STATS OF THE NATION
ITALIAN HEROES
Italian cycling may be going through comparatively lean times as we enter the 2020s, but some of its biggest champions have been among the very g reatest riders in the sport’s history
GINO BARTALI
Career: 1935-1954
Won the Giro three times and the Tour twice, despite losing his best years to World War Two. Bartali’s career was a long one -his first monument win came in the 1936 Lombardia; his final 14 years later in San Remo 1950.