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Angelo Fausto Coppi

Fausto Coppi
Fausto Coppi, Tour de France 1952 01 (cropped).jpg
Coppi at the 1952 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Angelo Fausto Coppi
Nickname Il Campionissimo
(Champion of Champions)
Born (1919-09-15)15 September 1919
Castellania, Piedmont, Italy
Died 2 January 1960(1960-01-02) (aged 40)
Tortona, Piedmont, Italy
Team information
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Professional team(s)
1938–1939 Dopolavoro Tortona
1939–1942 Legnano
1945 Cicli Nulli Roma
1945–1955 Bianchi
1956–1957 Carpano–Coppi
1958 Bianchi–Pirelli
1959 Tricofilina–Coppi
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
General classification (1949, 1952)
Mountain classification (1949, 1952)
9 individual stages (1949-1952)
Giro d'Italia
General classification (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953)
Mountain classification (1948, 1949, 1954)
22 individual stages (1940–1955)

One-day races and Classics

Milan–San Remo (1946, 1948, 1949)
Paris–Roubaix (1950)
Giro di Lombardia (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954)
La Flèche Wallonne (1950)
Grand Prix des Nations (1946, 1947)
National Road Race Championships (1942, 1945, 1949, 1955)
Giro dell'Emilia (1941, 1947, 1948)
Giro della Romagna (1946, 1947, 1949)
Giro del Veneto (1941, 1947, 1949)
Tre Valli Varesine (1941, 1948, 1955)

Other

Hour record (1942)

Grand Tours

One-day races and Classics

Other

Angelo Fausto Coppi, (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfausto ˈkɔppi]; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960), was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years each side of the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo, or champion of champions. He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a great sprinter. He won the Giro d'Italia five times (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953), the Tour de France twice (1949 and 1952), and the World Championship in 1953. Other notable results include winning the Giro di Lombardia five times, the Milan–San Remo three times, as well as wins at Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne and setting the hour record (45.798 km) in 1942.

Coppi was born in Castellania, near Alessandria, one of five children born to Domenico Coppi and Angiolina Boveri, who married on 29 July 1914. Fausto was the fourth child, born at 5:00 pm on 15 September 1919. His mother wanted to call him Angelo, but his father preferred Fausto. He was named Angelo Fausto but was known most of his life as Fausto.


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