One of my Favorite Photos
This photo was taken on the Morgul Bismark in the 1986 Coor’s Classic. It is of me and Giuseppe Saronni sprinting for a $500 prime at the top of The Wall. (I won by the way.) Saronni won the Pro World Road Championships in 1982. He finished 3rd a couple weeks later at the World Championships in Colorado Springs to his countryman, Moreno Argentin.
I thought of this shot because Saronni is in the middle of this whole new Italian doping investigation and is giving up his postion with Lampre-ISD.
I don’t believe I ever raced with him in Europe. He seemed pretty human during the Coor’s Classic that year, but obviously rode great at the Worlds.
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Comments (9)
jim sully
2011-04-22 10:59:51
Obvious Aero advantage w the Vuarne’s…..Just guessing here, looks like you are using clipless pedals…..although it may be just a fuzzy pic obscuring your straps….
tilford97
2011-04-22 11:59:12
We had the first Look pedals way before they were available to the general public. I guess we got them before Del Tongo-Colnago. They probably had a Campy sponsorship that prohibited the use.
Chris
2011-04-22 13:00:06
Check out the legs! His look like he hooked his air pump up to them, while your legs look the exact same as today! Yeah. I am sure he was clean… ;) BTW How have you always gotten those wringled flabby things to go so fast?!
Shaun w
2011-04-22 13:00:13
The ‘80’s What a great period for bike racing in N.America
James
2011-04-22 13:28:08
I remember being 15 that summer and trying to emulate your look after watching the SF stages. I showed up to a swim party at a girls house whom I liked with a tan line across my forehead from my headband.
Tommasini53
2011-04-22 13:41:03
Your photo is going to bring back the Vuarne sunglasses to the peloton…I’m going ebay now.
WildCat
2011-04-22 15:07:35
A snap-shot of when times were more joyful for many people. With all the BS going on in today’s world it’s so much fun to look at a photo like that and think back to those days. Proof? I noticed this post broke all your blogging records (see below). That is a testament to how much we all urn for those simpler/etc days.
Dave J.
2011-04-22 17:32:08
This is an awesome photo! No one commented on the Swatch…the 80’s were the best for US Bike racing!!!
Calvin Jones
2011-04-22 20:49:03
Most definitely your cycling-god photo. Those early Looks hung low like a fat belly pig, as might be said in Texas. There was plenty of clipping of corners that year.