He followed his first Tour in 1949, when Fausto Coppi overcame another Italian, Gino Bartali, after a Frenchman in a regional team, Jacques Marinelli, had profited from the battle between them to wear the yellow jersey of leadership.
On the fourth he came second and became race leader, leading a field that included Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali.
He won four stages: in 1953 in Gap he beat Gino Bartali in the final sprint, and ended fifth in the overall standings.
Gino Paoli | Gino Severini | Gino Pollini | Gino Bartali | Gino Strada | Gino Rossi | Gino Matrundola | Gino Fano | Gino De Dominicis | Gino Vannelli | Gino Torretta | Gino Marchetti | Gino DiFlorio | Gino D’Acampo | Gino D'Acampo | Gino Corrado | Gino Cimoli | Gino Cervi | Scipione (Gino Bonichi) | Gino Watkins | Gino Washington | Gino's Hamburgers | Gino Robair | Gino Hollander's | Gino Hollander | Gino Coppedè |
The Italian team, that had been absent from the 1936 Tour de France, returned in 1937, after Benito Mussolini removed their boycott of the Tour, and selected new star Gino Bartali, who had won the 1936 and 1937 Giro d'Italia, as the Italian team leader.