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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 17 - June 10, 1984 |
3,784 Km |
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Finishers: 143 |
Average Speed: 38.681 km/h |
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Moser-Fignon: a Controversial Battle to the End!
The 1984 Giro d'Italia was the 67th running of Italy’s Grand race.
Frenchman Laurent Fignon, the 1983 Tour de France Champion, came to the Giro d’Italia as the main threat to Italy’s two main favorites Francesco Moser and defending Giro Champion Giuseppe Saronni.
The 1984 racecourse was relatively flat, which favored the two Italians. Fignon needed to excel in the mountain stages to have a chance.
Teams:
The nineteen teams entering the race were:
- Alfa Lum-Olmo
- Ariostea
- Atala-Campagnolo
- Bianchi-Piaggio
- Cilo-Aufina-Magniflex
- Del Tongo-Colnago
- Dromedario-Alan
- Gis Gelati-Tuc Lu
- Malvor-Bottecchia
- Fanini-Wuhrer-Sibicar
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- Gianni Motta-Linea MD Italia
- Carrera-Inoxpran
- Murella-Rossin
- Metauro Mobili-Pinarello
- Renault-Elf
- Sammontana-Campagnolo
- Santini-Conti-Galli
- Supermercati Brianzoli
- Zor-Gemeaz Cusin
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Each team sent a team of nine riders.
Special Note: Robin Morton, the team manager of the Gianna-Motta-Linea MD team, was the first female team manager ever in the Giro d'Italia.
Race Summary:
Prologue-Francesco Moser wore the first Maglia Rosa after his stage win in the 5 km Prologue Time Trial.
Stage 1: Fignon took the Maglia Rosa after a Renault-Elf Team Time Trial stage win for four stages.
Stage 5: Moser distanced the bonking Frenchman on gradual stage 5 climb to the summit of the Block Haus. Moser held the Giro until the mountainous twentieth stage.
Special Note: Controversy abounded during the Giro. After being pushed up multiple climbs Francesco Moser was accused by numerous contenders of receiving favorable treatment by the Italian organizers and race officials.
Stage 19: The toughest climb in the race, the Stelvio, was cancelled because of snow even though the photos showed it was perfectly passable. On the climb of the Selva di Val Gardena Fignon’s breakaway group gained enough time to warrant a team car to support the escape. Officials denied the request to pass the Moser group. When Fignon had a chain problem there was no team car to help.
Stage 20: Stage 19’s difficulties aside, Fignon fought back with a brilliant breakaway on the hardest mountain stage. He took back the Maglia Rosa with 2 stages to go. His race lead was 1’21” going into the final stage Individual Time Trial.
Stage 20 (Cima Coppi): In 1984 the Giro’s twentieth stage featured the parcours of the previous year. There were the same 5 major mountain climbs: Campolongo (1st passage), Pordoi (Cima Coppi), Sella, Gardena andagain Campolongo (2nd passage). Frenchman Laurent Fignon escaped solo on the Pordoi and would not be caught. He rolled into Arabba 2’19” ahead of Francesco Moser and took back the Maglia Rosa.
Stage 22-During the ITTs on the final stage a TV helicopter flew in a down-draft position that gave Moser a favorable tailwind. Despite a puncture Francesco Moser could not be stopped. He was a more experienced in the time trial and gained the stage win by 2’24”. He captured the controversial and tensely fought General Classification by 1’03”. The 1984 Giro d’Italia would be Moser’s only Grand Tour victory.
POST-GIRO NOTES:
Italian champion Felice Gimondi stated that Laurent Fignon lost the Giro because of 3 mistakes:
- Fignon tried to set the pace on the Block Haus climb before bonking.
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- He tried to win the sprint into Foggio by jumping past Moser and stage winner Moreno Argentine from 800 meters.
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- He tried to follow stage winner Roberto Visentini on the climb to Lerici in too big a gear.
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Gimondi: “These are not errors of a Giro Champion, they are errors of a youth.”
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Prologue Lucca, 5 km ITT |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 1 Lucca-Pietrasanta Marina, 55 km TTT |
RENAULT-ELF |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 2 Pietrasanta-Firenze, 127 km |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 3 Bologna-San Luca, 110 km |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 4 Bologna-Numana, 238 km |
Stefan Mutter (Sui) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 5 Numana-Block Haus, 194 km |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 6 Chieti-Foggia, 193 km |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 7 Foggia-Marconia di Pisticci, 226 km |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 8 Policoro-Agropoli, 228 km |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 9 Agropoli-Cava di Tirreni, 104 km |
Dag-Erik Pedersen (Nor) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 10 Cava di Tirreni-Isernia, 209 km |
Martial Gayant (Fra) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 11 Isernia-Rieti, 243 km |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 12 Rieti-Citta di Castello, 175 km |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 13 Citta di Castello-Lerici, 269 km |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 14 Lerici-Alessandria, 204 km |
Sergio Santimaria (Ita) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 15 Certosia di Pavia-Milan, 38 km ITT |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 16 Alessandria-Bardonecchia, 198 km |
Dag-Erik Pedersen (Nor) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 17 Bardonecchia-Lecco, 249 km |
Jurg Bruggmann (Sui) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 18 Lecco-Merano, 252 km |
Bruno Leali (Ita) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 19 Merano-Selva Val Gardena, 74 km |
Marino Lejarreta (Spa) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 20 Selva Val Gardena-Arabba, 169 km |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 21 Arabba-Treviso, 208 km |
Guido Bontempi (Ita) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 22 Soave-Verona, 42 km ITT |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
 Francesco Moser (Ita) |
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Mountain Classification |
 Laurent Fignon (Fra)
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Points Classification |
 Urs Freuler (Sui) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Francesco MOSER (Ita)  |
Gis Gelati-Tuc Lu |
98h32'20" |
2 |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Renault-Elf |
+1'03" |
3 |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Sammontana |
+4'26" |
4 |
Marino Lejarreta (Spa) |
Alfa Lum-Olmo |
+4'33" |
5 |
Johan Van der Velde (Ned) |
Metauro Mobili-Pinarello |
+6'56" |
6 |
Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) |
Murella-Rossin |
+7'48" |
7 |
Lucien Van Impe (Bel) |
Metauro Mobili-Pinarello |
+10'19" |
8 |
Beat Breu (Sui) |
Cilo-Aufina-Magniflex |
+11'39" |
9 |
Mario Beccia (Ita) |
Malvor-Bottecchia |
+11'41" |
10 |
Dag-Erik Pedersen (Nor) |
Murella-Rossin |
+13'35" |
11 |
Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) |
+15'46" |
78 |
Daniel Franger (USA) |
+1h50'18" |
12 |
Eddy Schepers (Bel) |
+16'55" |
79 |
Graziano Salvietti (Ita) |
+1h51'03" |
13 |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
+18'02" |
80 |
Daniel Wyder (Sui) |
+1h53'11" |
14 |
Alfredo Chinetti (Ita) |
+18'44" |
81 |
Valerio Piva (Ita) |
+1h54'25" |
15 |
Martial Gayant (Fra) |
+21'10" |
82 |
Mario Polini (Ita) |
+1h57'39" |
16 |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
+22'06" |
83 |
Dominique Gaigne (Fra) |
+1h58'07" |
17 |
Alfio Vandi (Ita) |
+22'31" |
84 |
Daniel Gisiger (Sui) |
+1h58'53" |
18 |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
+24'07" |
85 |
Angel Camarillo (Spa) |
+1h59'32" |
19 |
Alberto Fernandez (Spa) |
+24'39" |
86 |
Daniele Caroli (Ita) |
+1h59'37" |
20 |
Bruno Leali (Ita) |
+25'46" |
87 |
Antonio Ferreti (Ita) |
+2h02'14" |
21 |
Charly Mottet (Fra) |
+29'51" |
88 |
Giovanni Moro (Ita) |
+2h02'26" |
22 |
Glauco Santoni (Ita) |
+31'09" |
89 |
Giuseppe Passuello (Ita) |
+2h04'59" |
23 |
Acacio da Silva (Por) |
+31'25" |
90 |
Mauro Longo (Ita) |
+2h05'13" |
24 |
Franco Chioccioli (Ita) |
+32'49" |
91 |
Giancarlo Casiraghi (Ita) |
+2h08'34" |
25 |
Luciano Loro (Ita) |
+33'02" |
92 |
Vittorio Algeri (Ita) |
+2h09'25" |
26 |
Jesus Rodriguez-Magro (Spa) |
+33'16" |
93 |
Guido Bontempi (Ita) |
+2h10'27" |
27 |
Palmiro Masciarelli (Ita) |
+33'37" |
94 |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
+2h11'26" |
28 |
Sergio Santimaria (Ita) |
+34'08" |
95 |
Benedetto Patellaro (Ita) |
+2h13'00" |
29 |
Bernard Gavillet (Sui) |
+36'50" |
96 |
Mario Noris (Ita) |
+2h13'58" |
30 |
Salvatore Maccali (Ita) |
+38'20" |
97 |
Claudio Corti (Ita) |
+2h14'17" |
31 |
Siegfried Hekimi (Sui) |
+38'22" |
98 |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
+2h14'54" |
32 |
Leonardo Natale (Ita) |
+41'55" |
99 |
John Eustice (USA) |
+2h17'58" |
33 |
Stefan Mutter (Sui) |
+43'19" |
100 |
Leonardo Bevilacqua (Ita) |
+2h18'45" |
34 |
Silvano Contini (Ita) |
+43'37" |
101 |
Jesper Worre (Den) |
+2h18'59" |
35 |
Sven-Ake Nilsson (Swe) |
+44'04" |
102 |
Michael Wilson (Aus) |
+2h19'55" |
36 |
Alessandro Paganessi (Ita) |
+47'00" |
103 |
Riccardo Magrini (Ita) |
+2h20'45" |
37 |
Ennio Vanotti (Ita) |
+49'12" |
104 |
Giancinto Santambrogio (Ita) |
+2h50'50" |
38 |
Claudio Bortolotto (Ita) |
+53'49" |
105 |
René Koppert (Ned) |
+2h21'12" |
39 |
Fabrizio Verza (Ita) |
+55'23" |
106 |
Dario Mariuzzo (Ita) |
+2h22'19" |
40 |
Jens Veggerby (Den) |
+55'46" |
107 |
Giuseppe Martinelli (Ita) |
+2h23'03" |
41 |
Marino Amadori (Ita) |
+1h00'41" |
108 |
Philippe Chevallier (Fra) |
+2h25'45" |
42 |
Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) |
+1h00'47" |
109 |
Fiorenzo Favero (Ita) |
+2h25'54" |
43 |
Jonathan Boyer (USA) |
+1h03'38" |
110 |
Valerio Lualdi (Ita) |
+2h26'52" |
44 |
Maurizio Piovani (Ita) |
+1h03'43" |
111 |
Ole Silseth (Nor) |
+2h27'27" |
45 |
Eduardo Chozas (Spa) |
+1h05'36" |
112 |
Maurizio Viotto (Ita) |
+2h28'14" |
46 |
Claudio Torelli (Ita) |
+1h09'00" |
113 |
Cesare Cipollini (Ita) |
+2h30'11" |
47 |
Eric Salomon (Fra) |
+1h11'36" |
114 |
Marco Franceschini (Ita) |
+2h30'32" |
48 |
Ennio Salvador (Ita) |
+1h12'04" |
115 |
Mauro Angelucci (Ita) |
+2h30'42" |
49 |
Giocondo Dalla Rizza (Ita) |
+1h12'57" |
116 |
Piero Onesti (Ita) |
+2h37'30" |
50 |
Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) |
+1h14'12" |
117 |
Giovanni Renosto (Ita) |
+2h39'37" |
51 |
Paul Wellens (Bel) |
+1h14'51" |
118 |
Michael Carter (USA) |
+2h42'52" |
52 |
Elio Festa (Ita) |
+1h17'01" |
119 |
Antonio Bevilacqua (Ita) |
+2h45'24" |
53 |
Claudio Savini (Ita) |
+1h17'43" |
120 |
Stefano Giuliani (Ita) |
+2h45'48" |
54 |
Godi Schmutz (Sui) |
+1h19'29" |
121 |
Jurg Bruggmann (Sui) |
+2h47'11" |
55 |
Giuseppe Petito (Ita) |
+1h19'36" |
122 |
Juan Fernandez (Spa) |
+2h48'07" |
56 |
Flavio Zappi (Ita) |
+1h20'58" |
123 |
Philippe Saude (Fra) |
+2h48'14" |
57 |
Roberto Ceruti (Ita) |
+1h21'57" |
124 |
Gianmarco Saccani (Ita) |
+2h52'04" |
58 |
Amilcare Sgalbazzi (Ita) |
+1h22'11" |
125 |
Carmelo Barone (Ita) |
+2h55'55" |
59 |
Hubert Seiz (Sui) |
+1h23'05" |
126 |
Dante Morandi (Ita) |
+2h56'10" |
60 |
Piero Ghibaudo (Ita) |
+1h25'17" |
127 |
Karl Maxon (USA) |
+2h58'07" |
61 |
Rudy Pevenage (Bel) |
+1h25'21" |
128 |
Nazzareno Berto (Ita) |
+2h58'14" |
62 |
Jesus Ibanez-Loyo (Spa) |
+1h25'46" |
129 |
Martin Havik (Ned) |
+3h00'19" |
63 |
Orlando Maini (Ita) |
+1h28'21" |
130 |
Luciano Lorenzi (Ita) |
+3h07'53" |
64 |
Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) |
+1h29'23" |
131 |
Luigi Ferreri (Ita) |
+3h12'04" |
65 |
Franco Conti (Ita) |
+1h29'41" |
132 |
Roberto Bressan (Ita) |
+3h21'59" |
66 |
Pierangelo Bincoletto (Ita) |
+1h31'52" |
133 |
Marcel Russenberger (Sui) |
+3h26'22" |
67 |
Luciano Rabottini (Ita) |
+1h32'34" |
134 |
David McFarlane (Aus) |
+3h31'07" |
68 |
Czeslaw Lang (Pol) |
+1h35'20" |
135 |
Marco-Ant Lopez-Duran (Mex) |
+3h35'47" |
69 |
Frits Pirard (Ned) |
+1h36'05" |
136 |
José-Luis Lopez-Cerron (Spa) |
+3h36'12" |
70 |
Giovanni Viero (Ita) |
+1h37'42" |
137 |
David Akam (GBr) |
+3h37'22" |
71 |
Daniel Willems (Bel) |
+1h37'43" |
138 |
Rudi Weber (Ger) |
+3h38'31" |
72 |
Steen-Michael Petersen (Den) |
+1h39'31" |
139 |
Ermino Olmati (Ita) |
+3h48'24" |
73 |
Giancarlo Perini (Ita) |
+1h42'21" |
140 |
Thierry Bolle (Sui) |
+3h53'05" |
74 |
Alf Segersall (Swe) |
+1h42'57" |
141 |
Tom Ruttedge (USA) |
+3h54'32" |
75 |
Giuliano Biatta (Ita) |
+1h46'40" |
142 |
Bruno Vicino (Ita) |
+4h13'11" |
76 |
Vinko Poloncic (You) |
+1h47'59" |
143 |
Greg Saunders (USA) |
+4h29'08" |
77 |
Gerhard Zadrobilek (Aut) |
+1h49'19" |
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Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Laurent FIGNON (Fra) |
Renault-Elf |
53 |
2 |
Flavio Zappi (Ita) |
Metauro Mobili-Pinarello |
40 |
3 |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Sammontana |
30 |
4 |
Johan Van der Velde (Ned) |
Metauro Mobili-Pinarello |
29 |
5 |
Jesus Rodriguez-Magro (Spa) |
Zor-Gemeaz Cusin |
28 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Urs FREULER (Sui) |
Atala-Campagnolo |
178 |
2 |
Johan Van der Velde (Ned) |
Metauro Mobili-Pinarello |
172 |
3 |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Gis Gelati-Tuc Lu |
166 |
4 |
Dag-Erik Pedersen (Nor) |
Murella-Rossin |
160 |
5 |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Renault-Elf |
160 |
Final Neo-Pro Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Charly MOTTET (Fra)  |
Renault-Elf |
99h 02' 11" |
2 |
Jens Veggerby (Den) |
Fanini-Wuhrer-Sibicar |
+25'55" |
3 |
Giocondo Dalla Rizza (Ita) |
Supermercati Brianzoli |
+43'06" |
4 |
Elio Festa (Ita) |
Santini-Conti-Galli |
+47'10" |
5 |
Jesus Ignacio Ibanez Loyo (Spa) |
Zor-Gemeaz Cusin |
+55'55" |
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