The Belgian, born on the day of Italy-Brazil in 1982, has won 4 of the 5 monuments in his career: “Only honesty allows you to last so long”
Had he been Italian, you know how many times they would have pointed out to him that he was born on July 5, 1982, that in the collective imagination remains the date of Italy-Brazil 3-2 at the 1982 Spanish World Cup, the match of Paolo Rossi’s hat-trick that brought Bearzot’s blues in the semifinals and then to triumph. Not just football history, history and that’s it. But Philippe Gilbert is Belgian – Walloon, he was born at the foot of the Redoute, cote symbol of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège – and so at the most it can be seen that for the eleventh time he will celebrate his birthday in full Tour de France.
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