Miniature Female Cyclist Italian Champion | the Lady | Bernard & Eddy

This miniature female cyclist from the Belgian brand Bernard & Eddy wears the champion's jersey of Italy, in green, white and red. She lies flat on the bars, at full sprint. At 54 millimetres she is small enough to work as decoration on a bookshelf or windowsill. She is cast in a zinc alloy and painted by hand, and her weight keeps her standing wherever you set her down. An ideal gift for anyone who loves cycling.

The Ladies

New to the collection: female riders. Where the Bernard & Eddy peloton was made up of men only, the Ladies now ride along — in the same jerseys and at the same scale. That reflects a cycling world in which the women's peloton has found an audience of its own in recent years, with the Tour de France Femmes and classics followed as closely as the men's.

The Sprinter

The Ladies come in one position: that of the Sprinter. Bent low over the bars with the head down, giving everything in the last two hundred metres of the race. Of the five riding positions the Bernard & Eddy riders come in, this is the fastest.

The Italian champion's jersey

Whoever wins the national road race championship may wear the champion's jersey for a year in every race they start. For Italy it is done in green, white and red. In the country of the Giro d'Italia and the Monuments, that jersey carries weight: the Italian champion rides the whole season in plain view at the front.

Elisa

Every female cyclist by Bernard & Eddy carries a first name of her own. Do you know who this one is? Elisa refers to Elisa Longo Borghini, multiple Italian champion and winner of both Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders. She won the Giro d'Italia Women and took Olympic medals three times.

Features

• Brand: Bernard & Eddy - View the entire collection
• Name: Elisa
• Jersey: champion's jersey of Italy, green-white-red
• Position: the Sprinter
• Material: zinc alloy
• Painting: by hand
• Dimensions: 54 x 58 mm
• Weight: 30 grams
• Age: from 3 years
• Safety: EN71 1-2-3 and ASTM

One rider is a beginning, not an end

Put Elisa next to Fausto, Vincenzo and Giancarlo in the same tricolour: four Italian champions. Or complete the women's peloton with Jeannie, Joane and the two Paulines. The more riders, the more it starts to look like a real bike race.

About Bernard & Eddy

Miniature riders first appeared in the 1930s, when the organisers of the Tour de France wanted to put the national teams in the spotlight with a publicity caravan. They were largely forgotten by the start of this century, until Bernard & Eddy brought the tradition back. There are no sponsors or logos on these riders, only countries and symbolic jerseys. “Long live the flags”, as the brand puts it.

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