Great story on Gino Bartali

[merlinmurph]

Story here on how Bartali saved hundreds of lives during WWII

“Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.”

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by merlinmurph

Story here on how Bartali saved hundreds of lives during WWII

“Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.”

One of my favorite quotes as well...

[Spaghetti Legs]

A good book on this if you want to learn more. Also gives a little look into road racing of that era.

http://roadtovalorbook.com

[ceolwulf]

Has anyone seen the documentary? It doesn't seem to have had very wide distribution.

My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes

[Veloo]

Saw it at TIFF a few years ago but honestly wasn't that thrilled with the way they did it.

Originally Posted by ceolwulf

Has anyone seen the documentary? It doesn't seem to have had very wide distribution.

My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes

[gasman]

The book was really good though. It goes into how he managed to pull it off and how hard the war was on him, his family and the country.

[echappist]

Originally Posted by merlinmurph

Story here on how Bartali saved hundreds of lives during WWII

“Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.”

one of the few true sporting heroes

[AngryScientist]

yes the book was excellent.

good stuff.

[fiamme red]

I'm not generally a fan of Lance's podcasts, but this one is really worth listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7nF...ature=youtu.be.

Former professional cyclist Ran Margaliot is this week's guest on THEMOVE. Ran is the co-founder of the Israel Cycling Academy Team. He and Lance spent most of the conversation discussing the team's homage to Gino Bartali. Bartali was a 3x winner of the Tour of Italy as well as the Tour de France twice. But his accomplishments off the bike are more important. Bartali used his fame on the bike to help move documents and papers of persecuted Jewish people. His actions saved hundreds of lives. He was awarded, posthumously, Israeli citizenship for work.