Mario Cipollini Biography

Mario Francesco Batali is a chef, writer, restaurateur, and media personality from the United States. He is a specialist in the history and culture of Italian food, including regional and local variants, in addition to his traditional culinary training. Batali has restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Westport, Connecticut, which he co-owns. A fleece vest, shorts, and orange Crocs are among Batali's characteristic outfits. Molto Mario is another name for him. In 2002, he won the Road World Championships and the Milan – San Remo race, as well as 42 stages in the Giro d'Italia. Cipollini's 42nd Giro stage win, his final in the event, in 2003 eclipsed Alfredo Binda's record, which had lasted since 1933. In addition, he won 12 Tour de France stages and three Vuelta Espana stages. He led the peloton in the fastest stage of the Tour de France in 1999, averaging more than 50 km/h over 194.5 kilometers. He won four stages in a row in the same Tour, breaking the post-WWII record for consecutive stage wins. In Belgium, he has won Gent–Wevelgem three times, in 1992, 1993, and 2002. Cipollini's pace was unsurpassed at the height of his career, and he is credited with being the first rider to use a sprint train. In the late 1990s, the red jerseys of his Saeco team, which included teammates Paolo Fornaciari, Giuseppe Calcaterra, Gian Matteo Fagnini, and Mario Scirea, were frequently visible at the front of the peloton at the finish of flat Grand Tour stages. In the final kilometers, the train kept the pace high to deter other riders from attacking and to ensure that Cipollini was the only cyclist who could keep up with them in the last 200–300 meters. This influenced how teams handled mass sprints and created a new generation of sprinters, including Alessandro Petacchi, a fellow Italian.

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