Motovelodromo Fausto Coppi, Cycling stadium in Turin, Italy
The Motovelodromo Fausto Coppi is a sports ground in Turin whose main entrance has three round-arched portals. Inside runs a 393-metre concrete ring track, 8 metres wide, with raised reinforced-concrete curves; two wooden grandstands with wooden roofs and Eternit sheeting once held about 7,500 spectators, and a grass field lies within the ring.
The stadium opened in 1920 and was one of the first facilities of its kind in Italy. It was heavily damaged during World War II and rebuilt in 1947, resuming activity in the post-war years.
The venue was named after Fausto Coppi on 30 September 1990, thirty years after the cyclist's death. A darker link: his brother Serse, also a professional rider, fell a few hundred metres away on Corso Casale on 30 June 1951, thrown by the tram rails beside the track, and died of head injuries. The name thus ties the stadium to both Coppi brothers.
The stadium is located within the city of Turin and is easy to reach on foot or by public transport from the center. Since most of the sports facilities are outdoors, dry weather makes for a more complete visit.
The velodrome's 393-metre concrete ring, 8 metres wide with raised bends, is the oldest sports structure still in use in Piedmont, which is why the Soprintendenza placed it under heritage protection in 1994. In 2004 it stood in for the Stadio Filadelfia during filming of the TV miniseries Il Grande Torino.
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