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Originally posted by dd74
Phinney is a god. That guy was completely awesome. He and Alexi Grewal. And Andy Hampsten, talk about cycling hall of fame material.
Hampsten in particular, since at the time he was riding (remember, LeMond was his contemporary), the world thought little of Americans in Int'l cycling.
Hampsten proved them wrong with winning the G'iro Italia.
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And wasn't the weather like snowing or something? The Euro's were astounded that an American had the bigger set that day.
Oh forgot about Alexi - he was like France's Fignon in the TDF - I recall him spitting into the camera lens. The John Mac of cycling.