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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 21, 1981 |
Milan-San Remo |
Alfons de Wolf (Bel) |
288 km |
| April 5, 1981 |
Tour of Flanders |
Hennie Kuiper (Hol) |
267 km |
| April 12, 1981 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
263 km |
| April 19, 1981 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Josef Fuchs (Sui) |
244 km |
| April 21-May 10, 1981 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) |
19 Stages,
3,446 km |
| May 13-June 7, 1981 |
Giro d'Italia |
Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) |
22 Stages
3,895 km |
| June 25-July 19, 1981 |
Tour de France |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
22 Stages
3,808 km |
| August 30, 1981 |
World
Championships |
Freddy Maertens (Bel) |
Prague, Czecheslovakia 281 km |
October 17, 1981 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Hennie Kuiper (Hol) |
Milan-Como,
259 km |
• USA - January 1981, 52 American hostages are released by Iran after 14 months of captivity.
• Great Britain - July 29, 1981, Prince Charles, 32, married Lady Diana Frances Spencer, 20, at Westminster Abbey in London. Over 750 million people worldwide watched the event.
• Assassination Attempts - March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. fired several shots at President Ronald Regan. May 13, 1981 , Pope John Paul 11 was shot and nearly killed by a Turkish gunman as he entered St. Peters Square.
• France - Francois Mitterrand is elected President of France.
• AIDS - the first cases of AIDS are reported.
Notable Deaths - Anwar Sadat, 1918-1981, the Egyptian leader, whose peace effort won him the Nobel Peace Prize, was assassinated by Muslim extremists at an October 6, 1981 military parade.
* Vuelta a Espana Champion: Antonio Suarez (Spa), 1932-1981, the Vuelta Champion in 1959.
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