Marino Basso

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Marino Basso
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Basso in 1969
Personal information
Full nameMarino Basso
Born (1945-06-01) 1 June 1945 (age 79)
Caldogno, Italy
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type Sprinter
Professional teams
1966–1967 Mainetti
1968–1971 Molteni
1972 Salvarani
1973–1974 Bianchi–Campagnolo
1975 Magniflex
1976 Furzi–Vibor
1977 Selle Royal
1978 Gis Gelati
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
6 individual stages (1967, 1969, 1970)
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (1971)
15 individual stages (1966, 19681974, 1977)
Vuelta a España
6 individual stages (1975)

One-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships (1972)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1972 Gap Road Race
Tour de France 1969, stage 2, in Maastricht: Basso finishing second in the peloton, behind Harm Ottenbros. Finish van de 2e etappe in Maastricht 1e Julien Stevens, 2e Wil in het Veld, Bestanddeelnr 922-5882.jpg
Tour de France 1969, stage 2, in Maastricht: Basso finishing second in the peloton, behind Harm Ottenbros.

Marino Basso (born 1 June 1945) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, considered one of the best sprinters of his generation. He won the World Cycling Championship in 1972.

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Basso was born at Rettorgole di Caldogno, in the Veneto. He was one of the main sprinters of the 1970s, often duelling with Belgians Patrick Sercu, Guido Reybroeck and Roger de Vlaeminck, and fellow Italian Dino Zandegù.

Basso won a total of 15 stages at the Giro d'Italia, 6 at the Tour de France and 6 at the Vuelta a España. He was Giro d'Italia's points classification winner in 1971 and the Italian national champion in 1972.

He is not related to Italian cyclist Ivan Basso, but his brother Alcide founded Basso Bikes.

After his professional career, Basso became a manager at a number of teams including Preti Mangimi.

Major results

1966
1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
3rd Milano–Vignola
9th Road race, National Road Championships
1967
Tour de France
1st Stages 3 & 18
Held Jersey green.svg after Stage 3
2nd Giro del Veneto
2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
4th Coppa Placci
9th Giro di Campania
1968
1st Milano–Vignola
1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
2nd Overall Paris–Luxembourg
3rd Züri–Metzgete
3rd Giro di Toscana
4th Overall Giro di Sardegna
1st Stage 6
4th Tre Valli Varesine
5th Giro di Campania
6th Road race, National Road Championships
1969
1st Tre Valli Varesine
1st Trofeo Matteotti
1st Giro del Piemonte
1st Giro di Campania
Tour de France
1st Stages 1a
Held Jersey green.svg after Stages 1a–5
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 8, 13, 18a & 18b
Paris–Nice
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 7a
3rd Milan–San Remo
3rd Tour of Flanders
3rd Giro del Lazio
4th Coppa Bernocchi
4th Milano–Vignola
10th Coppa Agostoni
10th Sassari-Cagliari
1970
Tour de France
1st Stages 3b, 11b & 21
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 4 & 15
1st Stage 2a Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 4 Paris–Luxembourg
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Giro del Veneto
3rd Coppa Bernocchi
3rd Coppa Agostoni
4th Paris–Tours
4th Giro del Lazio
6th Giro dell'Emilia
6th Giro della Romagna
7th Coppa Placci
9th Milano–Vignola
10th Coppa Sabatini
10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1971
1st Milano–Vignola
Giro d'Italia
1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
1st Stages 1, 9 & 11
Held Jersey pink.svg after Stage 1
2nd Paris–Tours
3rd Paris–Roubaix
3rd Giro di Campania
4th Coppa Agostoni
5th Giro del Lazio
7th Tre Valli Varesine
7th Coppa Placci
8th Gent–Wevelgem
9th Trofeo Matteotti
10th Road race, National Road Championships
1972
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
1st Jersey Sardegna (Red-Blue Stripe).png Overall Giro di Sardegna
1st Stages 2a & 2b
1st Coppa Bernocchi
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1
Held Jersey pink.svg & Jersey violet.svg after Stages 1 & 2
2nd Tre Valli Varesine
3rd Milan–San Remo
7th Giro di Puglia
7th Sassari-Cagliari
8th Giro di Campania
1973
1st Milano–Vignola
1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
1st Genoa–Nice
1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stages 1 & 4b
2nd Sassari-Cagliari
6th Coppa Sabatini
7th Overall Giro di Puglia
8th Trofeo Laigueglia
1974
1st GP Montelupo
1st Stage 22 Giro d'Italia
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Milan–San Remo
8th Trofeo Matteotti
9th Coppa Bernocchi
1975
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 11b
4th Tre Valli Varesine
6th Coppa Bernocchi
7th Milan–San Remo
1976
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 2 & 5a
1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya
2nd Giro di Campania
1977
1st Coppa Placci
1st Stage 8b Giro d'Italia
2nd Overall Giro di Puglia
1st Stage 1
2nd Milano–Vignola
6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
1978
1st Stage 4a Tour Méditerranéen
2nd Milano–Vignola
5th Züri–Metzgete
10th Coppa Bernocchi

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978
Jersey yellow.svg Vuelta a España DNF
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 48 DNF 54 47 DNF 42 DNF 84 85 DNF 84 DNF DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 64 DNF 63 82

Classics results timeline

Monuments results timeline
Monument1966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978
Milan–San Remo 13 3 17 3 23 6 7 14
Tour of Flanders 18 3 21
Paris–Roubaix 17 3 34
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Did not contest during career
Giro di Lombardia 24 11

Major championship results timeline

1966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978
Jersey rainbow.svg World Championships 16 55 17 43 1 27 DNF
MaillotItalia.svg National Championships 914631011331
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish


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