1951 GIRO Magni the man of three... - a photo on Flickriver

1951 GIRO Magni the man of three...

            20th and Final Stage: Sunday, June 10, St. Moritz - Milano, 172 km
FIORENZO MAGNI won the Giro with a descent in stage 18 that required suicidal courage. By taking chances that no one else will willing to take, he gained three minutes on van Steenbergen and won the Giro. GINO BARTALI, next to Magni, finite tenth.
Fiorenzo Magni (1920-2012) aka The White Wolf aka The Tuscan of Flanders, together with Achiel Buysse, Eric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara, holds the record for the number of victories in the Tour of Flanders, namely three. Of those six champions, he is the only one who won the Tour three times in a row, in 1949, 1950 and 1951. In his career as a professional cyclist, he also rode around with the jersey of Italian champion for three years, in 1951, 1953 and 1954.
And Fiorenzo Magni also won the Giro d'Italia three times: in 1948, 1951 and 1955, with a total of 6 stage victories.
He rode the Tour de France continuously from 1949 until 1953. He achieved 7 stage victories there. In 1950, Magni had the yellow jersey in the Grande Boucle, but along with the rest of the Italian squad, was persuaded to pull out of the race by Gino Bartali, as the latter had been attacked by the French public. In his career he has 109 victories.
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Taken in: Italy / Lombardy / Milan / Verziere (show map)

Taken on: May 3, 2023

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