1998 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | 16 May - 7 June | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,830 km (2,380 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 98h 48' 32" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Marco Pantani (ITA)
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(Mercatone Uno–Bianchi) |
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| Second |
 Pavel Tonkov (RUS)
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(Mapei–Bricobi) | |
| Third |
Giuseppe Guerini (ITA)
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(Team Polti) | |
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Points |
Mariano Piccoli (ITA)
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(Brescialat–Liquigas) |
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Mountains |
Marco Pantani (ITA)
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(Mercatone Uno–Bianchi) |
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Intergiro |
Gian Matteo Fagnini (ITA)
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(Saeco Macchine per Caffè) |
| Team | Mapei–Bricobi | ||
| Team Points | Team Polti | ||
The 1998 Giro d'Italia was the 81st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began on May 16 with a brief 8 km (5 mi) prologue that navigated through the streets of the French city Nice. The race came to a close on June 7 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Eighteen teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Marco Pantani of the Mercatone Uno–Bianchi team. Second and third were the Russian rider Pavel Tonkov and Italian Giuseppe Guerini.
In the race's other classifications, overall winner Marco Pantani also won the mountains classification, Mariano Piccoli of the Brescialat-Liquigas team won the points classification, and Saeco Macchine per Caffè rider Gian Matteo Fagnini won the intergiro classification.Mapei–Bricobi finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the eighteen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by Team Polti.
A total of 18 teams were invited to participate in the 1998 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 162 cyclists. Out of the 162 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 94 riders made it to the finish in Milan.
The 18 teams that took part in the race were:
The route for the 1998 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 22 November 1997 in Milan. It contained three time trial events, all of which were individual. There were eleven stages containing high mountains, of which four had summit finishes: stage 11, to San Marino; stage 14, to Piancavallo; stage 18, to Passo di Pampeago; and stage 19, to Plan di Montecampione. The organizers chose to include no rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 82 km (51 mi) shorter, contained the one less rest day, as well as one more individual time trial.
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