60 seconds with Mario Cipollini
We spent an entire minute with flamboyant sprint legend Mario Cipollini to discover his love of Marilyn Monroe and cycling in the buff.
Who was your sporting hero?
Eddy Merckx, he is the greatest all-round cyclist ever.
If you had not been a cyclist, what would you have done?
I have cycled from the age of six: I was always going to be a cyclist and never wanted to be anything else.
If your house was burning down, what one possession would you save?
Apart from my family, nothing else would be worth the risk.
If you could sit down for dinner with any three people, who would they be?
JFK, Marilyn Monroe and Angelina Jolie.
What do you get up to in your spare time?
The perfect day for me would be to ride my bike for three or four hours in the morning then eat a great plate of pasta on the beach at my favourite restaurant. I’d then meet my kids in the afternoon, and finish the day off by having dinner with my family and friends.
What is your most annoying habit?
I don't have one.
What is the worst music you have ever bought?
I love most genres of music but I have never bought a bad CD.
What is the most embarrassing moment you have had on your bike?
I was once cycling in Namibia with my team-mates in the middle of the African desert, literally in the middle of nowhere - there was no one around.
I dropped off the back of the group, took all my clothes off and sprinted past the rest of the team, naked.
Then out of nowhere - if you were there you would know how surprising that was - a police car arrived. It was unbelievable. I had to do a lot of talking to get myself out of the situation!
Which fellow cyclist would you have the best time on a night out with?
I always have a great time with Mario Scirea - he is a good friend and part of the train that took me to victory between 1996 and 2004.
You're allowed to make one novelty change to your sport - what would you do?
If I could make one change to my sport it would be to ensure that cycling is given as much credit and respect across the world as other sports, such as football.
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Found you tucked away on a cippo thread Tuggo. Yeah, he's deinitely had more birds than a zoo aviary and he's probably dumped his recent gorgeous chick for another gorgeous chick. The interview above is a bit uncippo like for me and I question also whether it is actually real
leave TamerAir alone Tuggo - he's not got LA to lean on as a life crutch anymore so he's lost!
Steve - Why on earth do you have to keep bringing your dislike for Cavendish into view at any possible opportunity? It brings nothing to the thread at all!
Cipo has more charisma in one fingernail compared to the wooden, crybaby personality of Cav the Chav!
TamerAir, Cippo has had more birds than you've had hot dinners. He dumped his wife for a gorgeous chick.
"I have cycled from the age of six: I was always going to be a cyclist and never wanted to be anything else."
This has to be a fake interview.
The Mario of old always answered that question "a porn star".
The worlds a worse place without Le Beau Mario & the Saeco train - I'd have paid good money to see them and HTC go head to head from 4K out!
flamboyant or gay??
if they asked Cav "If you could sit down for dinner with any three people, who would they be?" he'd reply Lembit Opik, Daniella Westbrook & Jordan.
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