1989 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | May 21 — June 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22, including one split stage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,418 km (2,124 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 93h 30' 16" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Laurent Fignon (FRA)
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(Système U) |
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| Second |
 Flavio Giupponi (ITA)
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(Malvor-Sidi) | |
| Third |
 Andrew Hampsten (USA)
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(7-Eleven) | |
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Points |
Giovanni Fidanza (ITA)
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(Chateau d'Ax-Salotti) |
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Mountains |
 Luis Herrera (COL)
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(Café de Colombia-Mavic) |
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Youth |
 Vladimir Poulnikov (URS)
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(Alfa Lum-STM) |
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Intergiro |
 Jure Pavlič (YUG)
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(Carrera Jeans–Vagabond) |
| Team | Fagor - MBK | ||
The 1989 Giro d'Italia was the 72nd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Taormina on 21 May with a 123 km (76.4 mi) flat stage that ended in Catania. The race concluded in Florence with a 53 km (32.9 mi) individual time trial on 11 June. Twenty-two teams entered the race, which was won by the Frenchman Laurent Fignon of the Super U team. Second and third respectively were the Italian Flavio Giupponi and the American rider, Andrew Hampsten.
In the race's other classifications, Vladimir Poulnikov of the Alfa Lum-STM finished the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing in eleventh place overall; Café de Colombia rider Luis Herrera won the mountains classification, Giovanni Fidanza of the Chateau d'Ax-Salotti team won the points classification, and Carrera Jeans–Vagabond rider Jure Pavlič won the inaugural intergiro classification. Fagor - MBK finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the twenty-two teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.
There were 22 teams that were invited to compete in the 1989 Giro d'Italia. Each team consisted of nine riders, so the Giro started with 198 riders. Of the 198 riders that started the race, 141 of them reached the finish line in Florence
The teams entering the race were:
The route for the 1989 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public on television by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani, on 21 January 1989. It contained four time trial events, three of which were individual and one a team event. There were fourteen stages containing thirty-five categorized climbs, of which three had summit finishes: stage 2, to Mount Etna; stage 8, to Gran Sasso d'Italia; and stage 13, to Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Another stage with a mountain-top finish was stage 18, which consisted of a climbing time trial to Monte Generoso. The organizers chose to not include any rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 161 km (100 mi) shorter, contained the number of rest days and time trials, and had one more stage. In addition, this race contained one less set of half stages.
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