The 1994 Giro d'Italia was the 77th edition of
the race. The Giro started off in
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
on 22 May with a short stage. The race came to a close on 12 June with a flat stage that stretched from
Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
to
Milan
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. Seventeen teams entered the race, which was won by
Evgeni Berzin
Evgeni Valentinovich Berzin (; born 3 June 1970) is a Russian former road cyclist.
Coming from track cycling, where he successfully represented the Soviet Union at World Championships, he moved to Italy in 1992 and turned professional with in ...
of the team. Second and third respectively were the Italian
Marco Pantani
Marco Pantani (; 13 January 1970 – 14 February 2004) was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely regarded as one of the greatest climbing specialists in the history of the sport by measures of his legacy, credits from other riders, and record ...
and the Spanish rider,
Miguel Induráin
Miguel Induráin Larraya (; born 16 July 1964) is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. Induráin won five Tours de France from 1991 Tour de France, 1991 to 1995 Tour de France, 1995, the fourth, and last, to win five times, and the only five- ...
.
Berzin first gained the race lead after the fourth stage where he attacked on the final climb to win the day. The race's overall classification was first headed by
Endrio Leoni
Endrio Leoni (born 22 August 1968 in Dolo) is a retired road bicycle racer from Italy, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 2002. He only served teams from his native country. Leoni twice won the Scheldeprijs (2000 and 2001).
Major results
...
who won the Giro's opening road stage. However, Leoni lost the lead later that day during the afternoon
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 trac ...
to
Armand de Las Cuevas. De Las Cuevas held the lead for a single stage before losing it to
Moreno Argentin
Moreno Argentin (born 17 December 1960) is an Italian former professional cycle sport, cyclist (from 1981 to 1994) and race director.
Born in San Donà di Piave (Veneto), Argentin won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, and the Tou ...
who won the race's second stage. Argentin held the general classification lead for two stages, before Berzin took it after stage 4. After gaining the lead, Berzin began to build upon his advantage after winning the stage 8 and 18 individual time trials and maintaining good form throughout the mountains.
Berzin became the first Russian to win the Giro d'Italia. Berzin also won the
young rider classification
Young rider classification () in a cycling jersey competition in multi-day stage race events, such as the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and many others, is an award for the current leader by overall time for riders below the age of twenty-six years ...
for the best rider aged 25 or under in the general classification. In the race's other classifications, Swiss rider
Pascal Richard
Pascal Richard (born 16 March 1964) is a Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist. He won the Swiss National Road Race Championships, Swiss Nati ...
won the mountains classification, and
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Djamolidine Mirgarifanovich Abdoujaparov (; born 28 February 1964) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan. Abdoujaparov was a sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror" as he was so ferocious in the sprints. His unorthodox ...
of was the winner of the points and intergiro classifications. finished as the winners of the team classification, which ranked each of the seventeen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. finished as the winners of the team points classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage.
Teams
A total of 18 teams were invited to participate in the 1994 Giro d'Italia,
of which 17 participated. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 153 cyclists.
Italy had the most riders participating with 80, while Germany (12) was the only country representation by more than 10 riders. Of these, 37 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time. The average age of riders was 27.95 years, ranging from 21–year–old
Heinrich Trumheller () to 36–year–old
Bruno Leali (). The team with the youngest average rider age was (26), while the oldest was (30). The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager were introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place on 22 May, in the courtyard of the
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
.
Of the riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 99 riders made it to the finish in
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
.
The teams entering the race were:
Pre-race favorites
The starting peloton included 1993 winner,
Miguel Induráin
Miguel Induráin Larraya (; born 16 July 1964) is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. Induráin won five Tours de France from 1991 Tour de France, 1991 to 1995 Tour de France, 1995, the fourth, and last, to win five times, and the only five- ...
, who came into the race having only raced twenty days during the season according to author Bill McGann.
In addition, there were reports surfacing before the race that Indurain's knee was troubling him.
The race did not feature
Tony Rominger
Tony Rominger (born 27 March 1961) is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist who won the Vuelta a España in 1992, 1993 and 1994 and the Giro d'Italia in 1995.
Career
He began cycling late, allegedly spurred by competition with his br ...
, who elected to ride the
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, 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'Ital ...
instead.
''El País'' writer Carlos Arribas felt that
Evgeni Berzin
Evgeni Valentinovich Berzin (; born 3 June 1970) is a Russian former road cyclist.
Coming from track cycling, where he successfully represented the Soviet Union at World Championships, he moved to Italy in 1992 and turned professional with in ...
had a strong spring with his victory in
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...
and second-place finish in the
Tour of the Basque Country
The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...
.
Arribas felt that Russian
Pavel Tonkov
Pavel Sergeyevich Tonkov (; born 9 February 1969) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Russia. His talents were first showcased when winning the world junior title as part of the Soviet Union team in 1987. This alerted the world to h ...
, who had won the
young rider classification
Young rider classification () in a cycling jersey competition in multi-day stage race events, such as the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and many others, is an award for the current leader by overall time for riders below the age of twenty-six years ...
the previous two years, would challenge for the victory as his normal team leader,
Maurizio Fondriest
Maurizio Fondriest (born 15 January 1965) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist.
Career
Born in Cles, Trentino, Fondriest turned professional in 1987 with the Ecoflam team. He subsequently rode for Alfa-Lum in 1988, winning the ...
, was absent from the race due to injury.
''Avuis Adrian R. Huber believed that
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Djamolidine Mirgarifanovich Abdoujaparov (; born 28 February 1964) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan. Abdoujaparov was a sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror" as he was so ferocious in the sprints. His unorthodox ...
,
Adriano Baffi
Adriano Baffi (born 7 August 1962) is a former Italian bicycle road racer. After his career as a rider, he became a team director. He is the son of Italian bicycle racer Pierino Baffi.
Baffi was born in Vailate, Italy. He joined the Luxembourg ...
, and
Fabio Baldato
Fabio Baldato (born 13 June 1968) is an Italian former racing cyclist. In 2008, he was the oldest rider in a ProTour team. His cycling career ended when he crashed heavily in the Eneco Tour. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 19 ...
had a great chance to win a stage in the race.
Notable sprinter
Mario Cipollini
Mario Cipollini (; born 22 March 1967), often abbreviated to Cipo, is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance (his first pro win came in 1988, his last in 2005; 170 pro ...
did not participate in the race as he was still recovering from injuries sustained in the second stage at the
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, 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'Ital ...
.
Route and stages

The route for the 1994 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 13 November 13, 1993, in
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
. The race route was leaked to the press before Castellano held the official presentation.
It contained three time trial events, all of which were individual. There were ten stages containing high mountains, of which three had summit finishes: stage 4, to
Campitello Matese; stage 20, to
Les Deux Alpes
Les 2 Alpes () is a ski resort in the French '' department'' of Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The village sits at and lifts run to . It has the largest skiable glacier in Europe and is France's second oldest ski resort behind Chamonix. It h ...
; and stage 21, to
Sestriere
Sestriere (, , , ) is a ski resort in Piedmont, Italy, a ''comune'' (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is situated in Val Susa, from the France, French border. Its name derives from Latin language, Latin: ''ad petram sistrariam ...
.
Another stage with a mountain-top finish was stage 18, which consisted of a climbing time trial to the summit of the Passo dello Bocco.
In total, the race featured of climbing.
The organizers chose to include no rest days. When compared to the
previous year's race, the race was longer, contained one less rest day, and one more stage. The race was televised in Italy by Mediaset TV.
There were five stages that began or ended outside of Italy.
Stage 12 ended in the Slovenian city
Kranj
Kranj (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fourth-largest city in Slovenia and the largest urban center of the traditional region of Upper Carniola (northwestern Slovenia) and the Slovene Alps. It is located approximately northwest o ...
and served as the start for the race's thirteenth stage.
Stage 13 ended at Lienz in Austria, and the fourteenth began there.
The Giro's mountainous stage 20 ended on the slopes of
Les Deux Alpes
Les 2 Alpes () is a ski resort in the French '' department'' of Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The village sits at and lifts run to . It has the largest skiable glacier in Europe and is France's second oldest ski resort behind Chamonix. It h ...
, and the penultimate stage began on the mountain the next day.
Race overview

This edition of the Giro began with a split stage, with the morning leg consisting of a flat route and the afternoon part being a flat
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 trac ...
.
Italian
Endrio Leoni
Endrio Leoni (born 22 August 1968 in Dolo) is a retired road bicycle racer from Italy, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 2002. He only served teams from his native country. Leoni twice won the Scheldeprijs (2000 and 2001).
Major results
...
won the morning stage by means of a sprint finish where the speeds were so high the peloton split in the final kilometer.
Armand de Las Cuevas won the afternoon time trial by two seconds over
Evgeni Berzin
Evgeni Valentinovich Berzin (; born 3 June 1970) is a Russian former road cyclist.
Coming from track cycling, where he successfully represented the Soviet Union at World Championships, he moved to Italy in 1992 and turned professional with in ...
and in the process took the overall lead away from Leoni.
Stage two featured an uphill finish into the city of
Osimo
Osimo is a town and ''comune'' of the Marche region of Italy, in the province of Ancona. The municipality covers a hilly area located approximately south of the port city of Ancona and the Adriatic Sea.
History
The oldest archaeological evide ...
.
Moreno Argentin
Moreno Argentin (born 17 December 1960) is an Italian former professional cycle sport, cyclist (from 1981 to 1994) and race director.
Born in San Donà di Piave (Veneto), Argentin won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, and the Tou ...
attacked close to the line and was able to distance himself from the rest of the peloton and win the stage, while also taking the lead of the race.
Gianni Bugno
Gianni Bugno (; born 14 February 1964) is a retired Italy, Italian professional road racing cyclist.
Biography
Bugno was a versatile rider, able to do well in different types of races. He won numerous stages in the Tour de France, and the Mi ...
failed several times to get away from the peloton before finally breaking free on the climb into Loreto Amprutino to win the third stage.
Stage 4 featured the race's first summit finish, with a final climb to the top of
Campitello Matese.
While on the climb,
Evgeni Berzin
Evgeni Valentinovich Berzin (; born 3 June 1970) is a Russian former road cyclist.
Coming from track cycling, where he successfully represented the Soviet Union at World Championships, he moved to Italy in 1992 and turned professional with in ...
attacked and made his way up to the top in first place.
Due to his efforts, Berzin gained the overall lead of the race.
The next two stages, 5 and 6, both came down to sprint finishes that were won by Endrio Leoni and
Marco Saligari, respectively.
The race's seventh stage saw the Spaniard
Laudelino Cubino outsprint his fellow breakaway members for the stage victory.
Stage 8 was a individual time trial that stretched from
Grosseto
Grosseto () is a city and a ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the province of Grosseto and the main city of the Maremma region. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the ...
to
Follonica.
The race leader Evgeni Berzin dominated the time trial as he won the stage by over a minute than the second-place finisher, which also allowed him to extend his lead in the general classification.
The next three stages of the race were all primarily flat, had no real impact on the overall standings, and all concluded with a bunch sprint.
Ján Svorada
Ján Svorada (born 28 August 1968 in Trenčín) is a retired Slovak and Czech road racing cyclist.
He was born in Czechoslovakia; when that country split up in 1993, he raced for Slovakia until 1996, when he started racing for the Czech Repub ...
won stage nine and then stage eleven after dodging a crash that marred the stage's finish.
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Djamolidine Mirgarifanovich Abdoujaparov (; born 28 February 1964) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan. Abdoujaparov was a sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror" as he was so ferocious in the sprints. His unorthodox ...
out-sprinted the rest of the field to win the race's tenth stage.
The Giro's twelfth stage featured a few categorized climbs as the race made its way into
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
for the stage's finish in
Kranj
Kranj (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fourth-largest city in Slovenia and the largest urban center of the traditional region of Upper Carniola (northwestern Slovenia) and the Slovene Alps. It is located approximately northwest o ...
.
Despite the climbs, the stage ended with a field sprint that was won by
Andrea Ferrigato
Andrea Ferrigato (born 1 September 1969 in Schio) is an Italian former road bicycle racer.
Career
In 1991 he turned professional with , which he rode for until 1993. In 1994 he won the 12th stage at the Giro d'Italia, while his best year was ...
.
Italian
Michele Bartoli
Michele Bartoli (born 27 May 1970, in Pisa) is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. Bartoli was a professional cyclist from 1992 until 2004 and was one of the most successful classic cycle races, single-day classics specialists of his generati ...
won the race's undulating thirteenth stage by being a part of the stage's initial breakaway and then attacking later on and soloing to the stage's conclusion in
Lienz
Lienz (; Southern Bavarian: ''Lianz'') is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of ''Pat ...
, Austria.
As the Giro left Austria, the race began to enter the
Dolomites
The Dolomites ( ), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Va ...
during stage fourteen.
The eventual stage winner
Marco Pantani
Marco Pantani (; 13 January 1970 – 14 February 2004) was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely regarded as one of the greatest climbing specialists in the history of the sport by measures of his legacy, credits from other riders, and record ...
was in a chasing group on the final climb of the stage, the Passo di Monte Giovo.
He attacked, bridged the gap to the leading group, and left them behind to claim his first professional victory of his career.
The next stage saw Pantani win again after he rode away from the attack group on the last climb of the Valico di Santa Cristina and he then soloed to the finish in
Aprica
Aprica () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, northern Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, ...
.
Pantani's efforts on the day moved him up to second overall in the race.
The race's sixteenth stage took a break from the mountains with the stage being primarily fled, which ultimately led to the sprint finish that was won by Italian
Maximilian Sciandri
Maximilian Sciandri (born 15 February 1967) is a retired British road racing cyclist of Italian descent. He competed as an Italian national up to February 1995, then took British citizenship. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road ...
.
Ján Svorada won the next day's stage after attacking from the breakaway group in the closing seconds.

The Giro's eighteenth stage was a individual time trial that stretched from Chiavari to the summit finish on the Passo del Bocco.
The race leader Evgeni Berzin won the stage by twenty seconds over
Miguel Induráin
Miguel Induráin Larraya (; born 16 July 1964) is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. Induráin won five Tours de France from 1991 Tour de France, 1991 to 1995 Tour de France, 1995, the fourth, and last, to win five times, and the only five- ...
.
Stage 19 saw the day of racing come down to a sprint finish that was won by
Massimo Ghirotto
Massimo Ghirotto (born 25 June 1961, in Boara Pisani) is an Italian former road bicycle racer.
Major results
;1982
:1st Coppa Città di San Daniele
;1987
:1st, Trofeo Baracchi
:1st, Trofeo Matteotti
:1st, Coppa Placci
:1st, Stage 10, Tour d ...
.
The twentieth stage saw the Giro race through the
Alps
The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
...
and up to the summit of
Les Deux Alpes
Les 2 Alpes () is a ski resort in the French '' department'' of Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The village sits at and lifts run to . It has the largest skiable glacier in Europe and is France's second oldest ski resort behind Chamonix. It h ...
for the stage finish.
The lead group up Les Deux Alpes contained the likes of Evgeni Berzin, Marco Pantani, and Miguel Induráin who had attacked each other multiple times but to no avail.
The trio was later joined by
Vladimir Poulnikov and
Nelson Rodríguez who both eventually left them to go on for the stage win.
Poulkinov edged out Rodriguez to the stage win atop the mountain.
The penultimate stage of the Giro saw a summit finish atop the
Sestriere
Sestriere (, , , ) is a ski resort in Piedmont, Italy, a ''comune'' (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is situated in Val Susa, from the France, French border. Its name derives from Latin language, Latin: ''ad petram sistrariam ...
.
The stage saw snow and chilling temperatures which led to the general classification contenders sticking together, while
Pascal Richard
Pascal Richard (born 16 March 1964) is a Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist. He won the Swiss National Road Race Championships, Swiss Nati ...
went on to win the summit finish and solidify his lead atop the mountains classification.
The Giro's final stage came down to a sprint finish that was won by
Stefano Zanini
Stefano Zanini (born 23 January 1969 in Varese, Lombardy) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, the leadout man for Liquigas-Bianchi in 2006, after riding for Mapei, , and Quick-Step.
His palmares include the Milano–Torino of ...
as Evgeni Berzin won the Giro d'Italia.
Success in stages was limited to eleven of the competing teams, six of which achieved multiple stage victories, while four individual riders won multiple stages. The riders that won more than once were Endrio Leoni in stages 1a
and 5,
Evgeni Berzin in stages 4,
8,
and 18,
Ján Svorada in stages 9,
11,
and 17,
and Marco Pantani in stages 14
and 15.
Jolly Componibili-Cage won two stages with Leoni.
Gewiss–Ballan won multiple stages, with Moreno Argentin in stage 2
and three stages with Berzin. won two stages, with Gianni Bugno in stage 3
and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov in stage 10.
GB–MG Maglificio won three stages, with Marco Saligari in stage 6,
Maximilian Sciandri in stage 16,
and Pascal Richard in stage 21.
won three stages with Ján Svorada. ZG Mobili–Selle Italia won two stages, with Andrea Ferrigato in stage 12
and Massimo Ghirotto in stage 19.
also won multiple stages, with Marco Pantani in winning two stages and Vladimir Poulnikov in stage 20.
Castorama, , , and each won one stage apiece. Castorama rider Armand de Las Cuevas won stage 1b individual time trial,
Kelme-Avianca-Gios's Laudelino Cubino won stage 7,
Mercatone Uno-Medeghini rider Michele Bartoli won stage 13,
and Navigare-Blue Storm's
Stefano Zanini
Stefano Zanini (born 23 January 1969 in Varese, Lombardy) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, the leadout man for Liquigas-Bianchi in 2006, after riding for Mapei, , and Quick-Step.
His palmares include the Milano–Torino of ...
stage 22 by means of a sprint finish.
Doping
Despite not testing positive during the race or season, the Gewiss–Ballan team has since been speculated to have executed a systematic doping program that utilized
EPO throughout the 1994 season.
The team achieved several victories in stage races and one-day races during the year, including a sweep of the podium at
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...
weeks before the start of the Giro.
Team doctor
Michele Ferrari was banned for life from sports in 2012 by
United States Anti-Doping Agency
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA, ) is a non-profit, non-governmental 501(c)(3) organization and the national anti-doping organization (NADO) for the United States. To protect clean competition and the integrity of sport and prevent ...
for distribution of performance-enhancing drugs to several of his clients.
Classification leadership

Five different jerseys were worn during the 1994 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 three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey.
The time bonuses for the 1994 Giro were twelve seconds for first, eight for second, and four seconds for third.
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 c ...
, which awarded a purple (or
cyclamen
''Cyclamen'' ( or ) is a genus of 23 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. In English, it is known by the common names sowbread or swinebread. ''Cyclamen'' species are native to Europe and the Mediterranean Basin ea ...
) 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, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used.
While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...
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 race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs.
''The Cima Coppi'' for this Giro was the
Stelvio Pass
The Stelvio Pass ( or ; ) is a mountain pass in northern Italy bordering Switzerland at an elevation of above sea level. It is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, below France's Col de l ...
.
The first rider to cross the Stelvio was Italian
Franco Vona. The white jersey was worn by the leader of
young rider classification
Young rider classification () in a cycling jersey competition in multi-day stage race events, such as the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and many others, is an award for the current leader by overall time for riders below the age of twenty-six years ...
, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1970 were eligible for it.
The
intergiro classification was marked by a blue jersey.
The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey.
The first three riders to cross the intergiro line in each stage would receive a six, four, and two second time bonus, respectively.
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
Intergiro classification
Team classification
Team points classification
References
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Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...
May 1994 sports events in Europe
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