Ortelli

Vito Ortelli (Born Faenza in 1921) is a former professional road and track cyclist.

He rode professionally between 1940 and 1952, has a stage win in the Giro d’Italia and three Italian titles, one road and two on the track.

Frames were made under his name in his birthplace Faenza from the early 1950s to the late 1980s and are renowned for very fancy lugwork featuring a ‘v’ in an ‘O’ cut-outs.

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