He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice, in 1936 and 1937, and the Tour de France in 1938. After the war, he added one more victory in each event: the Giro d'Italia in 1946 and the Tour de France in 1948.

May 9, 2014 · Film director Oren Jacoby is describing Gino Bartali, one of the leading cyclists of his era - a three-time winner of the Giro d'Italia, who also notched up two Tour de France victories, 10...

May 25, 2021 · Bartali’s Bicycle is a gripping picture book biography that introduces Gino Bartali, an Italian cycling champion and unsung hero who secretly helped hundreds of Jews and others escape persecution during World War II.

Mar 10, 2021 · Megan Hoyt is here today to share the inspiration behind her debut biography, Bartali's Bicycle out now from Quill Tree Books. Read on to discover what it took to go from a spark of an idea to this inspiring biography.

Jan 16, 2024 · Hoyt relays the extraordinary actions of Gino Bartali, an Italian cyclist who won the 1938 Tour de France and went on to save around 800 Jewish people and 50 English soldiers during the Nazi occupation of Italy.

Feb 23, 2021 · Bartali's Bicycle is the true story of a famed bicyclist, Gino's Bartali, who managed to save hundreds of lives in secrecy from the Nazis. When he was young, Gino fell in live with cycling and earned fame from winning the Tour de France in 1938.

Gino Bartali was a cyclist of a rare kind. The full story of the legendary Italian champion, who was famous for his victories in the world’s top cycling races (the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France) in the 1930s and 1940s, has only been revealed to the world in recent years.

Sep 13, 2021 · Two qualities helped to make Italian competitive cyclist Gino Bartali a hero: speed and courage. The first quality was almost certainly innate and the second may have been as well.

Likely manufactured mid 1950s by the Santamaria brothers of Novi Ligure. Refinished in “Bartali Yellow” – the colour of the Bartali team bikes.