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Historic Overview Gastone Nencini

Rider

Overall Rank141
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.

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Badges

2 4 7 14 9 16

Major Victories

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

Gastone Nencini - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1951 Individual 22 695
2. 1952 Individual 5 1119
3. 1953 Legnano - Pirelli 123 311
4. 1954 Legnano 583 80
5. 1955 Leo - Chlorodont 1308 24
6. 1956 Leo - Chlorodont 947 42
7. 1957 Leo - Chlorodont 2993 3
8. 1958 Chlorodont - Leo 2025 8
9. 1959 Carpano 1831 14
10. 1960 Carpano 3402 1
11. 1961 Ignis 678 81
12. 1962 Ignis - Moschettieri 867 56
13. 1963 Springoil - Fuchs 230 218
14. 1964 Springoil - Fuchs 336 165
15. 1965 Filotex 0 1151
Overall: 15350 141