1995 Giro d'Italia#Points classification
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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1995 Giro d'Italia
| image =
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| date = 13 May — 4 June 1995
| stages = 22
| distance = 3736
| unit = km
| time = 97h 39' 50"
| speed = 38.260
| first = Tony Rominger
| first_nat = SUI
| first_color = pink
| first_team = {{UCI team code|MAP|1995}}
| second = Evgeni Berzin
| second_nat = RUS
| second_team = {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}}
| third = Pēteris Ugrjumovs
| third_nat = LAT
| third_team = {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}}
| points = Tony Rominger
| points_nat = SUI
| points_color = violet
| points_team = {{UCI team code|MAP|1995}}
| mountains = Mariano Piccoli
| mountains_nat = ITA
| mountains_color = green
| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|BRE|1995}}
| intergiro = Tony Rominger
| intergiro_nat = SUI
| intergiro_natvar =
| intergiro_team = {{UCI team code|MAP|1995}}
| intergiro_color = blue
| team = {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}}
| teampoints = {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}}
| previous = 1994
| next = 1996
}}
The 1995 Giro d'Italia took place in May and June 1995. It was the 78th edition of the event. The Giro began on 13 May with a stage that began in Perugia and ended Terni. The race came to a close on 4 June with a stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. The race was won by the Swiss Tony Rominger of the {{UCI team code|MAP|1995}} team. Second and third were the Russian rider Evgeni Berzin and Latvian rider Piotr Ugrumov.
Mario Cipollini won the event's first leg in a bunch sprint, allowing him to be the first rider to don the race leader's maglia rosa ({{langx|en|pink jersey}}). The following stage was an individual time trial that was won by Rominger, who also gained enough time on Cipollini to take the race lead. Rominger built upon his lead by winning the remaining two time trial stages, along with the hilly stage 4, and retained the lead for the duration of the race. By winning the Giro he became the third Swiss rider to win the event.
In addition to the general classification, Tony Rominger also won the points and intergiro classifications. {{UCI team code|BRE|1995}} rider Mariano Piccoli won the mountains classification. {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}} finished as the winners of the team classification. The team points classification, a system in which 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 also won by Gewiss–Ballan.
Teams
{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 1995 Giro d'Italia}}
A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the 1995 Giro d'Italia.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/13/MD19950513-046.pdf |title=Todos pendientes del 137 |language=es |date=13 May 1995 |page=46 |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |access-date=27 May 2012 |format=PDF |trans-title=All of the 137 remaining |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117234758/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/13/MD19950513-046.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/13/MD19950513-047.pdf |title=Los números de la prueba |language=es |date=13 May 1995 |page=47 |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |access-date=27 May 2012 |format=PDF |trans-title=The numbers of the test |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117235009/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/13/MD19950513-047.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/13/deportes/800316007_850215.html|title=La imagen del ciclismo español sin Induráin|newspaper= El País|author=Carlos Arribas|trans-title=The image of Spanish cycling without Indurain|language=es|date=13 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507184147/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/13/deportes/800316007_850215.html|archive-date=7 May 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1995/05/08/page_036.pdf |title=189 iscritti e 2,5 miliardi di premi |language=it |date=8 May 1995 |page=36 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=22 June 2012 |format=PDF |trans-title=189 members and 2.5 billion in premiums |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518170456/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1995/05/08/page_036.pdf|archive-date=18 May 2020 }} Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 198 cyclists. Italy had the most riders participating with 85, while only Spain (28) and France (15) were represented by more than 10 riders.{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1995 Riders per nation|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1995/gc/startlist/riders-per-nation|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518165442/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1995/gc/startlist/riders-per-nation|archive-date=18 May 2020|access-date=13 October 2016}} Of these, 81 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1995 Debutants|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1995/gc/startlist/debutants|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518165443/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1995/gc/startlist/debutants|archive-date=18 May 2020|access-date=13 October 2016}} The average age of riders was 27.76 years,{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1995 Peloton averages|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1995/gc/startlist/general-peloton-averages|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518165720/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1995/gc/startlist/general-peloton-averages|archive-date=18 May 2020|access-date=13 October 2016}} ranging from 19–year–old Sandro Giacomelli ({{UCI team code|AMO|1995}}) to 35–year–old Giancarlo Perini ({{UCI team code|BRE|1995}}).{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1995 Oldest competitors|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1995/gc/startlist/oldest-competitors|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518165721/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1995/gc/startlist/oldest-competitors|archive-date=18 May 2020|access-date=13 October 2016}} The team with the youngest average rider age was {{UCI team code|COG|1995}} (25), while the oldest was {{UCI team code|MAP|1995}} (29).{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1995 Average team age|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1995/gc/startlist/average-team-age|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518165945/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1995/gc/startlist/average-team-age|archive-date=18 May 2020|access-date=13 October 2016}} Of the riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 122 riders made it to the finish in Milan.{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1995.html |title=1995 Giro d'Italia |author=Bill and Carol McGann |work=Bike Race Info |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |access-date=2012-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223034145/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1995.html |archive-date=23 February 2014 |url-status=live }}
The teams entering the race were:
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Pre-race favorites
The starting peloton included Evgeni Berzin, the 1994 winner.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/12/deportes/800229603_850215.html|title=Marco Pantani renuncia a correr el Giro|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Marco Pantani ride the Giro waiver|language=es|date=13 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507185802/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/12/deportes/800229603_850215.html|archive-date=7 May 2015|url-status=live}} Berzin's team, {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}}, also brought Latvian Piotr Ugrumov, a two-time Grand Tour runner-up. The two riders had developed a mutual distaste for each other. El País writers Paolo Viberti and Carlos Arribas believed that Swiss rider Tony Rominger and Latvian Piotr Ugrumov were the favorites to win the race, while several named Rominger as the sole favorite.{{cite news|url=http://streaming.ajgirona.org/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf;publication=Avui;sort_publication=avui;day=13;month=05;year=1995;page=073;id=0002517409;filename=19950513;collection=pages;url_high=pages/Avui/1995/199505/19950513/19950513073.pdf;lang=en;pdf_parameters=search=%22giro%20d%27italia%22&view=FitH;encoding=utf-8|title=Rominger es el maxim favorit del Giro, que comenca avui a Perusa|author=Adrian R. Huber|language=ca|date=13 May 1995|page=B21|newspaper=Avui|publisher=Hermes Comunicacions S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Rominger is the greatest favorite of the Giro, which begins today in Perugia|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092802/http://streaming.ajgirona.org/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf%3Bpublication%3DAvui%3Bsort_publication%3Davui%3Bday%3D13%3Bmonth%3D05%3Byear%3D1995%3Bpage%3D073%3Bid%3D0002517409%3Bfilename%3D19950513%3Bcollection%3Dpages%3Burl_high%3Dpages%2FAvui%2F1995%2F199505%2F19950513%2F19950513073.pdf%3Blang%3Den%3Bpdf_parameters%3Dsearch%3D%22giro%20d%27italia%22&view=FitH%3Bencoding%3Dutf-8|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/72309/files/1995-05-13.pdf|title=Avec Tony comme favori|trans-title=With Tony as a favorite |language=fr|work=L'Express|date=13 May 1995|page=19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025060155/http://doc.rero.ch/record/72309/files/1995-05-13.pdf|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live|via=RERO}} Author Bill McGann believed that Rominger and Berzin were in great form coming into the race. Specifically, Rominger returned to the Giro after a six-year absence and, more recently, coming off of a victory at the Tour de Romandie.{{cite news|url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/72308/files/1995-05-12.pdf|title=Tony Rominger favori No 1|trans-title=Tony Rominger No 1 Favorite|language=fr|work=L'Express|date=12 May 1995|page=23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025060305/http://doc.rero.ch/record/72308/files/1995-05-12.pdf|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live|via=RERO}} Urgumov was seen as the primary challenger for Rominger for his performances at previous Giros and his knack for showing great form in the final week after remaining quiet in the first two weeks. Aside from Rominger and Berzin, El Punt's Luis Simon named 1988 winner Andrew Hampsten, Russian Pavel Tonkov, and Claudio Chiappucci amongst several other riders that could challenge for the overall title.{{cite news|url=http://streaming.ajgirona.org/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf;publication=Punt,%20El;sort_publication=punt.el;day=13;month=05;year=1995;page=036;id=0000811197;filename=19950513;collection=pages;url_high=pages/Punt,%20El/1995/199505/19950513/19950513036.pdf;lang=en;pdf_parameters=search=%22giro%20d%27italia%22&view=FitH;encoding=utf-8|title=Rominger i Berzin inicien el Giro com a principals favorits a la victoria|author=LLuis Simon|language=ca|date=13 May 1995|page=36|newspaper=El Punt|publisher=Hermes Comunicacions S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Rominger and Berzin start the Giro as the favorites to victory|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092800/http://streaming.ajgirona.org/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf%3Bpublication%3DPunt%2C%20El%3Bsort_publication%3Dpunt.el%3Bday%3D13%3Bmonth%3D05%3Byear%3D1995%3Bpage%3D036%3Bid%3D0000811197%3Bfilename%3D19950513%3Bcollection%3Dpages%3Burl_high%3Dpages%2FPunt%2C%20El%2F1995%2F199505%2F19950513%2F19950513036.pdf%3Blang%3Den%3Bpdf_parameters%3Dsearch%3D%22giro%20d%27italia%22&view=FitH%3Bencoding%3Dutf-8|url-status=dead}}
Italian Marco Pantani was seen by some to be a contender for to win the race. However, Pantani crashed during a training ride on 1 May and did not recover in time to participate. Two-time winner Miguel Induráin chose not to enter the race in favor of preparing for the Tour de France. Instead, Indurain rode the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Twelve of the UCI Road World Cup top 20 ranked cyclists did not compete in the Giro d'Italia.
Route and stages
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The route for the 1995 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 12 November 1994 in Milan.{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,35/articleid,0762_01_1994_0310_0041_10819006/|title=Pantani preso in Giro|language=it|date=13 November 1994|page=35|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Pantani took in Giro|author=Gianni Ranieri}}{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,49/articleid,0762_01_1994_0310_0099_10819593/|title=Il ritorno in Valle del Giro d'Italia|language=it|date=13 November 1994|page=49|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=The return to the Valley of the Tour of Italy}}{{cite news |url=https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1994/11/13/page_039.pdf|title=Giro in saliscendi Ma Pantani dice: <
The race route began in Perugia and traveled throughout the southern half of Italy for the first ten stages. After the stage 10 individual time trial, the riders were transferred to Tuscany by airplane, where the race remained in the northern half of the country and proceeded to cross into the higher and tougher mountains. There were a total of three stages that started outside Italy.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/13/MD19950513-044.pdf|title=Rominger sale en busca de su reválida italiana|language=es|date=13 May 1995|page=47|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Rominger goes in search of his Italian validates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804214817/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/13/MD19950513-044.pdf|archive-date=4 August 2015|url-status=live}} Stage 15 ended in the Swiss city Lenzerheide and served as the start for the race's sixteenth stage.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1994/11/13/deportes/784681201_850215.html|title=Un Giro para Pantani|newspaper= El País|author=Carlos Arribas|trans-title=A Giro for Pantani|language=es|date=13 November 1994|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729163137/http://elpais.com/diario/1994/11/13/deportes/784681201_850215.html|archive-date=29 July 2015|url-status=live}} The mountainous twentieth stage began in the French city of Briançon.
The nineteenth stage was originally planned to stretch from Mondovì to Briançon over {{convert|202|km|0|abbr=on}}.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/06/02/deportes/802044001_850215.html|title=Richard se apunta una etapa recortada por la nieve|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Richard a cut by snow stage points|language=es|date=2 June 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802134443/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/06/02/deportes/802044001_850215.html|archive-date=2 August 2015|url-status=live}} The stage finish was moved to part way up the ascent of the Col Agnel, due to avalanches. The stage finished in Pontechianale where the day's intermediate sprint had been planned after {{convert|129.9|km|0|abbr=on}} of racing. The avalanche trapped several fans that had gotten their earlier, along with their cars. Ten spectators were injured and two were taken to the hospital.
Chiappucci believed that the descents of the mountains included in the race were very difficult. An El País writer found the route to be more mountainous than in years past. In addition, the writer mentioned that the increase in mountains within the route coupled with the reduced number of time trial kilometers, including the lack of a prologue, favored Marco Pantani. Three-time winner Gino Bartali believed that the route for the Giro was harder than the same year's Tour de France course.
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!Stage !Date !Course !Distance !colspan="2"|Type !Winner |
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| style="text-align:center;"|13 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|205|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Mario Cipollini|ITA}} |
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| style="text-align:center"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|14 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|19|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"|Image:Mountain Time Trial Stage.svg |{{flagathlete|Tony Rominger|SUI}} |
| style="text-align:center"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|15 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|161|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Mario Cipollini|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|16 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|192|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Tony Rominger|SUI}} |
| style="text-align:center"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|17 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|182|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Filippo Casagrande|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|18 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|165|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Nicola Minali|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|19 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|216|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Maurizio Fondriest|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|20 May |Acquappesa to Massiccio del Sirino | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|209|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Laudelino Cubino|ESP}} |
| style="text-align:center"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|21 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|165|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Rolf Sørensen|DEN}} |
| style="text-align:center"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|22 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|42|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg |{{flagathlete|Tony Rominger|SUI}} |
| | style="text-align:center;"|23 May
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| style="text-align:center"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|24 May |Pietrasanta to Il Ciocco | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|175|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Enrico Zaina|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|12
| style="text-align:center;"|25 May |Borgo a Mozzano to Cento | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|195|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Ján Svorada|SVK}}{{refn|name=Cipo|group=N|Mario Cipollini was the original winner of stage 12 but was later disqualified for having made contact with another rider, Mario Manzoni, while sprinting for the finish.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/26/deportes/801439212_850215.html|title=Svorada gana en Cento por descalificación de Cipollini|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Svorada wins by disqualification Cipollini Cento|language=es|date=26 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731181539/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/26/deportes/801439212_850215.html|archive-date=31 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,35/articleid,0708_01_1995_0139_0041_10509456/|title=Il Giro cerca un Pantani|language=it|date=26 May 1995|page=35|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Around looking for a Pantani|author=Gianni Ranieri}} He was relegated to last on the stage's placings and also fined, and second place finisher Ján Svorada was promoted to first place on the stage.}} |
| style="text-align:center"|13
| style="text-align:center;"|26 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|218|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Pascal Richard|SUI}} |
| style="text-align:center"|14
| style="text-align:center;"|27 May | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|240|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Oliverio Rincón|COL}} |
| style="text-align:center"|15
| style="text-align:center;"|28 May |Schnals to Lenzerheide (Switzerland) | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|185|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Mariano Piccoli|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|16
| style="text-align:center;"|29 May |Lenzerheide (Switzerland) to Treviglio | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|224|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Giuseppe Citterio|ITA}}{{refn|name=Lomb|group=N|Giovanni Lombardi was the original winner of stage 16.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/30/MD19950530-038.pdf|title=Otro sprint marrullero acaba con descalificados|language=es|date=30 May 1995|page=38|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Another crafty sprint ends disqualified|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728215445/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/30/MD19950530-038.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,35/articleid,0708_01_1995_0143_0034_10518001/|title=Lombardi retrocesso, vince Citterio; rubata la super-bici della Maglia rosa|language=it|date=30 May 1995|page=35|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Lombardi demoted, he wins Citterio; stolen super-bike jersey pink|author=Gianni Ranieri}}{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/30/deportes/801784805_850215.html|title=Nueva bronca entre 'sprinters' la víspera de la cronoescalada|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=New fight between 'sprinters' the eve of the time trial|language=es|date=30 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801213128/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/30/deportes/801784805_850215.html|archive-date=1 August 2015|url-status=live}} During the sprint, Mario Manzoni made deliberate contact with Lombardi's bike with his hand, which broke the rule of not removing your hands from the handlebars in the final two hundred meters. Lombardi then cornered Manzoni against the railing, which also isn't allowed. Race judge Martin Bruin made the decision to disqualify both and give Giuseppe Citterio, the second placed rider, the stage victory.}} |
| style="text-align:center"|17
| style="text-align:center;"|30 May |Cenate Sotto to Selvino | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|43|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg |{{flagathlete|Tony Rominger|SUI}} |
| style="text-align:center"|18
| style="text-align:center;"|31 May |Stradella to Sanctuary of Vicoforte | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|221|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Denis Zanette|ITA}} |
| style="text-align:center"|19
| style="text-align:center;"|1 June |Mondovì to Pontechianale | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|130|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Pascal Richard|SUI}} |
| style="text-align:center"|20
| style="text-align:center;"|2 June |Briançon (France) to Gressoney-Saint-Jean | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|208|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Serhiy Ushakov|UKR}} |
| style="text-align:center"|21
| style="text-align:center;"|3 June | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|190|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Evgeni Berzin|RUS}} |
| style="text-align:center"|22
| style="text-align:center;"|4 June | style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|148|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Giovanni Lombardi|ITA}} |
| | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Total
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|3736|km|0|abbr=on}} |
Race overview
File:Mario CIPOLLINI 1.jpg (pictured at the 1993 Tour de France) won two stages at this edition of the Giro.|alt=A cyclist wearing a green jersey.]]
Mario Cipollini won the race's opening stage by several bike lengths to don the race's first maglia rosa ({{langx|en|pink jersey}}).{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/14/deportes/800402408_850215.html |title=Mario Cipollini, el primer líder del Giro de {{sic|lta|lia|expected=Italia|nolink=y}} |newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti |trans-title=Mario Cipollini, the first leader of the Tour of Italy |language=es |date=14 May 1995 |access-date=28 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729004821/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/14/deportes/800402408_850215.html |archive-date=29 July 2015 |url-status=live }} Cipollini lost the lead to Tony Rominger following the stage 2 individual time trial that was contested in rainy conditions.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/15/deportes/800488801_850215.html|title=Rominger comienza a hacer suyo el Giro|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Rominger begins to embrace the Giro|language=es|date=15 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729005048/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/15/deportes/800488801_850215.html|archive-date=29 July 2015|url-status=live}} Rominger was able to gain almost a minute on each of the main general classification contenders including Piotr Ugrumov and Evgeni Berzin. The third stage was Cipollini's second stage victory as he won the bunch sprint.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/16/MD19950516-030.pdf|title=Cipollini, el rey de la 'volata'|language=es|date=16 May 1995|page=30|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Cipollini, the king of the 'sprint'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728213431/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/16/MD19950516-030.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} The fourth stage was contested on a set circuit that was covered four times. The day's breakaway managed to get a maximum of 14' 25" before gradually being pulled in.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/17/deportes/800661601_850215.html|title=Rominger reina hasta en las etapas|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Queen Rominger up in stages|language=es|date=17 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729010258/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/17/deportes/800661601_850215.html|archive-date=29 July 2015|url-status=live}} Claudio Chiappucci attacked on the final lap but was pulled back in by the chasing peloton. Ugrumov, Berzin, and Berzin's teammate Vladislav Bobrik then attacked and managed to form a gap. Rominger chased after and caught the riders, then passed them and went on to win the stage.
The event's fifth leg saw a breakaway succeed; the group began with five riders and was reduced to three riders – Erik Breukink, Filippo Casagrande, and Rolf Sørensen – before the finish.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/18/deportes/800748001_850215.html|title=Casagrande 'el joven' gana en un santiamén|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Casagrande 'young' wins in a jiffy|language=es|date=18 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730143717/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/18/deportes/800748001_850215.html|archive-date=30 July 2015|url-status=live}} Casagrande won the three-man sprint to the line to take the day. The sixth stage resulted in a field sprint that was won by Nicola Minali.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/19/MD19950519-039.pdf|title=Sprint a muerte|language=es|date=19 May 1995|page=39|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Sprint to death|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728214110/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/19/MD19950519-039.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} The seventh stage featured an undulating stage profile, with a slight uphill finish. On the race's final incline, Rominger attacked but his move was marked by several general classification contenders.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/20/deportes/800920814_850215.html|title=Fondriest gana una pequeña batalla|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Fondriest won a small battle|language=es|date=20 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730144756/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/20/deportes/800920814_850215.html|archive-date=30 July 2015|url-status=live}} Maurizio Fondriest managed to edge out Rominger in a dash for the line which saw him gain four seconds on Rominger due to time bonuses. The eighth stage featured the first summit finish of the race, to Massiccio del Sirino.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/21/deportes/801007222_850215.html|title=Cubino e Induráin reinan en las cumbres|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Cubino and Indurain reign in the heights|language=es|date=21 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730145447/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/21/deportes/801007222_850215.html|archive-date=30 July 2015|url-status=live}} The day's breakaway was established early on in the day and managed to reach the final climb before the pursuing peloton. Stage winner Laudelino Cubino attacked with eight kilometers to go and rode solo until the finish; the time he gained during the stage allowed him to move into third overall.
The ninth day of racing resulted in a bunch sprint that was won by Sørensen.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/22/deportes/801093609_850215.html|title=Sorensen gana en Salerno la víspera de la contrarreloj larga de Giro|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Salerno Sorensen wins the eve of the long trial of Giro|language=es|date=22 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731174732/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/22/deportes/801093609_850215.html|archive-date=31 July 2015|url-status=live}} The next stage of the race was a forty-two kilometer individual time trial.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/23/deportes/801180015_850215.html|title=Tony Rominger gana a lo grande la contrarreloj larga del Giro|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Tony Rominger win big in the long time trial of the Giro|language=es|date=23 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731175007/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/23/deportes/801180015_850215.html|archive-date=31 July 2015|url-status=live}} Race leader Rominger won the leg by one minute and twenty-four seconds and increased his overall lead to three minutes over Casagrande, who was in second place overall. Enrico Zaina and Nelson Rodríguez Serna were the first two riders to reach the stage's final climb of Il Cioccio and the two stayed out in front until the finish which saw Zaina win the race to the line.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/25/deportes/801352822_850215.html|title=Rominger impone "la ley del miedo" en el Giro|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Rominger impose "the law of fear" in the Giro|language=es|date=25 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731175549/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/25/deportes/801352822_850215.html|archive-date=31 July 2015|url-status=live}} With four kilometers left in the stage, Ugrumov and Berzin attempted to crack Rominger by attacking him repeatedly. After several attacks where the riders moves were marked, the riders agreed to ride to the finish together. The twelfth stage of the race saw the peloton arrive at the finish together ready for a bunch sprint. Cipollini originally won the stage but was relegated to last place on the stage after having been found to have leaned on Mario Manzoni during the dash to the line. Ján Svorada, who had come in second, was then made the stage winner.
The thirteenth stage saw the race begin to enter the smaller mountains within the Dolomites.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/27/deportes/801525601_850215.html|title=Richard gana en el aperitivo dolomítico
|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Rominger wins the Dolomite appetizer|language=es|date=27 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801024659/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/27/deportes/801525601_850215.html|archive-date=1 August 2015|url-status=live}} The day's breakaway formed on the climb of San Valentino. As the riders approached the finish, Pascal Richard edged Oliverio Rincón for the stage victory. The following stage featured a summit finish to Val Senales after a twenty kilometer climb. With eight kilometers to go, Berzin, Rominger, Ugrumov, and Rincón were in the leading group together.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/28/deportes/801612001_850215.html|title=Rominger se exhibe en los Alpes|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Rominger displays himself in the Alps|language=es|date=28 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801025601/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/28/deportes/801612001_850215.html|archive-date=1 August 2015|url-status=live}} Rincón attacked and was allowed to ride solo to victory. Ugrumov attacked shortly after and Rominger was only able to follow initially; however, Berzin was able to merge back with the two riders and the trio then rode to the finish together. Casagrande lost a large amount of time during the stage. Mariano Piccoli won the fifteenth leg after being a part of the day's breakaway that managed to survive until the finish. On the descent of the second to last climb, Berzin attacked in an attempt to join the breakaway. Berzin was caught before the start of the stage's final mountain pass. Ugrumov and Berzin repeatedly attacked Rominger on the final climb, but Rominger was able to neutralize each attack.
File:Toni ROMINGER.jpg (pictured at the 1993 Paris–Nice) won four stages en route to winning the race as a whole.|alt=A rider wearing a jersey.]]
The sixteenth leg was a downhill stage from the Swiss Alps. A breakaway did form but was caught before the run into the finish as the peloton prepared for a sprint finish. The stage was initially won by Giovanni Lombardi, but he was deemed by race judges to have had an irregular sprint and the victory was awarded to the second placed rider Giuseppe Citterio.{{refn|name=Lomb|group=N}} The next day consisted of a climbing time trial to Selvino.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/31/deportes/801871201_850215.html|title=Rominger remacha su Giro en Selvino|newspaper= El País|author=Paolo Viberti|trans-title=Rominger clinched his Giro in Selvino|language=es|date=31 May 1995|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801213523/http://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/31/deportes/801871201_850215.html|archive-date=1 August 2015|url-status=live}} Rominger extended his advantage over all his competitors by winning the stage by a margin of one minute and thirty-nine seconds over Berzin. The eighteenth stage was plagued by rainy conditions throughout the undulating course. The day's breakaway consisted of sixteen riders, which Tony Rominger's Mapei team chose not to chase down. Denis Zanette and Giuseppe Guerini formed an attack group from the breakaway and rode into the finish where Zanette managed to edge out Guerini for the win. The main contenders did not have any time gaps during the stage, leaving the general classification unchanged.
The nineteenth leg saw a breakaway of nine riders form off the front of the peloton. While racing, the finish line of the stage was moved to Pontechinale, a location that was part way up the climb of the Col Agnel because several avalanches occurred near the summit and prevented the riders from passing. Richard was the first rider to reach the new finish line and thus won his second stage. Serguei Outschakov won the following stage after being a part of the day's breakaway that dwindled as the stage wore on; he out-raced the only other remaining member Richard to win the stage.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/03/MD19950603-048.pdf|title=Encerrona a Rominger en el avituallamiento|language=es|date=3 June 1995|page=48|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Rominger trap to the provisioning|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728220016/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/03/MD19950603-048.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} Behind, Urgrumov attacked and was only marked by both Berzin and Rincon, while Rominger trailed behind. Berzin and Ugrumov refused to work with one another and did not extend their advantage over Rominger. Rominger wound up losing minimal time. The race's penultimate stage was marred by rain. On the second ascension of the Cuvignone, Berzin attacked and was able to distance himself; however, he gave up the attack near the summit. He attacked again on the race's final climb of Salita di Montegrino Valtravaglia. Berzin rode solo to win the stage and managed to gain twenty-five seconds on Ugrumov and Rominger. The final leg of the race was decided through a bunch sprint that was won by Giovanni Lombardi. Rominger became the third Swiss rider to win the Giro.
Three riders achieved multiple stage victories: Cipollini (stages 1 and 3),{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/14/MD19950514-031.pdf|title=Estrena el Rosa|language=es|date=14 May 1995|page=31|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Premieres Rosa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728213153/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/14/MD19950514-031.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} Rominger (stages 2, 4, 10, and 17),{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/15/MD19950515-038.pdf|title=Rominger, un Fórmula 1|language=es|date=15 May 1995|page=38|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Rominger, a Fórmula 1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728213330/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/15/MD19950515-038.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/17/MD19950517-029.pdf|title=Un gigante|language=es|date=17 May 1995|page=29|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=A giant|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728213903/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/17/MD19950517-029.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/23/MD19950523-035.pdf|title=Tony vuela|language=es|date=23 May 1995|page=35|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Tony flies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728214714/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/23/MD19950523-035.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/31/MD19950531-032.pdf|title=Tony Rominger demuestra quien es el más fuerte|language=es|date=31 May 1995|page=32|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Tony Rominger shows who is the strongest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728215547/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/31/MD19950531-032.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} and Richard (stages 13 and 19).{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/27/MD19950527-042.pdf|title=Trabajo estéril de Rincón que ni disputa el sprint|language=es|date=27 May 1995|page=42|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Rincón sterile work that neither disputed the sprint|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728214926/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/27/MD19950527-042.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/02/MD19950602-044.pdf|title=Tres avalanchas de nieve frustran la etapa reina|language=es|date=2 June 1995|page=44|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Three avalanches thwart the queen stage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728215924/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/02/MD19950602-044.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} Stage wins were achieved by eleven of the twenty-one competing squads, eight of which won multiple stages. Mapei–GB–Latexco had four stage wins through Rominger. MG Maglificio–Technogym won a total of three stage wins with Richard and Rolf Sörensen (stage 9).{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/22/MD19950522-042.pdf|title=Rominger, ante 'su' crono|language=es|date=22 May 1995|page=42|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Rominger, at 'his' time trial |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728214555/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/22/MD19950522-042.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} Six teams won two stages. These were Mercatone Uno–Saeco (through Cipollini), Lampre–Panaria (Fondriest on stage 7 and Svorada on stage 12),{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/20/MD19950520-042.pdf|title=Rominger, sorprendido|language=es|date=20 May 1995|page=42|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Rominger, surprised|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728214151/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/20/MD19950520-042.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/26/MD19950526-039.pdf|title=Descalificado|language=es|date=26 May 1995|page=39|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Disqualified|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728214845/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/26/MD19950526-039.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} Brescialat (Casagrande on stage 5 and Piccoli on stage 15),{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/18/MD19950518-037.pdf|title=Sorprendente triunfo de un 'anonimo' de 21 años|language=es|date=18 May 1995|page=37|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Surprising victory of an 'anonymous' 21-year-old|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728213950/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/18/MD19950518-037.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/29/MD19950529-037.pdf|title=Líder sólido|language=es|date=29 May 1995|page=37|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Strong Leader|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728215402/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/29/MD19950529-037.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} Aki–Gipiemme (Citterio on stage 16 and Zanette on stage 18),{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/01/MD19950601-042.pdf|title=La lluvia, el frío y la nieve amenazan el etapon de hoy|language=es|date=1 June 1995|page=42|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=The rain, cold and snow threaten today's stage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728215636/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/01/MD19950601-042.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} Gewiss–Ballan (Minali on stage 6 and Berzin on stage 21),{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/04/MD19950604-042.pdf|title=Tony Rominger aguanta en una etapa vibrante|language=es|date=4 June 1995|page=42|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Tony Rominger holds a vibrant stage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728220101/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/04/MD19950604-042.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} and Polti–Granarolo–Santini (Outschakov on stage 20 and Lombardi on stage 22).{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/05/MD19950605-044.pdf|title=Tony Rominger se pasea por Milán vestido de rosa|language=es|date=5 June 1995|page=44|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Tony Rominger Milan wanders pink dress|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728220210/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/05/MD19950605-044.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}} Kelme-Sureña, Carrera Jeans–Tassoni, and ONCE each won a single stage at the Giro, through Cubino (stage 8), Zaina (stage 11), and Rincón (stage 14), respectively.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/21/MD19950521-031.pdf|title=Gran Cubino|language=es|date=21 May 1995|page=31|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Great Cubino|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728214235/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/21/MD19950521-031.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/25/MD19950525-039.pdf|title=Lale se hunde|language=es|date=25 May 1995|page=39|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Lale sinks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728214753/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/25/MD19950525-039.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/28/MD19950528-037.pdf|title=Un buen Rincón|language=es|date=28 May 1995|page=37|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=A good Rincón|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728215307/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/05/28/MD19950528-037.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2015|url-status=live}}
Classification leadership
File:Colleagnello001.jpg was the Cima Coppi for the 1995 Giro d'Italia.]]
Four different jerseys were worn during the 1995 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.{{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 |website=Cycling News|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 Col Agnel, but it was not climbed due to avalanches that prevented the riders from being able to pass on the roads. The intergiro classification was marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey.
Although no jersey was awarded, there was also a 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. There was another team classification that awarded points to each team based on their riding's finishing position in every stage. The team with the highest total of points was the leader of the classification.
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:15%;"| 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%;"|Team classification |
| 1
| style="background:pink;" rowspan="1" | Mario Cipollini | style="background:violet;" rowspan="1" | Mario Cipollini | style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="2" | Giuseppe Guerini | style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="1" | {{UCI team code|UNO|1995}} |
|---|
| 2
| style="background:pink;" rowspan="21" | Tony Rominger | style="background:violet;" rowspan="1" | Rolf Sørensen | style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="3" | {{UCI team code|LAM|1995}} |
| 3
| style="background:violet;" rowspan="7" | Mario Cipollini | style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="20" | Mariano Piccoli |
| 4 |
| 5
| style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="3" | Brescialat |
| 6 |
| 7 |
| 8
| style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="2" | MG Maglificio–Technogym |
| 9 |
| 10
| style="background:violet;" rowspan="13" | Tony Rominger | style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="13" | {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}} |
| 11 |
| 12
|Ján Svorada{{refn|name=Cipo|group=N}} |
| 13 |
| 14 |
| 15 |
| 16
|Giuseppe Citterio{{refn|name=Lomb|group=N}} |
| 17 |
| 18 |
| 19 |
| 20 |
| 21 |
| 22 |
| colspan=2| Final
! style="background:#F660AB;"| Tony Rominger ! style="background:#B93B8F;"| Tony Rominger ! style="background:#32CD32;"| Mariano Piccoli ! style="background:yellow;"| {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}} |
Final standings
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4| Legend |
|---|
| Image:Jersey pink.svg
| Denotes the winner of the General classification{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/05/MD19950605-046.pdf |title=Clasificaciones |language=es |date=5 June 1995 |page=46 |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |access-date=27 May 2012 |format=PDF |trans-title=Classifications |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117235019/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1995/06/05/MD19950605-046.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2015 |url-status=live }} | Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification |
| Image:Jersey violet.svg
| Denotes the winner of the Points classification | Denotes the winner of the Intergiro classification |
=General classification=
| class="wikitable" style="width:45em;margin-bottom:0;" |
| !Rider
!Team !Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Tony Rominger|SUI}} Image:Jersey pink.svgImage:Jersey violet.svgImage:Jersey blue.svg | {{UCI team code|MAP|1995}} | style="text-align:right;"| {{nowrap|100h 41' 21"}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Evgeni Berzin|RUS}} | {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 4' 13" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Piotr Ugrumov|LAT}} | {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 4' 55" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| {{flagathlete|Claudio Chiappucci|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|CAR|1995}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 9' 23" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| {{flagathlete|Oliverio Rincón|COL}} | {{UCI team code|ONC|1995}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 10' 03" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| {{flagathlete|Pavel Tonkov|RUS}} | {{UCI team code|LAM|1995}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 11' 31" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| {{flagathlete|Enrico Zaina|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|CAR|1995}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 13' 40" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 8
| {{flagathlete|Heinz Imboden|SUI}} | Ceramiche Refin–Cantina Tollo | style="text-align:right;"| + 16' 23" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 9
| {{flagathlete|Georg Totschnig|AUT}} | {{UCI team code|POL|1995}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 18' 05" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 10
| {{flagathlete|Francesco Casagrande|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|UNO|1995}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 18' 50" |
{{columns-start}}
=Points classification=
{{column}}
=Mountains classification=
| class="wikitable"
|+ Final mountains classification (1–5) ! !Rider !Team !Points |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Mariano Piccoli|ITA}} Image:Jersey green.svg | Brescialat | style="text-align:center;"| 75 |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Nelson Rodríguez Serna|COL}} | ZG Mobili–Selle Italia | style="text-align:center;"| 45 |
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Guerini|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|GEW|1996}} | style="text-align:center;"| 43 |
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| {{flagathlete|Evgeni Berzin|RUS}} | {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}} | style="text-align:center;"| 33 |
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| {{flagathlete|Oliverio Rincón|COL}} | {{UCI team code|ONC|1995}} | style="text-align:center;"| 28 |
{{columns-end}}
{{columns-start}}
=Intergiro classification=
| class="wikitable"
|+ Final intergiro classification (1–3) ! !Rider !Team !Time |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Tony Rominger|SUI}} Image:Jersey blue.svgImage:Jersey pink.svgImage:Jersey violet.svg | {{UCI team code|MAP|1995}} | align=right| {{nowrap|59h 36' 45"}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Fidanza|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|POL|1995}} | align=right| + 54" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Evgeni Berzin|RUS}} | {{UCI team code|GEW|1995}} | align=right| + 1' 24" |
{{column}}
=Team classification=
{{columns-end}}
=Team points classification=
References
=Footnotes=
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=Citations=
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{{Giro d'Italia}}
{{Cycling stage recaps|1995 Giro d'Italia|1|11|12|22}}
{{Giro d'Italia general classification winners}}