From Cyclist.co.uk
The most dominant race bike in modern cycling history has a fittingly rich legacy
There’s a sense of poetic justice about the fact that a rider famous for wearing the maglia nera – the black jersey awarded to the Giro d’Italia’s last place finisher – went on to found a company that has produced some of the most successful race bikes in the sport’s history. After coming last at the Giro in 1951, Giovanni Pinarello was paid 100,000 lire by his Bottechia team to step away from the sport as an athlete, so he used that money to set up Cicli Pinarello in 1952.
Image courtesy of Pinarello