Expo 2025: "100volte Bottecchia“, Pordenone, Italy 
The Associazione Culturale Ottavio Bottecchia Pordenone was born from the desire to build a cultural, sporting and educational path aimed at enhancing the memory of Ottavio Bottecchia, a witness to heroic cycling, 100 years after his first victory at the Tour de France in 1924. It testifies that the life of a person and cyclists is strongly rooted in the capital Pordenone and the naming of the city Velodrome. A journey that brings attention to both his sporting achievements and his human value profile, with events in favor of the territory and citizens of Pordenone; for younger generations to take a cue from Bottecchi's statement after winning the Tour:
"I endured, I resisted. Above all, I wanted.
Contact: https://www.acottaviobottecchia.com/
418/A - Expo 2025: "100volteBottecchia“
Expo 2025: "100volte Bottecchia: storia della bicicletta dalla draisina all’epopea di Ottavio Bottecchia"
Address: Palazzo Gregoris,Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33170 Pordenone, Itálie
Expo 2025 “Eddy Merckx: Eighty Years of a Legend”, Magreglio – Italy
The exhibition “Eddy Merckx: Eighty Years of a Legend” was inaugurated on May 3, 2025. Curated by architect Carola Gentilini, Director of the Madonna del Ghisallo Cycling Museum, the exhibition is dedicated to celebrating the 80th birthday of the greatest champion of all time. Through objects, images, videos, and personal accounts, the exhibition recounts his glorious victories and the impact he had on cycling and global sport.
Madonna del Ghisallo Sanctuary and Cycling Museum are located in Magreglio in the province of Como, on a hill which is very popular among bikers and has been home of many famous competitions; here there’s a beautiful landscape on Lake Como.
The Museum, founded in 2006 by the biker Fiorenzo Magni, is dedicated to the bike world and for this reason it promotes this sport with all its values and memories. It has 3 floors and it includes a collection about cycling like the one of “Pink Jersey”. All bicycles on the display are in original condition – it is absolutelly „paradise“ for bicycle collectors!
Contact: https://www.museodelghisallo.it
Address: Via Gino Bartali, 4 - 22030 Magreglio (CO), Italy
Colnago museum – Cambiago, Italy
Colnago is a traditional Italian bike and frame brand, the most Italian of Italians and the most classic of classics. Colnago has a sound, a rich history, a prestigious present, something that can be called the spirit of the brand and a gloriola exceeding the number of medals, records, rainbow jerseys of world champions, national titles of countries of almost all of Europe, scalps of the most prestigious races.
Right in the factory there is a large hall with the most interesting things that have been produced. Unfortunately, the bikes were moved out in 2022 and the plan is to build a separate museum. Unfortunately, concrete steps have not yet been taken. We had a great time with the bikes during our visit, so I share them in the gallery as a memory and thank you for using Bikeradar.com and Cyklonovinky.cz
Contact: http://www.colnago.com/
Address: Viale Brianza 7/9, 20040 Cambiago MI, Italy
Ciclocollection - Museo di Biciclette, Riva del Garda – Italy
A private collection of bicycles - a small museum is located in Hotel Virgilio from Riva del Garda. Here, bicycle lovers can view a rare and exclusive collection of about 100 vintage bicycles. I recommend you to be attentive, because a careful eye will not miss a number of rare systems and interesting things on individual bikes. Most of the exhibits are in their original authentic condition. Absolutely TOP condition.
The curator and owner is Farè Pierluigi, a great cycling enthusiast who for more than twenty years has been recalling the history of the bicycle, which is fascinating, ever-evolving but also, unfortunately, gradually disappearing, as he likes to say.
Contakt: https://www.ciclocollection.it
Address: Via Virgilio, 21 - 38066 Riva del Garda (TN), Italy
Casa Fausto Coppi, Castellania, Alessandrie, Italy
A small village in the hills where under normal circumstances none of the tourists would ever come. The birthplace of Fausto Coppi and his family attracts an incredible number of admirers. The atmosphere is worth it any day there. The restaurant, the library, the vintage bike room, the tomb, the statues and the countless photographs are absolutely overwhelming.
The birth house is a fantastic museum full of trophies, bikes and above all original equipment. The tour must be booked in advance.
Address: Via Fausto Coppi, 2 15051 Castellania Coppi (AL), Italy
Contact: https://www.faustocoppi.it/encasa.htm
A bike we didn't expect here. On the contrary, it beautifully complements the feeling of belonging with Italian manufacturers and cyclists.
Pinarello factory shop – Vilorba, Italy
The history of the Pinarello brand has been written since 1952. The luxurious showroom and store in close proximity to the factory is also a showcase of the brand's successes and we can find many iconic bikes that have written the history of the brand.
Address: Viale della Repubblica n.12, 31020 Vilorba (TV), Itálie
Contact: https://pinarello.com/global/en
Pinarello history: https://pinarello.com/global/en/pinarello-history
Hall of Fame
Muzeo Nazionale del Motociclo, Rimini – Italy
The National Motorcycle Museum is located in Rimini. It has been the first motorcycle museum open to the public since 1993. A museum with a specific treatment of the theme "Motorcycles" from the bicycle to its beginnings and on to the present day. More than 250 machines and 55 different brands, organically arranged, trace the history of this fantastic one-track vehicle.
Address: Casalecchio 58/N, 47924 Rimini RN – Italy
Contact: https://www.museomotociclo.it
Museo Ottavio Bottecchia - Mescolino-minelle, TV, Italy
In San Martino di Colle Umberto, inside an ancient forge located not far from the places dear to the champion - his birthplace and his native village, the first museum space in Italy dedicated entirely to Ottavio Bottecchio is opening. Only original memorabilia or those that belonged to Bottecchio are on display inside.
Address: Via F.lli Tandura, 24, 31014 Mescolino-minelle, TV, Itálie
Contact: https://www.museoottaviobottecchia.it
La Storia 1894 – 1927
Ottavio Bottecchia was born 8/1/1894, in San Martino di Colle Umberto, an authentic phenomenon who performed many heroic feats in a few years and left an indelible mark on the world of cycling: he was actually the first Italian to win the Tour de France in 1924 in the yellow jersey from first to the last stage and won the Tour again the following year in 1925.
But we can also tell about him about the heroic deeds that earned him the Bronze Medal for military bravery, about his repeated escapes from Austrian captivity and about his hard work as a cartwright and bricklayer to support his large family. A man of hard work, sacrifice and accepting fate with humility without complaint and without regret.
Birthplace of Ottavio Bottechia in San Martino di Colle Umberto (Treviso)
Stadio-velodromo Ottavio Bottecchia
Address: Via dello Stadio, 6, 33170 Pordenone, PN, Italy
Museo NICOLIS, Verona - Italy
Privat technic and transport museum near Verona. There is a big collection cars, motorcycles and bicycles. All bicycles are showed as overview progres bicycle, there are specially race machines from 19420 to 1940.
Address: Viale Postumia - Villafranca di Verona, (VR) - Italy
Contakt: http://www.museonicolis.com/
Museo Miscellaneo Galbiati – Brugherio, Italy
The museum is spread over three floors and has a collection of about 150 bicycles. There are a lot of historic musical instruments and a collection of over 250 phonographs.
Pictures are used from the book "Bicicleta" where all progres of bicycle are showed through Galbiati museums examples.
If someone have any news from this museum, let me known, please.
Contakt: https://www.beniculturali.it/luogo/museo-miscellaneo-galbiati
Address: Via Goffredo Mameli 15 ,20047 Brugherio, Italy
