| Edition |
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
| Description |
x, 238 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
The Giro is born -- The early years -- Salita famosa: Roccaraso, Abruzzo -- Alfredo Binda: il Grande Antipatico -- The Devil wears wool shorts -- Salita famosa: Croce d'Aune, Veneto -- Fascism and the Giro -- Bartali and Coppi, Coppi and Bartali -- Magni: il Terzo Uomo -- Salita famosa: Passo dello Stelvio, Trentino-Alto Adige -- Gracious Gimondi and merciless Merckx -- Salita famosa: Blockhaus, Abruzzo -- The sheriff and the rifle shot -- Salita famosa: Tre Crime de Lavaredo, Veneto -- Enter the Americans -- The Sappada affair -- 1988: fear and loathing in Lombardy -- Marco Pantani -- Salita famosa: Colle delle Finestre, Piemonte -- A decade of difficulty -- Salita famosa: Colle dell'Agnello, Piemonte -- Then and now -- Epilogue -- List of winners. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A richly written celebration of the Giro d'Italia in all its kaleidoscopic glory after more than one-hundred stagings of this desperately hard race. -- Publisher. |
| Subject |
Giro d'Italia (Bicycle race)
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Bicycle racing -- Italy -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781681776644 |
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1681776642 |
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