1984 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | 17 May – 10 June | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,808 km (2,366 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 98h 32' 20" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Francesco Moser (ITA)
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(Gis Gelati-Tuc Lu) |
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| Second |
 Laurent Fignon (FRA)
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(Renault-Elf) | |
| Third |
Moreno Argentin (ITA)
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(Sammontana-Campagnolo) | |
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Points |
 Urs Freuler (SUI)
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(Atala-Campagnolo) |
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Mountains |
Laurent Fignon (FRA)
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(Renault-Elf) |
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Youth |
Charly Mottet (FRA)
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(Renault-Elf) |
| Team | Renault-Elf | ||
| Team Points | Metauro Mobili-Pinarello | ||
The 1984 Giro d'Italia was the 67th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro 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.
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.
A total of nineteen teams were invited to participate in the 1984 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 171 cyclists. 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.Robin Morton, the team manager of the Gianna-Motta-Linea MD team, was the first female team manager ever in the Giro d'Italia. From the riders that began this edition, 143 made it to the finish in Merano.
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