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Podcast: SBS Cycling Podcast
Episode: Gino Bartali: The champion who risked his life to defy the Nazis
Description: As the Tour de France is preparing to start in a few days in Italy, we take the time to look at one of the icons of our sport. Italian champion cyclist Gino Bartali won the biggest cycling races in the world, multiple times. He was a three-time winner of the Giro d'Italia and a two-time winner of the Tour de France. But this is only half of the story he is now remembered for.