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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Indurain Matches Ugrumov in the Dolomites
Miguel Indurain returned to the 1993 Giro d’Italia as defending champion. He again had grand ambitions.
Indurain contained his opponents in the mountains and dominated them in the time trials. Stubbornly Piotr Ugrumov (Let) refused to accept Indurain's waltz to victory in 1993 and launched repeated attacks in the mountains. Indurain had an answer for every attack through 19 stages.
Ugrumov's aggressive climbing finally managed to crack Indurain on stage 20. By the stage finish in Santuario di Oropa the Spaniard did lose time but he close the time gap, losing only 36 seconds to Ugrumov. His time loss was not enough to give up the race lead. A second consecutive Giro d'Italia victory was his one stage later in Milan.
SPECIAL NOTE: Miguel Indurain’s victory the Giro in 1993 set-up his second consecutive “Giro/Tour” double victories in the same year.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1a Porto Azzuro-Portoferraio, 85 km |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 1b Portoferraio, 9 km ITT |
Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 2 Grosseto-Rieti, 224 km |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 3 Rieti-Scanno, 153 km |
Piotr Ugrumov (Let) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 4 Scanno-Marcianise, 179 km |
Fabio Baldato (Ita) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 5 Paestum Terme-Luigiane, 210 km |
Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 6 Villafranca Tirrena-Messina, 130 km |
Guido Bontempi (Ita) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 7 Capo d'Orlando-Agrigento, 240 km |
Bjarne Riis (Den) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 8 Agrigento-Palermo, 140 km |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 9 Montelibretti-Fabriano, 216 km |
Giorgio Furlan (Ita) |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Stage 10 Senigallia, 28 km ITT |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Stage 11 Senigallia-Dozza, 184 km |
Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) |
Bruno Leali (Ita) |
Stage 12 Dozza-Asiago, 239 km |
Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) |
Bruno Leali (Ita) |
Stage 13 Asiago-Corvara Alta Badia, 220 km |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Bruno Leali (Ita) |
Stage 14 Corvara-Corvara, 245 km |
Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Stage 15 Carvara Alta Badia-Lumezzane, 263 km |
Davide Cassani (Ita) |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Stage 16 Lumezzane-Borgo Val di Taro, 181 km |
Fabio Baldato (Ita) |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Stage 17 Varazze-Valle Varaita, 223 km |
Marco Saligari (Ita) |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Stage 18 Sampayre-Fossano, 150 km |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Stage 19 Pinerolo-Sestriere, 55 km ITT |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Stage 20 Torino-Oropa, 162 km |
Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) |
Miguel Indurain (Spa) |
Stage 21 Biella-Milan, 166 km |
Fabio Baldato (Ita) |
 Miguel Indurain (Spa)
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Mountain Classification |
 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita)
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Points Classification |
 Adriano Baffi (Ita)
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GdI May 23 to June 13, 1993 |
| 3,702 Km |
1. Miguel INDURAIN (Spa) 98h09'44" |
| 2. Piotr Ugrumov (Let) +58" |
| 3. Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) +5'27" |
Starters: 180 |
| Finishers: 132 |
Average Speed: 37.711 km/h |
GdI 1994
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