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A prayer for the second and third weeks of the Giro d’Italia; for the battles in the mountains to come.
Andy Hampsten, climbing the Passo Gavia during the 1988 Giro d’Italia Let us pray: I believe in Hampsten, the Climber Almighty, the Creator of heavenly tours, and in the Landshark of steel, on [...] Ah, l’Alpe d’Huez … books have been written about this mountain. I cannot think of a more beautiful stage of any Tour de France than those that finish atop l’Alpe. From Fausto Coppi’s win on the maiden stage in 1952, to Greg LeMond’s battle with Bernard Hinault in 1986, to Andy Hampsten’s solo excursion in [...] VeloNews | Andy Hampsten and the 1988 Pink Jersey How do you define an epic? It’s a noun grossly over-used by sportswriters, particularly those who write about cycling. Through the years, European journalists have described heroic deeds by brave athletes on bicycles with gushing prose that was rarely deserved. They even titled road racing’s formative [...] Photo: Graham Watson/VeloNews By virtue of being the first rider across the line in the opening team time trial, Christian Vandevelde of Team Slipstream-Chipotle becomes the first American to wear the maglia rosa (pink jersey) of the Giro d’Italia since Andy Hampsten in 1988. David Zabriskie is in second place in the GC with [...] |
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