Once I was told by my mother that in january 1960, when I would be born, my father had been very sad because of Fausto Coppi’s death, of whom he was a fan. During my childhood, my father told me a lot of stories about the rivalry between Coppi and Bartali. In the same years, humanity arrived on the moon.

With this painting I wanted to put together these two very important facts that contributed to my background.