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Current Events

Eileen Sheridan Exhibition

An exhibition relating to the wonderful cycling achievements of Eileen Sheridan. The NCC were delighted that Eileen officially opened the exhibition. On display is one of the bicycles ridden by Eileen.

Fausto Coppi Exhibition

Fausto Coppi was born of peasant farming stock in Liguria on 15th September 1919.  He started cycling by delivering sausages as a boy and turning professional for Legnano in 1940 at the age of 20 and in that same year winning The Giro d’Italia.  The war interrupted his career temporarily although he managed to break the world Hour record in Milan in 1942.

Coppi’s greatest years were 1949 when he won the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France and he repeated this feat again in 1952.  His legendary battles with Gino Bartali and love affair scandals with the “white lady” all added to his notoriety.  He had a total of 158 wins in his professional career that included winning the World Championships in 1953 and 4 times the Italian Championships.  Many day classic successes were also scooped up by Coppi such as Paris Roubaix and Milan San Remo, as well as 9 stages in the Tour de France and 22 stage wins in the Giro dItalia.

Like many professionals Coppi had some severe crashes and, in 1951, he suffered the loss of his brother, Serse, when they were both riding in the Giro di Piemonte Serse had a fatal crash.  For most of his pro riding career, which lasted from 1940 - 1959, with a three year gap for WWII,  Coppi rode for Bianchi.

On 2nd January 1960 Fausto Coppi died from malaria, which he had caught on a hunting trip in Africa.  Thousands gathered for the funeral at his home at Castelania in Liguria.  Tragedy and Glory had been with Fausto for most of his life but he left behind him a legend that, for many, will never dim.
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