1985 Giro d'Italia
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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1985 Giro d'Italia
| image =
| image_caption =
| date = 16 May – 9 June 1985
| stages = 22 + Prologue, including one split stage
| distance = 3998.6
| unit = km
| time = 105h 46' 51"
| speed = 37.893
| first = Bernard Hinault
| first_nat = FRA
| first_natvar =
| first_team = {{UCI team code|LVC|1985}}
| first_color = pink
| second = Francesco Moser
| second_nat = ITA
| second_natvar =
| second_team = Gis Gelati-Trentino Vacanze
| third = Greg LeMond
| third_nat = USA
| third_natvar =
| third_team = {{UCI team code|LVC|1985}}
| points = Johan van der Velde
| points_nat = NED
| points_natvar =
| points_team = Vini Ricordi-Pinarello
| points_color = violet
| mountains = José Luis Navarro
| mountains_nat = ESP
| mountains_natvar =
| mountains_team = Gemeaz Cusin-Zor
| mountains_color = green
| youth = Alberto Volpi
| youth_nat = ITA
| youth_natvar =
| youth_team = Sammontana-Bianchi
| youth_color = white
| combination = Urs Freuler
| combination_nat = SUI
| combination_natvar =
| combination_team = Atala-Ofmega-Campagnolo
| sprints =
| sprints_nat =
| sprints_natvar =
| sprints_team =
| team = Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre
| team_nat =
| team_natvar =
| previous = 1984
| next = 1986
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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 {{convert|6.6|km|1|abbr=on}} prologue and concluded in Lucca, on 9 June, with a {{convert|48|km|1|abbr=on}} individual time trial. A total of 180 riders from twenty teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Frenchman Bernard Hinault of the {{UCI team code|LVC|1985}} team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Francesco Moser and American Greg LeMond, respectively.
Moser led the race for the first two days after winning the opening prologue. He lost the lead to Giuseppe Saronni after his team won the stage three team time trial. Upon conclusion of the event's fourth stage, Roberto Visentini won sufficient time to take the race leader's maglia rosa ({{langx|en|pink jersey}}) from Saronni. Visentini held the jersey for a total of eight days of racing, during which the race traversed the Dolomites, before losing it to Hinault after the stage 12 time trial. Hinault then successfully defended his lead through the Alps, all the way to the race's finish.
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Johan van der Velde of Vini Ricordi-Pinarello won the points classification, José Luis Navarro of Gemeaz Cusin-Zor won the mountains classification, and Sammontana-Bianchi's Alberto Volpi completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing tenth overall. Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.
Teams
{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 1985 Giro d'Italia}}
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A total of twenty teams were invited to participate in the 1985 Giro d'Italia,{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/16/deportes/485042414_850215.html|title=Hinault, Lemond, Arroyo y Lejarreta, la alternativa 'extranjera' en el Giro|language=es|date=16 May 1985|newspaper=El País|publisher=Ediciones El País|author=Luis Gómez|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Hinault, Lemond, Arroyo and Lejarreta, the 'foreign' alternative in the Giro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309010427/http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/16/deportes/485042414_850215.html|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} six of which were based outside of Italy.{{cite news|author=Mario Fossati|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1985/05/15/giro-arena-anche-il-ciclismo-riparte-da.html|title=Giro e Arena Anche il ciclismo riparte da Verona |language=it|date=15 June 1985|newspaper=La Repubblica|publisher=Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Giro and Arena Cycling also starts from Verona}} Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 180 cyclists.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1985.html |title=1985 Giro d'Italia |work= Bike Race Info |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |author=Bill and Carol McGann|access-date=2012-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217090148/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1985.html|archive-date=17 December 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=Gian Paolo Ormezzano|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,26/articleid,1003_01_1985_0098_0026_13884312/|title=Il Giro da Verona cerca il <
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Pre-race favorites
The starting peloton did include the 1984 winner, Francesco Moser.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/16/MD19850516-024.pdf|author=Javier Dalmases|title=El "Giro" No Quiere Volver A Ser Lo Que Fue|language=es|date=16 May 1985|page=24|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=The "Giro" Does Not Want to Be What It Was|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308234600/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/16/MD19850516-024.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/16/MD19850516-025.pdf|title=Etapas, Kilometraje Y Perfiles|language=es|date=16 May 1985|page=25|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Stages, Kilometers, and Profiles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308234701/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/16/MD19850516-025.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2015|url-status=live}} Two–time champion Bernard Hinault entered the race with a strong supporting {{UCI team code|LVC|1985}} team as he sought a third overall victory.{{cite web|author=Barry Ryan |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/greg-lemond-and-the-1986-giro-ditalia-its-all-extremely-complicated-here/ |title=Greg LeMond and the 1986 Giro d'Italia: 'It's all extremely complicated here' |date=15 May 2020 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=13 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515122633/https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/greg-lemond-and-the-1986-giro-ditalia-its-all-extremely-complicated-here/|archive-date=15 May 2020 |url-status=live }} Author Bill McGann believed that going into the race Hinault was "the world's most potent racing machine" and that Moser would have to ride very well in order to repeat as champion. Mario Fossati of La Repubblica named Moser, Saronni, Hinault, and Greg LeMond as contenders for the overall crown. LeMond rode the Giro d'Italia for the first time this edition. Spanish rider Marino Lejarreta decided not to race the Vuelta a España in favor of racing the Giro. Luis Gómez, of El Pais, believed Lejarreta to be in top form going into the race and that he could challenge for the overall victory. Javier Dalmases, an El Mundo sportswriter, believed that there was no clear favorite for the race. Prominent French rider Laurent Fignon did not participate in the race due to an inflamed Achilles tendon.
Route and stages
File:Gran Sasso 02.jpg hosted the end of the {{convert|195|km|0|abbr=on}} fourteenth stage.|alt=A mountain in the distance.]]
The route for the 1985 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 16 February 1985.{{cite news |url=https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1985/02/17/page_017.pdf |title=Sarà un Giro gagliardo, con tanto sale e pepe|language=it |date=17 February 1985|author=Gino Sala|page=17|newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=27 May 2012 |format=PDF |trans-title=It will be a vigorous Giro, with much salt and pepper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023203517/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1985/02/17/page_017.pdf |archive-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|author=Carlo Gobbo|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,23/articleid,1000_01_1985_0036_0035_13842051/|title=Giro d'Italia in Valle con 2 tappe decisive|language=it|date=17 February 1985|page=23|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Tour of Italy in the Valley with two decisive stages}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/02/17/MD19850217-049.pdf|title=El "Giro-85" Quiere a Fignon|language=es|date=17 February 1985|page=49|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=The "Giro-85" Want to Fignon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119024316/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/02/17/MD19850217-049.pdf|archive-date=19 January 2015|url-status=live}} Covering a total of {{convert|3998.6|km|abbr=on}}, it included four time trials (three individual and one for teams), and eleven stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points.{{cite news |url=https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1985/05/14/page_004.pdf |title=...e tutte le salite |language=it |date=13 May 1985 |page=12 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=27 May 2012 |format=PDF |trans-title=... and all the climbs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023203123/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1985/05/14/page_004.pdf |archive-date=23 October 2019|url-status=live }} Three of these eleven stages had summit finishes: stage 4, to Selva di Val Gardena; stage 14, to Gran Sasso d'Italia; and stage 20, to Valnontey di Cogne. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was {{convert|190.6|km|0|abbr=on}} longer and contained the same number of time trials and rest days. In addition, this race contained the same number of stages, but one more set of half stages.
Luis Gómez, an El Pais writer, believed that the route was designed to benefit the Italian participants, with there being three individual time trials, the team time trial being flat, and most stages being primarily flat. El Mundo writer Javier Dalmases believed that the route was purposefully less mountainous so that an Italian would win the race, citing that this route favored the likes of Giuseppe Saronni or Moreno Argentin. La Stampa's Gian Paolo Ormezzano thought overall easiness of the course — the few mountains and summit finishes — added some mystery as to who could win.
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!Stage !Date !Course !Distance !colspan="2"|Type !Winner |
| style="text-align:center"|P
| style="text-align:center;"|16 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|6.6|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg | {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}} |
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| style="text-align:center"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|17 May |Verona to Busto Arsizio | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|218|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Urs Freuler|SUI}} |
| style="text-align:center"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|18 May |Busto Arsizio to Milan | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|38|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg |
| style="text-align:center"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|19 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|190|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|20 May |Pinzolo to Selva di Val Gardena | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|237|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Hubert Seiz|SUI}} |
| style="text-align:center"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|21 May |Selva di Val Gardena to Vittorio Veneto | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|225|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Emanuele Bombini|ITA}}{{refn|name=Pagnin|group=N|Roberto Pagnin was the original winner of stage 5 but was later relegated to second place.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/22/deportes/485560808_850215.html|title=Los favoritos del Giro se toman una tregua en la quinta etapa|language=es|date=22 May 1985|newspaper=El País|publisher=Ediciones El País|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Giro favorites truce taken in the fifth stage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309020256/http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/22/deportes/485560808_850215.html|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/22/MD19850522-034.pdf|title="Bombini", en el "Giro"|language=es|date=22 May 1985|page=34|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title="Bombini", in the "Giro"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309000542/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/22/MD19850522-034.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}}} |
| style="text-align:center"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|22 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|237|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Frank Hoste|BEL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|23 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|185|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Orlando Maini|ITA}} |
| | style="text-align:center;"|24 May
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day |
| style="text-align:center"|8a
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|25 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|45|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Stefano Allocchio|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|8b
| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|167|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Acácio da Silva|POR}} |
| style="text-align:center"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|26 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|237|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Paolo Rosola|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|27 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|203|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Acácio da Silva|POR}} |
| style="text-align:center"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|28 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|240|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Stefano Allocchio|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|12
| style="text-align:center;"|29 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|38|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg | {{flagathlete|Bernard Hinault|FRA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|13
| style="text-align:center;"|30 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|154|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Urs Freuler|SUI}} |
| style="text-align:center"|14
| style="text-align:center;"|31 May |Frosinone to Gran Sasso d'Italia | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|195|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Franco Chioccioli|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|15
| style="text-align:center;"|1 June | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|208|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Ron Kiefel|USA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|16
| style="text-align:center;"|2 June | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|217|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|17
| style="text-align:center;"|3 June | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|248|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Daniel Gisiger|SUI}} |
| | style="text-align:center;"|4 June
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day |
| style="text-align:center"|18
| style="text-align:center;"|5 June |Monza to Domodossola | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|128|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Paolo Rosola|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|19
| style="text-align:center;"|6 June | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|247|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|20
| style="text-align:center;"|7 June |Saint-Vincent to Valnontey di Cogne | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|58|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) | {{flagathlete|Andrew Hampsten|USA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|21
| style="text-align:center;"|8 June |Saint-Vincent to Genoa | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|229|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage | {{flagathlete|Urs Freuler|SUI}} |
| style="text-align:center"|22
| style="text-align:center;"|9 June | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|48|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg | {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}} |
| | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Total
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|3998.6|km|0|abbr=on}} |
Race overview
File:Francesco Moser (Amstel Gold Race 1978).jpg (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.]]
The event began with a {{convert|6.6|km|1|abbr=on}} prologue around the city of Verona.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/17/MD19850517-028.pdf|title=Moser, siempre de rosa en verona|language=es|date=17 May 1985|page=28|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Moser, always rose in Verona|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308235025/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/17/MD19850517-028.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2015|url-status=live}} The brief time trial leg was won by Francesco Moser, who finished seven seconds faster than the second placed rider. The following day was the first mass-start stage of the race, which culminated in a bunch sprint that was won by Atala-Ofmega-Campagnolo's Urs Freuler.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/18/MD19850518-029.pdf|title=Freuler, en apretado "sprint"|language=es|date=18 May 1985|page=29|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Freuler, in tight "sprint"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308235705/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/18/MD19850518-029.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2015|url-status=live}} The second stage was a team time trial that stretched {{convert|38|km|1|abbr=on}}.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/19/MD19850519-041.pdf|title=Saronni, nuevo "maglia rosa"|language=es|date=19 May 1985|page=41|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Saronni, new "maglia rosa"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308235831/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/19/MD19850519-041.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2015|url-status=live}} Del Tongo-Colnago won the leg and their rider, Giuseppe Saronni, earned enough of an advantage to take race lead and don the race leader's maglia rosa ({{langx|en|pink jersey}}). The third stage saw Saronni expand upon his lead by winning the leg after out-sprinting the rest of the leading group.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/20/MD19850520-051.pdf|title=Saronni bonifica su liderato|language=es|date=20 May 1985|page=51|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Saronni reclamation of liderato|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308235933/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/20/MD19850520-051.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2015|url-status=live}} The fourth stage took the race into the Dolomites, as well as featuring a summit finish on Selva di Val Gardena. Spanish rider Marino Lejarreta attacked with around {{convert|15|km|1|abbr=on}} to go and only Roberto Visentini, Bernard Hinault, Hubert Saiz, and Gianbattista Baronchelli were able to mark his move.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/21/deportes/485474406_850215.html|title=Visentini, nuevo líder, y Lejarreta, tercero en la general del Giro|language=es|date=21 May 1985|newspaper=El País|publisher=Ediciones El País|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Visentini, new leader, and Lejarreta third overall in the Giro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309015610/http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/21/deportes/485474406_850215.html|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} The group of five stayed together to the finish as Saiz took the stage victory by edging out Hinault.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/21/MD19850521-025.pdf|title=Marino Lejarreta rompio el "Giro"|language=es|date=21 May 1985|page=25|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Lejarreta Marino broke the "Giro"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309000403/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/21/MD19850521-025.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} Visentini took the race lead after Saronni finished over four minutes behind, while another Italian favorite Francesco Moser finished two minutes behind.
The route went through more mountains in the fifth stage. With large amounts of rain, the peloton made a truce and the stage saw few attacks. A three-man breakaway formed with around twelve kilometers to go. The riders stayed together and all sprinted for the stage win, which was originally won by Roberto Pagnin; however, due to his non-linear sprint line that interfered with the two other riders, he was relegated to second place and the original second-place finisher, Emanuele Bombini, was promoted and declared winner. The next day of racing ended with a bunch sprint won by Frank Hoste, but a crash with two kilometers to go from the finish saw general classification contenders Visentini and Saronni, as well as others, lose twenty seconds.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/23/deportes/485647210_850215.html|title=Visentini perdió 20 segundos|language=es|date=23 May 1985|newspaper=El País|publisher=Ediciones El País|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Visentini lost 20 seconds|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309021914/http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/23/deportes/485647210_850215.html|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/23/MD19850523-028.pdf|title=Hoste presento su tarjeta de velocista en el "Giro"|language=es|date=23 May 1985|page=28|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Hoste presented his card sprinter in the "Giro"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309000629/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/23/MD19850523-028.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} The seventh stage saw a six-man breakaway survive and finish ahead of the peloton by almost two minutes as Orlando Maini won the day.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/24/deportes/485733609_850215.html|title=Arroyo pierde 17 minutos en la séptima etapa del Giro|language=es|date=24 May 1985|newspaper=El País|publisher=Ediciones El País|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Arroyo lost 17 minutes in the seventh stage of the Giro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309022756/http://elpais.com/diario/1985/05/24/deportes/485733609_850215.html|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/24/MD19850524-026.pdf|title=Arroyo empeza atacando y acabo perdiendo 17'|language=es|date=24 May 1985|page=26|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Arroyo begins attacking and losing just '17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309000745/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/24/MD19850524-026.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}
File:Bernard Hinault 1978.jpg (pictured here at the 1978 Tour de France) won a single stage, in addition to the general classification.]]
The twelfth stage of the race was {{convert|38|km|1|abbr=on}} individual time trial.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/30/MD19850530-030.pdf|title=El Bernard Hinault de los mejores tiempos|language=es|date=30 May 1985|page=30|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=The Bernard Hinault of the best times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309002151/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/30/MD19850530-030.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} Hinault won the stage by fifty-three seconds over Moser. Hinault's time gains were enough to give him the race lead by a minute and fourteen seconds. The thirteenth stage saw Freuler win his second stage of the race by virtue of a sprint finish.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/31/MD19850531-030.pdf|title=Freuler sigue siendo el rey|language=es|date=31 May 1985|page=30|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Freuler is still king|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309002309/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/31/MD19850531-030.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} Italian Franco Chioccioli won the mountainous fourteenth leg of the event after attacking on the descent of the third climb of the day.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/01/MD19850601-030.pdf|title=Chioccioli: Un rodador gano el la cima|language=es|date=1 June 1985|page=30|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Chioccioli: A Wheeler won the top|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309002918/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/01/MD19850601-030.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/06/01/deportes/486424811_850215.html|title="El Giro es una farsa", según el italiano Beccia|language=es|date=1 June 1985|newspaper=El País|publisher=Ediciones El País|agency=EFE|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title="The Giro is a farce," the Italian Beccia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309031321/http://elpais.com/diario/1985/06/01/deportes/486424811_850215.html|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} The following day of racing began with a twenty-man breakaway forming off the front of the peloton; however, all but one rider was caught with ten kilometers remaining.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=/features/2009/american_giro_stage_winners_may09 |title=An American in Italy |author=Peter Hymas |date=5 May 2009 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022222612/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=%2Ffeatures%2F2009%2Famerican_giro_stage_winners_may09 |archive-date=22 October 2014 |url-status=live }} With under five kilometers left, another four-man attack group formed, of which {{UCI team code|MOT|1985}}'s Ron Kiefel survived. Kiefel caught the lone remaining rider in front and went on to win the stage as the peloton crossed the line three seconds behind.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/06/02/deportes/486511208_850215.html|title=Primer triunfo estadounidense en el Giro|language=es|date=2 June 1985|newspaper=El País|publisher=Ediciones El País|agency=EFE|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=First American victory in the Giro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309031530/http://elpais.com/diario/1985/06/02/deportes/486511208_850215.html|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/02/MD19850602-044.pdf|title=Kiefel: Un Americano en Perugia|language=es|date=2 June 1985|page=44|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Kiefel: An American in Perugia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309003102/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/02/MD19850602-044.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} This was the first stage victory by an American in the history of the Giro d'Italia. The sixteenth stage saw the day of racing end with a field sprint which was won by Saronni.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/03/MD19850603-038.pdf|title=Saronni, en un extraño "sprint"|language=es|date=3 June 1985|page=38|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Saronni, in a strange "sprint"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309003321/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/03/MD19850603-038.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}
Race leader Hinault and his team, {{UCI team code|LVC|1985}}, allowed a breakaway to get almost a twenty-minute advantage over the peloton during the race's seventeenth stage, before other general classification contenders' teams stepped in to help with the chase. The attack group reached the finish line around ten minutes faster than the peloton. Swiss rider Daniel Gisiger won the stage ahead of Giovanni Mantovani.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/04/MD19850604-019.pdf|title=Navarro, nuevo "rey" de la montaña|language=es|date=4 June 1985|page=19|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Navarro, new "king" of the mountain|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309003446/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/04/MD19850604-019.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} Paolo Rosola won his second stage of the event as the eighteenth stage resulted in a bunch sprint.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/06/06/deportes/486856812_850215.html|title=Giro.|language=es|date=6 June 1985|newspaper=El País|publisher=Ediciones El País|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Giro.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309033911/http://elpais.com/diario/1985/06/06/deportes/486856812_850215.html|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/06/MD19850606-038.pdf|title=Esta vex fue Rosola el mas rapido|language=es|date=6 June 1985|page=38|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=This vex was Rosola the fastest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309003907/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/06/MD19850606-038.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} The following day's race route was altered the night before by Torriani, which removed six kilometers off the climb of Great St Bernard Pass, while it still contained the full climb of the Cima Coppi, the Simplon Pass.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/07/MD19850607-037.pdf|title=Moser, veinte segundos mas cerca de Hinault|language=es|date=7 June 1985|page=37|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Moser, twenty seconds closer Hinault|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309003956/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/07/MD19850607-037.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} The stage saw a large group of fifty-three riders cross the finish line together, with Moser at the head, taking his second stage victory of the event. Former race leader Visentini, after losing a significant amount of time during the stage 16 individual time trial, abandoned the race during the nineteenth stage.{{cite news|author=Jean Michel Forest|url=http://streaming.ajgirona.org/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf;publication=Avui;sort_publication=avui;day=07;month=06;year=1985;page=034;id=0002830848;filename=19850607;collection=pages;url_high=pages/Avui/1985/198506/19850607/19850607034.pdf|title=Navarro venc a la muntanya i Moser guanya vint segons|language=ca|date=7 June 1985|page=34|newspaper=Avui|publisher=Hermes Comunicacions S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Navarro came to the mountain and Moser won twenty seconds|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122507/http://streaming.ajgirona.org/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf%3Bpublication%3DAvui%3Bsort_publication%3Davui%3Bday%3D07%3Bmonth%3D06%3Byear%3D1985%3Bpage%3D034%3Bid%3D0002830848%3Bfilename%3D19850607%3Bcollection%3Dpages%3Burl_high%3Dpages%2FAvui%2F1985%2F198506%2F19850607%2F19850607034.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Stage 20 was a brief {{convert|58|km|0|abbr=on}} that featured a seventeen kilometer ascent to finish the leg. La Vie Claire drove a hard pace throughout the stage and fractured the peloton in the process. American Andrew Hampsten attacked with around nineteen kilometers to go and won the stage by a minute over the second-place finisher.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/08/MD19850608-037.pdf|title=Hampstean: Segunda victoria norte americana|language=es|date=8 June 1985|page=37|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Hampsten: Second North American victory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309004053/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/08/MD19850608-037.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} The penultimate stage of the race was culminated with a field sprint, which was won by Freuler.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/09/MD19850609-043.pdf|title=Freuler, tercer podio|language=es|date=9 June 1985|page=43|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Freuler, third podium|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309004214/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/09/MD19850609-043.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1985/06/09/deportes/487116008_850215.html|title=Giro.|language=es|date=9 June 1985|newspaper=El País|publisher=Ediciones El País|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Giro.}} The final stage of the race was a {{convert|48|km|0|abbr=on}} individual time trial that stretched from Lido di Camaiore to Lucca.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/10/MD19850610-034.pdf|title=Hinault: Tres Vidas En Rosa|language=es|date=10 June 1985|page=34|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Hinault: Three Lives In Pink|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309004528/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/06/10/MD19850610-034.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} Moser was able to win the stage by seven seconds on race leader Hinault, which was not enough to overcome Hinault and take first. This meant Hinault won his third Giro d'Italia.
Six riders achieved multiple stage victories: Freuler (stages 1, 13, and 21), Moser (prologue and stages 19 and 22), da Silva (stages 8b and 10),{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/26/MD19850526-035.pdf|title=El rey de la montaña, al sprint|language=es|date=26 May 1985|page=35|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=The King of the Mountain, the sprint|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309001056/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/26/MD19850526-035.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/28/MD19850528-028.pdf|title=Marino tuvo a Moser en las cuerdas|language=es|date=28 May 1985|page=28|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Marino had to Moser on the ropes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309001631/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/28/MD19850528-028.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} Allocchio (stages 8a and 11),{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/29/MD19850529-030.pdf|title=Allocchio, mas rapido que Saronni y Freuler|language=es|date=29 May 1985|page=30|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Allocchio, quick que mas y Saronni Freuler|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309002031/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/29/MD19850529-030.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} Saronni (stages 3 and 16), and Rosola (stages 9 and 18).{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/27/MD19850527-026.pdf|title=Rosola: A la tercera fue la vencida|language=es|date=27 May 1985|page=26|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Rosola: The Third time lucky|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309001248/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/27/MD19850527-026.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/27/MD19850527-027.pdf|title=Rosola: A la tercera fue la vencida|language=es|date=27 May 1985|page=27|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Rosola: The Third time lucky|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309001358/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/27/MD19850527-027.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live}} Stage wins were achieved by nine of the twenty competing squads, six of which won multiple stages. Del Tongo-Colnago collected a total of five wins through the team time trial, Saronni, Bombini (stage 5), and Hoste (stage 6). Atala-Ofmega-Campagnolo amassed a total of four stage wins through Freuler and Gisiger (stage 17). Malvor-Bottecchia also secured four stage wins through da Silva and Allocchio. Sammontana-Bianchi obtained two stage victories with Rosola. Gis Gelati-Trentino Vacanze collected two stage successes with Moser. 7-Eleven recorded two stage wins with Kiefel (stage 15) and Hampsten (stage 20). Cilo-Aufina, Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre, and La Vie Claire all won a single stage at the Giro, the first through Seiz (stage 4), the second through Maini (stage 7), and the third by Hinault (stage 12), and the fourth with Chioccioli (stage 14).
Classification leadership
File:Simplonpass1.JPG was the Cima Coppi for the 1985 running of the Giro d'Italia.]]
Four different jerseys were worn during the 1985 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 four 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.{{cite web|author=Laura Weislo |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |title=Giro d'Italia classifications demystified |date=13 May 2008 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |archive-date=8 May 2013 |url-status=live }}
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. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Simplon Pass. The first rider to cross the Simplon Pass was Colombian rider Reynel Montoya. 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). 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.
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"
|+Classification leadership by stage |
| style="background:#efefef;"
! style="width:1%;"| Stage ! style="width:12%;"| Winner ! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|General classification ! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Points classification ! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Mountains classification ! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Young rider classification ! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Team classification |
| P
|style="background:pink;" rowspan="2"| Francesco Moser |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| not awarded |style="background:#EFEFEF;" rowspan="3"| not awarded |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| not awarded |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| not awarded |
|---|
| 1
|style="background:violet;" rowspan="2"| Urs Freuler |style="background:white;" rowspan="2"| Roberto Calovi |style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="1"| Gis Gelati-Trentino Vacanze |
| 2
|style="background:pink;" rowspan="2"| Giuseppe Saronni |style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="2"| Del Tongo-Colnago |
| 3
|style="background:violet;" rowspan="1"| Giuseppe Saronni |style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="15"| Acácio da Silva |style="background:white;" rowspan="21"| Alberto Volpi |
| 4
|style="background:pink;" rowspan="9"| Roberto Visentini |style="background:violet;" rowspan="2"| Johan van der Velde |style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="7"| {{UCI team code|CAR|1985}} |
| 5
| Emanuele Bombini{{refn|name=Pagnin|group=N}} |
| 6
|style="background:violet;" rowspan="1"| Urs Freuler |
| 7
|style="background:violet;" rowspan="6"| Johan van der Velde |
| 8a |
| 8b |
| 9 |
| 10
|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="7"| Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre |
| 11 |
| 12
|style="background:pink;" rowspan="11"| Bernard Hinault |style="background:violet;" rowspan="1"| Johan van der Velde & Urs Freuler |
| 13
|style="background:violet;" rowspan="1"| Urs Freuler |
| 14
|style="background:violet;" rowspan="9"| Johan van der Velde |
| 15 |
| 16 |
| 17
|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="6"| José Luis Navarro |style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="3"| Del Tongo-Colnago |
| 18 |
| 19 |
| 20
|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="3"| Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre |
| 21 |
| 22 |
| colspan=2| Final
! style="background:#F660AB;"| Bernard Hinault ! style="background:#c0f;"| Johan van der Velde ! style="background:#32CD32;"| José Luis Navarro ! style="background:offwhite;"| Alberto Volpi ! style="background:yellow;"| Alpilatte-Olmo-Cierre |
Final standings
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4| Legend |
|---|
| Image:Jersey pink.svg
| Denotes the winner of the General classification | Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification |
| Image:Jersey violet.svg
| Denotes the winner of the Points classification | Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification |
=General classification=
| class="wikitable" style="width:45em;margin-bottom:0;" |
| Rank
!Name !Team !Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Bernard Hinault|FRA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg | {{UCI team code|LVC|1985}} | align=right| {{nowrap|105h 46' 51"}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}} | align=right| + 1' 08" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Greg LeMond|USA}} | {{UCI team code|LVC|1985}} | align=right| + 2' 55" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| {{flagathlete|Tommy Prim|SWE}} | Sammontana-Bianchi | align=right| + 4' 53" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| {{flagathlete|Marino Lejarreta|ESP}} | align=right| + 6' 30" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| {{flagathlete|Gianbattista Baronchelli|ITA}} | align=right| + 6' 32" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| {{flagathlete|Silvano Contini|ITA}} | Ariostea | align=right| + 7' 22" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 8
| {{flagathlete|Michael Wilson|AUS}} | align=right| + 7' 38" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 9
| {{flagathlete|Franco Chioccioli|ITA}} | align=right| + 8' 33" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 10
| {{flagathlete|Alberto Volpi|ITA}} Image:Jersey white.svg | Sammontana-Bianchi | align=right| + 10' 31" |
{{columns-start}}
=Points classification=
| class="wikitable" |
| !Rider
!Team !Points |
|---|
| 1
| {{flagathlete|Johan van der Velde|NED}} Image:Jersey violet.svg | {{UCI team code|CAR|1985}} | align=right| 195 |
| 2
| {{flagathlete|Urs Freuler|SUI}} | {{UCI team code|Atala|1985}} | align=right| 172 |
| 3
| {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}} | align=right| 140 |
| 4
| {{flagathlete|Frank Hoste|BEL}} | align=right| 126 |
| 5
| {{flagathlete|Franco Chioccioli|ITA}} | align=right| 122 |
{{column}}
=Mountains classification=
| class="wikitable" |
| !Rider
!Team !Points |
|---|
| 1
| {{flagathlete|José Luis Navarro|ESP}} Image:Jersey green.svg | Gemeaz Cusin-Zor | align=right| 54 |
| 2
| {{flagathlete|Reynel Montoya|COL}} | align=right| 47 |
| 3
| {{flagathlete|Rafael Acevedo|COL}} | align=right| 38 |
| 4
| {{flagathlete|Acácio da Silva|POR}} | align=right| 32 |
| 5
| {{flagathlete|Andrew Hampsten|USA}} | {{UCI team code|MOT|1985}} | align=right| 30 |
{{columns-end}}
{{columns-start}}
=Young rider classification=
| class="wikitable" |
| !Rider
!Team !Time |
|---|
| 1
| {{flagathlete|Alberto Volpi|ITA}} Image:Jersey white.svg | Sammontana-Bianchi | align=right| {{nowrap|105h 57' 22"}} |
| 2
| {{flagathlete|Marco Giovannetti|ITA}} | Ariostea | align=right| + 3' 59" |
| 3
| {{flagathlete|José Luis Navarro|ESP}} Image:Jersey green.svg | Gemeaz Cusin-Zor | align=right| + 10' 19" |
| 4
| {{flagathlete|Andrew Hampsten|USA}} | {{UCI team code|MOT|1985}} | align=right| + 10' 52" |
| 5
| {{flagathlete|Luca Rota|ITA}} | Murella-Rossin | align=right| + 15' 47" |
{{column}}
=Team classification=
| class="wikitable" |
| !Team
!Time |
|---|
| 1
| align=right| {{nowrap|315h 47' 32"}} |
| 2
| align=right| + 4' 44" |
| 3
| {{UCI team code|LVC|1985}} | align=right| + 5' 29" |
{{columns-end}}
References
=Footnotes=
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=Citations=
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{{1985 Super Prestige Pernod International}}
{{Giro d'Italia}}
{{Cycling stage recaps|1985 Giro d'Italia|P|10|11|22}}
{{Giro d'Italia general classification winners}}
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