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IS THE THE EXTRA STUFF AND THE ADD-ONS

Fausto Coppi and Jean Robic ride up Alpe d'Huez in the 1952 Tour de France

Pedalare! Pedalare!

Pedalare! Pedalare! is light on tales of racing, heavy on the analysis of Italian society, generous with introductions to notable Italian cyclists and absorbed with The Golden Age of Italian Cycling. It performs well, deserves respect and is worth a read.

It’s All About the Bike

A devotional to one of humankind’s greatest inventions, It’s All About the Bike celebrates the tradition, lore and beauty of bicycles. It delivers a mature winning performance that can be appreciated for its simplicity, elegance and manner.

Alpe d’Huez

Alpe d’Huez is a rewarding and animated feast of the defining and signature Tour de France moments and the stories behind them. It is a smart, imaginative, and engaging profile of “the cathedral of climbs.”

Geraint Thomas and Team Sky ride into Paris on the last stage of the 2018 Tour de France

The Tour According to G

For a GC contender there’s no hiding in the high mountains of the Tour de France, and The Tour According to G hides nothing from its readers. It’s forthcoming, direct, jovial and rousing. It delivers a strong winning performance from the Grand Départ to the Champs-Élysées.

The Tour is Won on the Alpe

Although The Tour is Won on the Alpe doesn’t fulfill its book-flap promise, it still puts in a strong performance, like a dedicated gregario or domestique riding in support of his team leader. It’s a performance worth a top 10 stage placement.

Greg Lemond in the final stage time trial of the 1989 Tour de France

Étape: 20 Great Stages From the Modern Tour de France

Étape is an engrossing celebration of the Tour de France. It reanimates memorable stages and moments, mostly from the late 1980s through 2012, and it’s a master work of cycling history and storytelling.

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Pasquale Fornara, 4x Tour de Suisse champion, leads Louison Bobet in the Tour de France.

Fornara also won the 1956 Tour de Romandie and finished on the podium in two Grand Tours: third in the 1953 Giro dItalia and second in the 1958 Vuelta a España.

Buona Pasqua. Happy Easter.

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Ottavio Bottecchia —2x #TourdeFrance champion, the first Italian winner 🇮🇹 and the first rider to wear the maillot jaune for the entire race.

The only French Bottecchia knew when he took part in his first Tour in 1923 was, “No bananas, lots of coffee, thank you,” just what was necessary to get his food rations for each stage.

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#FaustoCoppi. Gino Bartali. The two most famous cyclists in the world in the 1940s and 1950s. Their rivalry dominated #cycling and divided Italy. Nobody remained neutral.

An immensely strong climber, ‘The Man of Iron’ possessed extraordinary physical gifts. In Stage 13 of the 1948 Tour de France, #Bartali gained 19 minutes on the race leader. Riding through snow and fog in the mountains, he won the day and climbed into second place overall, just over a minute back.

Bartali went on to win that Tour, claiming his second victory, 10 years after first conquering La Grande Boucle.

Sei Bartaliano? Are you for Bartali?

#Coppi was gangly and physically awkward off the bike, but he seemed born to sit in the saddle. He was a complete rider who climbed with power and grace. He appeared to ride effortlessly, floating away from his competitors. And when he won, which he did a lot, it was usually in spectacular and dramatic fashion.

In the 1946 Milan San-Remo, Coppi rode more than half the race alone and finished 14 minutes ahead of the next rider. Bartali was another 10 minutes back.

And Coppi’s ride over the mountains in Stage 17 of the 1949 Giro d’Italia is legendary. He rode unaccompanied for nearly 200 kilometers, winning the stage by 12 minutes. #GinoBartali came in second that day.

Sei Coppiani? Are you for Coppi?

Bartali won the Tour de France twice and the Giro d’Italia three times. He was a four-time Italian National Champion, three-time victor in the Giro di Lombardia and four-time winner of Milan-San Remo.

Coppi won the Tour twice, the Giro five times, and claimed both in the same year on two occasions. He was a World Champion, the Hour Record Holder, and three-time victor of Milan-San Remo. He won the Giro di Lombardia five times and included victories in Paris-Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne in his palmarès.

Sei Coppiano o sei Bartaliano?

Are you for Fausto, or are you with Gino?

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Best of rides, and I’m not kiddin’. - Alexander Hamilton, speaking on his experience at the #719Ride.

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#fattirebikes are most welcome on The Course That Cannot Be Defeated. 🔥🔥

And Signore @jimmydot 😎 can speak to just how fantabulous his three lap 719 Trinity fatbikeulous experience was in 2020.

He’ll probably say it was heavenly and felt like three lifetimes of angelic bliss.

And if that is the type of fun you like go rent a chunky #fattire @fezzari_bicycles from @routes.outfitter #localbikeshop for this year’s ride or anytime you want. Now is a good time. #ridelocal

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