Fausto Coppi

Fausto Coppi

Coppi at the 1952 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Angelo Fausto Coppi
Nickname	The Heron Il Campionissimo (Champion of Champions)
Born	(1919-09-15)15 September 1919 Castellania, Italy
Died	2 January 1960(1960-01-02) (aged 40) Tortona, Italy
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
1938–1939	Dopolavoro Tortona
1939–1942	Legnano
1945	Cicli Nulli Roma
1945–1955	Bianchi
1956–1957	Carpano–Coppi
1958	Bianchi–Pirelli
1959	Tricofilina–Coppi
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1949, 1952) Mountain classification (1949, 1952) 9 individual stages (1949-1952) Giro d'Italia General classification (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953) Mountain classification (1948, 1949, 1954) 22 individual stages (1940–1955) One-day races and Classics Milan–San Remo (1946, 1948, 1949) Paris–Roubaix (1950) Giro di Lombardia (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954) La Flèche Wallonne (1950) Grand Prix des Nations (1946, 1947) National Road Race Championships (1942, 1945, 1949, 1955) Giro dell'Emilia (1941, 1947, 1948) Giro della Romagna (1946, 1947, 1949) Giro del Veneto (1941, 1947, 1949) Tre Valli Varesine (1941, 1948, 1955) Other Hour record (1942)
Medal record Representing  Italy Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1953 Lugano Road race 1949 Copenhagen Road race Men's track cycling World Championships 1947 Paris Individual pursuit 1949 Copenhagen Individual pursuit 1948 Amsterdam Individual pursuit

Angelo Fausto Coppi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfausto ˈkɔppi]; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo ("Champion of Champions"). He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a good sprinter. He won the Giro d'Italia five times (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953), the Tour de France twice (1949 and 1952), and the World Championship in 1953. Other notable results include winning the Giro di Lombardia five times, the Milan–San Remo three times, as well as wins at Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne and setting the hour record (45.798 km) in 1942.