Giro and San Remo star Dancelli dies at age 83
As La Gazzetta dello Sport reports, Michele Dancelli has died at the age of 83.
Dancelli was one of the biggest names in Italian cycling in the 1960s and early 1970s. Over the course of his career, he amassed 11 Giro d'Italia stage wins and one Tour de France stage win, while his most memorable achievement on the bike was probably his ride at the 1970 edition of Milan-San Remo, which he won after attacking from 70 km out.
Although stories vary on the specifics, Dancelli's San Remo victory aboard a bike made by Molteni team mechanic Ernesto Colnago inspired the creation of Colnago's now easily recognizable Ace of Clubs logo. [La Gazzetta dello Sport]
