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Corsa Rosa : a history of the Giro d'Italia by Brendan Gallagher is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Corsa Rosa : a history of the Giro d'Italia about?
The Giro d'Italia is the cooler, tougher brother of the Tour de France. First staged in 1909, and only pausing for two World Wars, its hundredth edition takes place in 2017. Inspired by __L'Auto__'s improved circulation figures after establishing France's Grand Tour, the __Gazzetta dello Sport__ saw an opportunity to outdo its rival paper, the __Corriere della Sera__, by organising its own race. From its first years the Giro pushed riders to their limits with brutal climbs, treacherous road conditions, appalling weather and epic distances. Time has changed the Giro to a degree, but it remains as ferociously testing – and as beloved of cycling's romantics – as ever.All the winners are covered: from the first victors Luigi Ganna and Carlo Galetti, to the likes of Alfredo Binda, Costante Girardengo and Gino Bartali, past the legends of Fausto Coppi and Eddy Merckx, on to Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Marco Pantani, and then right up...
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Brendan Gallagher
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781472918819
- Category
- nonfiction