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Giro d’Italia 1988

5 June 1988 – Snowfall on the Gavia (Giro d’Italia)

2020-06-05
In: Giro d'Italia, On this Day
Tagged: Andy Hampsten, Gavia Pass, Giro d'Italia 1988, On this Day, On this Day in Cycling History

One of the most iconic pictures from the modern cycling history is that one of the heavy snowfall on the Gavia Pass on the 14th stage of the Giro d’Italia in 1988. The 120 km long tappa between Chiesa Valmalenco and Bormio became, as the journalist of  La Gazzetta stressedContinue Reading

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