The train starts to leave when I put the pen on the notebook. Writing always accompanies me, when I travel. I’m going to meet Gianni Volpi, the great Primo Volpi’s son, …
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Mario Rosi was born on the 13th April 1911 in Florence. Eclectic, strong and fast. In his cycling career he wore the Italian national team jersey for several times, despite there …
- Family’s Portrait
TOUR DE FRANCE 1948: 70 YEARS FROM THE SPORTING CHALLENGE THAT SAVED ITALY
by Lisa BartaliJuly 1948, July 2018: exactly 70 years have passed since what we can consider the biggest sporting challenge in history. 30th June 1948, we are at the Tour de France and …
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It’s an afternoon in late May and finally I manage to take two hours for myself to know the new Giovanni Nencini’s activity, Gastone Nencini’s son. Bikes Retrò is a bike …
- Two wheels one Story
PARIS – ROUBAIX ON VINTAGE BICYCLES: THE TEAM OF NOVA U.V.I. TELLS THE CHALLENGE
by Lisa BartaliThe first edition of the Paris-Roubaix goes back to 1896, and it originally started from the French capital. Today the 0 km is in Compiègne. From this city we must ride …
- Two wheels one Story
THE TOUR AROUND THE WORLD BY BICYCLE: THE TRUE STORY OF ANNIE LONDONDERRY
by Lisa BartaliAnnie “Londonderry” Kopchovsky was the first woman to make a tour around the world by bicycle, challenging her own physical capabilities, the slight economic resources and the many prejudices in Victorian …
- Family’s Portrait
MY GRANDFATHER GINO MESSENGER OF PEACE: THE BEGINNING OF UNDERGROUND MISSION
by Lisa BartaliToday is the Remembrance Day, a recurrence to remember the victims of the Holocaust. The journalists who knocked at our door in the past days are many, they came to find …
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The Gino Bartali Cycling Museum is an ideal place where to rediscover the history of the bicycle with the sporting and humanitarian enterprises accomplished by my grandfather Gino Bartali. The museal …
- Two wheels one Story
THE BIRTH OF THE BICYCLE : FROM LEONARDO DA VINCI DRAWINGS TO THE HEROIC CYCLING
by Lisa BartaliA date has been established for the birth of the bicycle: 12th June 1817. In reality projects have been found on a transportation means similar to the bicycle in the Atlantic …
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THE ENTERPRISE OF THE NOVA U.V.I. : THE COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST EDITION OF GIRO D’ITALIA 1909
by Lisa BartaliIt was the 13th May 1909 when the Giro d’Italia started. 127 cyclists participated. Only 49 managed to finish the race. The winner was Luigi Ganna, the “King of the Mud”. …