Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Angelo Fausto Coppi , ( 15 September 1919 , Castellania , Province of Alessandria â `` 2 January 1960 , Tortona , Province of Alessandria ) , was the dominant international cyclist of the years each side of the second world war .
Simplified: Angelo Fausto Coppi ( September 15 , 1919 â `` January 2 , 1960 ) was an Italian racing cyclist .