That is my recollection too - only because I read about it recently. I think. Very cool story. Probably available on video? Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Richard M Sachs Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 8:52 AM To: CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com Cc: stevens@veloworks.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]andy hampsten gavia
didn't he come in second on the gavia to breukink or some 'other' top dutch rider? the gavia pass stage secured the overall, but i don't think he won the stage. class? CLASSSSSSSS? corrections sheepishly accepted. e-RICHIE Richard Sachs Cycles No.9, North Main Street Chester, CT 06412 USA http://www.richardsachs.com Tel. 860.526.2059
<CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com> writes:
> He is the only American to have won the Giro d'Italia, with his
> heroic victory on the snowy Gavia pass
> http://www.hampsten.com/
>
> Sheldon "Lost Interest In Racing When Andy Retired" Brown