Mario Vicini

Mario Vicini (21 February 1913 — 6 December 1995) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Vicini won the 1939 Italian road race championship, as well as the Giro del Lazio and the Giro di Toscana. He rode the Tour de France twice, finishing second (in 1937) and sixth (in 1938). In the Giro d'Italia, Vicini won three stages, and finished third in 1939. He later went on to build racing bicycles, simply named Vicini, using top-of-the-line components. His frame and fork sets are recognizable by the Vicini name stamped into the top end of the seat stay flutes and the V in the top of each side of the fork crown.

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1935 1st Giro delle Province Romagnole 1st Gran Premio di Camaiore 1936 1st Giro delle Quattro Province 1937 2nd Overall Tour de France 1938 1st Giro di Toscana 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia 6th Overall Tour de France 1939 1st Giro del Lazio 1st Italian National Road Race Championship 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia 1940 1st Coppa Marin 4th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 15 & 16 1947 7th Overall Giro d'Italia 1953 1st Coppa Signorini