1985 Giro d'Italia
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The 1985 Giro d'Italia was the 68th running of the Giro. It started in Palermo, on 16 May, with a 6.6 km prologue and concluded in Lucca, on 9 June, with a 48 km individual time trial. A total of 180
The team presentation ceremony took place on 15 May at the Verona Arena in Verona.
The Gran Sasso d'Italia hosted the end of the 195 km (121 mi) fourteenth stage.
Francesco Moser (pictured here at the Amstel Gold Race in 1978) came into the Giro as a favorite to repeat as champion. He finished in second place overall and won three stages.
Bernard Hinault (pictured here at the 1978 Tour de France) won a single stage, in addition to the general classification.
1986 Giro d'Italia
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The 1986 Giro d'Italia was the 69th running of the Giro d'Italia. The cycling race started in Palermo, on 12 May, with a 1 km prologue and concluded in Merano, on 2 June, with a 108.6 km mass-start st
The team presentation ceremony took place on 11 May at the Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo.
Foppolo hosted the end of the 143 km (89 mi) sixteenth stage and the start of the 186 km (116 mi) seventeenth stage.
Dutch rider Jean-Paul van Poppel (pictured here at the 2010 Tour de France) won two stages at the 1986 Giro d'Italia.
Johan van der Velde (pictured here in August 1982) won one stage at the 1986 Giro d'Italia and came in second in the points classification.