Coppi had been hired to help Bartali to win the 1940 Giro, but ran away with the race himself by a wide margin. The world was astonished. So was Bartali, but his astonishment was supplemented by a ...

The race, Coppi said, was over as far as he was concerned. "He said" - and Martini suddenly lapses into the throaty Ligurian patois, half French, half Italian - "I might as well be at home under ...

And this was just the beginning, as British journalist William Fotheringham recounts in his absorbing book, the first English-language biography of Il Campionissimo, “Fallen Angel: The Passion of ...

Fausto 'Il Campionissimo' Coppi the ... sits around reading a communiqué from La Gazzetta dello Sport in 1951 following a crash in the one-day Milan-Turin race. All pictures appear in 'Coppi: ...

There's no doubt that the Tour de France is the greatest bike race, if not sporting event, on the planet. With its iconic ...

Fausto Coppi Remembered: Today, ... It is estimated that between 1949 and 1952, when he escaped at the head of the race he was never caught, something like 3,000 kms riding by himself. Coppi earned ...

The 2010 Giro d'Italia will commemorate a number of 50-year anniversaries, including the passing of cycling great Fausto Coppi, said race director Angelo Zomegnan. "Every Giro is born with a ...

He wore the yellow jersey for the final 14 days of the race. Coppi's pyjamas are expected to sell for at least €3,500, while a yellow jersey worn in 1965 by Felice Gimondi in a criterium to ...

By stage five, which ran over 293 kilometres from Rouen to Saint Malo in blazing heat, the Italians were not showing well; both Coppi and Bartali were 18 minutes behind the race leader, the ...