"Roy Drinkwater" wrote:
>
> 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/
Just a heads-up here to let list members know that there is a real fun feature of the Google.com search engine that looks for images on the web.
It is the bar at the top of the page or go to:
http://www.google.com/
Also really handy for finding obscure info on subjects is to use their feature to search the newsgroups (click on "Groups").
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
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