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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 22 to June 12, 1994 |
3,721 Km |
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Finishers: 99 |
Average Speed: 37.150 km/h |
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Russian Domination
Defending champion Miguel Indurain returned to the Giro d’Italia in 1994 as the prohibitive favorite. However, the Spaniard’s early racing season was limited, and his race-fitness may be less than optimal? Evgeni Berzin started the race with top form. The Russian would test Indurain all the way to Milan. Young Italian Marco Pantani raced his first Giro and used his climbing ability to pressure both Berzin and Indurain.
Teams:
The 1994 Giro d'Italia invited a total of eighteen teams to participate, of which seventeen accepted the invitation.
The seventeen teams entering the race were:
- Amore & Vita-Galatron
- Banesto
- Brescialat-Ceramiche-Refin
- Carrera Jeans-Tassoni
- Castorama-MaxiSport
- GB-MG Maglificio
- Gewiss-Ballan
- Lampre-Panaria
- Jolly Componibili-Cage 94
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- Mercatone Uno-Mendeghini
- Navigare-Blue Storm
- Motorola-Magniflex
- Kelme-Avianca-Gios
- Mapei-CLAS
- Team Polti-Vaporetto
- Team Telekom
- ZG Mobili-Selle Italia
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Each team sent a team of nine riders.
Race Summary:
Stage 4: Evgeni Berzin (Gewiss) made his charge to the race lead on the mountain top to finish on the fourth stage. Oscar Pelliccioli attacked early on the final climb of the Campitello Matese. Berzin easily bridged the gap to Pelliccioli and sprinted past the Italian for the stage win. The Russian’s time gain put him in theMaglia Rosa. Indurain now trailed by 1’05”.
Stage 8: Berzin delivered a deathblow to the defending champion on the 44 km Individual Time Trial. Usually an Indurain specialty, Berzin took the stage win and gained an additional 2’34” on the fourth place Indurain.
Stage 14: The Giro headed into Austria on stage 13 and the Dolomites in stage 14. The action of the stage came on the final climb of the Passo di Monte Giovo. A young Marco Pantani attacked the Maglia Rosa group and escaped with Pascal Richard. A talented climber Pantani also was a formidable descender and quickly dropped Richard on a wet and dangerous descent. Inspired Pantani rode the final thirty kms solo to gain a 40” stage win. This was the first major victory of Pantani’s career.
Stage 15: (Cima Coppi): The fifteenth stage featured three brutal climbs: Passo dello Stelvio (Cima Coppi), Passo del Mortirolo and Valico di Santa Cristina. Severe weather greeted the riders at the start in Merano. It was still snowing atop Stelvio before the start and there was a discussion about cancelling the climb. After the conversation, organizers decided to take the chance on the mountain roads. A wall of snow lined the Stelvio as Franco Vona attacked the climb. He was the first rider over the summit of the Stelvio.
At the finish in Aprica Cima Coppi prize winner Franco Vona faded and finished the stage over 6 minutes behind the stage winner Marco Pantani.
Stage 22: Evgeni Berzin and his powerful Gewiss-Ballan team control the race all the way to Milan. Berzin became the first Russian to win the Giro d’Italia.
Doping:
The doping programs of the successful teams in the early 1990’s began to explore the use of EPO (Erythropoietin). A doping test for the synthetic EPO was not developed until 2000. Riders could use the drug to help with oxygen blood cells with relatively no consequence. Gewiss-Ballan team doctor, Michele Ferrari, said: “EPO is not dangerous, and that with regard to doping, anything that is not outlawed is consequently permitted.” Riders were known to have normal hematocrit analyses in January and elevated readings in July? Even teams that did not push a doping program ignored a rider’s private actions.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1a Bologna, 86 km |
Endrio Leoni (Ita) |
Endrio Leoni (Ita) |
Stage 1b Bologna, 7 km ITT |
Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) |
Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) |
Stage 2 Bologna-Osimo, 232 km |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 3 Osimo-Loreto Aprutino, 185 km |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stg 4 Montesilvano-Campitello Matese, 204 km |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 5 Campobasso-Melfi, 158 km |
Endrio Leoni (Ita) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 6 Potenza-Caserta, 215 km |
Marco Saligari (Ita) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 7 Fiuggi-Fiuggi, 119 km |
Laudelino Cubino (Spa) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 8 Grosseto-Follonica, 44 km ITT |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 9 Castiglione-Pontedera, 153 km |
Jan Svorada (Cze) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 10 Circuito Marostica, 115 km |
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzb) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 11 Marostica-Bibione, 165 km |
Jan Svorada (Cze) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 12 Bibione-Kranj (Slo), 204 km |
Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 13 Kranj (Slo)-Lienz (Aut), 231 km |
Michele Bartoli (Ita) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 14 Lienz (Aut)-Merano, 235 km |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 15 Merano-Aprica, 188 km |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 16 Sondrio-Stradella, 220 km |
Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stg 17 Santa Maria La Versa-Lavagna, 200 km |
Jan Svorada (Cze) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 18 Chiavari-Passo del Bocco, 35 km ITT |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 19 Lavagna-Bra, 212 km |
Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stg 20 Cuneo-Les Deux Alpes (Fra), 201 km |
Vladimir Poulnikov (Rus) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 21 Les Deux Alpes-Sestriere, 121 km |
Pascal Richard (Sui) |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Stage 22 Torino-Milan, 198 km |
Stefano Zanini (Ita) |
 Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
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Mountain Classification |
 Pascal Richard (Sui)
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Points Classification |
 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzb) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Evgeni BERZIN (Rus)   |
Gewiss-Ballan |
100h 41' 21" |
2 |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Tassoni |
+2'51" |
3 |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Banesto |
+3'23" |
4 |
Pavel Tonkov (Rus) |
Lampre-Panaria |
+11'16" |
5 |
Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Tassoni |
+11'55" |
6 |
Nelson Rodriguez (Col) |
ZG Mobili-Selle Italia |
+13'17" |
7 |
Massimo Podenzana (Ita) |
Navigare-Blue Storm |
+14'35" |
8 |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Team Polti-Vaporetto |
+15'26" |
9 |
Armand De las Cuevas (Spa) |
Castorama-MaxiSport |
+15'35" |
10 |
Andrew Hampsten (USA) |
Motorola |
+17'21" |
11 |
Vladimir Poulnikov (Ukr) |
+18'02" |
56 |
Fabio Roscioli (Ita) |
+2h12'37" |
12 |
Wladimir Belli (Ita) |
+19'36" |
57 |
Giancarlo Perini (Ita) |
+2h15'20" |
13 |
Georg Totschnig (Aut) |
+20'04" |
58 |
Jens Heppner (Ger) |
+2h15'43" |
14 |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
+27'47" |
59 |
Mario Chiesa (Ita) |
+2h17'19" |
15 |
Pascal Richard (Sui) |
+28'38" |
60 |
Flavio Vanzella (Ita) |
+2h18'16" |
16 |
Ivan Gotti (Ita) |
+28'59" |
61 |
Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) |
+2h19'35" |
17 |
Flavio Giupponi (Ita) |
+29'39" |
62 |
Felice Puttini (Sui) |
+2h20'51" |
18 |
Udo Bolts (Ger) |
+30'23" |
63 |
Leonardo Sierra (Ven) |
+2h24'02" |
19 |
Roberto Conti (Ita) |
+33'41" |
64 |
Marco Saligari (Ita) |
+2h24'57" |
20 |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
+34'48" |
65 |
Stephane Heulot (Fra) |
+2h27'18" |
21 |
Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) |
+37'41" |
66 |
Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) |
+2h30'14" |
22 |
Francesco Casagrande (Ita) |
+45'32" |
67 |
Santiago Crespo (Spa) |
+2h30'27" |
23 |
Franco Vona (Ita) |
+45'38" |
68 |
Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) |
+2h32'04" |
24 |
Piotr Ugrumov (Let) |
+49'26" |
69 |
Guido Bontempi (Ita) |
+2h35'21" |
25 |
Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) |
52'13" |
70 |
Bjarne Riis (Den) |
+2h36'38" |
26 |
Enrico Zaina (Ita) |
+52'32" |
71 |
Nestor Mora (Col) |
+2h38'45" |
27 |
Laurent Madouas (Fra) |
+59'19" |
72 |
Libardo Nino (Col) |
+2h39'50" |
28 |
Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) |
+1h03'26" |
73 |
Andrei Sypytkowski (Pol) |
+2h43'58" |
29 |
Michele Coppolillo (Ita) |
+1h06'35" |
74 |
Giovanni Fidanza (Ita) |
+2h46'50" |
30 |
Rolf Sorensen (Den) |
+1h08'17" |
75 |
Maurizio Molinari (Ita) |
+2h47'37" |
31 |
Gianni Faresin (Ita) |
+1h11'12" |
76 |
Stefano Checchin (Ita) |
+2h47'38" |
32 |
Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) |
+1h11'27" |
77 |
Riccardo Forconi (Ita) |
+2h47'53" |
33 |
Federico Munoz (Col) |
+1h12'44" |
78 |
Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) |
+2h49'31" |
34 |
Gerard Rue (Fra) |
+1h14'25" |
79 |
Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) |
+2h51'24" |
35 |
Alberto Volpi (Ita) |
+1h17'04" |
80 |
Davide Bramati (Ita) |
+2h51'26" |
36 |
Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) |
+1h19'42" |
81 |
Michel Dernies (Bel) |
+2h55'21" |
37 |
Rodolfo Massi (Ita) |
+1h20'59" |
82 |
Gianluca Gorini (Ita) |
+2h55'34" |
38 |
Augusto Triana (Ita) |
+1h21'02" |
83 |
Dario Nicoletti (Ita) |
+2h58'47" |
39 |
Alvaro Mejia (Col) |
+1h25'08" |
84 |
Steve Larsen (USA) |
+3h00'48" |
40 |
Thomas Davy (Fra) |
+1h25'33" |
85 |
Mario Scirea (Ita) |
+3h01'44" |
41 |
Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) |
+1h27'43" |
86 |
Luca Scinto (Ita) |
+3h02'41" |
42 |
Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) |
+1h32'13" |
87 |
Erwin Nijboer (Ned) |
+3h02'47" |
43 |
Michele Bartoli (Ita) |
+1h33'11" |
88 |
Laurent Pillon (Fra) |
+3h04'36" |
44 |
Djam Abdoujaparov (Uzb) |
+1h33'40" |
89 |
Mariano Piccoli (Ita) |
+3h07'32" |
45 |
Andrea Chiurato (Ita) |
+1h34'55" |
90 |
Fausto Dotti (Ita) |
+3h12'36" |
46 |
Franco Chioccioli (Ita) |
+1h42'02" |
91 |
Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) |
+3h15'41" |
47 |
Bruno Leali (Ita) |
+1h42'26" |
92 |
Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) |
+3h16'43" |
48 |
Stefano Zanini (Ita) |
+1h53'03" |
93 |
Dominik Krieger (Ger) |
+3h16'58" |
49 |
Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) |
+2h00'41" |
94 |
Rene Foucachon (Fra) |
+3h21'09" |
50 |
Prudencio Indurain (Spa) |
+2h02'33" |
95 |
Brian Smith (GBr) |
+3h22'35" |
51 |
Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) |
+2h03'31" |
96 |
Simone Borgheresi (Ita) |
+3h22'42" |
52 |
Jose-Ramon Uriarte (Spa) |
+2h05'07" |
97 |
Roberto Pagnin (Ita) |
+3h31'38" |
53 |
Mauro Santaromita (Ita) |
+2h05'09" |
98 |
Eros Poli (Ita) |
+3h34'04" |
54 |
Julio-Cesar Ortegon (Col) |
+2h06'42" |
99 |
Jurgen Werner (Ger) |
+3h35'05" |
55 |
Laurent Brochard (Fra) |
+2h08'52" |
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Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Pascal RICHARD (Sui) |
GB–MG Maglificio |
78 |
2 |
Michele Copollilo (Ita) |
Navigare-Blue Storm |
58 |
3 |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Tassoni |
44 |
4 |
Nelson Rodriguez (Col) |
ZG Mobili-Selle Italia |
24 |
5 |
Evgueni Berzin (Rus) |
Gewiss-Ballan |
20 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Djam. ABDOUJAPAROV (Uzb) |
Team Polti-Vaporetto |
228 |
2 |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
Gewiss-Ballan |
182 |
3 |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Team Polti-Vaporetto |
148 |
4 |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Banesto |
132 |
5 |
Stefano Zanini (Ita) |
Navigare-Blue Storm |
132 |
6 |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Tassoni |
114 |
7 |
Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) |
ZG Mobili-Selle Italia |
113 |
8 |
Armand De las Cuevas (Spa) |
Castorama-MaxiSport |
110 |
9 |
Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) |
Lampre-Panaria |
107 |
10 |
Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Tassoni |
102 |
11 |
Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) |
ZG Mobili-Selle Italia |
94 |
12 |
Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) |
ZG Mobili-Selle Italia |
88 |
13 |
Massimo Podenzana (Ita) |
Navigare-Blue Storm |
84 |
14 |
Rolf Sorensen (Den) |
GB–MG Maglificio |
75 |
15 |
Francesco Casagrande (Ita) |
Mercatone Uno-Medeghini |
69 |
Final Neo-Pro Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Evgeni BERZIN (Rus) |
Gewiss-Ballan |
100h 41' 21" |
2 |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Carrera Jeans-Tassoni |
+2'51" |
3 |
Wladimir Belli (Ita) |
Lampre-Panaria |
+19'36" |
4 |
Georg Totschnig (Aut) |
Team Polti-Vaporetto |
+20'04" |
5 |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
GB–MG Maglificio |
+34'46" |
6 |
Francesco Casagrande (Ita) |
Mercatone Uno-Medeghini |
+45'32" |
7 |
Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) |
Navigare-Blue Storm |
+1h11'27" |
8 |
Michele Bartoli (Ita) |
Mercatone Uno-Medeghini |
+1h33'11" |
9 |
Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) |
Banesto |
+2h00'41" |
10 |
Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) |
Mercatone Uno-Medeghini |
+2h19'35" |
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