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https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article/2017/08/06/103772/l-ora-del-pasto-moser-moserissimo-marco-pastonesi-tuttobiciweb di Marco Pastonesi Tuttobiciweb, 6 agosto 2017 La statale 12, quella dell’Abetone e del Brennero, va da Lucca al confine con l’Austria, passa per Modena e Trento, ed è stata palcoscenico di memorabili imprese non solo a pedali. Al km 75 la statale 12 sfiora Cutigliano: qui sorge il Palazzo dei capitani della montagna, medievale, stemmato, con tanto di pozzo e fontana, una meraviglia. E l’altra sera, a Cutigliano, in piazza Catilina, c’era anche Francesco Moser, che sulla statale 12 (in Trentino) si allenava, e che stavolta (in Toscana) torna tra i protagonisti della terza edizione del festival Letterappenninica. Tema: il cerchio. Moser ha raccontato della sua famiglia: “Si pronuncia Mosèr in Trentino, Mòser in Alto Adige”, “Il ciclismo era una passione, le corse erano eventi, a Lavis si disputava il circuito degli assi, poi fu sospeso, e quando ricominciò...

http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/oralhistory/freddy-maertens.html by Les Woodland Freddy Maertens’ career consisted of two great arcs. The first began with a wildly successful time as a junior and amateur racer in Belgium’s province of West Flanders. As a junior in 1970 he won 42 races and in 1972 he won 28 amateur races before turning pro. From there he kept getting better and in 1976 he became Belgian and World Champion, won the Tour de France green jersey, the Tour of Switzerland, Gent - Wevelgem and a host of other important races. He sustained that incredible streak in 1977 by winning Het Volk, Paris-Nice, Vuelta a España and was possibly headed for victory in the Giro d’Italia (he’d already won seven stages) when he crashed badly and broke his wrist. The next year race wins didn’t come as easily, though he did again win the Tour de France green jersey. After 1977 there were no major wins until 1981 when he again became World Champion and won the Tour de France gr...