Retirement
After having vowed to retire several times in his career, usually in a public fit of pique, Cipollini finally made good on his promise on April 26, 2005, one week before the start of the 2005 Giro. His swan song was to participate in a ceremonial prologue of the Giro wearing a fluorescent pink skin suit, which listed his 42 stage wins.
Cipo emerged from retirement in early 2008, with Rock Racing. His first race back was the Tour of California, and he finished 3rd on stage 2. On the eve of the Milan – San Remo, he announced that he would retire again; citing disagreements over his leadership role on Rock Racing.
In 2010 Cipollini started his own brand of bicycles which were used by the Italian ISD-NERI team.
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