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Claudio Chiappucci, El Diablo, tells his life’s adventures to Beppe Conti: the firsts victories, the big competitions and their backstage, the relationships with his rivals and his teammates. His great feats are numerous: the Milano- Sanremo of 1991, his run at Sestriere during the Tour de France in 1992, the brushed against World Championship and Tours. After his retirement, El Diablo carried on pedal: the bicycle is the perfect mate of a lifetime for a travel around the world, full of prizes and popular events. In this book friends, historical rivals, specialists and journalists write about this great champion, ready to make the reader relive his great career.


Beppe Conti is a sportscaster. He has worked for the newspaper Tuttosport for over 30 years, and now is a television correspondent for Rai Sport. In 2006 he won the CONI Prize. His book “A Pirate’s life”, dedicated to the cyclist Marco Pantani, had been translated into Japanese.

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