| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Fiorenzo Magni | |||
| Competitor for | |||
| Road bicycle racing | |||
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 1951 Varese | Elite Men's Road Race | |
Fiorenzo Magni (born December 7, 1920) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Road bicycle racing is a popular Bicycle racing Sport held on roads (following the Geography of the area using Racing bicycles The The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual World championship for Bicycle road racing organized Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Road bicycle racing is a popular Bicycle racing Sport held on roads (following the Geography of the area using Racing bicycles The
He was born in Vaiano, province of Prato (Tuscany). Vaiano is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Prato in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 25 km northwest of The Province of Prato (Italian Provincia di Prato) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 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. Angelo Fausto Coppi ( September 15, 1919 – January 2, 1960) was an Italian racing Cyclist. Gino Bartali, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( July 18, 1914 - May 5, 2000) was an Italian professional Road racing 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). The 1948 Giro d'Italia of Cycling was held from May 15 to June 6 1948, consisting of 19 stages The 1951 Giro d'Italia of Cycling was held from May 19 to June 10 1951, consisting in 20 stages The 1955 Giro d'Italia of Cycling was held from May 14 to June 5 1955, consisting of 21 stages The Giro d'Italia ( Tour of Italy) also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance Road bicycle racing Stage race for professional The Ronde van Vlaanderen ( English: Tour of Flanders) is a road cycling race held in Flanders, Belgium.
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. Results Overall standings The Yellow jersey (Maillot jaune majo ʒoːn is the jersey worn by the leader of many multi-stage bicycle races originally and most notably the Tour de France Jean Robic (born June 10 1921 in Vouziers ( Champagne-Ardenne) &ndash died Claye-Souilly, October 6 1980) was
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Fausto Coppi | Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1948 | Succeeded by Fausto Coppi |
| Preceded by Hugo Koblet | Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1951 | Succeeded by Fausto Coppi |
| Preceded by Carlo Clerici | Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1955 | Succeeded by Charly Gaul |