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marino basso sprinter 14 july 2008 caldogno , italy 1972 world road race champion road 1 june 1945 rider marino basso.jpg marino basso
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marino basso

marino basso -lrb- born 1 june 1945 -rrb- is an italian former professional road racing cyclist , who 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 .
after his professional career , basso became a manager at a number of teams including preti mangimi .
