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On His Last Season Before Retirement.
VeloVeritas, Ed Hood, 17 December 2013
Posted by: Bitossi
This Six Day season marks the end of an era.
"As a half-Italian I love pasta or gnocchis!!!"
skyscraperclassic.com, 11 May 2011
Posted by: lucybears
Franco Marvulli is a bona fide European track pro hailing from Switzerland. As a 4-time world champion, 5-time Swiss national champion, and olympic silver medalist, we guess you could say that he’s pretty legit.
"it's hard for the road pros"
pezcyclingnews.com, Edmond Hood, 16 November 2010
Posted by: lucybears
With just a few hours to go before the madison which saw Switzerland's double world scratch and madison champion and Olympic madison silver medallist, Franco Marvulli take victory in the Six Days of Grenoble, the big man from Zurich took time to talk about the current six day scene.
"Si on a gagné les Six Jours de Grenoble cette année avec Alexander Aeschbach, c'est essentiellement grâce à l'expérience. Face aux jeunes, on a couru avec la tête."
Vélo 101, Anaïs George-Molland, 4 November 2010
Posted by: lucybears
Pour la sixième fois de sa carrière, le Suisse Franco Marvulli a triomphé mardi soir au terme des Six Jours de Grenoble. Un nouveau succès de prestige pour ce Zurichois de 32 ans – il les fêtera jeudi prochain – sacré deux fois champion du monde du scratch en 2002 et 2003.
"The people in Belgium are cycling crazy"
pezcyclingnews.com, Edmond Hood, 29 April 2010
Posted by: lucybears
Franco Marvulli's six day stats become ever more impressive: 29 six day wins off 88 starts, a stretch of 45 six days with only two non finishes (one illness, one crash) and of the other 42, his lowest placings were three 4th places - all the rest were podiums.
Six Day Hero
pezcyclingnews.com, Edmond Hood, 19 November 2009
Posted by: lucybears
They call it the ‘World Championship of Six Days’ – Munich. And the 2009 winners were – Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) from world madison champions Michael Morkov and Alex Rasmussen (Denmark).
"you have to learn to fight if you want to be a good six day rider"
pezcyclingnews.com, Edmond Hood, 29 October 2008
Posted by: lucybears
He’s tall, dark, handsome, speaks Italian, French, English and German; with fellow Swiss Bruno Risi he forms the best six day pairing on the planet - he’s Franco “Marvelous” Marvulli. Franco took time out during the recent Amsterdam Six to talk
Going for Gold
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 28 February 2008
Posted by: lucybears
Silver medal winners at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, the Swiss star and his colleague will be looking to go one better and secure the only major medal that is missing from the 29 year old's trophy cabinet back in Zurich.
Für Titelverteidigung gehen Risi/Marvulli lieber ins Bett statt zur Silvesterparty
live-radsport.ch, Adriano Coco, 30 December 2007
Posted by: lucybears
Hexenkessel Hallenstadion. Unter tosendem Applaus schnappten sich die Titelverteidiger Bruno Risi (39) und Franco Marvulli (29) in der goldenen Nacht den Sieg im 300-Runden-Möbel-Märki-Americain bei den 51. Zürcher Sixdays.
«Franco, ist Bruno dein Vorbild?»
blick.ch, Kurt Betschart, 27 December 2006
Posted by: lucybears
Bruno Risi und Franco Marvulli starten morgen Abend als Favoriten zum 50. Zürcher Sechstagerennen. Für BLICK hat ihnen Kurt Betschart auf den Zahn gefühlt. Betschart war 15 Jahre lang Sixday-Partner von Risi. Zusammen haben sie 130 Sechstagerennen bestritten und nicht weniger als 37 Siege gefeiert.
»Es kamen alle unglücklichen Zufälle zusammen«
Neues Deutschland, Jirka Grahl, 13 December 2006
Posted by: lucybears
Franco Marvulli war dabei, als der spanische Weltmeister Isaac Galvez sich Ende November 2006 bei einem Sturz auf der Winterbahn in Gent das Genick brach und starb.
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