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    1988 Giro d’Italia

    The signed picture of Andy Hampsten in the Rifugio Bonetta on the summit of the Passo di Gavia in the Italian Alps.

    American Flyer

    28 Jul 2024
    In 1985, 23 year-old American cyclist Andy Hampsten won stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia. He was riding with Jim Ochowitz’s 7-Eleven team, which had just turned professional that year and relocated to Europe.

    Blog Posts

    ​A young boy and girl stand astride their bikes looking south towards Lochan na Lairige, just below the summit of Ben Lawers. The girl is wearing a Soreen Malt Loaf cycling jersey and the boy is wearing a Tay Titans Junior Cycling Club jersey.
    Cycling Ben Lawers
    31 Dec 2024
    A man and a woman cycle towards the end of the hebridean Way. They are silhoutted against a blue sky and a lighthouse is on the horizon to their right.
    The end of the road
    30 Dec 2024
    Cycling guide Scot, who runs cycling tours and holidays in Scotland shares a kiss on the Hebridean Way.
    A kiss with my red, red rose
    29 Dec 2024
    A group of cycling coaches from the Tay Titans junior cycling club and friends of Scot Tares, of Skinny Tyres cycling holidays in Scotland, join him on the BBC One Show Challenge Squad event 2024.
    The One Show Challenge Squad
    28 Dec 2024
    Two cyclists on a Skinny Tyres fully supported road cycling holiday in Scotland pass The Quiraing on the Isle of Skye. A passion and pride for Scotland.
    A passion and pride for Scotland
    28 Dec 2024
    Two cyclists riding on the hebridean way cycling holiday in scotland stop for some food at the Wee Cottage Kitchen on North Uist.
    Responsible tourism
    26 Dec 2024