Re-Cycle: The cycling history podcast

‘A whole world of sensations’: When Chozas conquered Chiappucci in Sestriere

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Episode notes

Spaniard Eduardo Chozas denied Italy's Claudio Chiappucci in the Giro d'Italia's first ever summit finish in the ski resort of Sestriere in 1991 – 14 months before El Diablo soloed to victory on the same climb in one of the most magnificent breakaways in Tour de France history.

Graham Willgoss narrates a story of two summit finishes. Re-Cycle is written by Felix Lowe and produced by Pete Burton.

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