Mario Vicini (21 February 1913 — 6 December 1995) was an Italian professional

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. Vicini won the 1939 Italian road race championship, as well as the

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and the

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. He rode the

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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.

Palmarès

;1935 :1st Giro delle Province Romagnole :1st Gran Premio di Camaiore ;1936 :1st Giro delle Quattro Province ;1937 :2nd Overall

;1938 :1st

:1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia :6th Overall

;1939 :1st

:1st

Italian National Road Race Championship The Italian National Road Race Championships are held annually. They are a road cycling race which decides the Italian cycling champion in the road racing discipline, across several categories of rider. The event was first held in 1906 and w ...

: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

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* * Italian male cyclists 1913 births 1995 deaths People from Cesena Cyclists from Emilia-Romagna Sportspeople from the Province of Forlì-Cesena {{Italy-cycling-bio-1910s-stub