Fiorenzo Magni, 91, three-time Giro d'Italia winner, dies FLORENCE, Italy, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Italian cyclist Fiorenzo Magni, who claimed three Giro d'Italia titles in 1948, 1951 and 1955, has died at the age of 91. Magni, a Tuscan nicknamed the Lion of Flanders, died Friday after a long cycling career and a retirement spent often coaching the Italian cycling team, ANSA reported Friday. Magni also took second in the 1956 Giro d'Italia, at the age of 36, and earned the runner-up spot at the 1951 world road race championships.