Fausto Coppi, de campionissimo #[nn]

Davide Pascutti's cover art captures a lean, determined cyclist — Fausto Coppi himself — hunched low over his handlebars in a yellow jersey, pushing through a wintry, snow-dusted landscape with fierce concentration etched across his face. The Dutch-language biographical graphic novel, written by Pascutti and Frederik van Wonterghem, brings the life of cycling's celebrated campionissimo to the comics page in this 2010 Silvester release. A quote from Biagio Cavanna at the top sets the tone perfectly: "One of them, Coppi, will become a winner.