bartali said french fans by the road were so angry, accusing him of sabotaging robic's chances, that they punched him and that one threatened him with a knife. bartali remounted and won the stage. fiorenzo magni, leading the italian 'b' team, the "cadetti", took the yellow jersey. the pair and their teams had barely returned to their hotel when bartali said he was going home and so, he said, were the two italian teams.