Vittorio Marcelli

Vittorio Marcelli (born June 3, 1944 in Magliano de 'Marsi , Italy ) is a former Italian cyclist . In 1968 he became the amateur world champion in the individual road race.

Athletic career

Marcelli was brought to the GS Ferrarelle cycling club in Rome by trainer Giovanni Proietti as a young amateur cyclist . The club was considered a talent factory in Italian cycling. Marcelli later moved to the Pedale Ravennate Club in Ravenna , where he trained with coach Oscar Minzoni for the 1967 World Cycling Championships and the 1968 Olympic Games . In 1967, the 23-year-old 1.85 meter tall Marcelli first started in the Tour de l'Avenir and was 13th in the overall standings. At the 1967 World Cup, he was one of Italy's four-mans, who finished third in the 100 km team time trial. The highlight of his cycling career was the UCI cycling world championship in 1968 , in which he became world champion in the individual races of the amateurs and again came third in the team time trial. At the Olympic Games in 1968 Marcelli was also used in the team time trial and took third place and the bronze medal with the Italian team.

After the cycling season in 1968 Marcelli moved to the professional paddock , where he joined the Italian cycling team Sanson. He began his professional career in 1969 with the participation in the one-day race Giro della Toscana , in which he reached the 23rd place out of 47 riders. In the subsequent one-day race Coppa Bernocchi it was only enough to rank 68 among 102 places. At the 1969 Giro d'Italia , Marcelli again only landed in the last third of the field with 64th place. The only podium of the 1969 season at a noteworthy event was second place at the Grand Prix Castrocaro Terme time trial in Forlì, Italy . In 1970 Marcelli moved to the Italian team Salvarani, where the winner of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia were also under contract. Marcelli's 117th place in the Tour de France and 35th place in the Grand Prix of Montelupo Fiorentino became famous . In the same year he had to give up competitive sport due to permanent knee damage.

Web links

• Vittorio Marcelli in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Results at www.museociclismo.it
• Vittorio Marcelli in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )