TAURUS Modello Competizione – authentic bike of Italo ZILIOLI (Team Filotex 1968) – SOLD

Taurus was founded in 1908 in Milan by the engineers Vittorio and Umberto Fabbri, the Taurus is completely realized in Italy, in the Milan plant located in the Vigorelli area. The Taurus bikes stand out immediately for their quality and elegance, distinguishing themselves thanks to their strongly connotative technical characteristics. They were producing mostly bikes for public, but in 1950s and 1960s they build also bike for professional riders.

Italo Zilioli was born in 1941 in Turin, Italy. He won 58 races as a professional, including the 1966 Züri-Metzgete. He also totaled 5 stage wins at the Giro d’Italia and finished the Giro in the top 5 on six occasions and made the podium four times, finishing 2nd in 1964, 1965 and 1966, and finishing 3rd in 1969 as a member of Filotex. During the 1970 Tour de France he won stage 2 and took over the yellow jersey, which caused a minor controversy as it angered his teammate Eddy Merckx, who was anticipated to wear the jersey for the majority of the race and repeat as champion. Zilioli held the jersey for three stages before relinquishing it to Merckx…

Italo Zilioli (Team Filotex 1968)

Here we are proudly offering a legendary Italian steel racing machine – TAURUS Modello Competizione, ridden by Italo Zilioli of Team Filotex and dates back 1968. Superb frameset is made of quality Columbus tubing, beautiful lugs (same as used by CINELLI Supercorsa from that era), Campagnolo drop-outs. Equipped with 1968 Campagnolo Nuovo Record groupset, Cinelli Unicanitor saddle, Cinelli stem, Universal 68 brakes, NiSi rims. A museum piece!

Highly collectible! L’Eroica ready.

Frame & Fork: Taurus Modello Competizione by I.Zilioli

Size:

– seat tube (c-t): 61.2 cm

– top tube (c-c): 57.5 cm

– headset tube: 18.2 cm

– standover: 85 cm

Crankset: Campagnolo Nuovo Record

Bottom bracket: Campagnolo Nuovo Record

Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Nuovo Record

Rear Derailleur: Campagnolo Nuovo Record (Patent)

Headset: Campagnolo Nuovo Record

Shifters: Campagnolo Nuovo Record

Brake Levers: Universal 68

Brakes: Universal 68

Stem: Cinelli

Hubs: Campagnolo Nuovo Record, high flange

Rims: NiSi

Freewheel: Regina Extra (5 speed)

Saddle: Cinelli Unicanitor

Pedals: Campagnolo Nuovo Record

Toe cage: Christophe

Handlebar Tape: cotton, biege

Condition: Used, but goods condition. Original paint and decals. No cracks, no dents, not bent. Some signs of normal use. All parts are workig fine.

Year: 1968

Price: SOLD (February 2023)