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Friday Schwag Grab: Signed Coppi book and Prendas calendar - we have winners!

Classic racing double bill up for grabs in this week's compo...

It's tiffin time here at road.cc towers (well, fairtrade chocolate shortbread time) so the random number generator has been duly fired up to distribute books and calendars to the masses. Said machine must have been in a particularly benign mood this afternoon, choosing as it has to bestow the prizes upon two road.cc stalwarts: long time member (and sometime blogger) Blackhound and similarly upstanding heavyweight jimmythecuckoo. It's not a fix, honest - we really do pick at random using a real random number generator and everything...

If you're cursing the fact that you missed out this week and there's a calendar-shaped hole on the side of your fridge, you might want to check out next week's Schwag Grab for another crack at the Prendas Ciclismo calendar... stay tuned!

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As you may well have seen on road.cc this week marked the 50th anniversary of the death of cycling legend Fausto Coppi. To mark that we've got a very special Schwag grab: two signed copies of William Fotheringham's acclaimed biography of il campionissimo, Fallen Angel: the passion of Fausto Coppi, a book already acknowledged as probably the definitive english language account of the life of Italy's greatest bike racer.

And there's more. Not only will our two lucky schwag winners get a signed book, the classic racing theme continues with a copy of the Prendas Ciclismo Memoires du Peloton calendar, which contains a selection of iconic images from the last 40 years of professional road racing. If you haven't got a 2010 calendar then it's the perfect schwag. If you have got a 2010 calendar you can throw it away if you win, because this one is better.

Usual rules apply: simply comment on this story and you're in the hat. No multiple entries please. We'll draw the lucky two at tiffin time next Friday, although in these new-year's-resolution-affected days of January, tiffin might well be a bowl of muesli or a banana or somesuch. Pft.

Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.

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Deac | 14 years ago
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Two great books  19

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Sniffer | 14 years ago
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I'd like this.

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Harm Job | 14 years ago
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I could use the to pass the time, just broke my arm when I fell w the bike ;(

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alisdair_smyth | 14 years ago
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Would love to read this book. A legend!

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kaz | 14 years ago
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it's snowing again, looks like angels falling from the sky

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James Warrener | 14 years ago
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Still no sign of a win for me, and to be honest I would have preferred the Team Sky stuff  20  20

But please could me Tony and Dave  4

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Coodsta | 14 years ago
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ohh pick me please!

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headfirst | 14 years ago
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I want I want I want

...please

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blueangel | 14 years ago
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This volume would be a fine addition to my little collection of Bikie books, and I have no calendar for 2010. So I need this more than anyone else!!

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londondailyphoto | 14 years ago
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I suspect this "names in a hat" lark is suffering from a fundamental problem. They're using a helmet and the names are falling through the holes

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billiobob | 14 years ago
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Coppi hardback
not floppy
paperback

Memoires du peloton
je reviens
"Its Roche its Stephen Roche!"
Fin

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Psychalist | 14 years ago
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Any chance to learn more cycling history and keep an eye on the future.

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Wozzer | 14 years ago
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We still want the bus!  3

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nobled | 14 years ago
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Would love these.....

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bigheads | 14 years ago
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very nice,put me down for a slice.

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pgm31 | 14 years ago
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Si, per favore!

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Are We There Yet | 14 years ago
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Tres Bien- Merci !!!  3

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russellb | 14 years ago
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Looks a good read for these cold and snowy nights

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effemm | 14 years ago
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I am the walrus!

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jonporter | 14 years ago
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o O O pick me please!!!!  26

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Raouligan | 14 years ago
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Mmmm more bathroom reading

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Gweeds | 14 years ago
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Mmmm shiny

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smilzo | 14 years ago
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Oooh, count me in please

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rugbyrichard | 14 years ago
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good reading

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North Cheshire | 14 years ago
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Fantastic reading to distract my attention from the still snowy roads!

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sfisher0 | 14 years ago
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Count me in!

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Fringe | 14 years ago
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cant wait to see what i dont win next week!  4 (still i live in hope)

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polo | 14 years ago
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count me in!

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owenp | 14 years ago
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i'm keen

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Tony Farrelly | 14 years ago
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Too late guys - it's over. There will be another one along soon.

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