Fausto Coppi's Personal Bianchi track bicycle, 1946

Описание: Fausto Coppi was arguably one of the most talented and certainly the single most influential cyclist of the 20th century. Just like with Gino Bartali, it is hard to imagine what he could have achieved would not the 2nd world war have robbed him of some of his best years.

His style of racing earned him the nickname Campionissimo, Champion of all Champions: he could be brutally dominant in breakaways.

This frame has the serial number 91267 and it was built in 1946 as the first of a batch of six frames made by Bianchi’s Reparto Corse for Fausto Coppi. This included three track and three road frames.

The craftsman responsible for our frame is said to be no one less than master frame builder Luigi Valsassina. And though it is manufactured to his usual standard of precision.

It is easy to imagine Fausto Coppi flying on it, speeding around the oval of the Velodromo Vigorelli in Milan.

If you could distill the essence of a turning point in cycling history into one bike, then this bike that Bianchi made for Coppi could be the incarnation.

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