Bartali

The Tour de France has always been shaped in the mountains. The yellow jersey can be won in time trials, defended on flat roads...

The Tour de France has never been a simple test of who can climb fastest or time trial hardest. It rewards dominance, but it...

The Giro d'Italia has always felt slightly different from the other Grand Tours. It has the prestige and scale of one of cycling’s defining...

Milano-Sanremo has always occupied a slightly unusual place in cycling. It is one of the sport’s great Monuments, but it does not behave like the...

La Classicicissima is another old old bike race, starting up in 1907 (and an amateur 2-day version in 1906). The soon to be 2-time Tour de France winner Lucien Petit-Breton won the first race. The 1920s were dominated by Costante Girardengo who won the race 6 times and had 5 further podium places. The Italian dominance continued into the 1940s with heavyweights like Alfredo Binda, Gino Bartali & Fausto Coppi all winning the race.