gavia 88

[dan32113]

Italian Poofters, Andy Hampsten the man...

[eirepol73]

@dan32113 In 2005 I competed in a Dutch road race and after got chatting to a Dutch guy who was involved with PANASONIC. He was there during Breukink's Gavia win. He admired Hampsten but said that every single nationality (not just Italian "Poofters") got a monumental kicking. Many quit, or shortly afterwards. Others were still wrecked FROM THAT STAGE alone and didn't make TdF selection. He said that nationalities and the 'rule book of hard men' went out the window on that savage day.

[dan32113]

@eirepol73 my comment was tongue in cheek. If you type in google, the day the strongmen cried by andy hampsten, he gives an account of the Gavia that day. It is the best article i"ve read on cycling. I can only imagine the suffering, pretty brutal!

[reyeror]

Ese deporte no esta pagado. El que gana un giro o un tour siempre figura en los anales de la historia. Pero el que llega ultimo tiene que sufrir lo mismo o mas, y nadie se acuerda de el.

[videolover61]

Andy was real...this was before EPO....you saw more honest portrait of the sport...

[stcywll]

Didn;t they have leg warmers then?

[jalvas00]

que espectaculo era este norteamericano el carismatico Andy Hampsten, por aqui en Colombia se le recuerda mucho,saludos a Andrew Hampsten

[zigies80]

many cyclists cheeted in this amazing cycling match, Breukink most lovely victory!

[ruasetepovos]

Only time I did the Gavia, was in cold, wet, foggy conditions, snowing at the top. Decent into Bormio, I couldn't feel my hands. Don't give a shi....what people think, as far as I'm concerned the Gavia is the pinnacle of cycling. Its a beast, nothing compares. These conditions are just nuts. In fact, I'm wondering if I was nuts that day. The fear of decending in wet conditions with cliffs into the unknown is frightening, but in the snow, well I let you all figure that out:)

[412dino]

everyone makes such a huge deal about snow in sports like football, the games go down in history but half the time they just sit on the bench with parkas on..well maybe they should see this. although to be fair those balls do get slippery and it's so hard to catch the it because your fingers get cold. boo hoo.

[yesroh]

Amazing! Does anyone have the entire race on VHS or DVD?

[cieffenet]

mi ricordo come fosse ieri ero incollato al televisore INDIMENTICABILE!

[paulblount]

I just got back from riding the stelvio and got caught in summer gear in a snowstorm from about 2300m up - rode to the top at 2760m hands and arms had snow and ice frozen on them, bought some gear in the shop at the top to try and get me down and made it about 6km down the descent before collapsing with hypothermia and cramp - had to be driven down the mountain by a very kind passing skier!... and it was def not as bad as this weather... have no idea how those guys made it back down!! savages!

[knoxharrington666]

@paulblount hope that taught you a lesson for the future...of course i am very glad that things worked out but in the alps this is no joke.

[cmlewan]

Jonas Nilsson (Sweden) is supposed to be one of the people who gets help dressing here.

[xavigelciclista]

joderr y yo ke me kansé subiendo monserrat ;)

[Livello14]

l'ho vista in diretta nell'88. era da pelle d'oca! indimenticabile.

[eltoriviodecamelias]

brutal!!! !esto es ciclismo

[6880700]

passo di gavia 1988, una leggenda....ROB68 TERNI-Italia

[necroleg]

"c'è dentro il Vov" ahahaha

[wisnagilicious]

Can anybody confirm is that's Ballerini at the end? 3.36?

[fbjhnh]

@wisnagilicious he should be

Roberto Pagnin

[sonnybuck12]

Soo all they did was bike around in the cold ?

[marcompa]

Thanks a lot for sharing mate. I was 10 and that day i was there....

[cesarjom]

the day the strong men cried

[AleJonica]

Forse fu peggio del Bondone 1956...

[wachifore]

diosss que recisimos y que durisimos eran...

[javieron69]

Lo que a mi me sorprende es como se acabó subiendo el Gavia con lo amigos que eran en el Giro de suprimir puertos de montaña en el último momento si el líder era un de sus famosos rodadores (Saronni, Moser). A Fignon ya se quedaron sin montaña en el 84... y sin posibilidad de vencer a Moser frente al crono.

[DaveEvans256]

Spectacular!

Johan vd Veldewho leads the climb was almost frozen at the top.

At the end Erik Breukink won the stage!

[irgalam]

ciclismo d'altri tempi.....

[highwaychild1]

YO corri la vuelta a Bolivia 2006,se nos cayo el cielo desde la salida eran 150km a recorrer la 1 etapa, todo el dia con lluvia y una granizada de lo peor,5 de los corredores del equipo brazileño abandonaron ese dia y se reportaron 3 ciclistas con ipotermia,la radio decia que estabamos a menos 3grados,es lo mas cercano que he estado a algo haci, pero esto es de otro mundo, o mas bien del GIRO ITALIANO.

[RockDanique]

Unbelievable!! I have no words

[beckcd1234]

I read somewhere that one of the 7Eleven riders hands were so cold that he pissed on them to warm them up. Real hard men.

[nouc]

heroes

[uzer81]

gran video. uno de mis primeros recuerdos de ciclismo en TV.

[Chachy71]

Lengendery day, Cyclists are the toughest atheletes of all.

[yj0902]

fucking please.

[felroberto]

questa giornatta e stata vinta per il bravissimo Andy Hampsten dei stati uniti. Lui abita in L'italia troppo anni fa

[eddieboy82]

Nossa, de arrepiar! Como o amigo disse, o Valverde aí morreria, hehehe, que esporte, nossa!

[JoseIgnacio1978]

¡Epico! Para aquellos que desprecian este deporte será un magnífico ejemplo de la grandeza, dureza y belleza del ciclismo.

[ivangotti]

eso es ciclismo señoresss

[edianimal]

Nos tempos de hoje, uma etapa dessa seria cancelada.Imaginem o VALVERDE numa etapa dessa...hahaha.

[gerpa24]

muy buen documento gracias..

[611429]

Mitico Van Der Velde!

[kweniston]

What a race, incredible.

Johan van der Velde, Uomo di Gavia.

[punkzeta]

perico

[klovnan]

Shit... Its unbelivable

[Mozart1968]

I once did a ride in the Cascades that turned into that kind of scenario. When I neared the 5000' level it started snowing. I had on just a little light weight rain jacket. The descent was horrible. My hands froze up, my legs turned bright red and I started shaking uncontrollably. I had to stop twice or I would have crashed I was shaking so bad. These guys were just amazing.

[darkcreationdrums]

The guy at 01:12 is my trainer :)

[grimpeurPMS]

Son heroes!!!

[soulmancyclist]

Yeah, I've ridden to work on days like that :0)

[zenmachinefilms]

Probably not wearing just a jersey and shorts over a 2,300m pass. ;-)

[deraileurtje]

als johan beneden aan de berg zich ontdoet van kleding , ga ik toch mijn vraagtekens zetten .

[DaveEvans256]

Wow wat een etappe was dat! Johan v/d Velde had een fantastische klim, maar werd bovenop bevangen door de kou. Erik Breukink won deze historische etappe. Veel renners kwamen in busjes/auto's naar beneden maar mochten toch in koers blijven!

[lesmcluffalot]

Kewlios

[catbox]

The Gavia! It's another reason we ride!

[rotinho87]

Eroi!

[DVTegelen]

These images (still on my mind after nearly 20 years, but I'm happy to see them again) made such an impression on me as a young man, so I HAD TO buy the Real Life Video from Tacx to cycle this pass on my trainer.

[jmmedina]

Siempre que le preguntan a Perico Delgado por el la jornada más dura de ciclismo que ha vivido, responde que el paso del Gavia del Giro de 1988. Terrible

[polguti18]

dios que salvajada

[libertynet07]

vaya pedazo documento y el perico es un cachondo,mitica su foto ese mismo dia subiendo el puerto esta es la jornada mas dura nada de 2004

[Indiviluso]

Senzillament BRUTAL, com deia gokku101 és el putu INFERN, un CICLISTA un HEROI.

[stoicloic]

LOL!!!!! I love it. I rode La Gavia...as if its not hard enough...these poor bastards rode it in a fucking snowstorm!!!!!!!! A testament to old-school cycling.

[richardlog]

Il vincitore: Erik Breukink Olanda

[richardlog]

il vincitore: Erik Breukink Olanda!

[brumaqui]

juanfer, sabes que estas retado en el tourmalet el 30 de abril...llueva o nieve...

[gokku101]

brutal!! esto es el INFIERNO!!