TESTIMONIANZE
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a monument commemorating the passage of the 2017 Giro through Seren del Grappa
The facade of the Sportler flagship store in Silea, near Treviso
message in a shop window in Bassano del Grappa.
"You don't stop riding a bike because you get old; you get old because you stop riding a bike."
a gigantic bike commemorates the passage of the 2016 Giro through Ponte nelle Alpi...and dwarfs my gravel bike!
a cheerful bike marks a segment of the Sinistra Piave bike route in Bardies
Near Mel, a monument to "Mariano Mambrini, medical doctor and cyclist," who died in a racing accident. I once met a woman from that area who told me that her late doctor was a cyclist--she sure was surprised when I asked if his name was Dr. Mambrini. You could say that the monument serves its purpose.
The Palazzo Bonaguro in Bassano del Grappa provided a lovely and evocative setting for the bicycle of il campionissimo, Fausto Coppi. It
was part of Bici, Che Passione, an exhibit held in the summer of 2003.
The little hill town of Asolo commemorated the 2017 Giro stage finish with a number of these metal profiles placed on roads leading up to the town
a new monument commemorating the Feltre-Monte Avena stage of the 2019 Giro d'Italia stands near the Pedavena town hall
a weathervane on Passo Giau
a restaurant in the Valle di San Lucano