Bored of USADA and the UCI? Here’s Mario Cipollini.
Yes it’s an advert but surely only Cipollini can pull off a stunt like this. Even in retirement he remains one of the most charismatic figures in pro cycling.
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I’ll never get those 7 minutes back.
@Guy – you and dozens of podium girls
No helmet?
What would Brad say??
he’s got helmet-hair, can’t you see?
@inrng: why not on tumblr?
Because the blog can’t be all UCI and USADA this week.
Thank goodness. I mean I get its important news, but personally, I’m over hearing about it. I’d love to hear more about post Vuelta stage thoughts and opinions and possible strategies, or maybe some blast from the past find or anything that actually gets me excited to go out and ride the next day. I love the site though!
By “important news”, are you still referring to the Bond film by His-Euroness?
I get that.
And you cannot have enough Cipo.. Ever.
Cipo agrees with that.
Brilliant. Health & Safety would be up in arms about that if it was shown over here. No helmet etc.
Thanks for sharing that. Super Mario! What a character. Too bad cycling doesn’t have any personalities like his at present. Egomaniac? Certainly. But one with a sense of humor who can have a joke at his own expense. If I wanted a plastic bicycle, his 100% Made in Italy frames would be a top choice.
THAT WAS AMAZING/RIDICULOUS/AWFUL/AMAZING.
Obviously it would be easy to pick apart, but it’s just a bit of fun!
…just like the Bond films, actually.
Nicely put together.
Exactly. Camp? Full of clichés? Chase scenes? Monaco? The Bond films often parody themselves and Cipo takes this to a new level.
Still, beats the usual “vertically compliant yet comfortable” marketing.
Good thing that road didn’t go up….
ROFL
God I miss Cipo!
Thanks for posting.
All I can think is that he banged every single “model” in this short film…
Good thing GPS doesn’t work on the open sea!
A flat black Cayman, Ducatis (with really disappointed riders), even a glimpse of a Renault Twingo –
I have to say . . . refreshing!
And how about that boat?…looks like a Wally!
that was just all KINDS of awesome
Why did he take his ‘secret’ out on the boat instead of leaving it under lock and key?
You will have to wait for the sequel Cipo
The king of tacky!
I think you mean “The King of Euro!”
So Mario, so good.
At the end of the season, Marion obviously decided he had to do it all by himself once more as a team of Italian pranksters dressed in fluorescent yellow didn’t give his bikes sufficient brand exposure 😉
great video!
touché
Actually he was bombing downhill quite well.
Shame for the speeded up clips.
I think Mario and Rocco Siffredi were forged from the same mold.
But do you think it’s better than the Sidi chef ads?
The Sidi chef ads are awful!!! Especially for an outfit who handed out buttons reading “Bake the pizza, not the shoes” at Interbike awhile back. Can’t say ANYTHING bad about the shoes though.
The Sidi ad may be one of the worst ever. I’ve love to have seen the agency sell that to Sidi.
“Thanks to GPS we’ve located him.”
If only Mario hadn’t been chasing the #1 Strava time on that mountain descent.
LOL
Big descents meet premium rush street riding! Mario, we need a full feature!
So if I get a Cipollini bike, my life will be like that? I’ m in.
Great post. Is the secret his Mojo?
You can ride with Cippo two times a week. He use to ride together with a couple of friends around the Lucca – Pisa – Viareggio area in Tuscany. Many cyclist joins him and his friends during theese rides, it often ends up with a really big bunch, interrupting the traffic on the roads, before they decide to stop for an espresso!
By the way, the climb in the video, it looks like one of the climbs around the marble caves nearby Massa or Carrara in Tuscany. Does anybody know the name of the climb?
Viva Cippo!
Met the man himself, incognito in Borough Market in London about 5 years ago. I’m sure in Italy he would’ve been mobbed, there, no one recognised him. He kinda stuck out like a sore thumb being 6’4″ and keeping himself in great nick. [/man crush]
The Rocco Siffredi of cycling.
Super Mario totally over the top as usual! love it. Anyone who appears on the podium in a white Armani suit gets my vote any day. Guess I need to save some pennies now.
Lightened my day! What a laugh, cheers for posting this.
Pity he didn’t go to Bond’s tailor for his suit – the jacket was far too tight and looked cheap.
So that’s how USADA got hold of the Armstrong evidence!!! I was hoping to see Cipo in his Porsche drive past Pozzato and his Ferrari!!!
i miss Il Rei Lione as much as the next guy, but that was awful … and not in that “Michael Bay Transformers awful” way … 7 minutes of poorly thought out chase scenes, non-sensical footage of over-the-top luxury items all tied together with little or no thought to sequence, plot, or continuity (yes, i’m in the ad business) …
i think he blew his yearly R&D budget on this, even with DMT, Porsche, Ducatti, and Wally chipping in for product placement …
Is their supposed to be a message in this clip ?
Paul Weller’s let himself go…
I thought it was more Rod Steward with really bad teeth!
Instead of motorbikes, the bad guys should have called USADA.
Screw Cipo and his bike, tell me more about the babe on back of that boat!
If it had a scene where Cipo hits motorcyclist with a water bottle and knocks him over it would be perfect!
Oh that incident! yeah that would have been pretty cool!
Seriously?!
Haha I loveed it. Who would have thought the Lion King can fly a chopper…is there anything this man cannot do??
Also I do like the look of his new ‘Bond’ bike, stunning!
Supa!
Just look at the charisma, he should be the new ‘Bond’
Thank god for this man! “I’m bringing sexy back” Cipo4life! Remember haters that theres no crying in cycling. Style and a little attitude! Whens the last time anyone willingly paid a fine in todays pelaton?
My question is, what does everyone think of the bike? or has Cipo and his acting skills overshadowed what he is actually trying to sell 🙂
Forget about the movie… Watch the “beyond the scene” on his website. The movie, when he is filmed from behind is awesome. The motorist slides his tyres several times. I think our new Bond Cipollini has a dead wish… I know he has descended this road multiple times and the road was (partly) blocked, but all the same he shows incredible skills..
the bikes are the real deal.
Particularly enjoyed the 2 Behind The Scenes vids! Been thinking seriously of one of his steeds for my next bike! Long live Super Mario! Living large, like a boss!!!
When Mario gets out on his bike he crusing up and down the beach roads at Marina di Carrara and Forte dei Marmi. No helmet, armless sleeves. Looking like the lion king that he always been.