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A biography of one of history's greatest sportsmen, from the author of "Put Me Back On The Bike". Cyclist Coppi was voted the most popular Italian sportsmen of the 20th century, and his divorce and early death convulsed the country in the 1950s.
Synopsis
Voted the most popular Italian sportsman of the twentieth century, Fausto Angelo Coppi was the campionissimo - champion of champions. But Coppi's scandalous divorce and controversial early death convulsed a conservative, staunchly Roman Catholic Italy in the 1950s. This title tells the tragic story of Coppi's life and death.
