Andy Hampsten is hailed as the winner of the 1988 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Urs Zimmerman finished third overall in 1988 (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Italian sprinter Paolo Rosola won stage 10 (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Podenzana in pink (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Podenzana and Hampsten on the podium after the American wins stage 12 to Selvino (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Franco Chioccioli fights to keep his pink jersey in the snow of the Passo Gavia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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The riders and the crowd in the snow on the Gavia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Urs Freuler on the Gavia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Andy Hampsten climbs the Gavia in the snow (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Andy Hampsten ready for the final time trial stage (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Greg LeMond and Gianni Bugno (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Erik Breukink finishes a stage (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Erik Breukink (Panasonic) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Poland's Lech Piasecki won the final time trial (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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A young looking Raul Alcala (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Jean0François Bernard in pink (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Riders await the start of a stage (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Stefano Allocchio: he now works for race organiser RCS Sport (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Massimo Podenzana wins in Rodi Garganico (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
It is 25 years since the 1988 edition of the Giro d'Italia, widely considered one of the most dramatic and iconic editions of the race thanks to the stage over the Passo Gavia and victory by Andy Hampsten - the first and only American rider to win the Giro d'Italia.
This year's race returns to the Gavia on stage 19 – a short but intense day in the saddle that also includes the Passo dello Stelvio and the climb up to the finish at Val Martello, all in just 139km of racing.
Hampsten won the 1988 Giro d'Italia ahead of Erik Breukink and Urs Zimmerman. Hampsten took the maglia rosa from Italy's Franco Chioccioli, after he struggled in the cold of the Gavia and lost any chance of success.
Other pink jersey wearers in 1988 included prologue winner Jean-François Bernard, while Johan van der Velde won the points jersey.
This gallery of images includes shots of Italian sprinters Paolo Rosola and Alessio Di Basco, Tony Rominger, Greg LeMond and Gianni Bugno, Raul Alcala and Urs Freuler.
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