Marino Basso

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.

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

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

Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 8, 13, 18a & 18b Paris–Nice

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 Stages 1, 9 & 11

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 Stages 2a & 2b 1st Coppa Bernocchi Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 1

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

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+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish