1939
* Winner Giro del Penice
* Winner Coppa Cittá di Pavia
* Winner Coppa Canepa
* Winner Susa Circuit
* Winner Giro del Cosentino
* Winner GP Varese

1940
* Winner Italian Pursuit Championships
* Winner Giro d'Italia

1941
* Winner Italian Pursuit Championships
* Winner Giro di Toscana
* Winner Giro dell'Emilia
* Winner Giro del Veneto
* Winner Tre Valli Varesine
* Winner Giro della provincia di Milano

1942
* Hour World Record (Vigorelli Velodrome, Milan)
* Winner Italian Road Championships
* Winner Italian Pursuit Championships

1945
* Winner Coppa Salvioni
* Winner Coppa Candelotti
* Winner Circuito degli Assi - Milano
* Winner Lugano Criterium
* Winner Ospedaletti Circuit

1946
* Winner Milan-Sanremo
* Winner Giro di Romagna
* Winner Lugano Circuit
* Winner GP des Nations
* Winner Giro di Lombardia
* Winner Circuito del Trocadero

1947
* Winner World Pursuit Championships
* Winner Giro d'Italia
* Winner Giro di Romagna
* Winner Giro del Veneto
* Winner Italian Road Championships
* Winner Italian Pursuit Championships
* Winner Giro dell'Emilia
* Winner Giro di Lombardia
* Winner GP des Nations
* Winner "A traves de Lausanne"
* Winner "Edmond Gentil" Trophy

1948
* Winner Milano-Sanremo
* Winner Giro della Romagna
* Winner Tre Valli Varesine
* Winner Giro di Lombardia

1949
* Winner Milano-Sanremo
* Winner Giro di Romagna
* Winner Giro del Veneto
* Winner Giro d'Italia
* Winner Tour de France
* Winner World Pursuit Championships
* Winner Italian Road Championships
* Winner Lauvière Circuit
* Winner Giro di Lombardia
* Winner "Challenge Desgrange-Colombo" (special "combined classification" based on rider placings at Giro, Tour, Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Bruxelles, Tour of Flanders, Giro di Lombardia and Milan-Sanremo, somehow comparable to the current World Cup)

1950
* Winner Paris-Roubaix
* Winner Fleche Wallonne
* Winner Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
* Winner Genoa Circuit

1951
* Winner GP Lugano
* Winner GP Braaschaat
* Winner Criterium Sables d'Olonne

1952
* Winner Giro d'Italia
* Winner Tour de France
* Winner GP Mediterranean
* Winner GP Lugano
* Winner Criterium de Tarascone
* Winner Auch Criterium
* Winner Criterium de Vallorbe

1953
* Winner World Road Championships
* Winner Giro d'Italia
* Winner Bol d'Or des Monedières
* Winner Trofeo Baracchi
* Winner Borgosesia Circuit
* Winner GP Firminy
* Winner Tortona Circuit

1954
* Winner Giro di Lombardia
* Winner Coppa Bernocchi
* Winner Giro di Campania
* Winner Trofeo Baracchi
* Winner Cagliari Circuit

1955
* Winner Italian Road Championships
* Winner Giro dell'Appennino
* Winner Tre Valli Varesine
* Winner Giro della Campania
* Winner Trofeo Baracchi
* Winner Cagliari Circuit
* Winner GP Van Cauthem
* Winner GP Titano - San Marino

1956
* Winner GP Lugano
* Winner GP Campari
* Winner Namur Criterium

1957
* Winner Trofeo Baracchi

1958
* Winner Six Days of Buenos Aires
* Winner Versailles Criterium
* Winner Calvisano Circuit

1959
* Winner GP du Progres (Lyon)

1940
* 3rd - Tre Valli Varesine
* 3rd - GP Rome
* 4th - Coppa Maschini
* 5th - Giro della provincia di Milano
* 6th - Milan-Sanremo
* 7th - Lucca Circuit
* 7th - Novi Ligure Circuit
* 8th - Italian Road Championships
* 9th - Giro di Campania
* 12nd - Giro del Piemonte
* 13rd - Firenze Circuit
* 13rd - Coppa Bernocchi
* 16th - Giro di Lombardia
* 21st Giro di Toscana

1941
* 2nd - Rome Circuit
* 2nd - Coppa Marin, Pavia
* 6th - Florence Circuit
* 6th - Giro di Lombardia
* 8th - Italian Road Championships
* 10th - Milan-Sanremo
* 10th - Coppa Bernocchi
* Abandoned - Giro di Campania
* Abandoned - Giro del Piemonte

1942
* 2nd - Giro della provincia di Milano
* 4th - Giro del Lazio
* 4th - Milan Circuit
* 5th - Giro di Toscana
* 5th - Giro dell'Emilia
* 7th - Giro di Lomabrdia
* 10th - Giro di Campania
* 21st - Milan-Sanremo
* 26th - Giro del Piemonte

1945
* 2nd - Milano-Varzi
* 2nd - Savona Circuit
* 2nd - Giro del Lazio
* 3rd - Trentino circuit
* 3rd - Genoa Circuit
* 3rd - Milan-Turin
* 5th - Italian Road Championships

1946
* 2nd - Giro d'Italia
* 2nd - Tour of Longchamp
* 2nd - Zúrich Championship
* 3rd - Genova Circuit
* 5th - Asti Circuit
* 6th - Bolonia Circuit
* Abandoned - Giro di Toscana
* Abandoned - World Road Championships

1947
* 2nd - GP Ragusa
* 3rd - Genoa Criterium
* 4th - Vigevano Circuit
* 5th - Tour of Switzerland
* 6th - Novara Circuit
* 15th - Giro del Piemonte
* 18th - Zürich Championships
* 33rd - Giro del Lazio
* Abandoned - Milan-Sanremo
* Disqualified - Coppa Bernocchi (irregular wheel change)

1948
* 2nd - Omloop Het Volk
* 2nd - Italian Road Championships
* 2nd - Giro del Piemonte
* 5th - Giro di Toscana
* 8th - Treviso Circuit
* 16th - Coppa Bernocchi
* 34th - Giro di Campania
* Abandoned - Giro d'Italia
* Abandoned - World Road Championships
* Abandoned - Liége-Bastogne-Liége

1949
* 2nd - Giro del Piemonte
* 2nd - Treviglio Circuit
* 2nd - Paris Criterium
* 3rd - World Road Championships
* 3rd - Fleche Wallonne
* 3rd - Vimercate Circuit
* 4th - Prato Criterium
* 10th - Paris-Roubaix
* 11th - GP Des Nations

1950
* 2nd - Roma-Napoli-Roma
* 2nd - GP Lugano
* 2nd - Trofeo Baracchi
* 3rd - Giro di Lombardia
* 3rd - Bordighera Circuit
* 5th - Giro del Piemonte
* 5th - GP Wien
* 9th - Milan-Sanremo
* 27th - Tre Valli Varesine
* Abandoned - Giro d'Italia

1951
* 2nd - Giro di Romagna
* 2nd - GP Des Nations
* 2nd - Oran Criterium
* 3rd - Giro di Lombardia
* 3rd - Ronde Aix-en-Provence
* 4th - Giro d'Italia
* 4th - Criterium degli Assi
* 4th - Trofeo Baracchi
* 6th - Macerata Circuit
* 10th - Tour de France
* 12nd - Tre Valli Varesine
* 15th - Italian Road Championships
* 16th - Giro del Veneto
* 17th - Giro del Piemonte
* 27th - Giro del Lazio
* Abandoned - Milan-Turin

1952
* 2nd - GP Des Nations
* 2nd - Paris-Roubaix
* 3rd - Giro d'Emilia
* 3rd - Trofeo Baracchi
* 4th - Tour de Romandie
* 11th - Italian Road Championships
* 13rd - Giro di Toscana
* 26th - Paris-Bruxelles
* 31st - Giro dell'Appennino
* 35th - Giro di Lombardia
* 37th - Milan-Sanremo
* 75th - Coppa Bernocchi

1953
* 9th - Milan-Sanremo
* 16th - Giro del Piemonte
* 17th - Giro del Veneto
* 26th - Giro di Campania
* 28th - Giro di Romagna
* Abandoned - Giro di Toscana
* Abandoned - Tre Valli Varesine

1954
* 2nd - Italian Road Championships
* 2nd - Rome-Naples-Rome
* 2nd - Giro della provincia di Reggio Calabria
* 4th - Milan-Sanremo
* 4th - Giro d'Italia
* 4th - Tour of Switzerland
* 6th - World Road Championships
* 12nd - Giro di Toscana
* 13rd - Milan-Mantua
* Abandoned - Paris -Nice
* Abandoned - Giro del Lazio
* Abandoned - Milan-Modena

1955
* 2nd - Giro d'Italia
* 2nd - Paris-Roubaix
* 2nd - Milan-Modena
* 2nd - Giro di Romagna
* 3rd - Rome-Naples-Rome
* 4th - Milan-Turin
* 5th - Giro della provincia di Reggio Calabria
* 26th - Sassari-Cagliari
* 63rd - Milan-Sanremo
* Abandoned - World Road Championships

1956
* 2nd - Giro di Lombardia
* 2nd - Coppa Bernocchi
* 2nd - Trofeo Baracchi
* 4th - Ruota d'Oro
* 4th - GP Asti
* 4th - Lavis Circuit
* 4th - Maria Vez Circuit
* 6th - San Marino Circuit
* 7th - Italian Road Championships
* 10th - Milan-Modena
* 15th - World Road Championships
* 23rd - Tre Valli Varesine
* Abandoned - Giro d'Italia
* Abandoned - Giro del Piemonte

1957
* 2nd - Vigevano Circuit
* 3rd - Alessandria Circuit
* 3rd - GP Lugano
* 3rd - Nuoro Criterium
* 5th - Collecchio Circuit

1958
* 2nd - Criterium d'Europe
* 2nd - Capri Circuit
* 2nd - Annecy Circuit
* 2nd - GP Cademartori
* 3rd - Lecco Circuit
* 3rd - Valeggio Circuit
* 4th - Vigevano Circuit
* 4th - Forlì Circuit
* 4th - Trieste Circuit
* 5th - San Daniele Circuit
* 5th - Ciriè Circuit
* 5th - Collecchio Circuit
* 6th - Italian Road Championships
* 6th - Six Days of Paris
* 7th - Tre Valli Varesine
* 9th - Giro del Piemonte
* 9th - Giro della provincia di Reggio Calabria
* 18th - World Road Championships
* 25th - Giro di Sardegna
* 25th - Giro di Romagna
* 33rd - Giro dell'Emilia
* 35th - Giro di Campania
* 43rd - Giro di Toscana
* 90th - Giro del Piemonte
* Abandoned - Giro d'Italia
* Abandoned - Paris-Nice

1959
* 2nd - Cirié Circuit
* 3rd - GP Verbania
* 3rd - Mondovì Circuit
* 3rd - Galliate Circuit
* 3rd - Gonzaga Circuit
* 4th - GP Lugano
* 5th - GP Forli'
* 5th - Trofeo Baracchi
* 11th - Giro di Toscana
* 44th - Zürich Championships
* 44th - Paris-Roubaix
* Abandoned - Giro di Campania
* Abandoned - Giro del Levante
* Abandoned - Vuelta a España

2nd - Criterium of Ouagadougou (Upper Volta - Now Burkina Faso). His last ride on December 15, 1959.

In the years 1943 and 1944 Fausto Coppi was a corporal of Italian Army on the African front (Tunisia). Captured by British troops, he was held captive in Tunisia and Algeria, before being freed in 1945. He was definitely luckier than many other Italian (and German, British, American, French, Soviet and of several other nationalities) soldiers, as he could get back home, and continue his successful career, but nonetheless what we might call the “World War break” undoubtedly affected his palmares, preventing the “Campionissimo” to add some more lines.

This is the end of the special tribute the “Daily Peloton” paid to one of the best riders in the history of cycling, on the occasion of the 43th anniversay of his death. Hope you enjoyed it. And hope that one day, if you should happen to be on the roads of Fausto Coppi’s area (near the town of Castellanía, province of Alessandria, Piedmont region of North-Western Italy, a nice hamlet in the countryside, surrounded by magnificent landscapes) you might want to pay a visit to the places that still honour the memory of the greatest “Campionissimo”.

Fausto Coppi – The Legend: Part 1

* PAGE 1 (Introduction: Coppi’s life and legend)

* PAGE 2 (Castellanía and the Museum)

* PAGE 3 (Outside the Museum)

* PAGE 4 (Inside the Museum – Historical Pics)

* PAGE 5 (Historical Bikes)

* PAGE 6 (More relics at first and second floor)

* PAGE 7 (Coppi's Grave and the "Trophies Room")