Cycling Who’s Who: Serse Coppi
Serse Coppi, the younger brother of the big Fausto was born on the 19th of March in 1923 in Castellania, Italy. Read More »Cycling Who’s Who: Serse Coppi
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Sentenced to death and almost executed – twice!
Paul Deman was the first winner of the Ronde van Vlaanderen (1913). During the WW1 he was working as a courier for underground resistance movements and carrying messages around Belgium and also in the Netherlands. In November 1918 he had already 14 successful missions, but unfortunately on the 15th, he was stopped by the Germans. He was arrested, jailed and sentenced to death immediately. Fortunately, while he was awaiting his execution, the Armistice was signed. But it still wasn’t a happy ending for Deman. The British Army took over the prison where he was jailed and believed him a German because of his accent. They wanted to execute him too. At the end a letter… Read More »Sentenced to death and almost executed – twice!
Tour de France 1976
The 63rd Tour de France was held between the 24th June and 18th July 1976. This was a 4017 km long edition divided into a prologue and 22 stages. The 5th and the 22nd stages had A and B parts, the 18th stage (on the Bastille Day) was split into three parts. The course included 8 mountain stages, five of them with a hilltop finish.
Cycling Who’s Who: Giuseppe Enrici
Giuseppe Enrici was born on the 16 Juni 1894 in Pittsburgh, USA. Although he was born in America, he was an Italian citizen at the time when he won the Giro d’Italia (1924). He also won two stages that year. His other results at the Giro: 3rd (1921), 6th (1923) 5th 1926) 13th (1928). He attended several other Italian races mostly with top10 results, but without any other notable victory. Giuseppe Enrici’s professional teams: 1922–1924 Legnano 1925 Armor-Dunlop 1926 Automoto-Hutchinson Giuseppe Enrici died on the 1st September 1968, in Nice, France
Tour de France 1951
The 38th Tour de France between 4th and 29th July 1951 was the first edition which visited the interior of France, most importantly the Massif Central and the Mont Ventoux.Read More »Tour de France 1951
