Red Zinger Coors Classic DVD - $49.95

Red Zinger Coors Classic DVD - $49.95
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Manufacturer VeloGear
Author Michael Aisner and VeloGear

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Red Zinger/Coors Classic: Where it All Began

by Michael Aisner and VeloGear

For the first time ever, a collection of Red Zinger and Coors Classic highlights from 1978 to 1988 and never-before released historical cycling films are available in one DVD set!

After emerging from the Red Zinger, the Coors Classic became the ultimate forum and standard for stage racing in the U.S. The race was a career catalyst for some of world's greatest cyclists, such as LeMond, Hampsten, Carpenter, Twigg, Grewal, Phinney, Bauer, Phil Anderson, Alcala, Longo, and Heiden.

This collection features a core sample of world-class, pro-Am men and women's racing throughout Colorado, California, Nevada, Wyoming, and Hawaii, in what was considered the fourth biggest race on the world cycling calendar. And at the time it was also the single biggest women's race ever held.

Includes short films spanning the Red Zinger years shown in movie theaters; Coors Classic CBS, NBC, and ESPN network coverage; and Denver TV specials, documentaries of Bernard Hinault's 1986 win, the BMW motos used at races, and other race-associated projects like the bizarre Euro sport Cycleball.

All region DVD

Approx. 8 hours. 3 DVD set.
D-ZCD
$59.95

  • "I look [at the old footage of the Coors Classic] and I just see the foundation of American cycling coming out of that. Just as the race grew, bike racing in the United States grew and became really solid and stable, and allowed Lance [Armstrong] and others to launch off."—Ron Kiefel, former Team 7-Eleven rider and 7-time Tour de France racer

  • "[The Coors Classic] was the beginning…of everything you see today…I think as a result of those efforts we're still seeing a lot of good things happening in the sport of cycling."—Jim Ochowicz, President of USA Cycling and former Team 7-Eleven coach

  • "Without the Coors Classic, it's doubtful…American cycling would today boast an expanding slate of stage races…nor would there be so many American riders and teams racing in the European peloton."—John Wilcockson, VeloNews

  • "[The Coors Classic] was the springboard for American racing which allowed us to have a living and a lifestyle."— Davis Phinney, Coors Classic winner and Tour de France stage winner

  • "The Coors Classic launched my road racing career. It was the most critical event spurring the growth of our sport in North America."—Steve Bauer, Olympic silver medalist

  • "The sheer spectacle of the Coors Classic has astonished me all over again… This video burns bright, capturing how this race ignited the sport of cycling in the United States…[The race] was…the beginning of great things. This race was not just a launch pad, it was like a rocket."—DailyPeloton.com

  • "The Coors Classic was so new, and American, and dramatic! It was a protracted athletic drama, complete with various characters and subplots. What heady days for fans! This DVD will be a wonderful 'greatest hits' of cycling from an era that inspired so many of us to become caretakers of this marvelous sport."—Jeff Roake, cycling announcer and race promoter

  • "The last year of the Coors race…was the turning point of American bike racing."—Steve Tilford, former Levi's and Wheaties-Schwinn rider and Coors Classic racer

  • "A must for any cycling afficionado with a sense of history…[and] a great way to gauge the progress cycling has made over the past 30 years. Perfect for a pre-ride pump up or while spinning away in the basement. "—East Coast Mountain Biking

    Click here to read VeloNews editor John Wilcockson's "Inside Cycling" article about the Coors Classic.

    Click here to watch VeloNews TV rider interviews from the DVD launch party!

    Click here to read the Boulder Daily Camera's article about the DVD launch party!

    Click here to read DailyPeloton.com's story about the DVD launch party.

    Click here to read Pezcyclingnews.com's interview with Coors Classic race producer Michael Aisner.

    Click here to read DailyPeloton.com's interview of DVD producer Michael Aisner.

    Click here to see the 1981 Coors Classic Race Leader Jersey!



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