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Rapha celebrates Hampsten's snowy Giro with Gavia collection

By Ben Delaney

published 8 May 2018

Hampsten attacked his way to the ’88 Giro win over a snowy Passo di Gavia

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Andy Hampsten's attack on the snowy Passo di Gavia is now part of cycling lore(Image credit: Courtesy Rapha)

The base layer and bibs are covered in newspaper prints from the Gazzetta dello Sport(Image credit: Courtesy Rapha)

Andy Hampsten tackles the Passo di Gavia during the 1988 Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The long sleeve and short sleeve jerseys(Image credit: Courtesy Rapha)

This article originally appeared on BikeRadar.

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You've probably seen the photo: a bare-legged racer battling up a mountainside in a snowstorm, his torso and head nearly hidden with snow. That was American Andy Hampsten on stage 14 of the 1988 Giro d'Italia, and now 30 years later Rapha has a whole clothing collection that riffs on that brutal day on the Passo di Gavia.

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The cold-weather Gavia collection includes a jersey, rain jacket, rain gloves, bib shorts, baselayer and winter hat. The top layers feature design elements and colours from his squad that year, Team 7-Eleven (but not the trademarked logo).

Of course, the clothing is made of modern materials - no wool shorts or newspaper to stuff down the jersey here. Although, the baselayer does feature prints from the Italian newspaper Gazzetto dello Sport with coverage of his stage 14 win.