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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
March 19, 1994 |
Milan-San Remo |
Giorgio Furlan (Ita) |
294 km |
| April 3, 1994 |
Tour of Flanders |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
268 km |
| April 10, 1994 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Andrei Tchmil (Mol) |
270 km |
| April 17, 1994 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
268 km |
| April 25-May 15, 1994 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
21 Stages,
3,532 km |
| May 22-June 12, 1994 |
Giro d'Italia |
Evgeni Berzin (Rus) |
22 Stages,
3,721 km |
| July 2-24, 1994 |
Tour de France |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
21 Stages,
3,978 km |
| August 28, 1994 |
World
Championships |
Luc Leblanc (Fra) |
Agrigento, Italy 251 km |
October 8, 1994 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Andrea Tafi (Ita) |
Monza-Monza,
244 km |
• Murders - June 17, 1994, football star O. J. Simpson was arrested for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman.
• The Chunnel - the construction of the tunnel under the English Channel was completed after 7 years. The tunnel allowed travelers to drive between England and France in 35 minutes.
• Figure Skating - at the Winter Olympic trials, an assailant hired by rival Tanya Harding struck American figure skating champion Nancy Kerrigan with a club. Although injured Kerrigan went on to win a silver medal at the Games.
Notable Deaths -
* Vuelta a Espana / Tour de France Champion: Luis Ocana (Spa), 1945-1994, a great Spanish cycling champion and the 1973 winner of the Tour de France, was found dead of a gun shot wound to the head. His death was ruled a suicide at the age of 49. He won the Vuelta in 1970.
* Vuelta a Espana Champion: Delio Rodriguez (Spa), 1916-1994, the Vuelta Champion in 1945.
Juan Manuel Fangio, 1911-1994, was a great Argentinean racecar driver. He won 5 Formula One championships in the 1950's. (See L'Equipe Sports Figure of the Decade 1950's).
Wilma Rudolph, 1940-1994, was an American track and field athlete who won three Olympic Gold Medals at the 1960 Rome Game.
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