Originally Posted by
Oldpeddaller
Fiorenzo Magni broke his collar bone in the 1956 Giro. Unable to pull on the handlebars, but determined to continue because he had won it the preceding year he got his mechanic to attach a bandage to the handlebars and pulled against it with his teeth so that he could use his back muscles. In spite of this handicap he still finished second at 3:30 behind Charly Gaul!
So it's not a new type of performance enhancing pasta!
Impressive, indeed! Puts some of the modern racers to shame. Thanks for the info, Oldpeddaller. Btw, I've just learned (according to this article:
link) that Faliero Masi (yes, that Masi) gave him the idea to use the inner tube. He broke his collarbone on just stage 12 of 25, and continued on this way for nearly half the Giro, despite a subsequent downhill crash on stage 16.
Sorry, hijack over. Now let's get back to boutique Italian framebuilders...