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| Full name | Fiorenzo Magni | ||||||||||||
| Born | December 7, 1920 Vaiano, Italy |
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
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| 1940–1943 1944 1945 1947–1948 1949–1950 1951–1953 1954–1956 |
Bianchi Pedale Monzese Ricci Viscontea Wilier Triestina Ganna Nivea-Fuchs |
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| Infobox last updated on August 12, 2010 |
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Fiorenzo Magni (born December 7, 1920) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.
He was born in Vaiano, province of Prato (Tuscany). He was the "third man" of the golden age of Italian cycling, at the time of the great rivalry between Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. The highlights of his career were his three overall wins in the 1948, 1951 and 1955 Giro d'Italia, and the three consecutive wins (record) at the Ronde van Vlaanderen (1949, 1950 and 1951).[1]
During the 12th stage of the 1950 Tour de France, while he was wearing the yellow jersey, he was forced to retire from the race (together with all the other Italian riders) by Bartali, captain of the Italian team, who had been threatened and assaulted by some French supporters accusing him to have caused Jean Robic's fall.[1][2]