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Fallen Angel - The Passion of Fausto Coppi (Paperback)
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Fallen Angel - The Passion of Fausto Coppi (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 250
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A remarkable biography of one of history's greatest cyclists--a man
who lived a tumultous life, and was voted the most popular Italian
sportsman of the 20th century Fausto Angelo Coppi was the
campionissimo, or champion of champions, and this is the tragic
story of his life and death, and how a man who became the symbol of
a nation's rebirth after the disasters of war died reviled and
heartbroken. The greatest cyclist of the immediate post-war years,
he was the first man to win cycling's great double, the Tour de
France and Tour of Italy, in the same year--and he did it twice. He
achieved mythical status for his crushing solo victories, world
titles and world records. But his significance extends far beyond
his sport. Coppi's scandalous divorce and controversial early death
convulsed a conservative, staunchly Roman Catholic Italy in the
1950s. At a time when adultery was still illegal, Coppi and his
lover were dragged from their bed in the middle of the night,
excommunicated, and forced to face a clamorous legal battle, the
ramifications of which are still being felt today. Told with
insight and intelligence, this is a unique portrait of Italy and
Italian sport at a time of tumultuous change.
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