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Madonna del Ghisallo, October 17, 2008

The Madonna del Ghisallo chapel
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Gino and Fausto
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As well as the chapel
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A sculpture next to the chapel
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There aren't too many museums
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The museum has a large open plan
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A number of photographs
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This wooden bike was designed
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An exhibit
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A number of exhibits feature the trappings of victory
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More of Magni's souvenirs
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There a great number of original bikes on display
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Eddy Merckx
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This aluminium Bianchi
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Not even the demands of war
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Giuseppe Saronni's 1982 Colnago
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Merckx must have had a different bike
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Fausto Coppi's hour record Legnano
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Francesco Moser's crazy assymetric disc
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… as was this more conventional looking
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One of the few modern bikes in the museum
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There is a huge collection of newspapers
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Lance Armstrojng's rainbow jersey
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There's no escaping the link
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One of Gino Bartali's
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Fioenzo Magni
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Various Italian champion jerseys
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One of Fausto Coppi's Bianchis
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Despite being a modern building
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One of the more emotional exhibits in the chapel
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The chapel plays host
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One of the more recent additions
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Mario Cipollini sits beside
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The Madonna herself
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Another Eddy Merckx bike
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The "eternal flame" burns
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A simple picture
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This wall is covered
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A lone rider
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As the sun goes down on the chapel
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The Giro di Lombardia
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