January 28, 2012
fuckyeahcycling: Tributes have been paid to cycling great Gino Bartali, with evidence now showing that he helped save the lives of up to 800 Jews during World War II […] “In 1943 Bartali, who had already won the Tour de France once and the Giro d’Italia twice, was assigned to the traffic police by the fascist regime, before leaving the job on 8 September,” according to the UCI.  “That was when he went underground, choosing to help persecuted Jews by smuggling identity photos to a convent that produced counterfeit papers. “As far as the soldiers who guarded the road between Florence and San Quirico, near Assisi, were concerned, Bartali was merely on a 380-km training run. In fact, valuable documents were hidden inside the frame and saddle of his bicycle.” (Photo is of Bartali leading Valetti at the 1939 Giro d’Italia) (via Bartali Honoured For Saving Jews During The Holocaust | Cyclingnews.com) Viva Gino D.

fuckyeahcycling:

Tributes have been paid to cycling great Gino Bartali, with evidence now showing that he helped save the lives of up to 800 Jews during World War II

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“In 1943 Bartali, who had already won the Tour de France once and the Giro d’Italia twice, was assigned to the traffic police by the fascist regime, before leaving the job on 8 September,” according to the UCI.  “That was when he went underground, choosing to help persecuted Jews by smuggling identity photos to a convent that produced counterfeit papers.

“As far as the soldiers who guarded the road between Florence and San Quirico, near Assisi, were concerned, Bartali was merely on a 380-km training run. In fact, valuable documents were hidden inside the frame and saddle of his bicycle.”

(Photo is of Bartali leading Valetti at the 1939 Giro d’Italia)

(via Bartali Honoured For Saving Jews During The Holocaust | Cyclingnews.com)

Viva Gino

D.

(via velimir)

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    my IDOL. Salute! and i just had a dream of saving the Polish last night.
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