The beautiful race : the story of the Giro d'Italia
(2018)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
796.62/O'BRIEN,C

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 796.62/O'BRIEN,C Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018
DESCRIPTION

x, 238 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781681776644, 1681776642 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Includes index

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