Marino Basso

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.

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

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Tour de France 1969, stage 2, in Maastricht : Basso finishing second in the peloton, behind Harm Ottenbros .