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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 21, 1987 |
Milan-San Remo |
Eric Machler (Sui) |
294 km |
| April 5, 1987 |
Tour of Flanders |
Claude Criquielion (Bel) |
274 km |
| April 12, 1987 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Eric Vanderaerden (Bel) |
264 km |
| April 19, 1987 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
260 km |
| April 23-May 15, 1987 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Luis Herrera (Col) |
22 Stages,
3,921 km |
| May 21-June 13, 1987 |
Giro d'Italia |
Stephen Roche (Ire) |
22 Stages,
3,915 km |
| July 1-July 26, 1987 |
Tour de France |
Stephen Roche (Ire) |
25 Stages,
4,240 km |
| September 6, 1987 |
World
Championships |
Stephen Roche (Ire) |
Villach, Austria 276 km |
October 17, 1987 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
Como-Milan,
265 km |
• The PTL Club - Televangelist Jimmy Bakker was involved in a sex scandal and forced to step down as leader and host of the religious TV show The PTL Club .
• US Presidential Run - Democratic Presidential candidate Gary Hart was involved in a sex scandal, which destroyed his political career.
• Black Monday - October 19, 1987, stock markets around the World decline sharply. The Dow Jones Average fell 22%.
• London - 31 people died in a subway fire at the King's Crossing station.
Notable Deaths -
* Giro d'Italia / Tour de France / Vuelta a Espana Champion: Jacques Anquetil, 1934-1987, the first five time Tour de France (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964) champion, died of cancer at the age of 53. He was a two time Giro Champion in 1960 and 1964. He won the Vuelta in 1963.
Rudolph Hess, 1894-1987, Nazi officer was Hitler's second in command, committed suicide in Spandau prison.
1986
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