Description Great Rivalries is the Story of Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi and the champion Italian cyclists who preceded them.
It is interwoven with the Story of Italy itself, which began a century earlier - and continues to play out today..
It is about the place of Cycling in a nation emerging from division, its agrarian past, widespread impoverishment, and competing visions about creating a modern state.
Description Great Rivalries is the Story of Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi and the champion Italian cyclists who preceded them