1998 Giro d'Italia#Points classification
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1998 Giro d'Italia
| image =
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| date = 16 May - 7 June 1998
| stages = 22 + prologue
| distance = 3830
| unit = km
| time = 98h 48' 32"
| speed = 38.569
| first = Marco Pantani
| first_nat = ITA
| first_color = pink
| first_team = {{UCI team code|UNO|1998}}
| second = Pavel Tonkov
| second_nat = RUS
| second_team = {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}}
| third = Giuseppe Guerini
| third_nat = ITA
| third_team = {{UCI team code|POL|1998}}
| points = Mariano Piccoli
| points_nat = ITA
| points_color = violet
| points_team = {{UCI team code|BRE|1998}}
| mountains = Marco Pantani
| mountains_nat = ITA
| mountains_color = green
| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|UNO|1998}}
| intergiro = Gian Matteo Fagnini
| intergiro_nat = ITA
| intergiro_natvar =
| intergiro_team = {{UCI team code|SAE|1998}}
| intergiro_color = blue
| team = {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}}
| teampoints = {{UCI team code|POL|1998}}
| previous = 1997
| next = 1999
}}
The 1998 Giro d'Italia was the 81st edition of the Giro. It began on 16 May with a brief {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=on}} prologue that navigated through the streets of the French city Nice. The race came to a close on 7 June with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/may98/giro98/stage22.html |title=Stage 22 Brief |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=1998-06-07 |access-date=2012-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230122507/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/may98/giro98/stage22.html |archive-date=30 December 2014 |url-status=live }} Eighteen teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Marco Pantani of the {{UCI team code|UNO|1998}} team. Second and third were the Russian rider Pavel Tonkov and Italian Giuseppe Guerini.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1998.html |title=1998 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/20140227182015/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1998.html |archive-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=live }}
In the race's other classifications, overall winner Marco Pantani also won the mountains classification, Mariano Piccoli of the Brescialat-Liquigas team won the points classification, and {{UCI team code|SAE|1998}} rider Gian Matteo Fagnini won the intergiro classification. {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the eighteen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by {{UCI team code|POL|1998}}.
Teams
{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 1998 Giro d'Italia}}
A total of 18 teams were invited to participate in the 1998 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 162 cyclists. The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager were introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place on the Apollon Concert Hall.{{cite web |url=http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1998/ |title=1998|date=2017 |work=Giro d'Italia |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725230839/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1998/ |archive-date=25 July 2017 |url-status=live }} Out of the 162 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 94 riders made it to the finish in Milan.
The 18 teams that took part in the race were:
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Pre-race favourites
Several riders were considered to be potential contenders for the victory before the race began. These included the winners of the previous two editions, Ivan Gotti ({{UCI team code|SAE|1998}}) and Pavel Tonkov ({{UCI team code|MAP|1998}}). Alex Zülle ({{UCI team code|FES|1998}}), who had won the Vuelta a España in both 1996 and 1997, was also considered a strong challenger. Marco Pantani ({{UCI team code|UNO|1998}}) had come back to the Giro the previous year from injury, only to retire after a crash which occurred when a cat ran into the peloton. He went on to win two stages of the 1997 Tour de France and was therefore also a challenger at the 1998 Giro.{{cite web|last1=Scholl|first1=Guido|title=Showdown am Berg der Champions|url=http://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_103742.htm|website=radsport-news.com|access-date=27 April 2018|language=de|date=18 May 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Farrand|first1=Stephen|title=Giro d'Italia: The apotheosis of Marco Pantani|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/giro-ditalia-the-apotheosis-of-marco-pantani/|website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=27 April 2018|date=26 April 2018}}
Route and stages
File:Alpe di Pampeago.jpg hosted the end of the {{convert|115|km|0|abbr=on}} eighteenth stage.|alt=A mountain lodge.]]
The route for the 1998 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 22 November 1997 in Milan.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1997/11/23/MD19971123-043.pdf |title=Un Giro suave |language=es |date=23 November 1997 |page=43 |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |access-date=27 May 2012 |trans-title=A soft Giro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132810/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1997/11/23/MD19971123-043.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }} It contained three time trial events, all of which were individual. There were eleven stages containing high mountains, of which four had summit finishes: stage 11, to San Marino; stage 14, to Piancavallo; stage 18, to Passo di Pampeago; and stage 19, to Plan di Montecampione.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/05/16/MD19980516-051.pdf |title=Los hombres de la rosa |language=es |date=16 May 1998 |page=51 |newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A. |access-date=27 May 2012 |trans-title=The men of the rose |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104643/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/05/16/MD19980516-051.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }} The organizers chose to include no rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was {{convert|82|km|0|abbr=on}} shorter, contained the one less rest day, as well as one more individual time trial. After a five-year absence, RAI broadcast the event, replacing Reti Televisive Italiane (RTI) who had shown the race since 1993.{{cite web |url=http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1993/ |title=1993|date=2017 |work=Giro d'Italia |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725225908/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1993/ |archive-date=25 July 2017 |url-status=live }}
There were a total of seven stages that started outside Italy.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/05/16/MD19980516-050.pdf |title=Los hombres de la rosa |language=es |date=16 May 1998 |page=50 |newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A. |access-date=27 May 2012 |trans-title=The men of the rose |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111920/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/05/16/MD19980516-050.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }} The 1998 Giro d'Italia began with a prologue around the French city of Nice, which also served as the start for the race's first stage. Stage 11 finished in San Marino and the twelfth stage began there as well. The Giro's twentieth stage ended in Mendrisio. Stage 21 began in Mendrisio ended in Lugano, which also served as the start for stage 22.
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|+ Stage characteristics and winners{{cite news |url=http://archivio.unita.it/archivio/navigatore.php?page=1&dd=16&mm=05&yy=1998&ed=nazionale&url=http://82.85.28.102/cgi-bin/showfile.pl?file=golpdf/uni_1998_05.pdf/16SPO01A.pdf |title=La corsa in rosa... antico |language=it |date=16 May 1998 |page=1 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=27 May 2012 |trans-title=The ride in thepink ... old |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022546/http://archivio.unita.it/archivio/navigatore.php?page=1&dd=16&mm=05&yy=1998&ed=nazionale&url=http://82.85.28.102/cgi-bin/showfile.pl?file=golpdf/uni_1998_05.pdf/16SPO01A.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }} |
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!Stage !Date !Course !Distance !colspan="2"|Type !Winner |
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|align="center"|16 May |align="center"| {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=on}} |align="center"|Image:Time Trial.svg |{{flagathlete|Alex Zülle|SUI}} |
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style="text-align:center"|1
|align="center"|17 May |align="center"| {{convert|159|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Mariano Piccoli|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|2
|align="center"|18 May |align="center"| {{convert|160|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Ángel Edo|ESP}} |
style="text-align:center"|3
|align="center"|19 May |align="center"| {{convert|196|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Nicola Minali|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|4
|align="center"|20 May |Viareggio to Monte Argentario |align="center"| {{convert|239|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Nicola Miceli|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|5
|align="center"|21 May |align="center"| {{convert|206|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Mario Cipollini|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|6
|align="center"|22 May |Maddaloni to Lago Laceno |align="center"| {{convert|158|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Alex Zülle|SUI}} |
style="text-align:center"|7
|align="center"|23 May |align="center"| {{convert|238|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Mario Cipollini|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|8
|align="center"|24 May |align="center"| {{convert|191|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Mario Cipollini|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|9
|align="center"|25 May |align="center"| {{convert|167|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Glenn Magnusson|SWE}} |
style="text-align:center"|10
|align="center"|26 May |align="center"| {{convert|212|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Mario Cipollini|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|11
|align="center"|27 May |Macerata to San Marino (San Marino) |align="center"| {{convert|220|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Andrea Noè|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|12
|align="center"|28 May |San Marino (San Marino) to Carpi |align="center"| {{convert|202|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Laurent Roux|FRA}} |
style="text-align:center"|13
|align="center"|29 May |align="center"| {{convert|166|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Michele Bartoli|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|14
|align="center"|30 May |Schio to Piancavallo |align="center"| {{convert|165|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Marco Pantani|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|15
|align="center"|31 May |align="center"| {{convert|40|km|0|abbr=on}} |align="center"|Image:Time Trial.svg |{{flagathlete|Alex Zülle|SUI}} |
style="text-align:center"|16
|align="center"|1 June |align="center"| {{convert|227|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Fabiano Fontanelli|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|17
|align="center"|2 June |align="center"| {{convert|217|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Giuseppe Guerini|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|18
|align="center"|3 June |align="center"| {{convert|115|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Pavel Tonkov|RUS}} |
style="text-align:center"|19
|align="center"|4 June |Cavalese to Plan di Montecampione |align="center"| {{convert|239|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg |Stage with mountain(s) |{{flagathlete|Marco Pantani|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|20
|align="center"|5 June |Darfo Boario Terme to Mendrisio (Switzerland) |align="center"| {{convert|137|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Gian Matteo Fagnini|ITA}} |
style="text-align:center"|21
|align="center"|6 June |Mendrisio (Switzerland) to Lugano (Switzerland) |align="center"| {{convert|34|km|0|abbr=on}} |align="center"|Image:Time Trial.svg |{{flagathlete|Serhiy Honchar|UKR}} |
style="text-align:center"|22
|align="center"|7 June |Lugano (Switzerland) to Milan |align="center"| {{convert|173|km|0|abbr=on}} | style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg |Plain stage |{{flagathlete|Gian Matteo Fagnini|ITA}} |
|colspan="2" align=center| Total
|colspan="5" align="center"| {{convert|3830|km|0|abbr=on}} |
Race overview
The race started in the French city of Nice with a prologue time trial, which was won by Zülle, who established an early lead over his general classification rivals. Pantani was aggressive from the early stages on, including an attack at the Capo Berta climb during stage 2. However, the first road stages saw race victories by sprinters, before Zülle took another victory on stage 7, at the ski resort of Laceno.{{cite web|title=1998|url=http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/special-editions/1998/|publisher=Giro d'Italia|access-date=27 April 2018}}
On stage 14 to Piancavallo, Pantani was victorious, but only took out 13 seconds on Zülle and Tonkov. On the next day, a long time trial in Trieste, Zülle caught Pantani on the road and finished 3:26 minutes faster, gaining a stronger grip on the race leader's jersey.
Pantani however still remained convinced that he could win the race, considering that three stages in high mountains lay ahead, a terrain that favoured him. On stage 17 into Sëlva, Pantani attacked with Giuseppe Guerini ({{UCI team code|POL|1998}}) on the climb of the Marmolada. Zülle cracked and lost four minutes, while Pantani, who gave the stage win to Guerini, took the leader's pink jersey. Tonkov hit back by winning the following stage at Alpe di Pampeago and now was just 27 seconds behind Pantani. Stage 19 to Montecampione saw Pantani and Tonkov engage in a fight for the victory on the final climb, while Zülle lost more than thirty minutes on both riders. Pantani was eventually able to leave Tonkov behind, winning the stage and exceeding his advantage to 1:27 minutes. The race had to be decided during the final time trial from Mendrisio to Lugano. Originally considered the weaker time trialist, Pantani managed to pull out another five seconds on Tonkov and sealed his victory in the Giro d'Italia. Serhiy Honchar won the stage, thirty seconds ahead of Pantani in third. Two months later, he also won the Tour de France, becoming only the seventh rider to win both races in the same year.{{cite web|last1=O'Shea|first1=Sadhbh|title=A history of Giro-Tour double failures|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/a-history-of-giro-tour-double-failures/|website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=27 April 2018|date=30 November 2017}}
Classification leadership
File:Passo sella langkofelgruppe.jpg for the 1998 edition of the Giro.]]
Four different jerseys were worn during the 1998 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 |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 Passo Sella and was first climbed by the Italian Marco Pantani. 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 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.
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! width="1%" | Stage ! width="14%" | Winner ! width="14%"| General classification ! width="14%"| Points classification ! width="14%"| Mountains classification ! width="14%"| Intergiro classification ! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Trofeo Fast Team |
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| style="background:pink;" rowspan="3"| Alex Zülle | rowspan="1"| no award | rowspan="1"| no award | rowspan="1"| no award |style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan=6| {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} |
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1
| style="background:violet;" rowspan="4"| Mariano Piccoli | style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="2"| Marzio Bruseghin | style="background:#99CBFF;" rowspan="3"| ? |
2 |
3
| style="background:pink;" rowspan="2"| Serhiy Honchar | style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="3"| Paolo Bettini |
4
| style="background:#99CBFF;" rowspan="1"| Fabrizio Guidi |
5
| style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Michele Bartoli | style="background:violet;" rowspan="12"| Michele Bartoli | style="background:#99CBFF;" rowspan="1"| ? |
6
| style="background:pink;" rowspan="6"| Alex Zülle | style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="1"| Alex Zülle | style="background:#99CBFF;" rowspan="17"| Gian Matteo Fagnini |style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan=9| Team Polti |
7
| style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="7"| Paolo Bettini |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12
| style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Laurent Roux |
13
| style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Andrea Noè |
14
| style="background:pink;" rowspan="3"| Alex Zülle | style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="9"| Marco Pantani |
15
|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan=1| {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} |
16
|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan=1| Team Polti |
17
| style="background:pink;" rowspan="6"| Marco Pantani | style="background:violet;" rowspan="6"| Mariano Piccoli |style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan=2| {{UCI team code|UNO|1998}} |
18 |
19
|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan=4| {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} |
20 |
21 |
22 |
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! style="background:#F660AB;"| Marco Pantani ! style="background:#c0f;"| Mariano Piccoli ! style="background:#32CD32;"| Marco Pantani ! style="background:dodgerblue;"| Gian Matteo Fagnini ! style="background:yellow;"| {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} |
Final standings
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| Denotes the winner of the General classification | Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification |
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| Denotes the winner of the Points classification | Denotes the winner of the Intergiro classification |
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=General classification=
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!Rider
!Team !Time |
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| {{flagathlete|Marco Pantani|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svgImage:Jersey green.svg | {{UCI team code|UNO|1998}} | style="text-align:right;"| {{nowrap|98h 48' 32"}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Pavel Tonkov|RUS}} | {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 1' 33" |
style="text-align:center;"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Guerini|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|POL|1998}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 6' 51" |
style="text-align:center;"| 4
| {{flagathlete|Oscar Camenzind|SUI}} | {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 12' 16" |
style="text-align:center;"| 5
| {{flagathlete|Daniel Clavero|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|VIT|1998}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 18' 04" |
style="text-align:center;"| 6
| {{flagathlete|Gianni Faresin|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 18' 31" |
style="text-align:center;"| 7
| {{flagathlete|Paolo Bettini|ITA}} | Asics-C.G.A. | style="text-align:right;"| + 21' 03" |
style="text-align:center;"| 8
| {{flagathlete|Daniele De Paoli|ITA}} | Ros Mary-Amica Chips | style="text-align:right;"| + 21' 35" |
style="text-align:center;"| 9
| {{flagathlete|Paolo Savoldelli|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|SAE|1998}} | style="text-align:right;"| + 25' 54" |
style="text-align:center;"| 10
| {{flagathlete|Serhiy Honchar|UKR}} | Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio | style="text-align:right;"| + 25' 58" |
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=Points classification=
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!Rider
!Team !Points |
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| {{flagathlete|Mariano Piccoli|ITA}} Image:Jersey violet.svg | Brescialat-Liquigas | style="text-align:center;"| 194 |
style="text-align:center;"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Marco Pantani|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svgImage:Jersey green.svg | {{UCI team code|UNO|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 158 |
style="text-align:center;"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Gian Matteo Fagnini|ITA}} Image:Jersey blue.svg | {{UCI team code|SAE|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 156 |
style="text-align:center;"| 4
| {{flagathlete|Pavel Tonkov|RUS}} | {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 140 |
style="text-align:center;"| 5
| {{flagathlete|Alex Zülle|SUI}} | {{UCI team code|FES|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 117 |
style="text-align:center;"| 6
| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Guerini|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|POL|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 107 |
style="text-align:center;"| 7
| {{flagathlete|Nicola Loda|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|ALB|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 90 |
style="text-align:center;"| 8
| {{flagathlete|Massimo Strazzer|ITA}} | Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio | style="text-align:center;"| 76 |
style="text-align:center;"| 9
| {{flagathlete|Davide Rebellin|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|POL|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 72 |
style="text-align:center;"| 10
| {{flagathlete|Oscar Camenzind|SUI}} | {{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 70 |
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=Mountains classification=
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!Rider
!Team !Points |
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|{{flagathlete|Marco Pantani|ITA}} Image:Jersey green.svgImage:Jersey pink.svg |{{UCI team code|UNO|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 89 |
style="text-align:center;"| 2
|{{flagathlete|Chepe González|COL}} |{{UCI team code|KEL|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 62 |
style="text-align:center;"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Pavel Tonkov|RUS}} |{{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 49 |
style="text-align:center;"| 4
| {{flagathlete|Alex Zülle|SUI}} | {{UCI team code|FES|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 37 |
style="text-align:center;"| 5
| {{flagathlete|Paolo Bettini|ITA}} | Asics-C.G.A. | style="text-align:center;"| 30 |
style="text-align:center;"| 6
| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Guerini|ITA}} |{{UCI team code|POL|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 23 |
style="text-align:center;"| 7
| {{flagathlete|Mariano Piccoli|ITA}} Image:Jersey violet.svg | Brescialat-Liquigas | style="text-align:center;"| 22 |
style="text-align:center;"| 8
|{{flagathlete|Andrea Noé|ITA}} | Asics-C.G.A. | style="text-align:center;"| 17 |
style="text-align:center;"| 9
|{{flagathlete|Leonardo Calzavara|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|VIN|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 15 |
style="text-align:center;"| 10
|{{flagathlete|Herman Buenahora|COL}} | {{UCI team code|VIT|1998}} | style="text-align:center;"| 10 |
{{column}}
=Intergiro classification=
class="wikitable" |
!Rider
!Team !Time |
---|
style="text-align:center;"| 1
|{{flagathlete|Gian Matteo Fagnini|ITA}} Image:Jersey blue.svg |{{UCI team code|SAE|1998}} | align=right| {{nowrap|62h 32' 12"}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2
|{{flagathlete|Mariano Piccoli|ITA}} |Brescialat-Liquigas | align=right| + 55" |
style="text-align:center;"| 3
|{{flagathlete|Nicola Loda|ITA}} |{{UCI team code|ALB|1998}} | align=right| + 2' 29" |
{{columns-end}}
{{columns-start}}
=Trofeo Fast Team classification=
class="wikitable" |
!Team
!Time |
---|
style="text-align:center;"| 1
|{{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} |align="right"| {{nowrap|296h 17' 54"}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2
|{{UCI team code|UNO|1998}} |align="right"| + 17' 11" |
style="text-align:center;"| 3
|{{UCI team code|SAE|1998}} |align="right"| + 50' 22" |
style="text-align:center;"| 4
|{{UCI team code|POL|1998}} |align="right"| + 1h 05' 41" |
style="text-align:center;"| 5
|{{UCI team code|VIT|1998}} |align="right"| + 1h 10' 45" |
style="text-align:center;"| 6
|{{UCI team code|KEL|1998}} |align="right"| + 1h 16' 45" |
style="text-align:center;"| 7
|Asics-C.G.A. |align="right"| + 1h 29' 36" |
style="text-align:center;"| 8
|Riso Scotti-MG Maglificio |align="right"| + 1h 48' 29" |
style="text-align:center;"|9
|{{UCI team code|FES|1998}} |align="right"| + 1h 59' 48" |
style="text-align:center;"| 10
|Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio |align="right"| + 2h 04' 19" |
{{column}}
=Trofeo Super Team classification=
class="wikitable" |
!Team
!Points |
---|
style="text-align:center;"| 1
|{{UCI team code|POL|1998}} |align="right"| 479 |
style="text-align:center;"| 2
|{{UCI team code|MAP|1998}} |align="right"| 469 |
style="text-align:center;"| 3
|{{UCI team code|UNO|1998}} |align="right"| 384 |
style="text-align:center;"| 4
|Asics-C.G.A. |align="right"| 373 |
style="text-align:center;"| 5
|{{UCI team code|SAE|1998}} |align="right"| 325 |
style="text-align:center;"| 6
|{{UCI team code|VIT|1998}} |align="right"| 290 |
style="text-align:center;"| 7
|{{UCI team code|KEL|1998}} |align="right"| 284 |
style="text-align:center;"| 8
|Riso Scotti-MG Maglificio |align="right"| 274 |
style="text-align:center;"| 9
|Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio |align="right"| 268 |
style="text-align:center;"| 10
|Brescialat-Liquigas |align="right"| 253 |
{{columns-end}}
References
=Citations=
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Giro d'Italia}}
{{Cycling stage recaps|1998 Giro d'Italia|P|11|12|22}}
{{Giro d'Italia general classification winners}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Giro d'Italia 1998}}
Category:1998 in Italian sport