[CR]re: Magni image

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From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@ptd.net>
Subject: [CR]re: Magni image
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:33:27 -0500

Either Lou or Ken wrote:
>Fiorenzo Magni (Italian), reigned duriing the 50's (Ganna Ursus,
>Nivea), winning the GdItalia in '51 and '55 and dominating european
>classics, such as the Tour of Flanders (50, 51).
>
>I have an inspirational photograph of Magni during the '57 Giro that
>helps inspire my donut-laden thighs up climbs. It shows Magni in
>excruciating pain, completing a leg in Bologna. His tanned face
>grimacing in mind-over-matter, a length of handlebar tape unraveled
>from his bars linked in tension to his clenched teeth. Cannot tell
>if he is steering (partially with his teeth) or simply biting hard
>to endure the pain. The caption tells it all:
>
>"Fiorenzo Magni, secondo al Giro del '56, nella cronoscalata San
>Luca (Bologna) corre con la clavicola rotta".
>
>He is basically competing with a dislocated shoulder, suffered
>earlier in the stage.

Too interesting to pass up, see http://www.lanotizia.it/giro1.htm

Roy "yow!" Drinkwater
Lititz, "do that with cork!" PA