Mario Cipollini (; born 22 March 1967), often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired

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professional

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most noted for his

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ability, the longevity of his dominance (his first pro win came in 1988, his last in 2005; 170 professional wins, 192 including criteriums) and his colourful personality. His nicknames include ''Il Re Leone'' (''The Lion King'') and ''Super Mario''. He is regarded as the best sprinter of his generation.

Life and career

1991 Giro d'Italia Stage 13 Savigliano-Sestriere, Mario Cipollini

Cipollini was born in

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, surrounded by the mountains of

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south of

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. He came from a cycling family – his father, Vivaldo, had been a successful amateur racer in his youth, whilst his brother

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had raced as a professional and his sister Tiziana had also competed as a cyclist. Mario was a prolific winner in his youth career, scoring a total of 125 victories in age group and amateur races before joining the professional peloton in 1989. His career highlights include the Road World Championships and

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in 2002, and 42 stages in the Giro d'Italia. Cipollini's 42nd Giro stage win in 2003 – his last stage win in that race — broke the record by

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that had stood since 1933. He also won 12 stages in the

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and three stages in the

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. In the

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, he led the peloton on the fastest stage in the history of the Tour, averaging more than 50 km/h over 194.5 km. In the same Tour, he won 4 stages in a row, setting the post-WWII record for consecutive stage wins. He has also found success in Belgium, winning

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in 1992, 1993 and 2002 (record). At the peak of his career, Cipollini's speed was unrivaled, and he is credited with being the first rider with a

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. The red jerseys of his team, featuring team-mates such as Paolo Fornaciari,

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, Gian Matteo Fagnini and

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, were commonly seen at the front of the

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toward the end of the flat

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stages in the late 1990s. The train kept the pace high in the closing kilometers, to dissuade opposing riders from attacking and to ensure that in the final 200–300 meters, Cipollini was the only cyclist able to maintain the speed. This changed the way teams approached mass sprints and bred a new generation of sprinters, such as fellow Italian

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. The beginning of 2002 saw Cipollini win Milan–San Remo with his new Acqua-Sapone team, and later Gent–Wevelgem. However, a falling-out with the organizers of the Tour de France made him announce his retirement. Italian national coach

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convinced him to return to competition, and built the Italian national team around Cipollini for the

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. Cipollini won the

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in a sprint finish in Zolder,

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. In the 2003 Giro d'Italia, Cipollini focused on Alfredo Binda's record 41 Giro stage wins while in the world champion's jersey. His attempt was almost derailed by Alessandro Petacchi of the Fassa Bortolo team. After many failed attempts, he finally broke the record, although he had to abandon the next stage due to injuries in a crash on a rain-soaked finish. He said that the crash ended his career. His team, Domina Vacanze-Elitron, was left out of the Tour de France that year, prompting a comment from Cipollini that the organisers disrespected the rainbow jersey. When he retired from the 2004 Giro due to another crash, it was the only time he entered the Giro without winning a single stage. In 2008, he returned to competitive cycling with the

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team at the

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Controversy

Cipollini made no secret that he did not like climbing stages, and while he completed all stages of the Giro on many occasions, he infuriated purists by not attempting mountain stages at the Tour or Vuelta. While this is a common practice with sprinters without points jersey aspirations so as to save themselves for the rest of the season, Cipollini's practice of releasing photos of himself lounging at the beach while the others struggled in the mountains earned him more than his fair share of attention in this regard. Cipollini also became famous for extravagant clothing, especially racing uniforms, sporting custom-made skin suits. Some of his memorable kits include a muscle suit, zebra, and tiger prints, and a techno-skinsuit inspired by the 1982 film ''

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''. Off the course, Cipollini and his Saeco squad dressed as ancient Romans during a rest day at the

, to celebrate

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's birthday and to commemorate Cipollini's record fourth consecutive Tour de France stage win. He was fined for wearing an all-yellow outfit while leading the Tour de France; this practice to wear more yellow and even have a yellow bike has since become generally accepted. These antics violated UCI regulations, which resulted in Cipollini and his team being fined thousands of

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. The muscle suit fetched 100 million lira (US$43,710) in a charity auction, nearly 100 times the fine. Some organisers, especially

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of the Tour de France, took offence at his hijinks and he wasn't invited to race in the Tour from 2000–2003, despite being the world champion in 2003. Later in 2003, he drew the ire of the organisers of the Vuelta a España when he quit after the prologue time trial. His team had been invited to compete with the condition that Cipollini participated. He said he was recovering from injury and should not have been forced to race in the first place. Three years earlier, Cipollini was kicked out of the

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after he punched Vitalicio Seguros rider Francisco Cerezo to the ground before the start of a stage. In June 2022, and following allegations of

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and

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, the public prosecutor of

demanded a two and half years of prison sentence for Cipollini. In October 2022, Cipollini was sentenced by the Lucca court to 3 years in prison and to compensate the civil party for 85 thousand euros.

Lifestyle

Cipollini's powerful performances sometimes risked being eclipsed by his flamboyant manner and lifestyle. His height, looks and mane of hair earned him the nickname "Lion King", and he adopted other names, including "Super Mario" and "Mario the Magnificent." His wardrobe consisted of hundreds of suits, ties and shoes, many of which he never wore. In 2002, he was arrested for motorpacing on an Italian

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. He commented that it was the only place where he could safely get up to top speed for training. He responded to criticisms by claiming that he helped generate coverage for his sponsors, and that it was all part of his showmanship. Cipollini married Sabrina Landucci in 1993. The couple separated in 2005. Despite being married through much of his career, Cipollini was regarded as a

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and rumored to be a womaniser. He did little to dispel these notions with comments such as, "If I weren't a professional cyclist, I'd be a porn star". Daniel Coyle's book ''Lance Armstrong's War'' says Cipollini's profile was little more than a decoy. The intent was that competitors would find themselves distracted by the constant media coverage of Cipollini, and demoralised by the impression that he could party all night and beat them the next morning. Despite this boisterous public image, Cipollini could often be quite humble regarding his fellow cyclists. After breaking

's record for Giro stage wins he remarked he would have been happy "just to polish inda'sshoes." Reacting to the 2004 death of

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, Cipollini said, "I am devastated. It's a tragedy of enormous proportions for everyone involved in cycling. I'm lost for words."

Retirement

After having vowed to retire several times in his career, usually in a public fit of pique, Cipollini finally made good on his promise on 26 April 2005, one week before the start of the 2005 Giro. His swan song was to participate in a ceremonial prologue of the Giro wearing a fluorescent pink skin suit, which listed his 42-stage wins. Cipollini emerged from retirement in early 2008, with Rock Racing. His first race back was the

, and he finished third on stage 2. On the eve of the Milan–San Remo, he announced that he would retire again, citing disagreements over his leadership role on Rock Racing. In 2010 Cipollini started his own brand of bicycles which were used by the Italian team. In February 2013, news surfaced that Cipollini could have been a client of doctor

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from 2001 to 2004. A report published by Italian newspaper ''

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'' alleged that Cipollini's codename was "Maria" and that he received various doping products, including injecting 25 blood bags from the beginning of 2003 to the start of the Giro d'Italia in May. Cipollini's lawyer stated that the claims were false when the story was revealed on 9 February 2013. His name was on the list of doping tests published by the

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on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the

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and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004.

Major results

;1987 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

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;1988 : 1st Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo : 2nd

Gran Premio della Liberazione Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 ...

;1989 : 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia :

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::1st Stages 3, 4 & 5 ;1990 : 1st

Milano–Vignola The Milano–Vignola was a professional road bicycle race held annually in the Province of Modena, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in t ...

: Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 13 & 20 :

::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 1st Stage 4a

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;1991 : 1st

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, ...

: 1st

Giro dell'Etna The Giro dell'Etna was a one-day road cycling race held annually in Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 ...

: Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 3, 7 & 21 :

::1st Stages 2 & 4 : Etoile de Bessèges ::1st Stages 1 & 3 :

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Ital ...

::1st Stages 4 & 5 : 2nd

: 8th

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...

;1992 : 1st

: Giro d'Italia ::1st Jersey violet

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::1st Stages 4, 7, 16 & 20 :

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::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 :

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 7 :

::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 2 Etoile de Bessèges : 9th

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event ...

;1993 : 1st

: 1st

Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (previously GP Rik Van Steenbergen) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Arendonk, Belgium. The race, paying respect to the famous Belgian rider of the 1940s and 1950s, quickly gained importa ...

::1st Stages 1 & 4 ( TTT) ::Held Jersey yellow

after Stages 4 & 6 ::Held Jersey green

after Stages 1 & 7–10 :

::1st Stages 1, 4 & 5 :

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::1st Stages 4 & 5 : 6th Omloop Het Volk : 10th

;1994 :

::1st Stages 1 & 6 :

::1st Stages 5 & 6 : 1st Stage 5

: 2nd

: 4th Paris–Tours : 4th

Firenze–Pistoia The Firenze–Pistoia was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. It was an individual time trial between Prato and Quarrata, in the Province of Pistoia. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe ...

;1995 : 1st

Trofeo Luis Puig The Trofeo Luis Puig is a single-day road bicycle race held in Valencian Community, Spain. Originally named the Gran Premio Valencia, it was held annually (except for 1980) from the first edition in 1969 until 2005, in which year it was promoted ...

: 1st Monte Carlo–Alassio :

::1st Stages 2 & 4 ::Held Jersey green

after Stages 4 & 5 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 1 & 3 ::Held Jersey pink

after Stage 1 ::Held Jersey violet

after Stages 1 & 3–9 :

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

::1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 :

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. I ...

::1st Stages 2 & 6 :

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...

::1st Stages 4 & 5 :

::1st Stages 3, 4 & 5 : 4th

;1996 : 1st Jersey italianflag

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 2

: Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 4, 8, 11 & 18 :

::1st Stages 3, 5 & 7 :

::1st Stages 2 & 5 :

::1st Stages 2 & 5a :

Vuelta a Aragón Vuelta a Aragón is a professional bicycle road race held in Spain in May of each year. The event was first run in 1939, and was not held between 2006 and 2017. The future of the race is uncertain; there had been plans to organise it again, but an ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 1st Stage 4

: 7th

: 10th Telekom Grand Prix (with

) ;1997 :

::1st Stages 1 & 2 ::Held Jersey yellow

after Stages 1–4 ::Held Jersey green

after Stages 1 & 2 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Jersey violet

::1st Stages 1, 2, 4, 10 & 22 ::Held Jersey pink

after Stages 1 & 2 :

::1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 :

::1st Stages 2 & 4a :

::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 1

;1998 : 1st

Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi The Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi is a one-day professional cycling race between the towns of San Vincenzo and Donoratico on the Tuscany coast in Italy. The 193 kilometre long race takes place at the beginning of February and has now taken ove ...

::1st Stages 5 & 6 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 5, 7, 8 & 10 :

::1st Stages 1a, 2, 3 & 4 : 1st Stage 3

;1999 : 1st

: 1st

Trofeo Manacor The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...

: 1st

Trofeo Sóller The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...

: 1st

Peperbus Profspektakel The Peperbus Profspektakel is a cycling criterium held in Zwolle, the Netherlands. The course is held within closed roads of the city center. The first edition was held in 1999, and is held annually on the third Wednesday after the Tour de France ...

::1st Stages 4, 5, 6 & 7 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 2, 10, 12 & 17 ::Held Jersey pink

after Stage 2 :

::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 3

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

: 1st Stage 5

;2000 : 1st

: Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 4 ::Held Jersey pink

after Stage 1 ::Held Jersey violet

after Stage 4 ::Held Jersey blue

after Stage 1 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 5 : 1st Stage 5a

: 1st Stage 6

;2001 : 1st

Giro della Provincia di Siracusa The was a single-day road cycling held annually in the Province of Syracuse in Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demog ...

: Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 6, 9, 19 & 21 ::1st Azzurri d'Italia classification :

::1st Stages 1 & 5 : 1st Stage 5

: 1st Stage 4

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

: 2nd

;2002 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Road race,

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: 1st

: Giro d'Italia ::1st Jersey violet

::1st Stages 1, 3, 9, 15, 18 & 20 ::1st Azzurri d'Italia classification ::Held Jersey pink

after Stage 1 ::Held Jersey blue

after Stage 1 :

::1st Stages 3, 4 & 7 : 1st Stage 7

: 1st Stage 2

: 4th

: 9th

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organi ...

;2003 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 8 & 9 ::Held Jersey blue

after Stage 2 :

::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 4th

;2004 : 1st Stage 4

: 1st Stage 2

Tour de Georgia The Tour de Georgia was a U.S. professional road cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and was contested six times until 2008. It was one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe (2.HC) stage rac ...

;2005 : 1st

Giro della Provincia di Lucca The Giro della Provincia di Lucca was a professional road bicycle race held annually in Province of Lucca, Italy held between 1999 and 2006. From 2005, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, previous ...

: 1st Stage 4

Tour of Qatar The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the firs ...

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International Grand Prix Doha The International Grand Prix Doha was a one day road cycling race held in Qatar. It was part of UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Intern ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cipollini, Mario 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Lucca Italian male cyclists Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Italian Tour de France stage winners Italian Vuelta a España stage winners Participants in Italian reality television series UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Italy Cyclists from Tuscany 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people