The 1985 Giro d'Italia was the 68th running of the
Giro. It started in
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
, on 16 May, with a prologue and concluded in
Lucca
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.
Lucca is known as one o ...
, on 9 June, with a
individual time trial
An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also track-b ...
. A total of 180 riders from twenty teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Frenchman
Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist. With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. In his career, Hinault ...
of the team. The second and third places were taken by Italian
Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser ( or ; ; born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition.
Moser ...
and American
Greg LeMond
Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, entrepreneur, and anti-doping advocate. A two-time winner of the Road Race World Championship (1983 and 1989) and a three-time winner of the Tou ...
, respectively.
Moser led the race for the first two days after winning the opening prologue. He lost the lead to
Giuseppe Saronni
Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist. He had remarkable success riding in the Giro d'Italia. In 1980 he won 7 stages and finished 7th overall, in 1981 he won 3 stages and fin ...
after his team won the stage three
team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
. Upon conclusion of the event's fourth stage,
Roberto Visentini
Roberto Visentini (born 2 June 1957) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who won the White Jersey in the 1978 Giro, finished in the top 10 of the 1979, 1980, and 1981 Giro's, made the podium in 1983, wore the Maglia Rosa for ...
won sufficient time to take the race leader's ''maglia rosa'' ( en,
pink jersey
Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...
) from Saronni. Visentini held the jersey for a total of eight days of racing, during which the race traversed the
Dolomites
The Dolomites ( it, Dolomiti ; Ladin: ''Dolomites''; german: Dolomiten ; vec, Dołomiti : fur, Dolomitis), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form par ...
, before losing it to Hinault after the stage 12 time trial. Hinault then successfully defended his lead through the
Alps
The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...
, all the way to the race's finish.
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded,
Johan van der Velde
Johan van der Velde (born 12 December 1956 in Rijsbergen) is a former Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification, also placing 12th in the general classification that year. He had been a racing cyclist for ...
of Vini Ricordi-Pinarello won the
points classification
The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl ...
,
José Luis Navarro of Gemeaz Cusin-Zor won the
mountains
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...
classification, and Sammontana-Bianchi's
Alberto Volpi
Alberto Volpi (born 9 December 1962) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
He formerly worked as a directeur sportif
A ''directeur sportif'' (French for sporti ...
completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing tenth overall.
Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre finishing as the winners of the
team classification The team classification is one of the different rankings for which competitors can compete in a multiple stage cycling race. It differs from the other usual rankings (general classification, points, king of the mountain and best young rider competi ...
, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.
Teams
![VeronaArena](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/VeronaArena.jpg)
A total of twenty teams were invited to participate in the 1985 Giro d'Italia,
six of which were based outside of
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
.
Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 180 cyclists.
The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager are introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place at the
Verona Arena
The Verona Arena ( it, Arena di Verona ) is a Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy built in 30 AD. It is still in use today and is internationally famous for the large-scale opera performances given there.
It is one of the best p ...
on 15 May.
From the riders that began this edition, 135 made it to the finish in Lucca.
The teams entering the race were:
Pre-race favorites
The starting peloton did include the
1984 winner,
Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser ( or ; ; born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition.
Moser ...
.
Two–time champion
Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist. With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. In his career, Hinault ...
entered the race with a strong supporting team as he sought a third overall victory.
Author Bill McGann believed that going into the race Hinault was "the world's most potent racing machine" and that Moser would have to ride very well in order to repeat as champion.
Mario Fossati of ''La Repubblica'' named Moser, Saronni, Hinault, and
Greg LeMond
Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, entrepreneur, and anti-doping advocate. A two-time winner of the Road Race World Championship (1983 and 1989) and a three-time winner of the Tou ...
as contenders for the overall crown.
LeMond rode the Giro d'Italia for the first time this edition.
Spanish rider
Marino Lejarreta
Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga (born 14 May 1957) is a retired Basque professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of ...
decided not to race the
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...
in favor of racing the Giro.
Luis Gómez, of ''El Pais'', believed Lejarreta to be in top form going into the race and that he could challenge for the overall victory.
Javier Dalmases, an ''El Mundo'' sportswriter, believed that there was no clear favorite for the race.
Prominent French rider
Laurent Fignon
Laurent Patrick Fignon (; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He is former FICP World No. 1 in 1989. He nearly captured t ...
did not participate in the race due to an inflamed
Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon at the back of the lower leg, and is the thickest in the human body. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus (h ...
.
Route and stages
![Gran Sasso 02](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Gran_Sasso_02.jpg)
The route for the 1985 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 16 February 1985.
Covering a total of , it included four time trials (three
individual
An individual is that which exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of being an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) of being a person unique from other people and possessing one's own Maslow ...
and one for
teams), and eleven stages with categorized climbs that awarded
mountains classification
The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing
A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a femal ...
points.
Three of these eleven stages had summit finishes:
stage 4, to
Selva di Val Gardena
Selva () is a coastal comarque (county) in Catalonia, Spain, located between the mountain range known as the Serralada Transversal or Puigsacalm and the Costa Brava (part of the Mediterranean coast). Unusually, it is divided between the provinc ...
; stage 14, to
Gran Sasso d'Italia
Gran Sasso d'Italia (; ) is a massif in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. Its highest peak, Corno Grande (2,912 metres), is the highest mountain in the Apennines, and the second-highest mountain in Italy outside the Alps. The mountain lies wit ...
; and stage 20, to Valnontey di Cogne.
The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the
previous year's race, the race was longer and contained the same number of time trials and rest days. In addition, this race contained the same number of stages, but one more set of half stages.
Luis Gómez, an ''El Pais'' writer, believed that the route was designed to benefit the Italian participants, with there being three individual time trials, the team time trial being flat, and most stages being primarily flat.
''El Mundo'' writer Javier Dalmases believed that the route was purposefully less mountainous so that an Italian would win the race, citing that this route favored the likes of
Giuseppe Saronni
Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist. He had remarkable success riding in the Giro d'Italia. In 1980 he won 7 stages and finished 7th overall, in 1981 he won 3 stages and fin ...
or
Moreno Argentin
Moreno Argentin (born 17 December 1960) is an Italian former professional cyclist (from 1981 to 1994) and race director.
Born in San Donà di Piave (Veneto), he won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de Suisse. Known ...
.
''La Stampas Gian Paolo Ormezzano thought overall easiness of the course — the few mountains and summit finishes — added some mystery as to who could win.
Race overview
![Francesco Moser (Amstel Gold Race 1978)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Francesco_Moser_%28Amstel_Gold_Race_1978%29.jpg)
The event began with a prologue around the city of
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
.
The brief time trial leg was won by
Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser ( or ; ; born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition.
Moser ...
, who finished seven seconds faster than the second placed rider.
The following day was the first mass-start stage of the race, which culminated in a bunch sprint that was won by
Atala-Ofmega-Campagnolo's
Urs Freuler.
The second stage was a
team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
that stretched .
Del Tongo-Colnago won the leg and their rider,
Giuseppe Saronni
Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist. He had remarkable success riding in the Giro d'Italia. In 1980 he won 7 stages and finished 7th overall, in 1981 he won 3 stages and fin ...
, earned enough of an advantage to take race lead and don the race leader's ''maglia rosa'' ( en,
pink jersey
Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...
).
The third stage saw Saronni expand upon his lead by winning the leg after out-sprinting the rest of the leading group.
The fourth stage took the race into the
Dolomites
The Dolomites ( it, Dolomiti ; Ladin: ''Dolomites''; german: Dolomiten ; vec, Dołomiti : fur, Dolomitis), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form par ...
, as well as featuring a summit finish on
Selva di Val Gardena
Selva () is a coastal comarque (county) in Catalonia, Spain, located between the mountain range known as the Serralada Transversal or Puigsacalm and the Costa Brava (part of the Mediterranean coast). Unusually, it is divided between the provinc ...
.
Spanish rider
Marino Lejarreta
Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga (born 14 May 1957) is a retired Basque professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of ...
attacked with around to go and only
Roberto Visentini
Roberto Visentini (born 2 June 1957) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who won the White Jersey in the 1978 Giro, finished in the top 10 of the 1979, 1980, and 1981 Giro's, made the podium in 1983, wore the Maglia Rosa for ...
,
Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist. With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. In his career, Hinault ...
,
Hubert Saiz, and
Gianbattista Baronchelli
Gianbattista Baronchelli (born 6 September 1953) is an Italian retired professional road racing cyclist (1974–1989). He obtained a total of 94 victories.
Baronchelli was born in Ceresara, in the Province of Mantua. In 1973, as an amateur, h ...
were able to mark his move.
The group of five stayed together to the finish as Saiz took the stage victory by edging out Hinault.
Visentini took the race lead after Saronni finished over four minutes behind, while another Italian favorite
Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser ( or ; ; born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition.
Moser ...
finished two minutes behind.
The route went through more mountains in the fifth stage.
With large amounts of rain, the peloton made a truce and the stage saw few attacks.
A three-man breakaway formed with around twelve kilometers to go.
The riders stayed together and all sprinted for the stage win, which was originally won by
Roberto Pagnin
Roberto Pagnin (born 8 July 1962) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in one edition of the Tour de France, ten editions of the Giro d'Italia and five editions of the Vuelta a España. He also rode in the individual road r ...
; however, due to his non-linear sprint line that interfered with the two other riders, he was relegated to second place and the original second-place finisher,
Emanuele Bombini
Emanuele Bombini (born 2 July 1959 in San Ferdinando di Puglia) is an Italian former cyclist.
Major results
;1976
: 1st Coppa Collecchio
;1981
:2nd Giro del Lazio
:3rd Giro della Romagna
:3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
;1982
:2n ...
, was promoted and declared winner.
The next day of racing ended with a bunch sprint won by
Frank Hoste
Frank Hoste (born 29 August 1955, in Ghent) is a retired Belgian racing cyclist, who won the points classification in the Tour de France in 1984 as well as three stage victories. Hoste was a professional cyclist from 1977 to 1991, then he start ...
, but a crash with two kilometers to go from the finish saw general classification contenders Visentini and Saronni, as well as others, lose twenty seconds.
The seventh stage saw a six-man breakaway survive and finish ahead of the peloton by almost two minutes as
Orlando Maini won the day.
![Bernard Hinault 1978](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Bernard_Hinault_1978.jpg)
The twelfth stage of the race was individual time trial.
Hinault won the stage by fifty-three seconds over Moser.
Hinault's time gains were enough to give him the race lead by a minute and fourteen seconds.
The thirteenth stage saw Freuler win his second stage of the race by virtue of a sprint finish.
Italian
Franco Chioccioli
Franco Chioccioli (born 25 August 1959 in Castelfranco di Sopra) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1991 Giro d'Italia.
Major results
;1977
: 1st Overall Giro dell ...
won the mountainous fourteenth leg of the event after attacking on the descent of the third climb of the day.
The following day of racing began with a twenty-man breakaway forming off the front of the peloton; however, all but one rider was caught with ten kilometers remaining.
With under five kilometers left, another four-man attack group formed, of which 's
Ron Kiefel
Ronald Alexander Kiefel (born April 11, 1960 in Denver) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States. Kiefel is a seven-time Tour de France racer, Olympic bronze medalist and member of the United States Bicycling Hall of Fa ...
survived.
Kiefel caught the lone remaining rider in front and went on to win the stage as the peloton crossed the line three seconds behind.
This was the first stage victory by an American in the history of the Giro d'Italia.
The sixteenth stage saw the day of racing end with a field sprint which was won by Saronni.
Race leader Hinault and his team, , allowed a breakaway to get almost a twenty-minute advantage over the peloton during the race's seventeenth stage, before other general classification contenders' teams stepped in to help with the chase.
The attack group reached the finish line around ten minutes faster than the peloton.
Swiss rider
Daniel Gisiger
Daniel Gisiger (born 9 October 1954, in Baccarat) is a retired Swiss road and track cyclist. He grew up in Bienne, in RC Olympia Biel-Bienne.
One of his strongest disciplines was the road time trial where he twice won the prestigious Grand Pri ...
won the stage ahead of
Giovanni Mantovani
Giovanni Mantovani (born 5 February 1955) is a former Italian racing cyclist.
Major results
;1977
:1st Stage 3 Giro di Puglia
:4th Tre Valli Varesine
:8th Milano–Torino
;1979
:1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country
:4th G.P. Camaiore
:6th Tre ...
.
Paolo Rosola
Paolo Rosola (born 5 February 1957) is an Italian racing cyclist.
Major results
;1981
:1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
;1983
: Giro d'Italia
::1st Stages 3, 15 & 18
;1984
:1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
:1st Milano–Torino
:4th Milan–San Remo
;198 ...
won his second stage of the event as the eighteenth stage resulted in a bunch sprint.
The following day's race route was altered the night before by Torriani, which removed six kilometers off the climb of
Great St Bernard Pass
it, Colle del Gran San Bernardogerman: Grosser Sankt Bernhard
, photo = Great St Bernard Pass.jpg
, photo_caption = View of the pass and hospice from Great St Bernard Lake with Mont Vélan in background
, elevation_m = 2469
, elevation_ref = ...
, while it still contained the full climb of the ''
Cima Coppi The ''Cima Coppi'' is the title given to the highest peak in the yearly running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The mountain that is given this title each year awards more mountains classification points to the first rider ...
'', the
Simplon Pass
The Simplon Pass (french: Col du Simplon; german: Simplonpass; it, Passo del Sempione, Lombard: ''Pass del Sempiün'') () is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canton of ...
.
The stage saw a large group of fifty-three riders cross the finish line together, with Moser at the head, taking his second stage victory of the event.
Former race leader Visentini, after losing a significant amount of time during the stage 16 individual time trial,
abandoned the race during the nineteenth stage.
Stage 20 was a brief that featured a seventeen kilometer ascent to finish the leg.
La Vie Claire drove a hard pace throughout the stage and fractured the peloton in the process.
American
Andrew Hampsten
Andrew Hampsten (born April 7, 1962) is an American former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1988 Giro d'Italia and the Alpe d'Huez stage of the 1992 Tour de France. Between 1986–1994 he finished in the Top 10 of eight Grand Tour ...
attacked with around nineteen kilometers to go and won the stage by a minute over the second-place finisher.
The penultimate stage of the race was culminated with a field sprint, which was won by Freuler.
The final stage of the race was a individual time trial that stretched from
Lido di Camaiore
Camaiore is a city and ''comune'' of 32,513 inhabitants within the province of Lucca, Tuscany, central-western Italy. It stretches from the Apuan Alps to the east, to the plains and the coast of Versilia to the west.
History
Camaiore has Roman ori ...
to
Lucca
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.
Lucca is known as one o ...
.
Moser was able to win the stage by seven seconds on race leader Hinault, which was not enough to overcome Hinault and take first.
This meant Hinault won his third Giro d'Italia.
Six riders achieved multiple stage victories: Freuler (stages 1, 13, and 21),
Moser (prologue and stages 19 and 22),
da Silva (stages 8b and 10),
Allocchio (stages 8a and 11),
Saronni (stages 3 and 16),
and Rosola (stages 9 and 18).
Stage wins were achieved by nine of the twenty competing squads, six of which won multiple stages. Del Tongo-Colnago collected a total of five wins through the team time trial,
Saronni, Bombini (stage 5),
and Hoste (stage 6).
Atala-Ofmega-Campagnolo amassed a total of four stage wins through Freuler and Gisiger (stage 17).
Malvor-Bottecchia also secured four stage wins through da Silva and Allocchio. Sammontana-Bianchi obtained two stage victories with Rosola.
Gis Gelati-Trentino Vacanze collected two stage successes with Moser. 7-Eleven recorded two stage wins with Kiefel (stage 15) and Hampsten (stage 20).
Cilo-Aufina,
Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre, and La Vie Claire all won a single stage at the Giro, the first through Seiz (stage 4),
the second through Maini (stage 7),
and the third by Hinault (stage 12),
and the fourth with Chioccioli (stage 14).
Classification leadership
![Simplonpass1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Simplonpass1.JPG)
Four different jerseys were worn during the 1985 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the
general classification
The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulati ...
– calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first four finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey.
This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.
For the
points classification
The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl ...
, which awarded a purple (or
cyclamen
''Cyclamen'' ( or ) is a genus of 23 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. ''Cyclamen'' species are native to Europe and the Mediterranean Basin east to the Caucasus and Iran, with one species in Somalia. They grow ...
) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the
mountains classification
The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing
A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a femal ...
leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The ''
Cima Coppi The ''Cima Coppi'' is the title given to the highest peak in the yearly running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The mountain that is given this title each year awards more mountains classification points to the first rider ...
'', the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs.
The ''Cima Coppi'' for this Giro was the
Simplon Pass
The Simplon Pass (french: Col du Simplon; german: Simplonpass; it, Passo del Sempione, Lombard: ''Pass del Sempiün'') () is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canton of ...
.
The first rider to cross the Simplon Pass was Colombian rider
Reynel Montoya. The white jersey was worn by the leader of
young rider classification Young rider classification (french: classement général des jeunes) is a cycling jersey competition in multi-day stage race events, such as the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and many others, which awards the current leader by overall time for rid ...
, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but considering only neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).
Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.
Final standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
References
Footnotes
Citations
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