Gino Bartali, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (; born Ponte a Ema, Florence, Italy, 18 July 1914, died Florence, 5 May 2000) was a war hero and a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia three times (1936, 1937, 1946) and the Tour de France in 1938. His second and last Tour de France victory in 1948 gave him the largest gap between victories in the race.
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