PINARELLO Prince LS – authentic bike of A.PETACCHI, Fassa Bortolo 2002 – SOLD

Giovanni Pinarello was born in Catena di Villorba, Italy in 1922. He was the eighth of 12 brothers. At the age of fifteen, Giovanni began making bicycles at the factory of Paglianti. After a successful amateur career he turned professional in 1947. After his carrer, in 1952 he founded Cicli Pinarello S.p.A. in Treviso, Italy.

Pinarello has sponsored several professional teams since 1960 – Team Banesto (Indurain), Team Telekom (Ullrich), Caisse d’Epargne(Valverde), Fassa Bortolo (Petacchi), Team Sky (Froome), Movistar (Quintana) among the others. In the last 30 years Pinarello bikes won incredible 13 Tour de France titles.

In 2000, Pinarello launched the ”PRINCE” , a top level model which immediately claimed the title of ”most winning” bike and was used by 2 very famous teams – Team Telekom and Fassa Bartolo. Fassa Bortolo 2001 was an Italian based team was managed by G.Ferretti with very strong riders on board like M.Bartoli, A.Petacchi, D.Frigo, F.Casagrande, I.Basso,R.Rumsas…

Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974, La Spezia) is a former Italian pro-cyclist, sprint specialist. Petacchi has won 48 grand tour  stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro, Tour and Vuelta. He also won the classics Milano-San Remo and Paris-Tours. Over 18 years, he won 183 victories and because of his incredible speed he got a nickname ”ALE-JET”.

Alessandro Petacchi ALE-JET

Here we are proudly offering Alessandro Petacchi’s  winning machine from early 2002 – Pinarello Prince LS, shinning in original Fassa Bortolo Team colours. Superb frameset is made of Dedacciai Aluminium with carbon Vola fork and seatstay build with Shimano Dura Ace Team Edition 7700 groupset and Mavic Cosmos SSC wheels, Selle Italia Turbo Matic saddle. Typical Petacchi’s geometry – long frame with very low headtube. No much words needed.

Museum piece.

Frame & Fork: PINARELLO Prince LS – Dedacciai Aluminium / Carbon Vola

Size:

-seat tube (c-t): 58.2 cm

-top tube (c-c): 58.2 cm

-headset tube: 13.5 cm

-standover: 79.3 cm

Crankset: Shimano Dura Ace 7700 (53/39)

Bottom bracket : Shimano Dura Ace 7700

Front Derailleur:Shimano Dura Ace 7700

Rear Derailleur: Shimano Dura Ace 7700

Levers: Shimano Dura Ace 7700

Brakes: Shimano Dura Ace 7700

Handlebar: Deda Newton Classic 42cm (c-c)

Stem: Deda Newton (135mm)

Wheelset: Mavic Cosmos SSC

Cassette: Shimano Dura Ace 7700 (23/11)

Seatpost: Pinarello, carbon (27,2mm)

Saddle: Selle Italia Turbo Matic

Pedals: LOOK

Watter cages: Elite (original)

Tires: Vittoria Pro Team All Weather

Handlebar Tape: Pinarello, cork (original)

Condition: Used, but good condition. No cracks, no dents, not bent. Original paint and decals. Groupset is in very good condition. All parts are working fine.

Year: 2002

Price: SOLD (March 2022)