Mario Vicini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mario Vicini

Road bicycle racer

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1913

Place of Birth: Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 06-Dec-1995

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Mario Vicini (Cesena, 21 February 1913 — Cesena, 6 December 1995) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer.
Vicini won the 1940 Italian road race championship, as well as the Giro del Lazio and the Giro di Toscana.
He rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 2nd (in 1937) and 6th (in 1938).
In the Giro d'Italia, Vicini won 3 stages, and finished third in 1939. He later went on to build racing bicycles, simply named "Vicini", using top of the line components.
You can tell his frame and fork sets 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.