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Author : Colin OBrien
Release : 2017-04
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Book Rating : 166/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Giro D'Italia by : Colin OBrien
Download or read book Giro D'Italia written by Colin OBrien. This book was released on 2017-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colin O'Brien
Release : 2018-04-03
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 193/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Beautiful Race by : Colin O'Brien
Download or read book The Beautiful Race written by Colin O'Brien. This book was released on 2018-04-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born of tumult in 1909, the Giro d'Italia helped unite a nation. Since then, it has reflected it's home country—the Giro's capricious and unpredictable nature matches the passions and extremes of Italy itself.A desperately hard race through a beautiful country, the Giro has bred characters and stories that dramatize the shifting culture and society of its home. There was Alfonsina Strada, who cropped her hair and raced against the men in 1924, or Ottavio Bottecchia, expected to challenge for the winner's "Maglia Rosa," the famed pink jersey, in 1928, until he was killed on a training ride—most likely by Mussolini's Black Shirts. And what would a book about the Giro d'Italia be without Fausto Coppi, the metropolitan playboy with amphetamines in his veins, guided by a mystic blind masseur, who seemed to glide up the peaks. But let us not forget his arch rival Gino Bartali—humble, pious and brave. It recently emerged that he smuggled papers for persecuted Jewish Italians. Then there is the Giro's most tragic hero, Marco Pantani, born to climb but fated to lose.Halted only by World Wars, the Giro has been contested for over a century, and The Beautiful Race is a richly written celebration of this legendary race.
Author : Colin O'Brien
Release : 2017-04-13
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 904/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Giro d'Italia by : Colin O'Brien
Download or read book Giro d'Italia written by Colin O'Brien. This book was released on 2017-04-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Giro d'Italia - Italy's equivalent of the Tour de France, and its superior in the eyes of many - is as dramatic and full of extraordinary characters as the story of Italy itself. Heroism, suffering, feuds and betrayals, tradition under threat from modernity all play out against a timeless landscape. The iconic riders, mythical stories and career defining exploits are conveyed in rich, vibrant prose.
Author : Herbie Sykes
Release : 2013-06-03
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Synopsis Maglia Rosa 2nd Edition by : Herbie Sykes
Download or read book Maglia Rosa 2nd Edition written by Herbie Sykes. This book was released on 2013-06-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [This book] is the definitive history of the Giro d'Italia, written by Turin resident and regular Rouleur contributor Herbie Sykes. Sykes takes the reader on an inspiring, magical journey. In so doing he evokes 100 years of the race for the maglia rosa, the mythical pink jersey of the race leader.
Author : Brendan Gallagher
Release : 2017-04-20
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 819/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Corsa Rosa by : Brendan Gallagher
Download or read book Corsa Rosa written by Brendan Gallagher. This book was released on 2017-04-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Giro d'Italia is the cooler, tougher brother of the Tour de France. First staged in 1909, and only pausing for two World Wars, its hundredth edition takes place in 2017. Inspired by L'Auto's improved circulation figures after establishing France's Grand Tour, the Gazzetta dello Sport saw an opportunity to outdo its rival paper, the Corriere della Sera, by organising its own race. From its first years the Giro pushed riders to their limits with brutal climbs, treacherous road conditions, appalling weather and epic distances. Time has changed the Giro to a degree, but it remains as ferociously testing – and as beloved of cycling's romantics – as ever. All the winners are covered: from the first victors Luigi Ganna and Carlo Galetti, to the likes of Alfredo Binda, Costante Girardengo and Gino Bartali, past the legends of Fausto Coppi and Eddy Merckx, on to Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Marco Pantani, and then right up to today's champions Vincenzo Nibali, Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador. The history of the Giro is the history of cycling's superstars. The battles for supremacy, the controversies and skulduggery, the fame and the glory, and the iconic stages all feature. In Corsa Rosa, Gallagher skillfully combines history, anecdote and analysis to bring this ultimate test of endurance vividly to life.
