Gino Bartali was one of cycling's greatest champions, but it is what he did when the sport stopped which endures.

ROME – Gino Bartali rarely spoke about this for all these years. During World War II, the champion cyclist — winner of the 1938 and 1948 Tour de France — helped rescue Jews in his native ...

Bartali risked his own life during the Holocaust to rescue as many as 800 Italian Jews from the Nazis. “He smuggled documents in the frame of his bike, thinking that if he would be stopped by the ...

Gino Bartali competing in the Tour de France in 1938 He won his first Giro d'Italia in 1936, retaining the title in 1937. Then - to Italy's delight - he won the 1938 Tour de France.

Gino Bartali won Italy's prestigious Giro d'Italia three times between 1936 and 1946, and the Tour de France twice. But he also had a secret.

Gino Bartali New Press Photo/Splash News/Corbis Gino Bartali won the Tour de France twice, and the Giro d’Italia—which starts today in Belfast—three times. But the cyclist spent most of his ...

At this time, however, on the anniversary of his death, 20 years ago this month, one man comes to mind — a devout Catholic, a champion cyclist and an unexpected war hero: Gino Bartali.

T he life and story of Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali is set to hit the big screens in a new biopic - Bartali.Miles Teller is set to play the lead role of Bartali, the two-time Tour de ...

Tributes have been paid to cycling great Gino Bartali, with evidence now showing that he helped save the lives of up to 800 Jews during World War II. The Yad Vashem Memorial in Israel is looking ...

February 11, 2025 Miles Teller to star as Gino Bartali, the cycling champ who helped save Jews during WWII The cyclist won the Tour de France in 1938, helped the Italian resistance during the war ...

Gino Bartali competing in the Tour de France in 1938 He won his first Giro d'Italia in 1936, retaining the title in 1937. Then - to Italy's delight - he won the 1938 Tour de France.