Cipollini breaks all-time stage record

Mario Cipollini broke the all-time record number of stage victories in the Giro d‘Italia.

Tue, 20 May, 2003 - 07:39

Mario Cipollini broke the all-time record number of stage victories in the Giro d‘Italia.

The 36-year-old Italian took his 42nd stage win.

He eclipsed pre-war favourite Alfredo Binda‘s tally of 41 as he edged Australia‘s Robbie McEwen and another Italian Alessandro Petacchi in a sprint finish in the ninth stage, a 160km run from Arezzo.

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