Fausto Coppi’s Personal Bianchi track bicycle, 1946

Fausto Coppi was arguably one of the most talented and certainly the single most influential cyclist of the 20th century. Just like with Gino Bartali, it is hard to imagine what he could have achieved would not the 2nd world war have robbed him of some of his best years. His style of racing earned him the nickname Campionissimo, Champion of all Champions: he could be brutally dominant in breakaways. This frame has the serial number 91267 and it was built in 1946 as the first of a batch of six frames made