Rapha classic gavia 88 limited edition gazetta base layer cycling giro new large

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I just found this limited edition gavia 88 Andy Hampsten limited  base layer in my closet. . I now need a medium and i am out of luck since Rapha is no longer doing these. 40"  is what i wore when i wore these way back in 2018.
high quality made in Italy as is the entire Classic collection.
I also have the gavia 88 matching bib shorts in large as well in A++++ Shape!
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he brilliantly designed baselayer pays homage to the method of stuffing newspaper down your jersey at the top of mountain descents to keep warm.
In pink, its design mirrors the distinctive pages of Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport with images of that year's race printed across the garment.
Passing into cycling legend
The snowstruck fourteenth stage of the 1988 Giro is etched into cycling folklore. In horrendous conditions, Andy Hampsten attacked over the Passo di Gavia and rode into the maglia rosa of race leader. To mark the 30th anniversary of Andy’s famous ride and subsequent Giro victory, Rapha presents a special collection of garments inspired by those that kept him from freezing. The Gavia collection celebrates not only an iconic ride but also the preparations and equipment choices that allowed Andy to perform as he did.
Despite horrific conditions on the stage, Hampsten wore only shorts. Based on our Classic Bib Shorts II, these shorts will see you through a range of riding conditions, though we wouldn’t recommend riding through a blizzard.
The Day the Big Men Cried
The forecast is for snow. Amid rumours of the next day’s stage being cancelled, 7-Eleven riders fan out across start town of Chiesa in search of ski jackets, neoprene gloves and balaclavas – if the forecasters are right, they’re going to need all the clothing they can find.
The next morning, the wintry weather has set in and, despite the protestations of some riders, the stage gets underway. After surviving the first climb over the Passo Tonale, the race properly begins as the peloton hits the lower slopes of day’s final climb, the Passo di Gavia. The sheets of sleet and rain in the valley below have become a blizzard on the upper slopes. The sinuous road, bordered by towering banks of snow, is disappearing fast under a thick and freezing carpet. White out.
But through it all, a flash of colour. Goggle-like, yellow-tinted sunglasses, a bright red jacket underneath the blue jersey of the leader of the combination classification. With snow settling on his head and shoulders, Andy Hampsten cuts a lonely figure as he appears out of the fog, looking more like an Arctic explorer than a bike rider.
As most of his rivals seize up with cold behind, he forges on through the storm on the stage that came to be known as the day the big men cried. With the wind howling like the wolves which, according to local legend, prowl the Gavia’s upper reaches, the American holds his advantage on the descent to Bormio, taking valuable seconds on the rest of the pack.
Andy Hampsten’s superb ride through horrendous winter conditions over the Passo di Gavia may not have brought him the stage win but was the foundation of his overall win at the 1988 Giro d’Italia. Still the sole American victor, Hampsten’s exploits in the most brutal of conditions over one of Italy’s most celebrated climbs are etched into cycling folklore.
It was an iconic day in cycling. It was a day captured with some of the most recognisable photography in the sport. It was the day the big men cried.
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