In over twenty years of cycling career, Giovanni Visconti has tasted the bitterness of defeat for every rare and hard-fought victory which in many cases...

In over twenty years of cycling career, Giovanni Visconti has tasted the bitterness of defeat for every rare and hard-fought victory which in many cases presented itself with the mocking face of a placing. For him, the results don't speak so much as the stories of a life that has always put the bicycle at the centre. Childhood in the streets of Palermo and the first races among a thousand sacrifices and adventurous trips. The intense and conflictual relationship with his father.

The desire for redemption and detachment from Sicily, but also the pride of one's never-denied origins. The move and the new life in Tuscany. The birth of heated sporting rivalries, in particular the one with the other Sicilian transplanted to the slopes of Montalbano: Vincenzo Nibali. Finally the transition to the professionals and, in hundreds and hundreds of races, some successes, many defeats and many severe lessons.

Visconti did not win as much as he dreamed of winning, or as much as many expected him to win. But he sweated every penny he earned in his career. This book, written in tandem with Enzo Vicennati, is a sincere legacy and an affectionate thank you to those who, along the paths of cycling, knew him and loved him.

    «I did the first race in secret. It was my sister's communion day. We were on the terrace, where we gathered when relatives were there. At a certain point my father winks at me and we run away. It's 1991, I'm almost 8 years old and, as if that wasn't enough, I come last behind a little girl. Giovanni Visconti last behind a little girl: a really good start, right?

 

Weight: 0.6kg
Dimensions: 27 × 16 × 2.5 cm
Authors: Giovanni Visconti, Enzo Vicennati
Number of pages: 176
Format: 13 x 20 cm

Italian version only.