Gastone Nencini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gastone Nencini

cyclist

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1930

Place of Birth: Barberino di Mugello, Tuscany, Italy

Date of Death: 01-Feb-1980

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Gastone Nencini (Italian pronunciation: [ga'sto?ne nen't?i?ni]; 1 March 1930 – 1 February 1980) was an Italian road racing cyclist who won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d'Italia.Nicknamed Il Leone del Mugello, "The Lion of Mugello" (from his birthplace Barberino di Mugello, near Florence), Nencini was a powerful all-rounder, particularly strong in the mountains. He was an amateur painter and a chain smoker.
He was a gifted descender.
"The only reason to follow Nencini downhill would be if you had a death wish", said the French rider Raphaël Géminiani.
It was in trying to follow Nencini down a mountain on Stage 14 of the 1960 Tour de France that Roger Rivière missed a bend, crashed over a wall and broke his spine.



Description	Dutch photographer and cinematographer
Date of birth/death	1929	1996
Work location	Amsterdam, Bentveld
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