Full name Gastone Nencini 1955–1958 Leo-Chlorodont Nickname Il Leone del Mugello 1959–1960 Carpano | Discipline Road Name Gastone Nencini 1953–1954 Legnano Role Cyclist | |
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Born 1 March 1930Barberino di Mugello, Italy ( 1930-03-01 ) Died February 1, 1980, Florence, Italy |
Gastone nencini il piu grande leone del tour de france e del giro d italia by elisabetta nencini
Gastone Nencini ([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.
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- Gastone nencini il piu grande leone del tour de france e del giro d italia by elisabetta nencini
- Gastone nencini 616 digitale terrestre bici 24h
- Downhill race
- Memory
- Teams
- Major achievements
- Other results
- References

Nicknamed Il Leone del Mugello, "The Lion of Mugello" (from his birthplace Barberino del 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 that Roger Rivière missed a bend, crashed over a wall and broke his spine.

Gastone nencini 616 digitale terrestre bici 24h
Downhill race

Nencini's downhill race with Henry Anglade has become part of the legend of cycling. Anglade was a proud rider and Nencini one of the fastest down hills. They met at a col in the Dolomites during the Giro d'Italia. The weather was bad and a snowstorm had forced 57 riders to abandon that day. Anglade said:

Memory

At the Futa pass, on the mountains over his native Barberino di Mugello, a monument is placed remembering him: a big bronze bas-relief portrait of him racing and the inscription which says: "A Gastone Nencini. Il comune di Barberino, gli sportivi, i compagni di tante battaglie ricordano il campione mugellano" (translated from Italian: "To Gastone Nencini. The administration of Barberino, the sportsmen, the comrades of many battles remember the Mugello-born champion").
Teams

Major achievements

Other results
