May 12, 2012 Posted by admin Childhood to 1938 Tour Front entrance to the tenement building on Via Chiantigiana where Gino Bartali was born on July 18, 1914. The view of Florence from near one of Gino Bartali’s favorite boyhood cycling routes. (Credit: © Roman Sigaev/Shutterstock) Memorial Medallion of Giulio Bartali in the Church of the Cyclists. Gino Bartali’s 1938 Tour de France bicycle. Gino Bartali’s 1938 Tour de France “maillot jaune” or his yellow victor’s jersey.