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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Stage 13!
Defending champion Any Hampsten returned to the 1989 Giro d’Italia to face very stiff completion. A very fit Laurent Fignon and 1988 runner-up Eric Breukink headed the long list of Challengers.
For the second year in a row horrible weather would affect the race. Stage 13 (!) was a “survival of the fittest”. Luis Herrera and Laurent Fignon broke away on the finishing climb of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Herrera won the stage one second ahead of Fignon. Race leader Breukink began to crack and lost over a minute to Fignon.
The hard charging Frenchman distanced a bonking Breukink again on stage 14, 131 km from Misurina to Corvara Alta Badia. Fignon gained over 3 minutes and put on his first Maglia Rosa of 1989.
The bad weather continued through the climbing stages. The sixteenth stage was canceled because of snow. The climb of the Gavia Pass, the dramatic weather stage from 1988, would be taken out of this year’s Giro.
Laurent Fignon rolled across the finish line in Firenze to claim his first Giro d’Italia victory.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Taormina-Catania, 123 km |
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) |
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) |
Stage 2 Catania-Etna, 132 km |
Acacio Da Silva (Por) |
Acacio Da Silva (Por) |
Stage 3 Villafranca Terme-Messina, 32.5 km TTT |
CERAMICHE ARIOSTEA |
Silvano Contini (Ita) |
Stage 4 Scilla-Cosenza, 204 km |
Rolf Jaermann (Sui) |
Silvano Contini (Ita) |
Stage 5 Cosenza-Potenza, 275 km |
Stefano Giuliani (Ita) |
Silvano Contini (Ita) |
Stage 6 Potenza-Campobasso, 223 km |
Stefan Joho (Sui) |
Silvano Contini (Ita) |
Stage 7 Isernia-Rome, 208 km |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Silvano Contini (Ita) |
Stage 8 Rome-Gran Sasso d'Italia, 179 km |
John Carlsen (Den) |
Eric Breukink (Ned) |
Stage 9 L'Aquila-Gubbio, 221 km |
Bjarne Riis (Den) |
Acacio Da Silva (Por) |
Stage 10 Pesaro-Riccione, 36.8 km ITT |
Lech Piasecki (Pol) |
Eric Breukink (Ned) |
Stage 11 Riccione-Mantova, 244 km |
Urs Freuler (Sui) |
Eric Breukink (Ned) |
Stage 12 Mantova-Mira, 148 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Eric Breukink (Ned) |
Stage 13 Padova-Tre Cime di Lavaredo, 207 km |
Luis Herrera (Col) |
Eric Breukink (Ned) |
Stage 14 Misurina-Corvara Alta Badia, 131 km |
Flavio Giupponi (Ita) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 15a Corvara Alta Badia-Trento, 131 km |
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 15b Trento, 83.2 km (girisprint) |
Lech Piasecki (Pol) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 16 Trento-Santa Caterina Valfurva, Canceled |
Stage Canceled |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 17 Sondrio-Meda, 137 km |
Phil Anderson (Aus) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 18 Mendrisio-Monte Generoso, 10.7 km ITT |
Luis Herrera (Col) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 19 Meda-Tortona, 198 km |
Jesper Skibby (Den) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 20 Voghera-La Spezia, 220 km |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 21 La Spezia-Prato, 220 km |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
Stage 22 Prato-Firenze, 53.8 km ITT |
Lech Piasecki (Pol) |
 Laurent Fignon (Fra)
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Mountain Classification |
 Luis Herrera (Col)
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Points Classification |
 Giovanni Fidanza (Ita)
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GdI May 21 to June 11, 1989 |
| 3,418 Km |
1. Laurent FIGNON (Fra) 93h30'16" |
| 2. Flavio Giupponi (Ita) +1'15" |
| 3. Andy Hampsten (USA) +2'46" |
Starters: 197 |
| Finishers: 141 |
Average Speed: 36.552 km/h |
GdI 1990
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