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The Cyclist Who Outran The Nazis - Why Italy's Greatest Cyclist Never Told His Greatest Story
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During Nazi-occupied Italy, cycling legend Gino Bartali used the one thing that made him untouchable—his fame—to help save Jewish lives. Disguised as training rides, his journeys carried forged identity papers hidden inside his bicycle frame, past checkpoints where soldiers asked for autographs instead of searches. This episode uncovers how Bartali, already a Tour de France champion, risked prison, torture, and execution as part of a secret rescue…
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