RE: [CR]andy hampsten gavia

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From: "Richard Rose" <rmrose@toast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]andy hampsten gavia
In-Reply-To: <20021119.085201.-379201.0.richardsachs@juno.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:41:52 -0500

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/gavia.html
>
> Sheldon "Lost Interest In Racing When Andy Retired" Brown