Tour de France - Fausto Coppi - 1952 - Event memorabilia

A magnificent, historically coherent collection of 9 original issues from the French sports weekly Miroir-Sprint, published between June and July 1952. This exceptional batch forms a true chronological run tracing the legendary Tour de France 1952, marked by the historical dominance of Italian champion Fausto Coppi, the exploits of Jean Robic on Mont Ventoux, and the offensives of Raphaël Géminiani. The lot includes the highly sought-after Special Tour pre-Race Issue (color cover), the sequence of key mountain stages (Galibier, Ventoux, Aspin), up to the legendary final issue announcing Coppi’s victory at the Parc des Princes. The inner pages are filled with superb black-and-white photo reports, detailed classifications, and period advertisements. Detail of the 9 included issues (All dated 1952): 1. Special Issue "Tour de France 1952" (24 pages – Color cover showing the peloton in the mountains) 2. No. 315 – 27 June 1952 (16 pages – "Van Steenbergen first Yellow Jersey") 3. No. 316 – 30 June 1952 (16 pages – "By one second, Lauredi keeps his jersey") 4. No. 316 bis – 3 July 1952 (16 pages – "Geminiani struck in the Vosges") 5. No. 317 – 7 July 1952 (16 pages – "The eagle Coppi dominated in the Galibier") 6. No. 317 bis – 10 July 1952 (16 pages – "Robic defeated Ventoux and the Mistral") 7. No. 318 – 14 July 1952 (16 pages – "Geminiani in Aspin, at the forefront of the French offensive") 8. No. 318 bis – 18 July 1952 (16 pages – "The drama of Robic" / Duel Bartali, Ockers, Coppi) 9. No. 319 – 21 July 1952 (16 pages – "Fausto Coppi at the Parc: 'That’s the one!'" – Final issue announcing the victory) fast and careful shipping.

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