[CR] Buzzati and the 1949 Giro d'Italia

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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:47:09 -0400
From: "Angel Garcia" <veronaman@gmail.com>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Buzzati and the 1949 Giro d'Italia


I just did a blog entry about this:

http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/2009/03/dino-buzzati-at-1949-giro-ditalia.html

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Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Daniel Artley < dartley@baltimorecountymd.gov> wrote:
> It's been six years since Aldo Ross posted his translation of Dino
> Buzzati's 1949 Giro d'Talia news articles. Being a retrogrouch sentimental
> slob, I was wondering if he might do it again for this 60th anniversary
> of the Giro. For those interested, you can find the original postings by
> searching '49Giro' in the archives, it's all there for viewing. But what
> brought it to life for me six years ago were the postings day to day in
> time with the present day Giro as a spectacular comparison. This was the
> year that Coppi and Bartali fought a legendary battle for victory. It was
> by a reporter who wrote more about the riders from a perspective of
> humanity rather than just the competition. I saved all those daily
> postings to my own archive at the time and just found them while cruising
> my files. Just hoping that Aldo may give us another dose and something
> new for those who've never read it. Aldo?
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Dan Artley in Parkton, Maryland USA