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Gino Bartali (L) with great rival Fausto Coppi (CC licensed by Tsuru1111:Flickr)

Gino Bartali awarded Israel’s Righteous Among The Nations for wartime activities

Tour de France winner hid Jewish family in his cellar, smuggled documents on long 'training' rides

Sat, Sep 28, 2013 07:00
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Florence (picture credit Marcus Obal:Wikimedia Commons).JPG

Gino Bartali hid Jewish family in Florence home to protect them from Holocaust

New details emerge of Italian cycling legend's clandestine wartime activities

Tue, Dec 28, 2010 14:46
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Entrance to the Garden of the Righteous (picture credit EdoM:Wikimedia Commons).jpg

Gino Bartali to be honoured for helping save Italian Jews from the Holocaust

Cycling great undertook marathon wartime training rides with documents and money hidden in bike

Fri, Nov 12, 2010 09:24
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