# Marino Basso

Marino Basso (born 1 June 1945) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, considered one of the best sprinters of his generation. He won the World Cycling Championship in 1972.
Basso was born at Rettorgole di Caldogno, in the Veneto. He was one of the main sprinters of the 1970s, often duelling with Belgians Patrick Sercu, Guido Reybroeck and Roger de Vlaeminck, and fellow Italian Dino Zandegù.
Basso won a total of 15 stages at the Giro d'Italia, 6 at the Tour de France and 6 at the Vuelta a España. He was Giro d'Italia's points classification winner in 1971 and the Italian national champion in 1972.
He is not related to Italian cyclist Ivan Basso, but his brother Alcide founded Basso Bikes.
After his professional career, Basso became a manager at a number of teams including Preti Mangimi.

## Major results
### 1966

    1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
    3rd Milano–Vignola
    9th Road race, National Road Championships

### 1967

    Tour de France
       1st Stages 3 & 18
       Held after Stage 3
    2nd Giro del Veneto
    2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
    4th Coppa Placci
    9th Giro di Campania

### 1968

    1st Milano–Vignola
    1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
    2nd Overall Paris–Luxembourg
    3rd Züri–Metzgete
    3rd Giro di Toscana
    4th Overall Giro di Sardegna
       1st Stage 6
    4th Tre Valli Varesine
    5th Giro di Campania
    6th Road race, National Road Championships

### 1969

    1st Tre Valli Varesine
    1st Trofeo Matteotti
    1st Giro del Piemonte
    1st Giro di Campania
    Tour de France
       1st Stages 1a
       Held after Stages 1a–5
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 8, 13, 18a & 18b
    Paris–Nice
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 7a
    3rd Milan–San Remo
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    3rd Giro del Lazio
    4th Coppa Bernocchi
    4th Milano–Vignola
    10th Coppa Agostoni
    10th Sassari-Cagliari

### 1970

    Tour de France
       1st Stages 3b, 11b & 21
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 4 & 15
    1st Stage 2a Tour de Luxembourg
    1st Stage 4 Paris–Luxembourg
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Giro del Veneto
    3rd Coppa Bernocchi
    3rd Coppa Agostoni
    4th Paris–Tours
    4th Giro del Lazio
    6th Giro dell'Emilia
    6th Giro della Romagna
    7th Coppa Placci
    9th Milano–Vignola
    10th Coppa Sabatini
    10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

### 1971

    1st Milano–Vignola
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 9 & 11
       Held after Stage 1
    2nd Paris–Tours
    3rd Paris–Roubaix
    3rd Giro di Campania
    4th Coppa Agostoni
    5th Giro del Lazio
    7th Tre Valli Varesine
    7th Coppa Placci
    8th Gent–Wevelgem
    9th Trofeo Matteotti
    10th Road race, National Road Championships

### 1972

    1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
       1st Stages 2a & 2b
    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 1
       Held & after Stages 1 & 2
    2nd Tre Valli Varesine
    3rd Milan–San Remo
    7th Giro di Puglia
    7th Sassari-Cagliari
    8th Giro di Campania

### 1973

    1st Milano–Vignola
    1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    1st Genoa–Nice
    1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia
    Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stages 1 & 4b
    2nd Sassari-Cagliari
    6th Coppa Sabatini
    7th Overall Giro di Puglia
    8th Trofeo Laigueglia

### 1974

    1st GP Montelupo
    1st Stage 22 Giro d'Italia
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    6th Milan–San Remo
    8th Trofeo Matteotti
    9th Coppa Bernocchi

### 1975

    Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 11b
    4th Tre Valli Varesine
    6th Coppa Bernocchi
    7th Milan–San Remo

### 1976

    Tour of the Basque Country
       1st Stages 2 & 5a
    1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya
    2nd Giro di Campania

### 1977

    1st Coppa Placci
    1st Stage 8b Giro d'Italia
    2nd Overall Giro di Puglia
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Milano–Vignola
    6th Overall Giro di Sardegna

### 1978

    1st Stage 4a Tour Méditerranéen
    2nd Milano–Vignola
    5th Züri–Metzgete
    10th Coppa Bernocchi

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| Giro d'Italia | 48 | DNF | 54 | 47 | DNF | 42 | DNF | 84 | 85 | DNF | 84 | DNF | DNF |
| Tour de France | — | 64 | — | DNF | 63 | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Classics results timeline

Monuments results timeline :
| Monument | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 13 | 3 | — | 17 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 7 | — | 14 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | 18 | 3 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | 17 | — | 3 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career |
| Giro di Lombardia | 24 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Major championship results timeline

| | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |
| World Championships | — | 16 | — | 55 | 17 | 43 | 1 | 27 | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| National Championships | 9 | 14 | 6 | — | 3 | 10 | — | 11 | 3 | — | — | 31 | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |