June 2010
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KING OF HTFU
FIRENZO MAGNI: I CONSIDER MY GREATEST WIN MY SECOND PLACE IN GC AT THE GIRO OF 1956, MY LAST YEAR AS A PRO. VALERIA PAOLETTI: You were a very brave second in that incredible Giro. Tell us what happened. FM: DURING STAGE 12, FROM GROSSETO TO LIVORNO, I CRASHED ON THE DESCENT OUT OF VOLTERRA AND BROKE MY LEFT COLLARBONE. AT THE HOSPITAL THEY SAID I SHOULD PUT ON A PLASTER CAST AND QUIT. BUT I...
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‘THEY WANTED TO SEE ME GIVE UP WHEN I WAS SUFFERING LIKE AN ANIMAL, BUT NOTHING WOULD HAVE MADE ME QUIT THEN. THE PAIN WAS UNBEARABLE AND YET I CONTINUED. I’D RATHER HAVE DIED.’ HINAULT TALKING ABOUT THE 1986 TOUR DE FRANCE.
Jun 18th
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‘WHEN YOU RIDE AN HOUR RECORD, THE LAST 20 MINUTES - HOPEFULLY ONLY THE LAST 20 MINUTES – YOU CAN HARDLY SEE WHERE YOU’RE GOING,’ GRAEME ONCE SAID TO ME. ‘YOU CAN BARELY SEE THE BLACK LINE FOR EXHAUSTION.’ ‘ON A DEEP SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL YOU MUST BE WILLING TO GO THROUGH THE BARRIER NOT EVEN OF PAIN, OF EFFORT. YOU’RE JUST NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN,’ HE CONTINUED. ‘IF I WAS AN...
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