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.

Since I had the scanner out, I saw these two photos also. So, why not?

I think this was North Boulder Park. Eric Heiden leading me and Alexi. This was a year and a half after Eric won the 5 gold medals in the Winter Olympics. He'd slimmed down quite a bit by then.

This photo is nearly at the top of Loveland Pass. I thought it would be the coolest thing in the world to win a KOM point in the Coor's Classic. No other thought after that. Those were the days.