Since its beginning in 1911, Giro d’Italia won more than once until 22 drivers, but surprisingly, only eight of this driver was able to win a row. In the post-war period, only Fausto Coppi, Eddy managed by Merckx and Miguel so far. OH and in 1962 and 1963 in 1963, in 1963, the topic of many small books from RAPHA publications from RAPHA publications from this Fanto publications, which is also about Balamion “Male eagle” himself.
The author Herbie Sykes is now an English expression living in Italy, and he in turn wrote a book read, deep affectionate and thirsty humorous. “Balmamion” In fact, a reckoned edition of a book published in 2008 with the Mousehold press reveals the genesis of this English-speaking book about a dark Italian sports figure, which retired five decades ago. Mr. Sykes, an amateur cyclist with a racer form that describes himself “Anorak”. According to Cambridge Dictionary, this is because of English “A boring person who is very interested in the details of a hobby and to meet and spend time with other people.” Giro winner is worried about obtaining a shape of Franco Balamamion – Of course, a way to another form that combines a part – and in 2005 it involves a friend to organize a meeting with a long retired rider. Really managed collectors can, of course, the objects of the wishes are able to obtain a lot to obtain the objects, so the Sykes claims to plan a book about Balamion, although he never wrote anything to publish “Interviews” In unusual Italian, the rider. Although he realized that he would not take a form, he said that he was a subject and that he was so guilty, he was really guilty, he said to write a promised book. It’s hard to believe that “Balmamion” It’s the first effort in the article, so it is good. The more surprisingly, there is an English edition that wants to move forward with a book with an unknown author of an unknown author of an unknown foreign athlete in a book. This was the time. Fifteen years ago, the English Language Books on Cycling, today in the UK, rarely rarely occurred if they exceed the number of new books on football / football. Many are fun and eccentric like this.
The book opens in the mid-1950s by three men-Bartali, Coppi and Magni-dominant pro-floating, and immediately after the II World War II. These giants did not match the level of their predecessors while good. In 1950, Switzerland Hugo Koblet did not won the most until the most foreign driver did not win, more strange panochial Giro D’Italia, which no foreign driver did not win.
The Franco Balamian was born in the village of Nole Canavese, which was 25 km north of the tour in 1940 and grew in poverty, as with so many Italian bike legends. At the age of three, he lost his father in the air raid, but in 1931 he competed with the factory team, as well as the Fiat, as a worker, including Father’s uncles competed in a family. A solid and intelligent horseman, the first two years have won it only once, but when he was 20 years old, more underfunded Bianchi team won enough victories to get a place on the highly flying Carpano team. Italian economy is a team with a tendency, which is rapidly improving and applying to other sports and other sports for transport, starting with new cycling sponsors, magnanils.
We are invented in the round of Vermut and we learn that this Carpano is one of the local brands. The owner of the company was the prestige of this bike with good promotional income and Razzle-Dazzle publicist, in 1956, in 1956, and a little faded Fausto Coppi. The team was unusual for the mixture of Italian and Belgian driver proto-Mapei!).
During the arrival of Balamion, Carpano’s star was Nino Defilippis, which gave effective results in one day in the day of Italy, and the three-magnificent rounds of the time winning 18 stages. What happened in the second part of the book, on stage in 1962 in 1962. The plan would be a candidate of defilipt patients for the glory of scene victory and essentially unknown Balamon, Carpano GC. The Balmamion was focused on working for the overall victory in the stage 2, but the race was increasingly and in the victory, he said, defilipt won a stage. If Balmamion had been criticized and criticized without winning and winning a scene, Roger and Tour de France, Roger and Tour de France, Tactical and strong came to France.
The intersection of each stage is the sections dedicated to the Author’s Carpano team, which can be interviewed. In 2007, they were mainly septuagenararian and many septuagenarians, and this was lucky to talk to Mr. Sykes. Different personalities shine on the pages. At the beginning of the 1960s, they were lucky to ride the race and carpanona, a well-funded team. Nevertheless, the race did not pay very good money and was savagely tough. The majority of interviewees had left the peloton until they are already 30 years old. 200 days an annual competition was not unusual than 80, which is also drivers now. The riders did not specialize, but one day competed on the road and on the road. One of the inspectors had a serious accident on the road that he never fully recovered, but then the support of the team management was limited.
The third part of the book was briefly in the second Giro, a driver of a driver again, but two magnificent tour winners and the header of the 1967 National Championship, the header of the National Championship. From Sykes’s account, the horse’s kind, but silent creature and never showed the show that his goal was to do the best job as a cyclist for his team.
“Balmamion” A period and at least in English are full of interesting materials on a period and place in rarely recurring professional competition. The author’s subjects are very easy, good and bad, the secret is easy to be able to sing like the cannabis or read between the lines on which it is about bend or doping in Italian sports nationalism or rule. The author’s lack of modern cycling, lack of passion compared to the world, this world compared to this world, Franco Balamon and colleagues, Herbie Sykes were even born.
The book also wounded a writer, a writer with a deep love for the English TV dealer in Italy, and even the daughter of the former Carpano team! And Franco Balmamion really seems that Mr. Sykes gave a Carpano Jersey (not good, A Maglia Rosa, Alas), Anorak’s benefits.
With RAPHA publications, with pictures and bike figures and bike figures of the book are beautifully presented with a real taste to own and read.
“Balmamion” By Herbie Sykes
224 PP., Illus., Softwound
Rapha Editions, London, 2020
ISBN 978-1-912161-14-1
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