Mario Cipollini baits helmet lobby - by wearing one, and nothing else

Important to keep your helmet polished, Cippo looks like he needs to give it a rub.

Class though, good on him. Perhaps a motoring mag can put a 48 year old petrol head in a similar shot, show the world how good it is to sit on your chuff in smog

"baits helmet lobby"

We should be thankful for small mercies at least it doesn't read

'bates helmet lobby'

Knob!!

Oh my god! Is that a staircase with no railing?????

He forgot to add his customary fag (as in a tobacco one but up to him really) and then he could have gone after the anti-smoking lobby too, another bunch he no doubt figures have got it wrong. 

Guess the wannabe porno got his unfair share of the physical bits but traded up the cerebral stuff...   Just perfect for a career in Italian politics then.

Where was his helmet made? Germany?

Confirms me in my decision to only buy saddles new.

There is absolutely no proof that riding a bike naked reduces injury

Gotta love Mario. Though my Mrs thinks he looks like John Bishop......

Well isn't this an awkward site to view at work this morning...

Sad to see the demise of that Cateye turbo trainer, one of the best made. I had mine over twenty years and modified it to great effect by removing the fan on the flywheel and more than doubling the weight with an added steel to replace the fan. This gave a real road like feel with a run down of 25-28 seconds, and that was with a fixed gear bike attached, feet out of the pedals of course.

Obviously two helmets better than one!

Oh dear Lord, the chaffing!

Mario is my hero. We shall never see his likes again in the peleton

Wonder if he did that in an attempt to get rubbed up the wrong way

Who is he?

If Mario was a bar of chocolate he'd eat himself.

I can't see his helmet-  the right leg is in the way.

What pro cycling really needs.

I tried that on the turbo.

Ruined my saddle.

He hasn't let himself go.  Wonder if it's all through cycling or whether he goes to the gym.

Legend.