Norman Hellman sent the answer to my question off list but I'm sure he won't mind me sharing the answer with you all...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Chuck - Norm Hellman here - yes it was Viktor Kapitanov who won the Olympic road race in Rome in 1960 on a silver-grey Cinelli which was supplied to the Soviet team by Cino. It was a watershed event as it was the Soviet Union first gold in an international road race and upset the heavily favored Livio Trape of Italy who won the silver.
I met Kapitanov personally when he and the entire Soviet team came to the Cino Cinelli's shop on via Egidio Folli in Milan. Because of this Signor Cinelli could not spend much time with me (a mere customer) and apologized profusely that he did not have a Cinelli to sell to me. This occurred in the fall of 1972 when Viktor K was the coach of the national team.
Saw him again at the summer Olympic games in Montreal in 1976 giving instructions to his team who incidentally were riding red Colnago and blue De Rosa bikes - yes the Soviet team's De Rosa bikes were the highly sought after ones with the hearts in all the lugs. Got a good chance to see the bikes and take photos before the road race began.
Now what I would REALLY like to know is what bike Livio Trape rode in the road race. He was also the anchor man in the team time trial event and powered Italy to the gold. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California, USA
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