The partnership of brothers Andy and Steve Hampsten, Hampsten Cycles, just ticked over twenty years of business and to celebrate they created a very fresh interpretation of a personally significant livery — that of Andy’s La Vie Claire team.
The dust from the Giro d’Italia is just beginning to settle and, for those of us in the Southern hemisphere, there’s just a small chance to catch up on sleep before the 2015 Tour de France kicks off in Utrecht.
The retirement of professional cyclists can be as fascinating as their racing conquests, although some stories haven’t ended well, despite a glorious CV. Andy Hampsten,…
The Giro d’Italia is renowned for inclement weather, which often forces cancellation of it’s ‘queen’ stages over the Alps. But on the 5th of June,…
Andy Hampsten’s Team 7-Eleven livery is one of the most iconic in American cycling. Indeed, the team’s victories and Andy’s numerous triumphs were responsible for…
Around this time of the year, while the classics and Grand Tours are in full swing, the Hampsten brothers are at their happiest. Memories are…
The 2012 Giro d’Italia will be the 95th edition of the Italian Grand Tour and it’s about this time of year that Andy Hampsten reminisces…
If you haven’t read Andy Hampsten’s account of his sub-zero ride to wear the Pink Jersey in the 1988 Giro d’Italia, you really should: it…
