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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 19, 1988 |
Milan-San Remo |
Laurent Fignon (Fra) |
294 km |
| April 3, 1988 |
Tour of Flanders |
Eddy Planckaert (Bel) |
264 km |
| April 10, 1988 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Dirk Demol (Bel) |
266 km |
| April 17, 1988 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Adri Van der Poel (Ned)
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260 km |
| April 25-May 15, 1988 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Sean Kelly (Ire) |
21 Stages,
3,425 km |
| May 23-June 12, 1988 |
Giro d'Italia |
Andy Hampsten (USA) |
21 Stages,
3,579 km |
| July 4-July 24, 1988 |
Tour de France |
Pedro Delgado (Spa) |
22 Stages,
3,282 km |
| August 28, 1988 |
World
Championships |
Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) |
Ronse, Belgium 274 km |
October 15, 1988 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Charly Mottet (Fra) |
Como-Milan,
260 km |
• Sex Scandal… again! - Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart tearfully confessed to a sinful affair with a prostitute. He stepped down from his TV ministry.
• Lockerbie Disaster - an Arab terrorists bomb onboard Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland. All passengers and crew were killed along with 11 people on the ground.
• CBS - sports analyst Jimmy “the Greek” was quickly fired for racist statements about African-American athletes.
Notable Deaths -
Rene Vietto, 1914-1988, a grand French champion, who never had a TdF victory. Vietto gained great huge popularity after personal sacrifice “for the good of the team” during the 1934 Tour de France. [See “Rio” Rene's Regal Sacrifice ]
Pete Maravich, 1947-1988, American basketball player who led the NCAA in scoring as a college player and led the NBA in scoring in 1977.
Roy Orbison, 1936-1988, influential singer-song writer died of a heart attack at his mother's home in Nashville, Tennessee.
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