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| Dates | 17 May – 10 June 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,808 km (2,366 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 98h 32' 20" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1984 Giro d'Italia was the 67th running of the Giro. It started in Lucca, on 17 May, with a 5 km (3.1 mi) prologue and concluded in Verona, on 10 June, with a 42 km (26.1 mi) individual time trial. A total of 171 riders from nineteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Francesco Moser of the Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu team. The second and third places were taken by Frenchman Laurent Fignon and Italian Moreno Argentin, respectively.[1][2][3]
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Urs Freuler of Atala–Campagnolo won the points classification, Fignon of Renault–Elf won the mountains classification, and Renault–Elf's Charly Mottet completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing twenty-first overall. Renault–Elf finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The team points classification was won by Metauro Mobili–Pinarello.
Teams
A total of nineteen teams were invited to participate in the 1984 Giro d'Italia.[4][5] Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 171 cyclists.[4][5][6][7] Riders represented a total of 18 countries.[8] The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager are introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place at the Piazza San Marco in Lucca on 16 May.[4] Robin Morton, the team manager of the Gianna-Motta-Linea MD team, was the first female team manager ever in the Giro d'Italia.[9] From the riders that began this edition, 143 made it to the finish in Merano.[7]
The teams entering the race were:
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Pre-race favorites
Team managers when asked about the favorite entering the race felt there was no clear favorite to win.[8] La Gazzetta dello Sport felt four riders – Francesco Moser (Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu), Laurent Fignon (Renault–Elf), Giuseppe Saronni (Del Tongo–Colnago), and Roberto Visentini (Carrera–Inoxpran) – had the best chances to win, but "there is no man who knows how to dominate."[8] When asked about his biggest challenge, Moser stated: "First, Visentini, because last year he was second, he has a very homogeneous squad and is the Italian runner in better shape..."[8] Ángel Ruocco of El País felt that the race would be between 1983 Tour de France champion Fignon and Saronni, the winner of the Giro the previous year.[8] He added that Silvano Contini, Mario Beccia, and Fignon as other challengers.[8] Marino Lejarreta (Alfa Lum–Olmo) who rode the 1984 Vuelta a España to prepare, as well as Alberto Fernández (Zor–Gemeaz Cusin) who displayed great results when the race reached the Apennines last year.[8][10]
Route and stages
The route for the 1984 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 18 February 1984.[11][12][13][14] Covering a total of 3,808 km (2,366 mi), it included four time trials (three individual and one for teams), and eleven stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points. Five of these eleven stages had summit finishes: stage 3, to Madonna di San Luca; stage 5, to Blockhaus; stage 16, to Bardonecchia; stage 19, to Selva di Val Gardena; and stage 20, to Arabba.[5] The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 114 km (71 mi) shorter and contained the same number of time trials and rest days. In addition, this race contained the same number of stages.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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| P | 17 May | Lucca | 5 km (3 mi) | 
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Individual time trial |  Francesco Moser (ITA)
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| 1 | 18 May | Lucca to Marina di Pietrasanta | 55 km (34 mi) |
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Team time trial | Renault–Elf[N 1] | |
| 2 | 19 May | Marina di Pietrasanta to Firenze | 127 km (79 mi) | 
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Plain stage |  Urs Freuler (SUI)
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| 3 | 20 May | Bologna to Madonna di San Luca | 110 km (68 mi) | 
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Stage with mountain(s) | Moreno Argentin (ITA)
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| 4 | 21 May | Bologna to Numana | 238 km (148 mi) |
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Plain stage | Stefan Mutter (SUI)
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| 5 | 22 May | Numana to Blockhaus | 194 km (121 mi) |
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Stage with mountain(s) | Moreno Argentin (ITA)
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| 6 | 23 May | Chieti to Foggia | 193 km (120 mi) |
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Plain stage | Francesco Moser (ITA)
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| 7 | 24 May | Foggia to Marconia di Pisticci | 226 km (140 mi) |
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Plain stage | Urs Freuler (SUI)
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| 8 | 25 May | Policoro to Agropoli | 228 km (142 mi) |
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Stage with mountain(s) | Urs Freuler (SUI)
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| 9 | 26 May | Agropoli to Cava de' Tirreni | 104 km (65 mi) |
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Stage with mountain(s) |  Dag Erik Pedersen (NOR)
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| 27 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 10 | 28 May | Cava de' Tirreni to Isernia | 209 km (130 mi) |
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Stage with mountain(s) |  Martial Gayant (FRA)
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| 11 | 29 May | Isernia to Rieti | 243 km (151 mi) |
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Plain stage | Urs Freuler (SUI)
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| 12 | 30 May | Rieti to Città di Castello | 175 km (109 mi) |
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Plain stage | Paolo Rosola (ITA)
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| 13 | 31 May | Città di Castello to Lerici | 269 km (167 mi) |
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Stage with mountain(s) | Roberto Visentini (ITA)
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| 14 | 1 June | Lerici to Alessandria | 204 km (127 mi) |
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Stage with mountain(s) | Sergio Santimaria (ITA)
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| 15 | 2 June | Certosa di Pavia to Milan | 38 km (24 mi) |
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Individual time trial | Francesco Moser (ITA)
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| 3 June | Rest day | ||||||
| 16 | 4 June | Alessandria to Bardonecchia | 198 km (123 mi) |
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Stage with mountain(s) | Dag Erik Pedersen (NOR)
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| 17 | 5 June | Bardonecchia to Lecco | 249 km (155 mi) |
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Plain stage | Jürg Bruggmann (SUI)
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| 18 | 6 June | Lecco to Merano | 252 km (157 mi) |
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Stage with mountain(s) | Bruno Leali (ITA)
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| 19 | 7 June | Merano to Selva di Val Gardena | 74 km (46 mi) |
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Stage with mountain(s) |  Marino Lejarreta (ESP)
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| 20 | 8 June | Selva di Val Gardena to Arabba | 169 km (105 mi) |
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Stage with mountain(s) | Laurent Fignon (FRA)
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| 21 | 9 June | Arabba to Treviso | 208 km (129 mi) |
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Plain stage | Guido Bontempi (ITA)
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| 22 | 10 June | Soave to Verona | 42 km (26 mi) |
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Individual time trial | Francesco Moser (ITA)
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| Total | 3,808 km (2,366 mi) | ||||||
Classification Leadership
Four different jerseys were worn during the 1984 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.[24] Time bonuses of 20, 10, and 5 seconds were awarded to each stage's first three finishers.[8]
For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs.[24] The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the originally the Stelvio Pass,[5] but it was changed to the Pordoi Pass. The first rider to cross the Pordoi Pass was French rider Laurent Fignon. The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but considering only neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).[24]
Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.[24] There was another team classification that awarded points to each team based on their riding's finishing position in every stage.[24] The team with the highest total of points was the leader of the classification.[24]
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.
