Happy birthday, Colorado — and Colorado sports.

Leading into the state’s 150th birthday Aug. 1, The Denver Gazette has partnered with the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame to publicize the definitive list of Colorado’s top 150 sports moments.

Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian Dave Plati and a committee of 10 compiled and will release the list every week until the No. 1 moment on July 31. Plati and Broncos icon Jim Saccomano will unveil the list weekly on a Colorado Sports Hall of Fame podcast at coloradosports.org/podcast/.

No. 88 — July 22, 1984

Boulder’s Marianne Martin won the inaugural women’s Tour de France. The 26-year-old University of Colorado graduate, who didn’t make the U.S. Olympic Cycling team, completed the 616-mile, 18-stage course in 29 hours, 39 minutes, 2 seconds, besting Helen Hage of the Netherlands by 3 minutes, 17 seconds. Crowned champion in Paris, over 2 million people lined the course for the final stage.

—Dave Plati, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian