2009 Tour of Britain, Stage 7: Pippo aided and abetted fellow hair gel abuser neo-professional Swifty to his first ProTour win. (Credit: Gerry McManus via Bikeradar.com)
2012 GP Industria & Artigianato - Larciano: Pippo has proven himself ready for Giro stage wins by outsprinting Fabio Tabbore and Kristjian Durasek. No, the race may not have featured many headlining names but how often do wins beget wins? Why, often! (Credit: Roberto Bettini via Cyclingnews,com)
2005 Giro del Lazio: Pippo edged out current Brazilian road champion Murilo Fischer and very vowel-challenged Krzysztof Szczawinski. (Credit: Sirotti via Cyclingnews.com)
LIEK ZOMG I LIEK SOOOO WON!!! DANG, AIN’T NO KITTEHS NAMED OSCAR LIEK GONNA TAKET AWAYZ FROM ME!!!
2009 Three Days de Panne; or KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde, Stage 1: Japanese websites like to mention the story behind the hiragana—or is that katakana or kanji?—tattoo in honor of his long-time fidanzata Chiara P, now of ex status; so what will he do with this reminder of how relationship past now that he is dating Silvia Z? (Credit: Tim de Waele via Cyclingtime.com)
2010 Giro d’Italia, Stage 12: Does this picture say “I won!” or does it say “ZOMG I LIEK WON!!!!!” ??? (Credit: Tim de Waele via Cyclingtime.com)
2007 Tour de France, Stage 5: Oscarito congratulated Pippo on his stage-winning performance in Autun as Big George Hincapie, complete with Stars helmet, hovered in the background. (Credit: Oliver Weiken/EPA via Newscom.com)
2002 Tour de Normandie: Here be twenty-year-old Pippo celebrating one of his four stage wins. (Credit: ????? via Ouest France)
Haut-Var, Not Haute Courture
2007 Tour du Haut-Var: Pippo gave the “all clear” signal for the podium celebrations to commence soon after he outsprinted Simon Gerrans and Ricardo Serrano in Draguignan.
Credit> Sirotti via Cycletime.com.
