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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 18 to June 6, 1990 |
3,464 Km |
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Finishers: 163 |
Average Speed: 37.609 km/h |
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Bugno Start to Finish
Italian Gianni Bugno ushered in a new era in Italian cycling by winning the 1990 Giro d’Italia in grand fashion.
Bugno won the prologue time trial and held the overall lead from the first to the last stage. Gianni Bugno’s grand accomplishment matched the exploits of three Campionissimos:
- Constante Girardengo (1919)
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SPECIAL NOTE: Greg LeMond, reigning World Road Champion, raced in the Giro as training for the Tour de France. Notably LeMond finished in 105th place in the Giro and went on to win the Tour de France.
Teams:
The twenty-two teams entering the race were:
- 7 Eleven-American Airlines
- Alfa Lum-BFB Bruciatori
- Amore & Vita-Fanini
- Ariostea
- Carrera Jeans-Vagabond
- Castorama-Raleigh
- Chateau d'Ax-Salotti
- CLAS-Cajastur
- Del Tongo
- Diana-Colnago-Animex
- Gis Gelati-Benotto
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- Frank-Monte Tamaro
- Malvor-Sidi
- Italbonifica-Navigare
- Panasonic-Sportlife
- Jolly Componibili-Club 88
- ONCE-Look-Mavic
- RMO-Mavic-Liberia
- Selle Italia-Eurocar-Mosoca
- Seur
- TVM-Ragno
- Z-Tomasso
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Each team sent a team of nine riders.
Race Route:
The Giro d'Italia 1990 race route was revealed on television in Milan on December 16, 1989. Race director Vincenzo Torriani announced the race schedule was moved forward by one week to not overlap with the Soccer World Cup being held in Italy.
Race Summary:
Prologue: Gianni Bugno blistered the 13 km prologue and took the first Maglia Rosa of 1990. He had set the stage for a great battle, but could he climb with the Grand Tour contenders?
Stage 5: 200 km from Teramo to Fabriano, took the peloton through a dimly lit tunnel. A large crash in the tunnel took Laurent Fignon down heavily, while Bugno came through unscathed. Bugno and his team came out of the tunnel significantly ahead and slowed the pace to let the fallen Frenchman reconnect with the lead group. Fignon, suffering from a painful dislocated hip, was determined to continue.
Stage 7: The Giro’s hard racing started with sixth stage. The stage’s route was hilly and the final climb up to Vallombrosa was a 20 km ascent with sections of a 12% gradient. The race leader started attacking early on the stage shattering the peloton. Only four contenders could hold the Bugno’s wheel. In Vallombrosa the Maglia Rosa won the sprint and finished 1’18” ahead of a suffering Fignon and more than 25 minutes in front of Greg LeMond.
Stage 8: History was made when Vladimir Poulnikov crossed the finish line first in Langhirano and became the first Russian to win a stage at the Giro. The stage featured cold temperatures and rain throughout the race. An injured Laurent Fignon surrendered to the pain and abandoned the Giro on stage 8.
Stage 16: (Cima Coppi): The sixteenth stage featured 6 major mountain climbs:
| 1. Passo Valparola |
| 2. Val Gardena |
| 3. Passo del Sella |
| 4. Passo Pordoi (1st pass), |
| 5. Marmolada |
| 6. Passo Pordoi (2nd pass) |
The Italian rider Maurizio Vandelli was the first atop Passo Pordoi on the 1st passage. On the fifth climb, the Marmolada, Charly Mottet attacked and took the race leader Gianni Bugno with him. The duo worked well together and on the 2nd time to the summit of the Pordoi Bugno gifted the stage win to the Frenchman.
Stage 19: After a dominating performance from “start to finish” Gianni Bugno rode into Milan to claim the Giro d’Italia victory. He joined an elite group, Costante Girardengo (GdI 1919), Alfredo Binda (GdI 1927), and Eddy Merckx (GdI 1973), to wear the Maglia Rosa from start to finish!!!
Doping:
Dutchman Gert-Jan Theunisse, who had tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone in April, came to the Giro waiting for the results of the B sample. When the B sample confirmed the April positive test, riders staged a strike. The riders stated they would not race if Theunisse was allowed to continue in the Giro. After negotiations an agreement was reached, the Dutchman would ride passively if allowed to race. He did and finished the race in fifteenth place, +28’43” behind the winner.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Prologue Bari, 13 km ITT |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 1 Bari-Sala Consilina, 239 km |
Giovanni Fidanza (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 2 Sala Consilina-Vesuvio, 239 km |
Eduardo Chozas (Spa) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 3a Ercolano-Cis Nola, 31 km |
Stefano Allocchio (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 3b Cis Nola-Sora, 164 km |
Phil Anderson (Aus) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 4 Sora-Teramo, 233 km |
Fabrizio Convalle (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 5 Teramo-Fabriano, 200 km |
Luca Gelfi (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 6 Fabriano-Vallombrosa, 197 km |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 7 Reggello-Marina di Pietrasanta, 188 km |
Stefano Allocchio (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 8 La Spezia-Langhirano, 176 km |
Vladimir Poulnikov (Rus) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stg 9 Castello Grinzane Cavour-Cuneo, 68 km ITT |
Luca Gelfi (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 10 Cuneo-Lodi, 241 km |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 11 Brescia-Baselga di Pine, 193 km |
Eric Boyer (Fra) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 12 Baselga di Pine-Udine, 224 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 13 Klagenfurt (Aut) Criterium, 164 km |
Alan Peiper (Aus) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 14 Velden-Dobbiaco, 226 km |
Eric Boyer (Fra) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 15 Dobbiaco-Passo Pordoi, 171 km |
Charly Mottet (Fra) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 16 Moena-Aprica, 223 km |
Leonardo Sierra (Ven) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 17 Aprica-Gallarate, 180 km |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stg 18 Gallarate-Varese Sacro Monte, 39 km ITT |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Stage 19 Circuit Milan, 90 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
 Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
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Mountain Classification |
 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita)
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Points Classification |
 Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Laurent FIGNON (Fra)  |
Chateau d'Ax-Salotti |
91h 51' 08" |
2 |
Charly Mottet (Fra) |
RMO-Mavic-Liberia |
+6'33" |
3 |
Marco Giovannetti (Ita) |
Seur |
+9'01" |
4 |
Vladimir Poulnikov (Urs) |
Alfa Lum-BFB Bruciatori |
+12'19" |
5 |
Federico Echave (Spa) |
CLAS-Cajastur |
+12'25" |
6 |
Franco Chioccioli (Ita) |
Del Tongo |
+12'36" |
7 |
Marino Lejarreta (Spa) |
ONCE-Look-Mavic |
+14'31" |
8 |
Piotr Ugrumov (Urs) |
Alfa Lum-BFB Bruciatori |
+17'02" |
9 |
Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) |
Ariostea |
+17'14" |
10 |
Leonardo Sierra (Ven) |
Selle Italia-Eurocar-Mosoca |
+19'12" |
11 |
Eduardo Chozas (Spa) |
+20'13" |
88 |
Daniel Castro (Arg) |
+2h29'48" |
12 |
Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) |
+23'28" |
89 |
Jose-Luis Villanueva (Spa) |
+2h30'36" |
13 |
Fabrice Philipot (Fra) |
+25'47" |
90 |
Herbert Niederberger (Sui) |
+2h31'27" |
14 |
Angelo Lecchi (Ita) |
+26'01" |
91 |
Jan Schur (Rda) |
+2h32'04" |
15 |
Gert-Jan Theunisse (Ned) |
+28'43" |
92 |
Marco Saligari (Ita) |
+2h32'34" |
16 |
Enrico Zaina (Ita) |
+30'29" |
93 |
Per Pedersen (Den) |
+2h34'15" |
17 |
Flavio Giupponi (Ita) |
+31'01" |
94 |
Christophe Lavainne (Fra) |
+2h35'26" |
18 |
Jean-Claude Bagot (Fra) |
+31'58" |
95 |
Jean-Claude Colotti (Fra) |
+2h37'05" |
19 |
Stephen Hodge (Aus) |
+33'54" |
96 |
Luciano Rabottini (Ita) |
+2h38'05" |
20 |
Zenon Jaskula (Pol) |
+37'10" |
97 |
Andrei Tchmil (Urs) |
+2h38'25" |
21 |
Francois Lemarchand (Fra) |
+37'43" |
98 |
Maarten Ducrot (Ned) |
+2h42'30" |
22 |
Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) |
+40'48" |
99 |
Sergio Carcano (Ita) |
+2h42'39" |
23 |
Eric Boyer (Fra) |
+43'06" |
100 |
Bjarne Riis (Den) |
+2h47'56" |
24 |
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) |
+46'19" |
101 |
Jose Rodriguez (Spa) |
+2h48'26" |
25 |
Javier Mauleon (Spa) |
+47'01" |
102 |
Daniele Gallo (Ita) |
+2h49'40" |
26 |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
+47'25" |
103 |
Viktor Klimov (Urs) |
+2h49'53" |
27 |
Yuri Pavlic (You) |
+53'22" |
104 |
Christophe Manin (Fra) |
+2h53'13" |
28 |
Marino Amadori (Ita) |
+55'37" |
105 |
Greg LeMond (USA) |
+2h53'18" |
29 |
Roberto Conti (Ita) |
+57'54" |
106 |
Paolo Botarelli (Ita) |
+2h53'23" |
30 |
Dimitri Konyshev (Urs) |
+59'52" |
107 |
Gianluca Rigamonti (Ita) |
+2h53'28" |
31 |
Franco Vona (Ita) |
+1h01'04" |
108 |
Federico Garcia (Spa) |
+2h54'05" |
32 |
Andrea Chiurato (Ita) |
+1h02'27" |
109 |
Franco Ballerini (Ita) |
+2h55'28" |
33 |
Phil Anderson (Aus) |
+1h02'45" |
110 |
Rafael Garcia (Spa) |
+2h57'13" |
34 |
Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) |
+1h04'48" |
111 |
Francesco Cesarini (Ita) |
+2h57'22" |
35 |
Rodolfo Massi (Ita) |
+1h06'32" |
112 |
Martin Schalkers (Ned) |
+2h59'58" |
36 |
Giancarlo Perini (Ita) |
+1h10'14" |
113 |
Jeff Pierce (USA) |
+3h00'05" |
37 |
Massimo Podenzana (Ita) |
+1h13'03" |
114 |
Francesco Rossignoli (Ita) |
+3h01'52" |
38 |
Alberto Volpi (Ita) |
+1h14'36" |
115 |
Florido Barale (Ita) |
+3h02'49" |
39 |
Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) |
+1h14'42" |
116 |
Bruno Holenweger (Sui) |
+3h04'59" |
40 |
Camillo Passera (Ita) |
+1h16'45" |
117 |
Javier Duch (Spa) |
+3h05'51" |
41 |
Emanuele Bombini (Ita) |
+1h16'59" |
118 |
Guido Bontempi (Ita) |
+3h07'50" |
42 |
Luca Gelfi (Ita) |
+1h17'14" |
119 |
Thierry Marie (Fra) |
+3h08'23" |
43 |
Angel Camarillo (Spa) |
+1h18'13" |
120 |
Bruno Leali (Ita) |
+3h13'53" |
44 |
Gianni Faresin (Ita) |
+1h18'22" |
121 |
Fabio Bordonali (Ita) |
+3h14'20" |
45 |
Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) |
+1h21'41" |
122 |
Javier Aldanondo (Spa) |
+3h14'35" |
46 |
Juan-Carlos Rozas (Spa) |
+1h23'41" |
123 |
Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) |
+3h14'36" |
47 |
Francisco Espinosa (Spa) |
+1h29'00" |
124 |
Paolo Cimini (Ita) |
+3h14'38" |
48 |
Henri Abadie (Fra) |
+1h32'15" |
125 |
Serguei Ouslamine (Urs) |
+3h14'48" |
49 |
Acacio Da Silva (Por) |
+1h32'58" |
126 |
Giorgio Furlan (Ita) |
+3h19'55" |
50 |
Masatoschi Ichikawa (Jap) |
+1h33'29" |
127 |
Norman Alvis (USA) |
+3h23'26" |
51 |
Werner Stutz (Sui) |
+1h34'10" |
128 |
Pascal Poisson (Fra) |
+3h23'32" |
52 |
Alex Pedersen (Den) |
+1h34'11" |
129 |
Harry Rozendal (Ned) |
+3h24'17" |
53 |
Roque De la Cruz (Spa) |
+1h42'16" |
130 |
Silvano Lorenzon (Ita) |
+3h26'18" |
54 |
Marco Vitali (Ita) |
+1h42'51" |
131 |
Michel Vermote (Bel) |
+3h27'50" |
55 |
Maurizio Rossi (Ita) |
+1h45'54" |
132 |
Djam Abdoujaparov (Urs) |
+3h31'23" |
56 |
Lech Piasecki (Pol) |
+1h47'47" |
133 |
Giovanni Fidanza (Ita) |
+3h31'50" |
57 |
Frederic Brun (Fra) |
+1h56'27" |
134 |
Angelo Canzonieri (Ita) |
+3h35'05" |
58 |
Stefano Giuliani (Ita) |
+1h56'37" |
135 |
Fabrizio Convalle (Ita) |
+3h36'07" |
59 |
Gerard Rue (Fra) |
+1h57'07" |
136 |
Frankie Andreu (USA) |
+3h38'47" |
60 |
Maurizio Piovani (Ita) |
+1h57'26" |
137 |
Mario Chiesa (Ita) |
+3h38'09" |
61 |
Fabio Roscioli (Ita) |
+1h58'42" |
138 |
Jörg Bruggmann (Sui) |
+3h38'12" |
62 |
Marco Zen (Ita) |
+2h00'16" |
139 |
Paolo Rosola (Ita) |
+3h38'47" |
63 |
Wayne Bennington (GBr) |
+2h01'54" |
140 |
Jose-Manuel Oliveira (Spa) |
+3h38'59" |
64 |
Stefano Bianchini (Ita) |
+2h02'13" |
141 |
Roberto Pelliconi (Ita) |
+3h40'22" |
65 |
Mauro Santaromita (Ita) |
+2h03'21" |
142 |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
+3h43'04" |
66 |
Stefano Cattai (Ita) |
+2h03'38" |
143 |
Marcel Wust (Ger) |
+3h43'18" |
67 |
Philippe Casado (Fra) |
+2h06'48" |
144 |
Alan Peiper (Aus) |
+3h43'43" |
68 |
Patrick Jacobs (Bel) |
+2h07'43" |
145 |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
+3h44'03" |
69 |
Roberto Pagnin (Ita) |
+2h07'58" |
146 |
Antonio Fanelli (Ita) |
+3h44'05" |
70 |
Pedro Diaz-Zabala (Spa) |
+2h08'49" |
147 |
Simone Bruscoli (Ita) |
+3h44'33" |
71 |
Rolf Jaermann (Sui) |
+2h08'55" |
148 |
Casimiro Moreda (Spa) |
+3h44'38" |
72 |
Vicente Ridaura (Spa) |
+2h09'21" |
149 |
Silvio Martinello (Ita) |
+3h45'07" |
73 |
Pascal Simon (Fra) |
+2h09'32" |
150 |
Danilo Gioia (Ita) |
+3h45'57" |
74 |
Stephan Joho (Sui) |
+2h10'29" |
151 |
Stefano Breme (Ita) |
+3h48'19" |
75 |
Steven Rooks (Ned) |
+2h11'37" |
152 |
Stefano Zanatta (Ita) |
+3h50'57" |
76 |
Rolf Sorensen (Den) |
+2h13'05" |
153 |
Sergio Scremin (Ita) |
+3h51'21" |
77 |
Raimondo Vairetti (Ita) |
+2h14'11" |
154 |
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) |
+3h51'54" |
78 |
Herminio Diaz-Zabala (Spa) |
+2h15'02" |
155 |
Konstantin Bankin (Urs) |
+3h54'50" |
79 |
Asiate Saitov (Urs) |
+2h15'57" |
156 |
Jan Siemons (Ned) |
+3h59'47" |
80 |
Andy Bishop (USA) |
+2h17'16" |
157 |
Pascal Ducrot (Sui) |
+3h59'50" |
81 |
Dominique Garde (Fra) |
+2h17'24" |
158 |
Jesus Carballido (Spa) |
+4h00'04" |
82 |
Jens Jentner (Sui) |
+2h20'39" |
159 |
Johan Lammerts (Ned) |
+4h04'20" |
83 |
Marco Lietti (Ita) |
+2h22'10" |
160 |
Giovanni Strazzer (Ita) |
+4h06'12" |
84 |
Luis Diaz de Otazu (Spa) |
+2h23'07" |
161 |
Theo De Rooy (Ned) |
+4h08'05" |
85 |
Gianluca Pierobon (Ita) |
+2h25'33" |
162 |
Stefano Allocchio (Ita) |
+4h10'31" |
86 |
Claudio Savini (Ita) |
+2h25'36" |
163 |
Alessio Di Basco (Ita) |
+4h27'11" |
87 |
Louis De Koning (Ned) |
+2h28'53" |
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Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Claudio CHIAPPUCCI (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Vagabond |
74 |
2 |
Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) |
Gis Gelati-Benotto |
56 |
3 |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Chateau d'Ax-Salotti |
48 |
4 |
Eduardo Chozas (Spa) |
ONCE-Look-Mavic |
47 |
5 |
Phil Anderson (Aus) |
TVM-Toko |
34 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Gianni BUGNO (Ita) |
Chateau d'Ax-Salotti |
195 |
2t |
Phil Anderson (Aus) |
TVM-Toko |
176 |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Del Tongo |
4 |
Giovanni Fidanza (Ita) |
Chateau d'Ax-Salotti |
167 |
5 |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
Ariostea |
118 |
Final Neo-Pro Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Vladimir POULNIKOV (Urs)  |
Alfa Lum-BFB Bruciatori |
93h 40' 06" |
2 |
Piotr Ugrumov (Urs) |
Alfa Lum-BFB Bruciatori |
+ 4' 37" |
3 |
Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) |
Ariostea |
+ 27' 49" |
4 |
Leonardo Sierra (Ven) |
Selle Italia-Europcar |
+ 31' 00" |
5 |
Enrico Zaina (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Vagabond |
+ 39' 24" |
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