de France 1975 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th stage Vuelta a España 1976 2nd and 5th stages of the Basque Country Tour 1977 8th stage of the Giro d'Italia

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Luciano Boccaccini, Giovanni Tarello: Annuario Storico Del Ciclismo Italiano . Publialfa Edizion, Milan 1994, p. 52 .

Cicli Basso

In 1981 the three Basso brothers founded the bicycle manufacturer Cicli Basso , which still exists today and produces bicycle frames. The company is based in Dueville in the province of Vicenza in Veneto. Renato Basso is the managing director and Alcide Basso, who learned the craft of frame construction, is responsible for the technical areas. A frame model from the 1990s was named after the venue Gap, where Marino Basso became world champion in 1972.

Web links

• Racing successes (French)
• Pictures of the frame construction at Basso (English)
• Basso Bikes Srl (multilingual)
• Marino Basso in the Tour de France database(French / English )
• Marino Basso in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Page about the history of the company Basso (English)