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Thanks for the information.
I'm tempted to take off the BB and headset and weigh the frame on it's own, just to confirm its weight, but not right now.
I'll settle for a mid-range late 1970s model, probably with Columbus SL or Falck main tubes, and probably with Columbus Aelle or Falck stays.
Now to dig out all the components again...
I got here from the link you sent. It's a complicated one. As others have suggested dating from this period is a hazard.
Issue is Bianchi were buying other builders left right & centre, plus producing en masse, though a lot of those were Falck(?) or similar lower grade. Campione del Monde is thrown around like a cock in a cheap night club. It means literally nothing. You can find "campione del monde" with a 5 speed valentino group.
You have to take those dropouts seat tube stamps and B pantos with some interest. I'd say a late 70s Bianchi, it NOT Bianchi... probably a provincial buy-out, the weight seems too much to me to be a home factory product?
EDIT: Just seen your weight work out, I reckon Falck, good quality steel but not the lightest. So I'd agree with some others about it being a "french fancy" in a way... I'd say it's an out bought Italian frame builders RELATIVE high end Bianchi... tenuous