Cycling, Faustino Coppi: 'After 65 years there are many memories of dad' - Global Happenings

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Cycling, Faustino Coppi: 'After 65 years there are many memories of dad' - Global Happenings

“Unfortunately a lot of time has passed, but fortunately there are many memories present, not only here in Castellania, but also in the surrounding area”. These are the words of Faustino Coppi, son together with Marina of Campionissimo, who died 65 years ago, pronounced during the celebrations in his hometown, in the Alessandria area, with a mass in the small church near the mausoleum with the remains of Campionissimo and his brother Serse, on C…

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NOVI LIGURE — On 24 July 1949, Fausto Coppi joined the legend: he is the first Italian to win the Tour del France, after having also won the Giro d'Italia. Coppi was born in Castellania, Alessandria, on September 15, 1919: a young boy, at fifteen, he bought his first bicycle. The champion contracts Malaria during a race in Africa. The disease, undiagnosed, quickly led to his death on January 2, 1960, at only 40 years old. For the 65th anniversar…