The Spokesmen 227

Spokesmen Cycling Podcast Tuesday 8th October 2019 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Holocaust survivor Paul Alexander Canadian journalist Aili McConnon, co-author of Bartali biography, "The Road to Valor" Gino Bartali's granddaughter Giulia Bartali. Yuval Markovich, Bartali Youth Leadership School Dr. Ilana Tischler, director-general, Ben Shemen Youth Village, Israel Former pro cyclist Ran Margaliot, co-founder of Israel Cycling Academy and Bartali Youth Leadership School TOPICS: A 77-year-old secret, a new, cycling-based boarding school that commemorates it, and the kick-off for a 180 kilometre bike ride that retraces its roots. This episode is about Gino Bartali's 1948 Tour de France victory, his secret wartime rides to smuggle fake IDs for Italian Jews, a new Israeli cycling-based boarding school launched in his honour, and the Bartali 180 commemorative cycle ride from Florence to Assisi, retracing Bartali's mid-1940s training-cum-smuggling route.