The Spokesmen 227

Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

Tuesday 8th October 2019

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS:

• Holocaust survivor Paul Alexander
• Canadian journalist Aili McConnon, co-author of Bartali biography, "The Road to Valor"
• Gino Bartali's granddaughter Giulia Bartali.
• Yuval Markovich, Bartali Youth Leadership School
• Dr. Ilana Tischler, director-general, Ben Shemen Youth Village, Israel
• Former pro cyclist Ran Margaliot, co-founder of Israel Cycling Academy and Bartali Youth Leadership School

TOPICS:

A 77-year-old secret, a new, cycling-based boarding school that commemorates it, and the kick-off for a 180 kilometre bike ride that retraces its roots.

This episode is about Gino Bartali's 1948 Tour de France victory, his secret wartime rides to smuggle fake IDs for Italian Jews, a new Israeli cycling-based boarding school launched in his honour, and the Bartali 180 commemorative cycle ride from Florence to Assisi, retracing Bartali's mid-1940s training-cum-smuggling route.