'His face was no longer that of a man' - Charly Gaul and an apocalyptic day on Monte Bidone

Re-Cycle: The cycling history podcast by Eurosport

May 13, 202140:42Sports & Recreation

Luxembourg climber Charly Gaul braved blizzards and frozen temperatures on Monte Bondone to win Stage 20 of the 1956 Giro. By doing so, the ‘Angel of the Mountains’ overturned a seemingly impossible deficit to take a hea...

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