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
1967
GP Campagnolo
Tour de France: Winner stages 3 and 18 1968 CP Cemab Milano–Vignola Chieti Paris–Luxembourg (with Michele Dancelli) 1969 Col San Martino Giro del Piemonte Tre Valli Varesine Trofeo Matteotti Giro de Campania Chieto Tour de France: Winner stage 1A Giro d'Italia: Winner stages 8, 13, 18A and 18B 1970 Cittadella Tour de France: Winner stages 3B, 11B and 21 1971 Giro d'Italia: Winner stage 1 Winner points classification Milano–Vignola 1972 Coppa Bernocchi UCI World Road Race Championships Cittadella 1973 Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Milano–Vignola Pasajes Genoa–Nice 1974 Castelfranco Veneto Six days of Castelgomberto (with Dieter Kemper) Sarnico GP Montelupo 1975 Vuelta a España: Winner stages 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11B 1976 Col San Martino 1977 Coppa Placci Castelfranco Veneto 1978 Zambana
External links
Official Tour de France results for Marino Basso
1945 births
Living people
Cyclists from the Province of Vicenza
Italian male cyclists
Italian Tour de France stage winners
UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Italian Vuelta a España stage winners