He won the pink jersey in ’66, in the era of the cannibals: “With Eddy I had a relationship of hatred and love, with happy hatred and hatred … today Moser and I bike assisted”
They called him the blond of Groppello d’Adda, a brazen talent, an angel face and an artist’s nature: Gianni Motta was a champion in the era of Eddy Merckx, the cannibal, and Felice Gimondi, in his own way another cannibal.