Amore et Vita 1996 - cycling figurine

Cast in zamak — the zinc alloy prized by serious collectors — this piece immortalises the Amore et Vita jersey exactly as it appeared in the professional peloton during the 1996 season. Every figurine is hand-painted in small batches at Le Petit Cycliste's French workshop, with the attention to detail that defines this collector's range.

The 1996 season in the peloton: 1996 stands as a landmark year in professional cycling. On the Tour de France, Bjarne Riis (Deutsche Telekom) claimed overall victory in a fiercely open race, while Pavel Tonkov took the Giro d'Italia in a hard-fought battle through the Italian climbs. Italian squads like Amore et Vita were a fixture of the peloton in that era, lining up across the major UCI calendar races at a time when Italian cycling held a central place on the world stage.

• Material: zamak (zinc alloy), French artisan production
• Hand-painted, small-batch manufacturing
• Faithful reproduction of the 1996 season jersey
• For collecting or recreating a classic peloton