1949 GIRO A great Italian champion
Stage 17: Thursday, June 9, Cuneo - Pinerolo, 254 km
major ascents: Madeleine, Vars, Izoard, Montgenèvre, Sestriere
1. Fausto Coppi: 9hr 19min 55sec (4 minute bonus)
2. Gino Bartali @ 11min 52sec...
In 1949, the 32nd Giro d'Italia started on May 21 in Palermo. He finished on June 12 in Monza. This Giro was won by the Italian Fausto Coppi. GINO BARTALI, rijdend voor Team Bartali-Gardiol would be second at 23 minutes. In the following Tour de France, Bartali would also finish second after the unapproachable Coppi.
In his 19-year professional career, Gino Bartali (1914-2000) has 168 victories. He has worn the yellow jersey in the Tour de France for 23 days. In the Giro d'Italia he wore the pink jersey for 50 days.
Bartali won the Giro three times (1936, 1937, 1946) and the Tour de France twice (1938, 1948).
Bartali had the following nicknames: the Silent, the Pious, the Mystic or the Monk, because of his intense profession of the Catholic faith and the Nordist of Tuscany because of his native region of Tuscany. Bartali was always portrayed in a different light: champion of simplicity, of snobbery, of tolerance or of tyranny. Bartali had countless tifosi (fans).
A great champion!
(picture, unknown source)
1949 GIRO A great Italian champion
Stage 17: Thursday, June 9, Cuneo - Pinerolo, 254 km
major ascents: Madeleine, Vars, Izoard, Montgenèvre, Sestriere
1. Fausto Coppi: 9hr 19min 55sec (4 minute bonus)
2. Gino Bartali @ 11min 52sec...
In 1949, the 32nd Giro d'Italia started on May 21 in Palermo. He finished on June 12 in Monza. This Giro was won by the Italian Fausto Coppi. GINO BARTALI, rijdend voor Team Bartali-Gardiol would be second at 23 minutes. In the following Tour de France, Bartali would also finish second after the unapproachable Coppi.
In his 19-year professional career, Gino Bartali (1914-2000) has 168 victories. He has worn the yellow jersey in the Tour de France for 23 days. In the Giro d'Italia he wore the pink jersey for 50 days.
Bartali won the Giro three times (1936, 1937, 1946) and the Tour de France twice (1938, 1948).
Bartali had the following nicknames: the Silent, the Pious, the Mystic or the Monk, because of his intense profession of the Catholic faith and the Nordist of Tuscany because of his native region of Tuscany. Bartali was always portrayed in a different light: champion of simplicity, of snobbery, of tolerance or of tyranny. Bartali had countless tifosi (fans).
A great champion!
(picture, unknown source)