Fifty years have passed and yet the memory of Fausto Coppi is still incredibly alive. And if this happens it is because his image and the echo of his companies are now part of our life and history of our country. The story of Faust is a novel that has inspired films, songs, a multitude of books in the world that it would take a huge library to contain them all. The life of a simple man became legend. Our fathers, grandfathers, children face the shining eyes when they speak of Coppi and the businesses and who knows how many of them are named Fausto thanks to him. But even the younger hearing that name can only get excited, because even after half a century, its myth is still intact. And it is something more of the five rounds of Italy defeated, two Tour de France, the world of the great classics of world hour record, is the myth of the only command that resists time, defeats him and that worth a thousand times more than a stunning honors. And 'the story of a remarkable man before an athlete great. But there's only him, there's Gino. Coppi and Bartali dividing Italy and met with their victories and an intense rivalry made of attacks, but also respect and esteem, when cycling was still more football to beat the hearts of people. Fausto's heart has stopped beating January 2 to 50 years ago. It 'died of malaria and the real mystery is how the doctors were able to then do a diagnosis so elementary. That day, Italy has stopped for him and for the life that a simple treatment could be saved. The heron has closed wings forever and Italy fifty years brings the soul with the same incurable suffering. A little 'life: Angelo Fausto Coppi (Castellani, 15 September 1919 - Tortona, 2 January 1960, known as the champ or Heron, was the most successful and famous racing's golden era of cycling, and is considered one the largest and most popular athletes of all time. passista Excellent climber and was also strong in the sprint, making it a runner complete and suitable for every type of racing on public roads. She forced herself to be the most important stage race in both the more classic one day. He was also a cycling champion pista.Vinse about five times the Tour of Italy (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953) (records), and twice the Tour de France (1949 and 1952). Among the its many successes in the online course we must remember the five statements in the Giro di Lombardia (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1954) (record), three victories at Milan-Sanremo (1946, 1948 and 1949), and successes in the Paris -Roubaix and the Flèche Wallonne in 1950. Fu World Champion in 1953. In cycling track, he was world champion in '47 and in '49 chase record holder and time (45.798 km) from 1942 to 1956.Dal apparently little physical athleticism, Coppi was endowed with a remarkable agility and muscle out of the ordinary cardiopulmonary system (lung capacity of 6.5 liters and 44 pulse per minute at rest), a quality that enhances the resistance under load. The structure very fragile and repeated bone fractures, however, forced him to forced break during the entire period of activity. Similarly, the second world war conditioned the career: the suspension of racing due to the conflict soon after it reached its first vittorie.Leggendaria its major rival Gino Bartali, Italy after the war that divided (even for supposedly different political positions of the two). Celebre an era sports immortality - just enough to enter the collective imagination of Italians - is the photo that shows the two samples as they pass a bottle during a climb in the Tour of '52. His exploits and the tragic circumstances of his death have made it an icon of Italian sports history.
sabato 2 gennaio 2010
Fifty years have passed and yet the memory of Fausto Coppi is still incredibly alive. And if this happens it is because his image and the echo of his companies are now part of our life and history of our country. The story of Faust is a novel that has inspired films, songs, a multitude of books in the world that it would take a huge library to contain them all. The life of a simple man became legend. Our fathers, grandfathers, children face the shining eyes when they speak of Coppi and the businesses and who knows how many of them are named Fausto thanks to him. But even the younger hearing that name can only get excited, because even after half a century, its myth is still intact. And it is something more of the five rounds of Italy defeated, two Tour de France, the world of the great classics of world hour record, is the myth of the only command that resists time, defeats him and that worth a thousand times more than a stunning honors. And 'the story of a remarkable man before an athlete great. But there's only him, there's Gino. Coppi and Bartali dividing Italy and met with their victories and an intense rivalry made of attacks, but also respect and esteem, when cycling was still more football to beat the hearts of people. Fausto's heart has stopped beating January 2 to 50 years ago. It 'died of malaria and the real mystery is how the doctors were able to then do a diagnosis so elementary. That day, Italy has stopped for him and for the life that a simple treatment could be saved. The heron has closed wings forever and Italy fifty years brings the soul with the same incurable suffering. A little 'life: Angelo Fausto Coppi (Castellani, 15 September 1919 - Tortona, 2 January 1960, known as the champ or Heron, was the most successful and famous racing's golden era of cycling, and is considered one the largest and most popular athletes of all time. passista Excellent climber and was also strong in the sprint, making it a runner complete and suitable for every type of racing on public roads. She forced herself to be the most important stage race in both the more classic one day. He was also a cycling champion pista.Vinse about five times the Tour of Italy (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953) (records), and twice the Tour de France (1949 and 1952). Among the its many successes in the online course we must remember the five statements in the Giro di Lombardia (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1954) (record), three victories at Milan-Sanremo (1946, 1948 and 1949), and successes in the Paris -Roubaix and the Flèche Wallonne in 1950. Fu World Champion in 1953. In cycling track, he was world champion in '47 and in '49 chase record holder and time (45.798 km) from 1942 to 1956.Dal apparently little physical athleticism, Coppi was endowed with a remarkable agility and muscle out of the ordinary cardiopulmonary system (lung capacity of 6.5 liters and 44 pulse per minute at rest), a quality that enhances the resistance under load. The structure very fragile and repeated bone fractures, however, forced him to forced break during the entire period of activity. Similarly, the second world war conditioned the career: the suspension of racing due to the conflict soon after it reached its first vittorie.Leggendaria its major rival Gino Bartali, Italy after the war that divided (even for supposedly different political positions of the two). Celebre an era sports immortality - just enough to enter the collective imagination of Italians - is the photo that shows the two samples as they pass a bottle during a climb in the Tour of '52. His exploits and the tragic circumstances of his death have made it an icon of Italian sports history.
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