Cesare Cipollini

Cesare Cipollini (16 December 1958 – 10 August 2023) was an Italian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Cesare Cipollini

Personal information
Born	(1958-12-16)16 December 1958 Belfort, France
Died	10 August 2023(2023-08-10) (aged 64)

Life and career

The brother of the cyclist Mario, when he was still a junior cyclist, Cipollini competed in the team pursuit event at the 1976 Summer Olympics; the Italian team, also consisting of Giuseppe Saronni, Sandro Callari, and Rino De Candido, finished in eighth place, but in an earlier stage set the world record (4'24"00).^[1] Turned professional in 1978 with Magniflex-Torpado, he won the 1983 Giro dell'Emilia.^[1] He participated in nine editions of the Giro d'Italia and one Vuelta a España.^[2] He retired in 1990.^[1]

A longtime heart patient, after having successfully undergone a heart transplant in 2009, Cipollini died on 10 August 2023, at the age of 64.^[1][2][3] His son Edoardo (born in 2005) is also a cyclist.^[1][2]