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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 16 - June 9, 1985 |
3,998 Km |
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Finishers: 135 |
Average Speed: 37.893 km/h |
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Hinault Beat Moser with Help from LeMond
The 1985 Giro d’Italia marked the third participation and third Giro victory for French superstar Bernard Hinault. The General Classification battle was between 1984 Giro champion Francesco Moser and Hinault.
Young American Greg LeMond provided his La Vie Claire teammate Hinault with excellent support from start to finish. Moser tried every move possible, but Hinault, LeMond and a powerful La Vie Claire team controlled every attack. Hinault's time trialing ability proved to be the difference.
Teams:
The twenty teams entering the race were:
- Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre
- Ariostea-Oece
- Atala-Campagnolo
- 7-Eleven-Hoonver
- Cilo-Aufina-Magniflex
- Del Tongo-Colnago
- Dromedario-Laminox
- Gis Gelati-Trentino Vacanze
- Malvor-Bottecchia-Vaporella
- Gemeaz Cusin-Zor
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- La Vie Claire
- Carrera-Inoxpran
- Murella-Rossin
- Maggi Mobili-Fanini
- Skil-Sem-Kas-Miko
- Sammontana--Bianchi
- Santini-Krups-Conti-Galli
- Supermercati Brianzoli
- Varta-Café de Colombia
- Vini Ricordi-Pinarello-Sidermec
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Each team sent a team of nine riders.
Race Summary:
Prologue-Moser led the race for the first two days after winning the opening prologue ITT. He lost the lead to Giuseppe Saronni after his team won the stage three Team Time Trial.
Stage 4: the Giro’s fourth stage saw Roberto Visentini gain sufficient time on the GC contenders. He took the race leader's Maglia Rosa.
Stage 12: Roberto Visentini held the race lead for eight days before losing it to Hinault after the ITT on stage 12. The twelfth stage was 38 km Individual Time Trial. Hinault used a superior race against the clock and won the stage by 53” over Moser and 1’42” on race leader Visentini. Hinault's time gains were enough to give him the race lead by 1’14”.
Stage 15: A twenty-man breakaway formed and rode most of the stage off the front. With 10 km to go the breakaway was caught. When the stage passed the 5 km to go banner, another four-rider attack group formed. 7-Eleven's Ron Kiefel slipped away and won the stage! Kiefel became the first American to win a stage in the Giro on fifteenth stage from L'Aquila to Perugia (208 km).
Stage 19 (Cima Coppi): The nineteenth stage was 247 km from Domodossola to St. Vincent and featured 2 major mountain climbs, the Passo dei Sempione and Gran San Bernardo. Before the stage race director announced that the last six kilometers of the Gran San Bernardo (the steepest part) would be removed. On the shortened stage Colombian climber Reynel Montoya attacked the Passo dei Sempione and rode across the summit to win the Cima Coppi.
Stage 19: After losing a considerable amount of time during stage 16 ITT former race leader Roberto Visentini abandoned the race during the nineteenth stage.
Stage 22: Hinault then successfully defended his lead through the Alpine climbing stages. Bernard Hinault rolled across the final stage finish line in Lucca to claim a 1’08” Giro d’Italia victory over Francesco Moser.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Prologue Verona, 6.65 km ITT |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 1 Verona-Busto Arsizio, 218 km |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Stage 2 Busto Arsizio-Milan, 38 km TTT |
DEL TONGO-COLNAGO |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stage 3 Milan-Pinzolo, 190 km |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Stg 4 Pinzolo-Selva di Val Gardena, 237 km |
Hubert Seiz (Sui) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stg 5 Selva Val Gardena-Vitt. Veneto, 225 km |
Emanuele Bombini (Ita) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 6 Vittorio Veneto-Cervia, 237 km |
Frank Hoste (Bel) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 7 Cervia-Jesi, 185 km |
Orlando Maini (Ita) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 8a Foggia, 45 km |
Stefano Allocchio (Ita) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 8b Foggia-Matera, 167 km |
Acacio Da Silva (Por) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 9 Matera-Crotone, 237 km |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 10 Crotone-Paola, 203 km |
Acacio Da Silva (Por) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 11 Paola-Salerno, 240 km |
Stefano Allocchio (Ita) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 12 Capua-Maddaloni, 38 km ITT |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Stage 13 Maddaloni-Frosinone, 154 km |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Stage 14 Frosinone-Gran Sasso, 195 km |
Franco Chioccioli (Ita) |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Stage 15 L'Aquila-Perugia, 208 km |
Ron Kiefel (USA) |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Stage 16 Perugia-Cecina, 217 km |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Stage 17 Cecina-Modena, 248 km |
Daniel Gisiger (Sui) |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Stage 18 Monza-Domodossola, 128 km |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Stg 19 Domodossola-St Vinc. d’Aoste, 247 km |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Stg 20 St Vin -Valnontey Gr Paradiso, 58 km |
Andrew Hampsten (USA) |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Stage 21 St Vincent-Genova, 229 km |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
Stage 22 Lido Camaiore-Lucca, 48 km ITT |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
 Bernard Hinault (Fra) |
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Mountain Classification |
 Jose-Luis Navarro (Spa)
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Points Classification |
 Johan Van Der Velde (Ned) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Bernard HINAULT (Fra)  |
La Vie Claire |
105h46'51" |
2 |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Gis Gelati |
+1'08" |
3 |
Greg LeMond (USA) |
La Vie Claire |
+2'55" |
4 |
Tommy Prim (Swe) |
Sammontana-Bianchi |
+4'53" |
5 |
Marino Lejarreta (Spa) |
Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre |
+6'30" |
6 |
Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) |
Supermercati Brianzoli |
+6'32" |
7 |
Silvano Contini (Ita) |
Ariostea-Oece |
+7'22" |
8 |
Michael Wilson (Aus) |
Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre |
+7'38" |
9 |
Franco Chioccioli (Ita) |
Maggi Mobili-Fanini |
+8'33" |
10 |
Alberto Volpi (Ita) |
Sammontana-Bianchi |
+10'31" |
11 |
Emanuele Bombini (Ita) |
+10'35" |
74 |
Orlando Maini (Ita) |
+1h36'47" |
12 |
Mario Beccia (Ita) |
+11'53" |
75 |
Gianni Zola (Ita) |
+1h39'45" |
13 |
Lucien Van Impe (Bel) |
+12'50" |
76 |
Marc Gomez (Fra) |
+1h41'40" |
14 |
Marco Giovannetti (Ita) |
+14'30" |
77 |
Antonio Ferretti (Sui) |
+1h42'12" |
15 |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
+16'48" |
78 |
Bob Roll (USA) |
+1h42'41" |
16 |
Marino Amadori (Ita) |
+17'00" |
79 |
Roberto Pagnin (Ita) |
+1h43'30" |
17 |
Ennio Salvador (Ita) |
+17'46" |
80 |
Bruno Leali (Ita) |
+1h47'04" |
18 |
Gerhard Zadrobilek (Aut) |
+19'25" |
81 |
Antonio Bevilacqua (Spa) |
+1h48'10" |
19 |
Jose-Luis Navarro (Spa) |
+20'50" |
82 |
Jacques Van Meer (Ned) |
+1h48'43" |
20 |
Andrew Hampsten (USA) |
+21'23" |
83 |
Rene Bittinger (Fra) |
+1h49'56" |
21 |
Roberto Ceruti (Ita) |
+22'35" |
84 |
Walter Magnago (Ita) |
+1h54'11" |
22 |
Johan Van der Velde (Ned) |
+24'06" |
85 |
Benno Wiss (Sui) |
+1h59'40" |
23 |
Erich Maechler (Sui) |
+24'10" |
86 |
Philippe Poissonnier (Fra) |
+2h01'47" |
24 |
Luca Rota (Ita) |
+26'18" |
87 |
Daniele Ferrari (Ita) |
+2h02'49" |
25 |
Angel Camarillo (Spa) |
+26'58" |
88 |
Cesare Cipollini (Ita) |
+2h09'12" |
26 |
Luciano Loro (Ita) |
+27'08" |
89 |
Fabio Patuelli (Ita) |
+2h07'01" |
27 |
Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) |
+34'01" |
90 |
Benedetto Patellaro (Ita) |
+2h08'11" |
28 |
Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) |
+34'54" |
91 |
Domenico Cavallo (Ita) |
+2h08'55" |
29 |
Christian Jourdan (Fra) |
+35'04" |
92 |
Frits Pirard (Ned) |
+2h10'10" |
30 |
Palmiro Masciarelli (Ita) |
+36'40" |
93 |
Mauro Longo (Ita) |
+2h11'35" |
31 |
Marco Vitali (Ita) |
+38'57" |
94 |
Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) |
+2h11'42" |
32 |
Ennio Vanotti (Ita) |
+39'10" |
95 |
Mario Noris (Ita) |
+2h12'37" |
33 |
Acacio Da Silva (Por) |
+40'47" |
96 |
Walter Dalgal (Ita) |
+2h15'44" |
34 |
Dominique Arnaud (Fra) |
+41'15" |
97 |
Chris Carmichael (USA) |
+2h16'39" |
35 |
Jonathan Boyer (USA) |
+42'29" |
98 |
Roberto Cavoli (Ita) |
+2h17'10" |
36 |
Ezio Moroni (Ita) |
+43'14" |
99 |
Daniele Del Ben (Ita) |
+2h18'10" |
37 |
Fabrizio Vanucci (Ita) |
+44'20" |
100 |
Leonardo Bevilacqua (Spa) |
+2h19'32" |
38 |
Enrico Pochini (Ita) |
+53'38" |
101 |
Claudio Torelli (Ita) |
+2h19'33" |
39 |
Claudio Savini (Ita) |
+54'29" |
102 |
Maurizio Rossi (Ita) |
+2h21'02" |
40 |
Jens Veggerby (Den) |
+55'02" |
103 |
Filippo Piersanti (Ita) |
+2h21'30" |
41 |
Salvatore Maccali (Ita) |
+57'16" |
104 |
Davis Phinney (USA) |
+2h28'29" |
42 |
Rafael Acevedo (Col) |
+57'54" |
105 |
Sergio Scremin (Ita) |
+2h23'39" |
43 |
Bernard Vallet (Fra) |
+58'17" |
106 |
Emilio Ravasio (Ita) |
+2h24'45" |
44 |
Stefan Mutter (Sui) |
+1h02'07" |
107 |
Guido Bontempi (Ita) |
+2h25'09" |
45 |
Reynel Montoya (Col) |
+1h03'05" |
108 |
Giuliano Pavanello (Ita) |
+2h27'34" |
46 |
Jacques Decrion (Fra) |
+1h03'42" |
109 |
Giovanni Mantovani (Ita) |
+2h27'59" |
47 |
Elio Festa (Ita) |
+1h04'28" |
110 |
Roberto Cordoba (Spa) |
+2h31'16" |
48 |
Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) |
+1h05'00" |
111 |
Giuseppe Montella (Ita) |
+2h34'40" |
49 |
Gottfried 'Gody' Schmutz (Sui) |
+1h08'31" |
112 |
Dario Mariuzzo (Ita) |
+2h35'45" |
50 |
Urs Zimmermann (Sui) |
+1h09'20" |
113 |
Kim Eriksen (Den) |
+2h37'03" |
51 |
Steen-Michael Petersen (Den) |
+1h09'59" |
114 |
Silvestro Milani (Ita) |
+2h38'34" |
52 |
Silvano Ricco (Ita) |
+1h10'10" |
115 |
Ronan Onghena (Bel) |
+2h44'48" |
53 |
Guido Van Calster (Bel) |
+1h10'29" |
116 |
Stefano Bizzoni (Ita) |
+2h45'33" |
54 |
Davide Cassani (Ita) |
+1h12'16" |
117 |
Frank Hoste (Bel) |
+2h47'00" |
55 |
Alfredo Chinetti (Ita) |
+1h13'58" |
118 |
Jurg Bruggmann (Sui) |
+2h51'06" |
56 |
Armando Aristizabal (Col) |
+1h14'36" |
119 |
Mauro Angelucci (Ita) |
+2h52'12" |
57 |
Czeslaw Lang (Pol) |
+1h14'46" |
120 |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
+2h52'30" |
58 |
Rudy Pevenage (Bel) |
+1h15'11" |
121 |
Franco Pica (Ita) |
+2h58'28" |
59 |
Mike Gutmann (Sui) |
+1h15'59" |
122 |
Aladino Garcia (Spa) |
+2h50'38" |
60 |
Ron Kiefel (USA) |
+1h18'32" |
123 |
Andre Massard (Sui) |
+3h02'08" |
61 |
Luciano Rabottini (Ita) |
+1h18'55" |
124 |
Dirk Wayenberg (Bel) |
+3h08'33" |
62 |
Abelardo Rios (Col) |
+1h19'02" |
125 |
Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) |
+3h14'12" |
63 |
Stefano Giuliani (Ita) |
+1h20'38" |
126 |
Alfred Achermann (Sui) |
+3h14'20" |
64 |
Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) |
+1h20'42" |
127 |
Gregor Braun (Ger) |
+3h14'57" |
65 |
Maurizio Piovani (Ita) |
+1h21'00" |
128 |
Salvatore Cavallaro (Ita) |
+3h15'37" |
66 |
Daniel Gisiger (Sui) |
+1h21'52" |
129 |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
+3h19'27" |
67 |
Nestor Mora (Col) |
+1h22'54" |
130 |
Wies Van Dongen jr (Ned) |
+3h19'49" |
68 |
Piero Ghibaudo (Ita) |
+1h24'33" |
131 |
Eric Heiden (USA) |
+3h21'09" |
69 |
Romano Randi (Ita) |
+1h27'45" |
132 |
Stefanno Allochio (Ita) |
+3h26'37" |
70 |
Heinz Imboden (Sui) |
+1h28'08" |
133 |
Gaetano Baronchelli (Ita) |
+3h30'44" |
71 |
Giuseppe Petito (Ita) |
+1h30'53" |
134 |
Ralf Hofeditz (Ger) |
+3h38'35" |
72 |
Antonio Lodono (Col) |
+1h33'30" |
135 |
Patrizio Gambirasio (Ita) |
+3h42'14" |
73 |
Daniel Wyder (Sui) |
+1h34'06" |
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Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Jose Luis NAVARRO (Spa) |
Renault-Elf |
53 |
2 |
Reynel Montoya (Col) |
Varta-Café de Colombia |
47 |
3 |
Rafael Acevedo (Col) |
Varta-Café de Colombia |
38 |
4 |
Acacia da Silva (Por) |
Malvor-Bottecchia |
32 |
5 |
Andrew Hampsten (USA) |
7-Eleven |
30 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Johan VAN DER VELDE (Ned) |
Carrera–Inoxpran |
195 |
2 |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Atala |
172 |
3 |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Gis Gelati-Trentino Vacanze |
140 |
4 |
Frank Hoste (Bel) |
Del Tongo |
126 |
5 |
Franco Chioccioli (Ita) |
Maggi Mobili-Fanini |
122 |
Final Neo-Pro Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Alberto VOLPI (Ita)  |
Sammontana-Bianchi |
105h57'22" |
2 |
Marco Giovannetti (Ita) |
Ariostea |
+ 3' 59" |
3 |
José Luis Navarro (Spa) |
Gemeaz Cusin-Zor |
+ 10' 19" |
4 |
Andrew Hampsten (USA) |
7-Eleven |
+ 10' 52" |
5 |
Luca Rota (Ita) |
Murella-Rossin |
+ 15' 47" |
GdI 1986
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