The Greatest Show on Earth - The Story of the 1974 Giro d'Italia(1974)
Merckx's awesome batle with Gimondi
This brilliant film shows the majestic beauty that is the Giro d'Italia. It's said that Eddy Merckx's Molteni boss wept like a child in the arms of his beaming star, who later on in the year went on to win cycling's magical triple crown when he won the Tour de France and the World Championships. Experience the riders' anguish and joy, the organisers' difficulties anf the adoring Tifosi's passion.
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This brilliant film shows the majestic beauty that is the Giro d'Italia. It's said that Eddy Merckx's Molteni boss wept like a child in the arms of his beaming star, who later on in the year went on to win cycling's magical triple crown when he won the Tour de France and the World Championships. Experience the riders' anguish and joy, the organisers' difficulties anf the adoring Tifosi's passion.
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