Biagio Cavanna (b. Novi Ligure, 1893 – d. Novi Ligure, December 21 1961) was an Italian track cyclist and sports manager, who became famous for having discovered and initially coached campionissimi Costante Girardengo and, later, Fausto Coppi.
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Slaying the Badger
I finished reading “Maglia Rosa – Triumph and Tragedy at the Giro d’Italia” by Herbie Sykes. Now it’s Tour de France time, and I started to reading “Slaying the Badger” by Richard Moore.
The hidden winner of two Giri d’Italia
In the early years of Giro d’Italia, the winner was decided by a point system: After each stage, the stage winner had earned one point, second finisher two points, and so on, and so-forth down to 50th, 51th and the others each awarded 51 points.