1998 Giro d'Italia

1998 Giro d'Italia 16 May - 7 June 1998 22 + prologue 3830 km 98h 48' 32" Marco Pantani ITA pink UNO 1998 Pavel Tonkov RUS MAP 1998 Giuseppe Guerini ITA POL 1998 Mariano Piccoli ITA violet BRE 1998 Marco Pantani ITA green UNO 1998 Gian Matteo Fagnini ITA SAE 1998 blue MAP 1998 POL 1998 1997 1999 The 1998 Giro d'Italia was the 81st edition of the Giro. It began on 16 May with a brief 8 km 0 on prologue that navigated through the streets of the French city Nice. The race came to a close on 7 June with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/may98/giro98/stage22.html Stage 22 Brief Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 1998-06-07 2012-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20141230122507/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/may98/giro98/stage22.html 30 December 2014 live Eighteen teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Marco Pantani of the UNO 1998 team. Second and third were the Russian rider Pavel Tonkov and Italian Giuseppe Guerini.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1998.html 1998 Giro d'Italia Bill and Carol McGann Bike Race Info Dog Ear Publishing 2012-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227182015/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1998.html 27 February 2014 live In the race's other classifications, overall winner Marco Pantani also won the mountains classification, Mariano Piccoli of the Brescialat-Liquigas team won the points classification, and SAE 1998 rider Gian Matteo Fagnini won the intergiro classification. MAP 1998 finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the eighteen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by POL 1998. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1998 Giro d'Italia A total of 18 teams were invited to participate in the 1998 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 162 cyclists. The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager were introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place on the Apollon Concert Hall.http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1998/ 1998 2017 Giro d'Italia La Gazzetta dello Sport 13 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170725230839/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1998/ 25 July 2017 live Out of the 162 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 94 riders made it to the finish in Milan. The 18 teams that took part in the race were: 22em AMO 1998 ASI 1998 ALB 1998 BRE 1998 ACQ 1998 ALM 1998 FES 1998 KEL 1998 MAP 1998 UNO 1998 Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio Ros Mary–Amica Chips SAE 1998 COG 1998 POL 1998 TVM 1998 VIN 1998 VIT 1998 Pre-race favourites Several riders were considered to be potential contenders for the victory before the race began. These included the winners of the previous two editions, Ivan Gotti (SAE 1998) and Pavel Tonkov (MAP 1998). Alex Zülle (FES 1998), who had won the Vuelta a España in both 1996 and 1997, was also considered a strong challenger. Marco Pantani (UNO 1998) had come back to the Giro the previous year from injury, only to retire after a crash which occurred when a cat ran into the peloton. He went on to win two stages of the 1997 Tour de France and was therefore also a challenger at the 1998 Giro.Scholl Guido Showdown am Berg der Champions http://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_103742.htm radsport-news.com 27 April 2018 de 18 May 2017Farrand Stephen Giro d'Italia: The apotheosis of Marco Pantani http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/giro-ditalia-the-apotheosis-of-marco-pantani/ cyclingnews.com 27 April 2018 26 April 2018 Route and stages right|thumb|Passo di Pampeago hosted the end of the 115 km 0 on eighteenth stage.|alt=A mountain lodge. The route for the 1998 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 22 November 1997 in Milan.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1997/11/23/MD19971123-043.pdf Un Giro suave es 23 November 1997 43 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 A soft Giro https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132810/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1997/11/23/MD19971123-043.pdf 4 March 2016 live It contained three time trial events, all of which were individual. There were eleven stages containing high mountains, of which four had summit finishes: stage 11, to San Marino; stage 14, to Piancavallo; stage 18, to Passo di Pampeago; and stage 19, to Plan di Montecampione.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/05/16/MD19980516-051.pdf Los hombres de la rosa es 16 May 1998 51 El Mundo Deportivo El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 27 May 2012 The men of the rose https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104643/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/05/16/MD19980516-051.pdf 4 March 2016 live The organizers chose to include no rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 82 km 0 on shorter, contained the one less rest day, as well as one more individual time trial. After a five-year absence, RAI broadcast the event, replacing Reti Televisive Italiane (RTI) who had shown the race since 1993.http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1993/ 1993 2017 Giro d'Italia La Gazzetta dello Sport 13 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170725225908/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1993/ 25 July 2017 live There were a total of seven stages that started outside Italy.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/05/16/MD19980516-050.pdf Los hombres de la rosa es 16 May 1998 50 El Mundo Deportivo El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 27 May 2012 The men of the rose https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111920/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/05/16/MD19980516-050.pdf 4 March 2016 live The 1998 Giro d'Italia began with a prologue around the French city of Nice, which also served as the start for the race's first stage. Stage 11 finished in San Marino and the twelfth stage began there as well. The Giro's twentieth stage ended in Mendrisio. Stage 21 began in Mendrisio ended in Lugano, which also served as the start for stage 22. + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://archivio.unita.it/archivio/navigatore.php?page=1&dd=16&mm=05&yy=1998&ed=nazionale&url=http://82.85.28.102/cgi-bin/showfile.pl?file=golpdf/uni_1998_05.pdf/16SPO01A.pdf La corsa in rosa... antico it 16 May 1998 1 l'Unità PCI 27 May 2012 The ride in thepink ... old https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022546/http://archivio.unita.it/archivio/navigatore.php?page=1&dd=16&mm=05&yy=1998&ed=nazionale&url=http://82.85.28.102/cgi-bin/showfile.pl?file=golpdf/uni_1998_05.pdf/16SPO01A.pdf 2016-03-04 dead StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerP 16 MayNice (France) 8 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trialAlex Zülle SUI117 MayNice (France) to Cuneo 159 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Mariano Piccoli ITA218 MayAlba to Imperia 160 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Ángel Edo ESP319 MayRapallo to Forte dei Marmi 196 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageNicola Minali ITA420 MayViareggio to Monte Argentario 239 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Nicola Miceli ITA521 MayOrbetello to Frascati 206 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageMario Cipollini ITA622 MayMaddaloni to Lago Laceno 158 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Alex Zülle SUI723 MayMontella to Matera 238 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Mario Cipollini ITA824 MayMatera to Lecce 191 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageMario Cipollini ITA925 MayFoggia to Vasto 167 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageGlenn Magnusson SWE1026 MayVasto to Macerata 212 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageMario Cipollini ITA1127 MayMacerata to San Marino (San Marino) 220 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Andrea Noè ITA1228 MaySan Marino (San Marino) to Carpi 202 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageLaurent Roux FRA1329 MayCarpi to Schio 166 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Michele Bartoli ITA1430 MaySchio to Piancavallo 165 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageMarco Pantani ITA1531 MayTrieste 40 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trialAlex Zülle SUI161 JuneUdine to Asiago 227 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Fabiano Fontanelli ITA172 JuneAsiago to Sëlva 217 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Giuseppe Guerini ITA183 JuneSëlva to Passo di Pampeago 115 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Pavel Tonkov RUS194 JuneCavalese to Plan di Montecampione 239 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Marco Pantani ITA205 JuneDarfo Boario Terme to Mendrisio (Switzerland) 137 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageGian Matteo Fagnini ITA216 JuneMendrisio (Switzerland) to Lugano (Switzerland) 34 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trialSerhiy Honchar UKR227 JuneLugano (Switzerland) to Milan 173 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageGian Matteo Fagnini ITA Total 3830 km 0 on Race overview The race started in the French city of Nice with a prologue time trial, which was won by Zülle, who established an early lead over his general classification rivals. Pantani was aggressive from the early stages on, including an attack at the Capo Berta climb during stage 2. However, the first road stages saw race victories by sprinters, before Zülle took another victory on stage 7, at the ski resort of Laceno.1998 http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1998/ Giro d'Italia 27 April 2018 On stage 14 to Piancavallo, Pantani was victorious, but only took out 13 seconds on Zülle and Tonkov. On the next day, a long time trial in Trieste, Zülle caught Pantani on the road and finished 3:26 minutes faster, gaining a stronger grip on the race leader's jersey. Pantani however still remained convinced that he could win the race, considering that three stages in high mountains lay ahead, a terrain that favoured him. On stage 17 into Sëlva, Pantani attacked with Giuseppe Guerini (POL 1998) on the climb of the Marmolada. Zülle cracked and lost four minutes, while Pantani, who gave the stage win to Guerini, took the leader's pink jersey. Tonkov hit back by winning the following stage at Alpe di Pampeago and now was just 27 seconds behind Pantani. Stage 19 to Montecampione saw Pantani and Tonkov engage in a fight for the victory on the final climb, while Zülle lost more than thirty minutes on both riders. Pantani was eventually able to leave Tonkov behind, winning the stage and exceeding his advantage to 1:27 minutes. The race had to be decided during the final time trial from Mendrisio to Lugano. Originally considered the weaker time trialist, Pantani managed to pull out another five seconds on Tonkov and sealed his victory in the Giro d'Italia. Serhiy Honchar won the stage, thirty seconds ahead of Pantani in third. Two months later, he also won the Tour de France, becoming only the seventh rider to win both races in the same year.O'Shea Sadhbh A history of Giro-Tour double failures http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/a-history-of-giro-tour-double-failures/ cyclingnews.com 27 April 2018 30 November 2017 Classification leadership right|thumb|alt=A mountain in the distance.|The Passo Sella was the Cima Coppi for the 1998 edition of the Giro. Four different jerseys were worn during the 1998 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 13 May 2008 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 13 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 8 May 2013 live For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo Sella and was first climbed by the Italian Marco Pantani. The intergiro classification was marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time. The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. Stage Winner General classification25px|link=|alt= Points classification25px|link=|alt= Mountains classification25px|link=|alt= Intergiro classification25px|link=|alt=Trofeo Fast Team P Alex Zülle Alex Zülle no award no award no award MAP 1998 1 Mariano Piccoli Mariano Piccoli Marzio Bruseghin ? 2 Ángel Edo 3 Nicola Minali Serhiy Honchar Paolo Bettini 4 Nicola Miceli Fabrizio Guidi 5 Mario Cipollini Michele Bartoli Michele Bartoli ? 6 Alex Zülle Alex Zülle Alex Zülle Gian Matteo Fagnini Team Polti 7 Mario Cipollini Paolo Bettini 8 Mario Cipollini 9 Glenn Magnusson 10 Mario Cipollini 11 Andrea Noè 12 Laurent Roux Laurent Roux 13 Michele Bartoli Andrea Noè 14 Marco Pantani Alex Zülle Marco Pantani 15 Alex Zülle MAP 1998 16 Fabiano Fontanelli Team Polti 17 Giuseppe Guerini Marco Pantani Mariano Piccoli UNO 1998 18 Pavel Tonkov 19 Marco Pantani MAP 1998 20 Gian Matteo Fagnini 21 Serhiy Honchar 22 Gian Matteo Fagnini Final Marco Pantani Mariano Piccoli Marco Pantani Gian Matteo Fagnini MAP 1998 Final standings Legend   20px|alt=Pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|alt=Green jersey   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification   20px|alt=Purple jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification   20px|alt=Blue jersey   Denotes the winner of the Intergiro classification General classification RiderTeamTime 1 Marco Pantani ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey20px|alt=Green jersey UNO 1998 98h 48' 32" 2 Pavel Tonkov RUS MAP 1998 + 1' 33" 3 Giuseppe Guerini ITA POL 1998 + 6' 51" 4 Oscar Camenzind SUI MAP 1998 + 12' 16" 5 Daniel Clavero ESP VIT 1998 + 18' 04" 6 Gianni Faresin ITA MAP 1998 + 18' 31" 7 Paolo Bettini ITA Asics-C.G.A. + 21' 03" 8 Daniele De Paoli ITA Ros Mary-Amica Chips + 21' 35" 9 Paolo Savoldelli ITA SAE 1998 + 25' 54" 10 Serhiy Honchar UKR Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio + 25' 58" Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Mariano Piccoli ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey Brescialat-Liquigas 194 2 Marco Pantani ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey20px|alt=Green jersey UNO 1998 158 3 Gian Matteo Fagnini ITA 20px|alt=Blue jersey SAE 1998 156 4 Pavel Tonkov RUS MAP 1998 140 5 Alex Zülle SUI FES 1998 117 6 Giuseppe Guerini ITA POL 1998 107 7 Nicola Loda ITA ALB 1998 90 8 Massimo Strazzer ITA Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio 76 9 Davide Rebellin ITA POL 1998 72 10 Oscar Camenzind SUI MAP 1998 70 Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1Marco Pantani ITA 20px|alt=Green jersey20px|alt=Pink jerseyUNO 1998 89 2Chepe González COLKEL 1998 62 3 Pavel Tonkov RUSMAP 1998 49 4 Alex Zülle SUI FES 1998 37 5 Paolo Bettini ITA Asics-C.G.A. 30 6 Giuseppe Guerini ITAPOL 1998 23 7 Mariano Piccoli ITA 20px|alt=Purple jersey Brescialat-Liquigas 22 8Andrea Noé ITA Asics-C.G.A. 17 9Leonardo Calzavara ITA VIN 1998 15 10Herman Buenahora COL VIT 1998 10 Intergiro classification RiderTeamTime 1Gian Matteo Fagnini ITA 20px|alt=Blue jerseySAE 1998 62h 32' 12" 2Mariano Piccoli ITABrescialat-Liquigas + 55" 3Nicola Loda ITA ALB 1998 + 2' 29" Trofeo Fast Team classification TeamTime 1MAP 1998 296h 17' 54" 2UNO 1998 + 17' 11" 3SAE 1998 + 50' 22" 4POL 1998 + 1h 05' 41" 5VIT 1998 + 1h 10' 45" 6KEL 1998 + 1h 16' 45" 7Asics-C.G.A. + 1h 29' 36" 8Riso Scotti-MG Maglificio + 1h 48' 29"9FES 1998 + 1h 59' 48" 10Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio + 2h 04' 19" Trofeo Super Team classification TeamPoints 1POL 1998 479 2MAP 1998 469 3UNO 1998 384 4Asics-C.G.A. 373 5SAE 1998 325 6VIT 1998 290 7KEL 1998 284 8Riso Scotti-MG Maglificio 274 9Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio 268 10Brescialat-Liquigas 253 References Citations 30em 1998 Giro d'Italia P 11 12 22 1998 Category:1998 in road cycling Category:May 1998 sports events in Italy Category:June 1998 sports events in Italy