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Historic Overview Gastone Nencini

Rider

Overall Rank144
NameGastone NENCINI
Country
  Italy
Date of birth01-Mar-1930 - Barberino di Mugello (Toscana)
Date of death01-Feb-1980 - Florence (Toscana)
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Biography

Gastone Nencini

Gastone Nencini (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaˈstoːne nenˈtʃiːni]; 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.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

2 4 7 14 9 16

Major Victories

Giro d'Italia 1957
Tour de France 1960
Tre Valli Varesine 1956
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) - stages 1959 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1955 (2), 1958 (2), 1959 (1), 1960 (2)
Menton - Genova - Roma - stages 1960 (1)
Tour de France - stages 1956 (1), 1957 (2), 1958 (1)
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Seasons

Gastone Nencini - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1951 Individual 22 697
2. 1952 Individual 5 1124
3. 1953 Legnano - Pirelli 125 313
4. 1954 Legnano 589 80
5. 1955 Leo - Chlorodont 1329 24
6. 1956 Leo - Chlorodont 962 42
7. 1957 Leo - Chlorodont 3040 3
8. 1958 Chlorodont - Leo 2056 8
9. 1959 Carpano 1859 14
10. 1960 Carpano 3457 1
11. 1961 Ignis 688 81
12. 1962 Ignis - Moschettieri 881 56
13. 1963 Springoil - Fuchs 232 218
14. 1964 Springoil - Fuchs 339 166
15. 1965 Filotex 0 1187
Overall: 15584 144