The 1987 Giro d'Italia was the 70th event in
the series, one of cycling's
Grand Tour races. It began on 21 May with a 4 km (2.5 mi) prologue in
San Remo, and concluded on 13 June with a 32 km (19.9 mi)
individual time trial in
Saint-Vincent. A total of 180 riders from 20 teams entered the 22-stage, 3,915 km (2,433 mi) race. Defending champion
Roberto Visentini of the
Carrera Jeans–Vagabond team led the first stage, and Dutchman
Erik Breukink led the second. Irishman
Stephen Roche, Visentini's teammate, took the overall lead after his team won the stage three
team time trial. Visentini regained the lead for two days, but Roche rode ahead of him in the fifteenth stage, against orders from the team management, and held onto the lead for the win. Second place was taken by British rider
Robert Millar, and Breukink took third. It was the second time in the history of the Giro that there were no Italian riders on the winners' podium. Roche was the second rider ever to win the Giro d'Italia, the
Tour de France, and the
World Championship road race in the same year, a feat commonly called the
Triple Crown of Cycling. (
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The 1987 Giro d'Italia was the 70th event in
the series, one of cycling's
Grand Tour races. It began on 21 May with a 4 km (2.5 mi) prologue in
San Remo, and concluded on 13 June with a 32 km (19.9 mi)
individual time trial in
Saint-Vincent. A total of 180 riders from 20 teams entered the 22-stage, 3,915 km (2,433 mi) race. Defending champion
Roberto Visentini of the
Carrera Jeans–Vagabond team led the first stage, and Dutchman
Erik Breukink led the second. Irishman
Stephen Roche, Visentini's teammate, took the overall lead after his team won the stage three
team time trial. Visentini regained the lead for two days, but Roche rode ahead of him in the fifteenth stage, against orders from the team management, and held onto the lead for the win. Second place was taken by British rider
Robert Millar, and Breukink took third. It was the second time in the history of the Giro that there were no Italian riders on the winners' podium. Roche was the second rider ever to win the Giro d'Italia, the
Tour de France, and the
World Championship road race in the same year, a feat commonly called the
Triple Crown of Cycling. (
Full article...)
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
5,156,809 articles.
Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.