Angelo Fausto Coppi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfausto ˈkɔppi]; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist...

French colony of Haute Volta. The president, Maurice Yaméogo invited Fausto Coppi, Géminiani, Anquetil, Bobet, Roger Hassenforder and Henry Anglade to...

problems, because Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi could both be the team leader. During the selection procedure, Coppi almost refused to start the race,...

editions of 1943 and 1944 were cancelled for reasons of war. Italian Fausto Coppi won a record five times. Because of its demanding course, the race is...

Contador are the only cyclists to have won each Grand Tour at least twice. Fausto Coppi: 3 Grand Tours – Giro (1952), Tour (1952), Giro (1953). Eddy Merckx:...

for the first time in 1953, when Fausto Coppi beat Hugo Koblet). As the highest peak, it has been named the Cima Coppi in each edition. Every year, the...

Lady”), was the lover of champion cyclist Fausto Coppi in a scandalous extramarital affair of the 1950s. Given Coppi’s high profile, this affair led to the...

Alfredo Binda, Fausto Coppi and Eddy Merckx have the most Giro victories, each of them having won the competition five times. Coppi is the youngest winner...

associated with the Italian Giro d'Italia and Tour de France winners, Fausto Coppi, Marco Pantani and Felice Gimondi. Edoardo Bianchi, a 21-year-old medical...

1938: Gino Bartali 1939: Sylvère Maes 1948: Gino Bartali 1949: Fausto Coppi 1952: Fausto Coppi 1959: Federico Bahamontes 1969: Eddy Merckx 1970: Eddy Merckx...

teammate Fausto Coppi. Bartali and Coppi's rivalry divided Italy. Bartali, a conservative, was venerated in the rural, agrarian south, while Coppi, more...

who came close are Eddy Merckx on other occasions, the Italian great Fausto Coppi, Frenchman Bernard Hinault, and later Spaniard Miguel Indurain, who finished...

Fausto Coppi (1919-1960), Italian cyclist Hans Coppi (1916-1942), German resistance fighter Hans Coppi Jr. (born 1942) German historian Hilde Coppi (née...

Fausto Coppi joined the team and would stay with the team until 1956 and 1958. It has been said that the team of the mid-1940s was built around Coppi...

were the arrivals on mountain peaks. The race was won by Italian Fausto Coppi. Coppi dominated the race, winning five stages and the mountains classification...

for the team including Alfredo Binda, Learco Guerra, Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi. The team participated in the Giro d'Italia 46 times, won the team classification...

similar rivalry was the one in the 1940s with the mythical years of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali, whose duels were the subject of intense coverage and...

council in recognition of the cyclist Fausto Coppi in preparation for the centenary of his birth. Castellania Coppi borders the following municipalities:...

Serse Coppi, brother of famous Fausto, won the sprint for what was assumed to be the minor placings. After a protest and several months, Serse Coppi was...

is second with 10 and Jacques Anquetil is third with eight. Merckx, Fausto Coppi and Alfredo Binda have won the most Giros, each winning five during their...

becoming one of 11 cyclists (including Anquetil, Merckx, Hugo Koblet and Fausto Coppi) managed to do so. In 1980, Hinault was going for a third consecutive...

of the race by Fausto Masnada, Pogačar won the resulting two-man sprint at the finish line. He became the third rider after Fausto Coppi and Eddy Merckx...

was first introduced for the 1965 Giro d'Italia in honor of the late Fausto Coppi who won five editions of the Giro d'Italia and three mountain classification...

annual Maratona dles Dolomites single-day bicycle race. A memorial to Fausto Coppi stands at the summit of the pass that commemorates the world-renowned...

equivalent of €3,250. That first Alpe d'Huez stage was won in 1952 by Fausto Coppi. Coppi attacked 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) from the summit to rid himself...

Dominican baseball player Fausto Coppi (1919–1960), Italian racing cyclist Fausto Correia (1951–2007), Portuguese politician Fausto De Amicis (born 1968)...

won by Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi team, with fellow Italians Gino Bartali and Giordano Cottur coming in second and third respectively. Coppi won the...

editions of the race over a period of nine years, before Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi consistently asserted their superiority in the Giro d'Italia. Italians...

passionate about bicycle racing and hoped to become a bicycle racer like Fausto Coppi. When his foster parents died, Delon was sent back to his birth parents...

Jacques Anquetil (5) Giro d'Italia wins: Alfredo Binda (5; 3 consecutive), Fausto Coppi (5) Eddy Merckx (5; 3 consecutives) Vuelta a España wins: Roberto Heras...