Cipollini

Powerfully built at 6-feet-2, Cipollini is like a locomotive near the finish line when he is at full speed.

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If you look back over the past 20 years, pros like Rominger, Ullrich, Cipollini, a lot of the European pros used to go down to train and race.

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"Cipollini and his train controlled the race so perfectly that flat stages always ended in a sprint and they went so fast for the last five kilometers that nobody could pass them as they approached the finish line," said Van Poppel.

Ride the Train to Cycling Glory Eric Sylvers 2011

"It will be extremely hard to beat Cavendish in Ravenna," said Mario Cipollini, who holds the Giro's all-time record with 42 stage victories.

Ride the Train to Cycling Glory Eric Sylvers 2011

In the 1990s, Cipollini had arguably the most effective train professional cycling has ever seen, but it has proved tough to replicate.

Ride the Train to Cycling Glory Eric Sylvers 2011

After watching Sagan closely, his team director Mario Scirea, a longtime gregario for sprint superstar Mario Cipollini, said the young Slovak is confirming his enormous potential.

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This is the first time Cannondale has been a co-sponsor of a top European team since it backed Saeco-Cannondale during the Mario Cipollini heyday.

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It's great to see a bike named after Cipollini, as he currently only has three strains of herpes named after him.

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But it takes an icon to make an icon, and if you want to ride an icon you'd be much better off straddling a Cipollini:

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Maybe what Cipollini meant was that he was dining on Chinese food?

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