Fiorenzo Magni

Fiorenzo Magni (7 December 1920 to 19 October 2012) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist from Vaiano in Tuscany, remembered as the third man of the golden age of Italian cycling beside the rivals Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. He won the Giro d'Italia three times, in 1948, 1951 and 1955, and won the Tour of Flanders three years running from 1949 to 1951, a record. He rode the Tour de France from 1949 to 1953 and wore the yellow jersey, and in 1950 he left the race while leading when Bartali took the Italian team out after French supporters threatened its riders. Magni was known for racing well in cold, windy and snowy weather. In the 1956 Giro he broke his collarbone and then his humerus, yet finished second to Charly Gaul, steering with a piece of inner tube gripped in his teeth, which earned him the nickname Fiorenzo il Magnifico. Away from racing he worked for Moto Guzzi and later sold cars.