The title says it all. Cottur was one of the riders who was developing alongside Coppi when WWII interrupted normal racing in Italy. After the war, he joined the then new Wilier Triestina team as one of its star riders. In fact, the fact that he was from Trieste was of prime importance to the political statement that the team leaders were trying to express. He won the very first post-war stage of the Giro, and later placed third in the Giro GC. He rode for Lygie, Viscontea (I have a Viscontea cambio corsa bike arriving shortly, so this makes me happy to see the name come up!) and Wilier-Triestina. He was born in 1914 in Trieste, which is also where he passed away. Maybe Aldo can do the impossible once more and dig up a photo of Cottur.
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ