This year marks the 30th anniversary of Hampsten’s solo win atop Alpe d’Huez, a summit the Tour will return to on stage 12. In this extract from his new book Peter Cossins speaks to the illustrious climber about discovering his ability and what actually makes a climber.
A second week race report from the 1989 Giro d'Italia looking at how Andy Hampsten challenged Laurent Fignon heading into the final week of the race.
Stage 16 of the 1993 Tour de France finished with the Peyresourde climb — and high drama in the high mountains.
Lance wins the 2001 Tour, his third, then retires and forms a rock band. In 2004, Tinker Juarez is the last MTB pro in the world. And in 2007, gas costs $93/gal, and only Bill Gates owns a car. Everyone else rides bikes and pelts his car with poopy diapers.
Rating Team Motorola's performance at the 1991 Tour de France.
Hot off top-20 at San Remo, Movistar’s first American since Andy Hampsten looking for more.
In part three of a conversation with Philippe Brunel, the legendary French journalist riffs on Felice Gimondi, Andy Hampsten and Vincenzo Nibali as he looks back on his 40 years at the Giro d’Italia.
We look back at the 2017 classics, pick an overall winner for the spring, and talk about Valverde. Plus: Hampsten explains his 1988 Giro win.
The full story of the 1988 Giro is about so much more than the freezing climb of the Passo di Gavia. Hampsten had to be willing to lose.
The Outer Line recently caught up with Andy Hampsten to discuss his historic Giro d'Italia win, and his thoughts about the current state of pro cycling
American cycling pioneer Richard DeGarmo had surgery for liver cancer this week
Matthew Beaudin writes about riding on perfect roads with good company and suffering in Northern Italy
Thirty-five riders are in the Best Young Rider competition entering Saturday's Tour start in Corsica
1998 race winner feels sorry for riders in the snow, but if he can remember a race, "it's all good"
We visit the Velo archives for this interview with Andy Hampsten from the morning after his unbelievable ride over the Gavia in the 1988 Giro d'Italia
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (VN) - On Sunday Jim Ochowicz stood outside the BMC Racing bus in Stateline, Nevada, while a group of team directors and riders negotiated with race organizers over alterations made to the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California. Twenty-four years ago, Ochowicz stood atop the Passo Gavia in northern Italy, waiting to hand eventual race winner Andy Hampsten a new set of clothes as snow piled up during the queen stage of the Giro d’Italia.