Fausto Coppi had a life of romance, and his death was no less. But campeonissimo history is still being written. Incredibly, today, 48 years after his massive funeral, yet there are new players in their demise. The last Mino Caudullo was a former leader of the CONI (Italian National Olympic Committee). Ensures Coppi did not die because of malaria, as established by the death certificate, but by a mysterious poison was supplied in Africa. It is the latest chapter in the biography of one of the greatest myths of the postwar period in the fifties. Fausto Coppi
was a genius on the bike, but had a problem. He was born at the wrong time, the September 15, 1919. Italy still shaking shrapnel from the Great War and, like other children of that time, his life constantly crossing over warmongering. World War II was the culprit that he Sumara Tours only two on his resume. The French race was suspended from 1940 to 1946, inclusive. Coppi and was then dawning. Eight years
was mounted for the first time on a bike. Used it to his first job, a grocery delivery boy. Thanks to Biagio Cavanna, the magician of the muscles, thought to be a cyclist, and became convinced of this when they came to the Giro del Piemonte and found his greatest rival, Gino Bartali.
Bartali, nicknamed the flying monk, represented the antithesis of Coppi. The first was ordained, religious, tenacious ... and longevity. He died in May 2001, at age 85. Coppi was messed up, man of the Left, elegant, melancholy ... and died prematurely, at 41 years. But even though their lives so far apart, provided they can find a common point. In the new version over the death of Coppi, the key character in the plot is the father René, a French Benedictine. Again a monk gets in the way of campeonissimo.
all started with an interview published this month in the sports daily Corriere dello Sport to Mino Caudullo, in which he had an experience in 1985 on the occasion of his trip to Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), representing the Olympic committee . There he met the monk, an octogenarian, who reveals a secret confession to lay a story unheard. Apparently, some Africans wanted to avenge the death of a cyclist in Ivory Coast, a certain Canga, which plunged into a ravine in mysterious circumstances during a race where runners participated Europe. According to the father René, the deceased's family supplied Coppi an herbal poison. . We do not know how.
He actually came in late 1959 in Ouagadougou, accompanied by Anquetil and Geminiani. Ten days after returning from the trip, Geminiani, Coppi roommate during those 16 days, fell ill. Was 23 December. He suffered from malaria and was restored immediately. Coppi had the same symptoms on December 27 could not get up of bed and had to enter the hospital. Then, he changed the diagnosis: it was pneumonia. Geminiani's brother telephoned the hospital, but doctors 'response was,' Do not worry about the health of Faust. " On January 2, 1960, after a night of agony, Coppi died. It was flu or pneumonia, but malaria.
But now the monks insist on Koubri 'Coppi was poisoned in retaliation for the death of a corridor of Bouake (Ivory Coast)', says father Adrian, a fellow of the deceased father René. 'I think he died in a fall in the Tour. His family and friends wanted revenge and poisoned him with a potion well known in Burkina Faso, hecha con una hierba de la tierra. Actúa lentamente y causa fiebres altas'.
Sin embargo, esta historia no escapa a la sospecha. ¿Cuánto hay de cierto? ¿P
or qué Coppi murió, y no Geminiani? ¿Por qué Caudullo no desveló todo esto en 1985, al conocerlo? ¿Cómo es que le contó aquello el padre René? ¿Dónde murió el ciclista africano? De momento, la fiscalía de Roma ha abierto un expediente para investigar cuánto hay de cierto en esta versión. De momento el Tour no tiene constancia de que haya participado nunca en él un ciclista de Costa de Marfil.
Además, hay respetables opiniones que alientan el escepticismo. La más cercana comes from the son of Coppi, Faustino: 'The only certainty is that if my father had been treated properly would have lived. They said I had pneumonia, he was given cortisone and immediately went into a coma. "
Italian court is willing to go to the exhumation of the body of Coppi. Here come more questions. Is it possible to verify the cause of death after 48 years? Italy, as in the days of Coppi and Bartali, has become divided into two. Those who want to get to the bottom, even at the cost of memory campeonissimo wallow, and those who take refuge in silence because they think, with the myths do not play. Both sides agree on the same: the mystery haunts Coppi.
in 1949, comes the final consecration Coppi international. First round wins San Remo and the Giro Lombardia (who wins) signs one of which will be his most famous feats: 192 kilometers alone on the stage between Cuneo and Pinerolo. The famous journalist Mario Ferretti say in his chronicle a phrase that would go into the history of cycling:
A single man in charge, his jersey is white and light blue. Your name, Fausto Coppi. The third Giro
in his pocket, faces his first Tour de France. Fausto began badly, losing half an hour month in the first stage. But he knew how to recover, dominating the two stages against the clock and take over the stage from Briançon and Aosta. Get the victory in general being the first man who manages to win Giro and Tour in the same year, while France was born the myth of "Foster."
In 1950, Coppi has a spectacular start to the season. Wins Paris-Roubaix and Fleche Wallonne. But fate turns his back to the "Capionnissimo" when at the stage of the Tour between Vicenza and Bolzano, a runner who is ahead knocks Faust, which causes him three broken ribs as terminating the season.
In 1952, fully recognizes his agnosticism, statements raised hackles in the Italian society to the extent that the Azzurri are declared supporters of Coppi (agnostic) and Bartali (devout Catholic).
religious ideologies aside, 1952 is again a banner year for Coppi. Three stage wins Giro d'Italia, five in the Tour (one of them, the first arrival at Alpe d'Huez in the history of the "Grande Boucle" and has since devoted French round top to Coppi), and come Marillo the jersey to Paris. 
in 1953, is the year in getting the fifth Giro d'Italia and won the world championships in Lugano, but their activity was being reduced because of some accidents. In that round Italian Coppi was the center of the gossip column of the moment by having an extramarital affair with Giulia Occhini, wife of Dr. Locatelli, passionate supporter of Coppi. Occhini conmocida would henceforth as the "White Lady." Fausto and Giulia began a long love affair and where the Pope himself came to condemn openly. Coppi and his first wife Bruna Ciampolini is Sepro in 1954, while Locatelli Occhini sued for adultery. As a result, women had to enter in jail while Coppi was her passport. After many difficulties, the couple married in Mexico (marriage never recognized in Italy) and had a son, Faustino.
win in 1954 one of his last great race the Tour of Lombardy. In 1959 some French cyclists participating in a race meeting and hunting in the Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). and there are infected by malaria. The disease diagnosis was made late and the disease itself was healed wrong, so that Faust died at just 40 years.
Another achievement to highlight positions us well in the Giro d'Italia 1953, in Bolzano Bormio stage, which is facing the famous Stelvio with 2,758 meters of altitude. It was the Swiss leader Hugo Koblet, who retained a lead of 1'59 "on Coppi, second in the standings. The Swiss broker was monopolizing all the odds in your favor. He covered his youth and good form. Was the great star of the new generation and the recent future.
In the first lines of the Stelvio, Coppi attacked with courage and conviction. The large peloton broke into pieces and Koblet, tough at first, had to capitulate to the evidence of the facts. He found himself helpless against the Italian seemed to fly over the asphalt. In the tape arrived, the crowd cheered with great enthusiasm to his idol, Coppi, eventually winning the final of the issue, while Koblet, drowned by the efforts, made its entry to almost four minutes in a bitter day never forgotten .
was a genius on the bike, but had a problem. He was born at the wrong time, the September 15, 1919. Italy still shaking shrapnel from the Great War and, like other children of that time, his life constantly crossing over warmongering. World War II was the culprit that he Sumara Tours only two on his resume. The French race was suspended from 1940 to 1946, inclusive. Coppi and was then dawning. Eight years
was mounted for the first time on a bike. Used it to his first job, a grocery delivery boy. Thanks to Biagio Cavanna, the magician of the muscles, thought to be a cyclist, and became convinced of this when they came to the Giro del Piemonte and found his greatest rival, Gino Bartali.
Bartali, nicknamed the flying monk, represented the antithesis of Coppi. The first was ordained, religious, tenacious ... and longevity. He died in May 2001, at age 85. Coppi was messed up, man of the Left, elegant, melancholy ... and died prematurely, at 41 years. But even though their lives so far apart, provided they can find a common point. In the new version over the death of Coppi, the key character in the plot is the father René, a French Benedictine. Again a monk gets in the way of campeonissimo.
all started with an interview published this month in the sports daily Corriere dello Sport to Mino Caudullo, in which he had an experience in 1985 on the occasion of his trip to Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), representing the Olympic committee . There he met the monk, an octogenarian, who reveals a secret confession to lay a story unheard. Apparently, some Africans wanted to avenge the death of a cyclist in Ivory Coast, a certain Canga, which plunged into a ravine in mysterious circumstances during a race where runners participated Europe. According to the father René, the deceased's family supplied Coppi an herbal poison. . We do not know how.
He actually came in late 1959 in Ouagadougou, accompanied by Anquetil and Geminiani. Ten days after returning from the trip, Geminiani, Coppi roommate during those 16 days, fell ill. Was 23 December. He suffered from malaria and was restored immediately. Coppi had the same symptoms on December 27 could not get up of bed and had to enter the hospital. Then, he changed the diagnosis: it was pneumonia. Geminiani's brother telephoned the hospital, but doctors 'response was,' Do not worry about the health of Faust. " On January 2, 1960, after a night of agony, Coppi died. It was flu or pneumonia, but malaria.
But now the monks insist on Koubri 'Coppi was poisoned in retaliation for the death of a corridor of Bouake (Ivory Coast)', says father Adrian, a fellow of the deceased father René. 'I think he died in a fall in the Tour. His family and friends wanted revenge and poisoned him with a potion well known in Burkina Faso, hecha con una hierba de la tierra. Actúa lentamente y causa fiebres altas'.
Sin embargo, esta historia no escapa a la sospecha. ¿Cuánto hay de cierto? ¿P
or qué Coppi murió, y no Geminiani? ¿Por qué Caudullo no desveló todo esto en 1985, al conocerlo? ¿Cómo es que le contó aquello el padre René? ¿Dónde murió el ciclista africano? De momento, la fiscalía de Roma ha abierto un expediente para investigar cuánto hay de cierto en esta versión. De momento el Tour no tiene constancia de que haya participado nunca en él un ciclista de Costa de Marfil. Además, hay respetables opiniones que alientan el escepticismo. La más cercana comes from the son of Coppi, Faustino: 'The only certainty is that if my father had been treated properly would have lived. They said I had pneumonia, he was given cortisone and immediately went into a coma. "
Italian court is willing to go to the exhumation of the body of Coppi. Here come more questions. Is it possible to verify the cause of death after 48 years? Italy, as in the days of Coppi and Bartali, has become divided into two. Those who want to get to the bottom, even at the cost of memory campeonissimo wallow, and those who take refuge in silence because they think, with the myths do not play. Both sides agree on the same: the mystery haunts Coppi.
From humble family, got his first bike with 8 years and used to work as a delivery of groceries in the neighboring town of Novi Ligure. In 1937, Biagio Cavanna known discoverer who encouraged him to participate in amateur races. The exceptional physical characteristics to surface soon in the young Coppi.
In 1939, professional passes where he won six races this season. But the leap to fame Coppi was a year later when, starting as a herd of Gino Bartali, won the first of five Money in Italy. In addition, this victory made him the youngest rider to win is all in the Giro d'Italia in 20 years, 8 months and 25 days, a record still unbeaten. Also in 1940 and 1941, was proclaimed specialty Italian champions persecution.
In 1942, set the hour record Vigorelli velodrome in Milan, leaving the new mark at 45.871 km, a record that stood 14 years until the world record of Jacques Anquetil in 1966.
But the war party of its upstroke. Sent to Africa with the infantry "Divisione Ravenna" is taken prisoner by the English, released in 1945.
In 1945, running a race with the cycling section of the Società Sportiva Lazio.
But the war party of its upstroke. Sent to Africa with the infantry "Divisione Ravenna" is taken prisoner by the English, released in 1945.
In 1945, running a race with the cycling section of the Società Sportiva Lazio.
In 1946, created the legendary Fausto Coppi and dating from the Bianchi team, which would be linked with the Italian champions for a decade. Coppi's arrival soon pays off when he wins his first Milan-San Remo with an epic flight that starts at the Paso del Turchino and ends with 14 minutes ahead of second place. That year he also won three stages in the Giro (though usually the lead Bartali) Grand Prix of Nations, the Circuit of Lugano and the Tour of Lombardy. In 1947, seven years after the first, won his second Giro d'Italia.
in 1949, comes the final consecration Coppi international. First round wins San Remo and the Giro Lombardia (who wins) signs one of which will be his most famous feats: 192 kilometers alone on the stage between Cuneo and Pinerolo. The famous journalist Mario Ferretti say in his chronicle a phrase that would go into the history of cycling:
A single man in charge, his jersey is white and light blue. Your name, Fausto Coppi. The third Giro
in his pocket, faces his first Tour de France. Fausto began badly, losing half an hour month in the first stage. But he knew how to recover, dominating the two stages against the clock and take over the stage from Briançon and Aosta. Get the victory in general being the first man who manages to win Giro and Tour in the same year, while France was born the myth of "Foster."
In 1950, Coppi has a spectacular start to the season. Wins Paris-Roubaix and Fleche Wallonne. But fate turns his back to the "Capionnissimo" when at the stage of the Tour between Vicenza and Bolzano, a runner who is ahead knocks Faust, which causes him three broken ribs as terminating the season.
In 1951, things did not improve for Coppi Serse and his brother, also a cyclist, died at the Giro del Piemonte, due to another fall. The death of his brother Fausto which affects a discrete Giro. All However, in the Tour that year (and even suffered a nervous breakdown), wins Alpine stage between Gap and Briançon.
In 1952, fully recognizes his agnosticism, statements raised hackles in the Italian society to the extent that the Azzurri are declared supporters of Coppi (agnostic) and Bartali (devout Catholic).
religious ideologies aside, 1952 is again a banner year for Coppi. Three stage wins Giro d'Italia, five in the Tour (one of them, the first arrival at Alpe d'Huez in the history of the "Grande Boucle" and has since devoted French round top to Coppi), and come Marillo the jersey to Paris.
in 1953, is the year in getting the fifth Giro d'Italia and won the world championships in Lugano, but their activity was being reduced because of some accidents. In that round Italian Coppi was the center of the gossip column of the moment by having an extramarital affair with Giulia Occhini, wife of Dr. Locatelli, passionate supporter of Coppi. Occhini conmocida would henceforth as the "White Lady." Fausto and Giulia began a long love affair and where the Pope himself came to condemn openly. Coppi and his first wife Bruna Ciampolini is Sepro in 1954, while Locatelli Occhini sued for adultery. As a result, women had to enter in jail while Coppi was her passport. After many difficulties, the couple married in Mexico (marriage never recognized in Italy) and had a son, Faustino.
win in 1954 one of his last great race the Tour of Lombardy. In 1959 some French cyclists participating in a race meeting and hunting in the Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). and there are infected by malaria. The disease diagnosis was made late and the disease itself was healed wrong, so that Faust died at just 40 years.
COPPI Arras in GIRO 
Fausto Coppi is considered by many as the greatest cyclist of all time, alongside Eddy Merckx. Although his resume is not as impressive as the Belgian, we must bear in mind that his career was interrupted in part by World War II. Still, his resume listed 2 Tours (9 steps), 5 Giros (22 stages) 1 World Championship, 1 Paris-Roubaix, 5 Turns 3 Lombardy and Milan-San Remo.
We find ourselves in 1949, particularly in the Giro d'Italia, who after facing the tough stages Dolomitic rushing on this day a transcendent journey that passed in part by France. It came from Cuneo to Pinerolo and came with a tour along of no less than 254 kilometers, aggressive schedule taking into account that you had to save five majestic high mountain passes, Vars, Izoard, La Madeleine, Mont-Genève and finally the climb to Sestriere. Together they accounted for an increase equivalent to 90 kilometers, enlivened by the intense cold and constant rain. The fog covered summits and jealously as a whole the show was truly gruesome.
Coppi, that day, won with amazing ease unprecedented. He was on the run, just head over 192 km. His 'rival', Gino Bartali, another champion of reputable, stepped on tape reaching more than twelve minutes. In the final classification of the Giro, the Tuscan was second to almost twenty-four minutes from the legendary Fausto Coppi.
Coppi, that day, won with amazing ease unprecedented. He was on the run, just head over 192 km. His 'rival', Gino Bartali, another champion of reputable, stepped on tape reaching more than twelve minutes. In the final classification of the Giro, the Tuscan was second to almost twenty-four minutes from the legendary Fausto Coppi.
Another achievement to highlight positions us well in the Giro d'Italia 1953, in Bolzano Bormio stage, which is facing the famous Stelvio with 2,758 meters of altitude. It was the Swiss leader Hugo Koblet, who retained a lead of 1'59 "on Coppi, second in the standings. The Swiss broker was monopolizing all the odds in your favor. He covered his youth and good form. Was the great star of the new generation and the recent future.
In the first lines of the Stelvio, Coppi attacked with courage and conviction. The large peloton broke into pieces and Koblet, tough at first, had to capitulate to the evidence of the facts. He found himself helpless against the Italian seemed to fly over the asphalt. In the tape arrived, the crowd cheered with great enthusiasm to his idol, Coppi, eventually winning the final of the issue, while Koblet, drowned by the efforts, made its entry to almost four minutes in a bitter day never forgotten .
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