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The beautiful race : the story of the Giro d'Italia

Title
The beautiful race : the story of the Giro d'Italia / Colin O'Brien.
Author
O'Brien, Colin (Cycling journalist)
Publication
  • New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Description
x, 238 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
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.
Uniform Title
Giro d'Italia
Alternative Title
Giro d'Italia
Subject
  • Giro d'Italia (Bicycle race)
  • Bicycle racing > Italy > History
Note
  • Originally published as: Giro d'Italia : the story of the world's most beautiful bike race. London : Pursuit Books, 2017.
  • Includes index.
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 di 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.
ISBN
  • 1681776642
  • 9781681776644
OCLC
  • ocn992564022
  • SCSB-9024673
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library