Gino Bartali is a champion that time has not affected, of whom on the surface everything is known, starting from his career in many ways inimitable. An ace who has fumbled against Fausto Coppi and other staunch Italian and foreign opponents. The intimate dimension of a good man who has oriented his life towards the principles and values professed by his parents, without ever failing, remains to be explored, and this book does. Simplicity, humility, loyalty, sincerity, honesty: these are the cornerstones of his being in the world to which he can add a deep faith, which has allowed him to overcome every storm in life. In the story, Bartali’s Carmelite legacy and his Franciscan action will clearly emerge. Sometimes labeled for his polemical nature – his famous phrase «it’s all wrong for him, everything needs to be redone» – in reality Bartali had very clear ideas and exposed them bluntly. In consistency with himself.
The presentation will take place in the Museum’s conference room in the presence of author Sergio Meda.
Sergio Meda
Journalist, born in 1949, he made his debut in «La Gazzetta dello Sport» in 1973. In 1982 he left the Rizzoli Group to found, with Beppe Viola, «Magazine», a communications agency. Back in «Gazzetta» in the mid-nineties, at the Press Office for pink events, particularly the Giro d’Italia, and until 2009. Since 2010, he has been involved in journalism and creative writing courses, as well as writing books on sports.
