Miles Teller will star as Gino Bartali in the upcoming biopic "Bartali," which does not have yet have an expected release date, about the renowned cyclist, who worked with the Italian resistance to help Jews during World War II. Bartali won the the Giro d'Italia – one of the most prominent stage races in the world – in 1936 and 1937. He then won the Tour de France in 1938, becoming an Italian hero.

After the war, he won each race again – even though he had not raced competitively for years. As a resistance agent, Bartali transported forged documents that helped Jews escape to Switzerland, cycling long distances under the guise of training, according to the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. He would hide the papers in the handlebars and seat of his bike. He also hid a Jewish family in an apartment he owned in Florence.