1987 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
1987 UCI Road World Championships | |||||||||||||
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Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | September 6, 1987 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 269.1 km (167.2 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 6h 50' 02" | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The Men's Individual Road Race of the
Race route and details
The race route contained 23 laps of 11.7 km (7.3 mi), equaling a total 269.1 km (167.2 mi) of racing in all.[8] Each lap featured two climbs that were 100 m (330 ft) and 90 m (300 ft), respectively, with some portions having a ten percent gradient.[8][9] The race started at 10:30 AM local time.[8][10] Sportswriters found the course to be suited for sprinters, believing that the race would likely result in a sprint finish.[10][11] Swiss rider Bernard Gavillet stated that it favored the sprinters and the pure climbers chances "are almost zero."[11] The race featured a 500,000 Swiss francs prize for the first place rider, to split among his fellow countrymen.[12] The Italian Cycling Federation had an additional bonus that they'd award each team member 120,000 Swiss francs if an Italian won the race.[11]
Participants and race favorites
The race began with 168 riders from 26 different countries,[13] of which 71 finished.[14] L'Impartial writer Michel Deruns felt the race was open to 40 or so riders to win the event as he felt it would likely end in a bunch sprint.[11] The starting field featured the previous year's winner Moreno Argentin,[10] who was seen as the race favorite by many journalists and the Austrian bookmakers.[13][11][15] Guido Bontempi (Italy), Sean Kelly (Ireland), Teun van Vliet (Dutch), and Eric Vanderaerden (Belgium) as other riders capable of winning the race.[10][11] Swiss rider Erich Maechler who won Milan–San Remo that season was viewed as Switzerland's best hope to win the race.[11] A writer for Amigoe believed the Dutch and Italian teams to be the best teams competing in the race.[16] La Stampa writer Gian Paolo Ormezzano believed an Italian rider would win the race, specifically Argentin or Bontempi, but stated the Dutch riders were a team to "fear."[13] Cees Olsthoorn of Het vrije volk believed that Steven Rooks and van Vliet were the Dutch riders with the best chances of winning.[17]
Giro d'Italia and Tour de France winner Stephen Roche was viewed as a contender due to his great form throughout the season.[9] There was significant media coverage around Roche because if he won the race, he would win cycling's Triple Crown, where one win's the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in one calendar year.[9] Only five cyclists had won the two Grand Tours in a single season by that point.[9] A writer for The Guardian stated that if the climbs were higher, Roche's chances would be better.[9] There were concerns over Roche's fitness at the time because he took a break from racing following his Tour success and in his first race back (Italy's Three Valleys), he did not perform well.[9]
Race summary
After speculation of the start being delayed due to severe thunderstorms, the race began on time, during heavy rain.[18] The rain on course caused the earlier portion of the race to be slower, what De Telegraaf described as "dull."[18][19] Portugal's Orlando Neves attacked off the front of the peloton early and established a lead of nearly two minutes, but was caught by the main field 75 km (47 mi) later.[18]
On the eighteenth lap, Jan Nevens (Belgium), Argentin (Italy), van Vliet (Dutch), and
Result
Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
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Stephen Roche | Ireland | 6h 50' 02" | |
Moreno Argentin | Italy | + 1" | |
Juan Fernández
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Spain | s.t. | |
4 | Rolf Gölz | Germany | s.t. |
5 | Sean Kelly | Ireland | s.t. |
6 | Steven Rooks | Netherlands | s.t. |
7 | Teun van Vliet | Netherlands | s.t. |
8 | Rolf Sørensen | Denmark | s.t. |
9 | Erik Breukink | Netherlands | s.t. |
10 | Claude Criquielion | Belgium | s.t. |
11 | Guido Winterberg | Switzerland | s.t. |
12 | Jörg Müller | Switzerland | s.t. |
13 | Steve Bauer | Canada | s.t. |
14 | Eric Vanderaerden | Belgium | + 40" |
15 | Martial Gayant | France | s.t. |
16 | Paul Popp | Austria | s.t. |
17 | Andreas Kappes | Germany | s.t. |
18 | Adri Van der Poel
|
Netherlands | s.t. |
19 | Marc Sergeant | Belgium | s.t. |
20 | Jeff Pierce | United States | s.t. |
21 | Phil Anderson | Australia | s.t. |
22 | Peter Stevenhaagen | Netherlands | s.t. |
23 | Ferdi Van Den Haute | Belgium | s.t. |
24 | Czesław Lang | Poland | s.t. |
25 | Ron Kiefel | United States | s.t. |
26 | Guido Bontempi | Italy | s.t. |
27 | Alfonso Gutiérrez | Spain | s.t. |
28 | Lars Wahlqvist | Sweden | s.t. |
29 | Gerhard Zadrobilek | Austria | s.t. |
30 | Kim Andersen | Denmark | s.t. |
31 | Gilbert Glaus | Switzerland | s.t. |
32 | Fabian Fuchs | Switzerland | s.t. |
33 | Jan Nevens | Belgium | s.t. |
34 | Lech Piasecki | Poland | s.t. |
35 | Thomas Wegmüller | Switzerland | s.t. |
36 | Celestino Prieto | Spain | s.t. |
37 | Federico Echave | Spain | s.t. |
38 | Marino Lejarreta | Spain | s.t. |
39 | Jørgen Marcussen | Denmark | s.t. |
40 | Álvaro Pino | Spain | s.t. |
41 | Maurizio Fondriest | Italy | s.t. |
42 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | France | s.t. |
43 | Masatoshi Ichikawa | Japan | s.t. |
44 | Paul Kimmage | Ireland | s.t. |
45 | Andrew Hampsten | United States | s.t. |
46 | Peter Hilse | Germany | s.t. |
47 | Erich Mächler
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Switzerland | s.t. |
48 | Giuseppe Saronni | Italy | s.t. |
49 | Jean-François Bernard | France | s.t. |
50 | Kurt Steinmann | Switzerland | s.t. |
51 | Joop Zoetemelk | Netherlands | s.t. |
52 | Robert Millar
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United Kingdom | s.t. |
53 | Bruno Leali | Italy | s.t. |
54 | Emanuele Bombini | Italy | s.t. |
55 | Luciano Loro | Italy | s.t. |
56 | Massimo Ghirotto | Italy | s.t. |
57 | Gerrie Knetemann | Netherlands | s.t. |
58 | Acácio da Silva | Portugal | s.t. |
59 | Marc Madiot | France | s.t. |
60 | Guy Nulens | Belgium | s.t. |
61 | Johan Van der Velde
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Netherlands | s.t. |
62 | Gianni Bugno | Italy | s.t. |
63 | Othmar Häfliger
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Switzerland | s.t. |
64 | Miguel Induráin | Spain | s.t. |
65 | Roberto Pagnin | Italy | s.t. |
66 | Francesco Moser | Italy | s.t. |
67 | Jonathan Boyer | United States | + 1' 45" |
68 | Etienne De Wilde | Belgium | s.t. |
69 | Frédéric Brun | France | s.t. |
70 | Sean Yates | United Kingdom | s.t. |
71 | Jozef Lieckens | Belgium | s.t. |
Aftermath
Roche became the first ever Irishman to win the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships.[16] In addition, he became the second rider – after Eddy Merckx in 1974 – to complete the Triple Crown of Cycling, which consists of winning two Grand Tour races and the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in a calendar year.[16][17][19] Upon finishing the race, Roche stated that was like "a fairy tale" and that he "came to Austria to help [Sean] Kelly" going on to mention how the course did not suit him and he was not well prepared for the race.[17] Roche commented on his day's performance saying: "Normally, I never do that kind of move – sprinting from the front for so long – but I realized that If I didn't do something, I'd finish fourth or fifth."[20] For his achievements during the 1987 cycling season, Roche was named Freedom of the City of Dublin and became the first athlete to be given this honor.[25] Michel Deruns of L'Impartial felt that the race was one of the best in the past twenty years in the event, with Roche being the only rider deserving of winning.[22] He stated that Roche did a great job at trying to support Kelly and the two quelled any attacks from the field as the race wound down.[22]
Dutchman Teun van Vliet stated that Germany's
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