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We learn that vermouth was invented in Turin and that Carpano was one of the local brands. The owner of the company was persuaded that cycling would offer good promotional returns and with the aid of ...

When Fausto Coppi accomplished his remarkable double in 1949, he had already become the idol of Italy. He first won the Giro in 1940, unheralded and at a mere 20 years of age, and had gone on to hold ...

Its winner will wear the Maglia Rosa (pink jersey) into Rome on Sunday, June 1 — joining an illustrious and sometimes controversial list of champions including Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartali, Eddy ...

Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali weren’t just champions – they were symbols of sportsmanship. In the 1940s and 1950s, their legendary rivalry was matched only by their respect for each other, famously ...

Two new high-performance chronographs celebrate not just the spirit of cycling and the friendly rivalry of Italian cyclists Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali, but also Breitling’s historical ties to the ...

Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali battled valiantly throughout the 1940s and 1950s, and both were ambassadors for Breitling, which was the official timekeeper at the time.

With that in mind, let’s look at the watches. Symbolic turquoise and blue dials When you have to put a color to Fausto Coppi, it is celeste, a shade of turquoise used by Bianchi, the famous Italian ...

Over the decades there have been so much evolution in bike racing, from nutrition to training to equipment to tactics. Once upon a time, a professional team would have been essentially built around a ...

On 2 January, fifty years ago, one of the greatest athletes in world sport, Fausto Coppi, died in Tortona Hospital, at the age of only 40. His death was sudden, shocking, but also senseless, as the ...

It was Fausto Coppi, the Heron to everyone, with whom he loved to race. "The best rider I ever saw was Fausto Coppi" – Ruiz recalled during his 100-year celebration - "I appreciated him both on and ...