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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 17, 1990 |
Milan-San Remo |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
294 km |
| April 1, 1990 |
Tour of Flanders |
Moreno Argentin (Ita) |
265 km |
| April 8, 1990 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Eddy Planckaert (Bel) |
265 km |
| April 15, 1990 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Eric Van Lancker (Bel) |
256 km |
| April 24-May 15, 1990 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Marco Giovanetti (Ita) |
22 Stages,
3,711 km |
| May 21-June 11, 1990 |
Giro d'Italia |
Gianni Bugno (Ita) |
19 Stages,
3,450 km |
| June 30-July 22, 1990 |
Tour de France |
Greg LeMond (USA) |
21 Stages,
3,403 km |
| September 2, 1990 |
World
Championships |
Rudy Dhaenens (Bel) |
Utsunomiya, Japan 261 km |
October 20, 1990 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Gilles Delion (Fra) |
Monza-Monza,
246 km |
• Germany - October 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the reunification agreement in February 1990, East and West Germany are finally reunited.
• Iraq - August 1990, Saddam Hessein's Iraqi military invaded Kuwait over a border dispute.
• Soviet Union - the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee agreed to give its monopolistic power on the USSR. Mikhail Gorbachev dissolved the Soviet Union.
Notable Deaths -
Bronko Nagurski, 1908-1990, American football star for the Chicago Bears in the early years of the NFL.
L'Equipe Sport Figure of the Decade1990-1999 -
L'Equipe's athlete of the decade was Carl Lewis of the USA. He was a multiple Gold Medal winner in Olympic Track & Field. His gold medal total of nine equaled the great Paavo Nurmi (Olympic Games 1920 to 1928).
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