tour de france 1987 teams

1987 Tour de France

74th edition: july 1 to july 26 , 1987, results, stages with running gc, map, photos, video and history.

1987 Tour de France map

Plato's dialogue Phaedo is available as an audiobook here .

1987 Tour quick facts:

4,321.1 kilometers, average Speed: 36.645 km/hr

Eight different owners of the Yellow Jersey, nine changes of leader.

207 starters, 135 finishers.

From stage 19, where Roche took the lead after Jean-François Bernard punctured, the 1987 Tour was a nail-biter with Pedro Delgado and Stephen Roche being well-balanced opponents.

Winner Roche had already won the Giro that year and went on to become World Champion.

Only Eddy Merckx in 1974 had performed that triple. No one has since.

1987 Tour de France complete final General Classification

Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 40sec
Jean François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 2min 13sec
Charly Mottet (Système U) @ 6min 40sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 9min 32sec
Fabio Parra (Cafe de Colombia) @ 16min 53sec
Laurent Fignon (Système U) @ 18min 24sec
Anselmo Fuerte (BH) @ 18min 33sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 21min 49sec
Marino Lajaretta (Caja Rural) @ 26min 13sec
Claude Criquielion (Hitachi-Marc) @ 30min 32sec
Federico Echave (BH) @ 31min 6sec
Martin Alonso (Cafe de Colombia) @ 36min 55sec
Gerhard Zadrobilek (Supermercati Brianzoli) @ 40min 35sec
Luciano Loro (Del Tongo) @ 43min 52sec
Andrew Hampsten (7-Eleven) @ 44min 7sec
Jean-René Bernaudeau (Fagor) @ 47min 16sec
Rafael Acevedo (Cafe de Colombia) @ 50min 33sec
Robert Millar (Panasonic) @ 50min 47sec
Denis Roux (Z) @ 52min 13sec
Erik Breukink (Panasonic) @ 53min 35sec
Pedro Muñoz (Fagor) @ 59min 27sec
Eric Caritoux (Fagor) @ 1hr 5min 33sec
Omar Pablo Hernandez (Ryalcao-Postobon) @ 1hr 14min 10sec
Eduardo Chozas (Teka) @ 1hr 14min 59sec
Beat Breu (Joker) @ 1hr 20min 2sec
Phil Anderson (Panasonic) @ 1hr 20min 43sec
Gilles Sanders (KAS) @ 1hr 20min 57sec
Jesper Skibby (Roland-Skala) @ 1hr 21min 13sec
Eddy Schepers (Carrera) @ 1hr 22min 13sec
Guido Van Calster (BH) @ 1hr 26min 47sec
Gilles Mas (RM) @ 1hr 26min 48sec
Jean-Claude Bagot (Fagor) @ 1hr 27min 16sec
Martial Gayant (Système U) @ 1hr 29min 17sec
José Salvador Sanchis (Caja Rural) @ 1hr 30min 6sec
Juan Carlos Castillo (Cafe de Colombia) @ 1hr 33min 1sec
Bruno Cornillet (Z) @ 1hr 33min 37sec
Robert Forest (Fagor) @ 1hr 35min 4sec
Dag Otto Lauritzen (7-Eleven) @ 1hr 35min 52sec
Christophe Lavainne (Système U) @ 1hr 36min 12sec
Jokin Mujika (Caja Rural) @ 1hr 36min 15sec
Jérôme Simon (Z) @ 1hr 36min 25sec
José Luis Laguia (PDM) @ 1hr 38min 27sec
Marco Antonio Leon (Cafe de Colombia) @ 1hr 29min 40sec
Peter Stevenhaagen (PDM) @ 1hr 41min 50sec
Julio-César Cadena (Cafe de Colombia) @ 1hr 44min 11sec
Marc Madiot (Système U) @ 1hr 46min 46sec
Gert-Jan Theunisse (PDM) @ 1hr 53min 5sec
Rolf Gölz (Superconfex) @ 1hr 54min 24sec
Jean-Claude Leclercq (Toshiba) @ 1hr 54min 40sec
Fabian Fuchs (Hitachi-Marc) @ 1hr 55min 11sec
Roque de la Cruz (Caja Rural) @ 1hr 55min 36sec
Pascal Simon (Z) @ 1hr 58min 19sec
Dominique Garde (Toshiba) @ 1hr 59min 4sec
Silvano Contini (Del Tongo) @ 1hr 59min 15sec
Eric Van Lancker (Panasonic) @ 1hr 59min 46sec
Bernard Gavillet (Système U) @ 2hr 0min 18sec
Enrique Aja (Teka) @ 2hr 0min 48sec
Charly Berard (Toshiba) @ 2hr 1min 31sec
Bernard Vallet (RMO) @ 2hr 4min 39sec
Guy Nulens (Panasonic) @ 2hr 5min 46sec
Kim Andersen (Toshiba) @ 2hr 5min 48sec
Nestor Oswaldo Mora (Ryalcao-Postobon) @ 2hr 6min 7sec
Acácio da Silva (KAS) @ 2hr 13min 27sec
Martin Early (Fagor) @ 2hr 14min 22sec
Philippe Bouvatier (BH) @ 2hr 15min 50sec
Pascal Poisson (Système U) @ 2hr 16min 5sec
Jørgen V. Pedersen (Carrera) @ 2hr 16min 45sec
Argemiro Bohoquez (Cafe de Colombia) @ 2hr 18min 55sec
Adrian Timmis (ANC-Halfords) @ 2hr 19min 21sec
Jos Haex (Hitachi-Marc) @ 2hr 20min 49sec
Régis Clère (Teka) @ 2hr 21min 21sec
Yvon Madiot (Système U) @ 2hr 21min 57sec
Steve Bauer (Toshiba) @ 2hr 24min 41sec
François Lemarchand (Fagor) @ 2hr 26min 57sec
Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande (Hitachi-Marc) @ 2hr 28min 58sec
Jean-François Rault (RMO) @ 2hr 30min 6sec
Jesus Rodriguez (Teka) @ 2hr 30min 8sec
Marc Gomez (Reynolds) @ 2hr 31min 0sec
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Z) @ 2hr 31min 21sec
Alessandro Pozzi (Del Tongo) @ 2hr 31min 48sec
Ron Kiefel (7-Eleven) @ 2hr 33min 34sec
Julián Gorospe (Reynolds) @ 2hr 36min 11sec
Teun van Vliet (Panasonic) @ 2hr 39min 11sec
Erich Mächler (Carrera) @ 2hr 40min 1sec
Alfred Achermann (KAS) @ 2hr 41min 36sec
Thierry Marie (Système U) @ 2hr 42min 1sec
Jeff Pierce (7-Eleven) @ 2hr 42min 22sec
Gerrie Knetemann (PDM) @ 2hr 43min 7sec
Raimund Dietzen (Teka) @ 2hr 43min 19sec
Theo De Rooy (Panasonic) @ 2hr 43min 19sec
Frédéric Brun (Z) @ 2hr 44min 32sec
Stefan Morjean (Hitachi-Marc) @ 2hr 47min 55sec
Malcom Eliotti (ANC-Halfords) @ 2hr 48min 39sec
Henk Lubberding (Panasonic) @ 2hr 51min 8sec
Ludo Peeters (Superconfex) @ 2hr 52min 45sec
Miguel Indurain (Reynolds) @ 2hr 53min 11sec
Jonathan Boyer (7-Eleven) @ 2hr 53min 47sec
Jörg Müller (PDM) @ 2hr 54min 4sec
Celestino Prieto (KAS) @ 2hr 55min 2sec
Cristóbal Pérez (Cafe de Colombia) @ 2hr 58min 20sec
Giancarlo Perini (Carrera) @ 2hr 58min 38sec
Kvetoslav Palov (ANC-Halfords) @ 2hr 59min 4sec
Luc Roosen (Superconfex) @ 2hr 59min 30sec
Adrie van der Poel (PDM) @ 2hr 59min 44sec
Peter Hilse (Teka) @ 3hr 1min 26sec
Roland Le Clerc (Caja Rural) @ 3hr 3min 4sec
Jesús Hernández (Reynolds) @ 3hr 4min 9sec
Massimo Ghirotto (Carrera) @ 3hr 4min 57sec
Brian Holm (Roland-Skala) @ 3hr 8min 13sec
Davide Cassani (Carrera) @ 3hr 10min 33sec
Guido Winterberg (Toshiba) @ 3hr 12min 26sec
José Luis Navarro (BH) @ 3hr 12min 38sec
Pascal Jules (Caja Rural) @ 3hr 12min 47sec
Michel Dernies (Joker) @ 3hr 12min 53sec
Rudy Patry (Roland-Skala) @ 3hr 14min 45sec
Francisco-José Antequera (BH) @ 3hr 16min 13sec
Manuel Jorge Dominguez (BH) @ 3hr 16min 38sec
Guido Bontempi (Carrera) @ 3hr 16min 41sec
Maurizio Piovani (Del Tongo) @ 3hr 18min 57sec
Jan Wynants (Hitachi-Marc) @ 3hr 19min 19sec
Herman Frison (Roland-Skala) @ 3hr 19min 37sec
André Chappuis (RMO) @ 3hr 21min 18sec
Jelle Nijdam (Superconfex) @ 3hr 21min 18sec
Patrick Verschueren (Roland-Skala) @ 3hr 23min 5sec
Willem Van Eynde (Joker) @ 3hr 23min 40sec
Gerrit Solleveld (Superconfex) @ 3hr 24min 21sec
Carlos Hernández (Teka) @ 3hr 24min 41sec
Stefano Allocchio (Supermarcati Brianzoli) @ 3hr 32min 56sec
Jean-Paul van Poppel (Superconfex) @ 3hr 36min 5sec
Jan Goessens (Joker) @ 3hr 36min 30sec
Josef Lieckens (Joker) @ 3hr 49min 48sec
Guy Gallopin (ANC-Hlafords) @ 4hr 3min 13sec
Jean-Louis Gauthier (Z) @ 4hr 5min 18sec
Mathieu Hermans (Caja Rural) @ 4hr 23min 30sec

Points (Green Jersey):

Stephen Roche (Carrera): 247
Pedro Delgado (PDM): 228
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba): 201
Josef Lieckens (Joker): 195

King of the Mountains (Climber's Polka Dot Jersey)

Anselmo Fuerte (BH): 314
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven): 277
Pedro Delgado (PDM): 224
Fabio Enrique Parra (Cafe de Colombia): 180

Team Classification:

Système U 346hr 44min 2sec
Cafe de Colombia @ 38min 20sec
BH @ 56min 2sec
Fagor @ 1hr 7min 54sec
Toshiba @ 1hr 28min 54sec

Team Points:

Système U: 1,790 points
7-Eleven: 1,821
Panasonic: 1,863

Performance (Combination) competition:

Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba): 72 points
Laurent Fignon (Système U): 70
Stephen Roche (Carrera): 69
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia): 65
Anselo Fuerte (BH): 65

Best New Rider:

Raul Alcala (7-Eleven)
Erik Breukink (Panasonic) @ 31min 46sec
Gilles Sanders (KAS): 59min 8sec
Jesper Skibby (Roland-Skala) @ 59min 24sec
José Salvador Sanchis (Caja Rural) @ 1hr 8min 17sec

Catch competition:

Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Z): 249 points
Jean-Paul van Poppel (Superconfex): 178
Régis Clère (Teka): 142
Martin Early (Fagor): 100
Teun van Vliet (Panasonic): 70

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Prologue, Wednesday, July 1: Berlin - Berlin Individual Time Trial, 6.1 kilometers.

Jelle Nijdam (Superconfex): 7min 6sec
Lech Piasecki (Del Tongo) @ 3sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 7sec
Guido Bontempi (Carrera) s.t.
Milan Jurco (Brianzoli) @ 8sec
Dietrich Thurau (Roland) s.t.
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 9sec
Miguel Indurain (Reynolds) @ 10sec
Thierry Marie (Système U) s.t.
Czeslaw Lang (Del Tongo) @ 11sec

General Classification: No time bonus, so the GC placings and times are the same as for the stage

Stage 1, Thursday, July 2: Berlin - Berlin, 105.5 kilometers.

Nico Verhoeven (Superconfex): 2hr 11min 33sec
Giovanni Bottoia (Brianzoli) s.t.
Patrick Verschueren (Roland) s.t.
Jerome Simon (Peugeot) s.t.
Theo De Rooy (Panasonic) s.t.
Lech Piasecki (Del Tongo) s.t.
Jörg Muller (PDM) @ 2sec
Rudy Patry (Roland) @ 5sec
Michel Vermote (RMO) @ 23sec
Bruno Wojtinek (Z) s.t.

General Classification:

Lech Piasecki (Del Tongo) 2hr 18min 42sec
Patrick Verschueren (Roland) @ 18sec
Jelle Nijdam (Super Confex) @ 20sec
Guido Bontempi (Carrera) @ 21sec
Jerome Simon (Peugeot) @ 23sec
Jean-Claude Colotti (RMO) s.t.
Giovanni Bottoia (Brianzoli) @ 25sec
Dietrich Thurau (Roland) @ 26sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 27sec
Peter Stevehaagen (PDM) s.t.

Stage 2, Thursday, July 2: Berlin 40.5 kilometer Team Time Trial.

Carrera: 44min 50sec
Del Tongo @ 8sec
Panasonic @ 27sec
Toshiba @ 36sec
Système U @ 37sec
Peugeot @ 1min
PDM @ 1min 1sec
Roland-Skala @ 1min 6sec
7-Eleven-Hoonved
Superconfex @ 1min 24sec
Lech Piasecki (Del Tongo): 3hr 3min 40sec
Guido Bontempi (Carrera) @ 13sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 19sec
Erich Maechler (Carrera) @ 25sec
Czeslaw Lang (Del Tongo) @ 31sec
Giancarlo Perini (Carrera) @ 34sec
Jorgen Pedersen (Carrera) @ 38sec
Giuseppe Saronni (Del Tongo) @ 42sec
Silvano Contini (Del Tongo) @ 43sec
Massimo Ghirotto (Carrera) @ 46sec

Stage 3, Saturday, July 4: Karlsruhe - Stuttgart, 219 kilometers.

Acacio Da Silva (KAS): 5hr 27min 35sec
Erich Maecher (Carrera) @ 2sec
Jorg Muller (PDM) @ 9sec
Dag-Otto Lauretzen (7-Eleven) @ 14sec
Jean-Claude Leclercq (Toshiba) @ 48sec
Federico Echave (BH) s.t.
Guy Nulens (Panasonic) s.t.
Bruno Cornillet (Z) s.t.
Eric Carritoux (Fagor) s.t.
Erich Maechler (Carrera): 8hr 31min 42sec
Jorg Muller (PDM) @ 44sec
Giancarlo Perini (Carrera) @ 55sec
Acacio Da Silva (KAS) @ 1min 35sec
Charly Mottet (Système U) @ 1min 36sec
Guy Nulens (Panasonic) @ 1min 38sec
Dietrich Thurau (Roland) @ 1min 45sec
Yvon Madiot (Système U) @ 1min 49sec
Dag-Otto Lauritzen (7-Eleven) @ 1min 50sec
Jean-Claude Leclercq (Toshiba) @ 1min 55sec

Stage 4, Sunday, July 5: Stuttgart - Pforzheim, 79 km.

Herman Frison (Roland): 1hr 49min 23sec
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Superconfex) @ 1min 28sec
Stefano Allocchio (Brianzoli) s.t.
Phil Anderson (Panasonic) s.t.
Davis Phinney (7-Eleven) s.t.
Johan Capiot (Roland) s.t.
Jozef Lieckens (Roland) s.t.
Sean Kelly (KAS) s.t.
Michel Vermote (RMO) s.t.
Erich Maechler (Carrera): 10hr 22min 33sec
Yvon Madiot (Système U) @ 1mn 49sec

Stage 5, Sunday, July 5: Pforzheim - Strasbourg, 112.5 km.

Marc Sergeant (Joker): 2hr 32min 29sec
Bruno Wojtinek (Peugeot) @ 13sec
Roberto Amadio (Brianzoli) s.t.
Martial Gayant (Système U) s.t.
Jean-Paul van Poppel (Superconfex) s.t.
Rudy Dhaenens (Hitachi) s.t.
Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande (Hitachi) s.t.
Erich Maechler (Carrera): 12hr 55min 15sec
Charly Mottet (Systeme U) @ 1min 36sec

Stage 6, Monday, July 6: Strasbourg - Epinal, 169 kilometers.

Christophe Lavainne (Système U): 4hr 12min 57sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 1min 34sec
Manuel-Jorge Dominguez (BH) @ 2min 34sec
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Peugeot) s.t.
Jean-Claude Bagot (Fagor) s.t.
Niki Ruttiman (Toshiba) s.t.
Hendrik Devos (Hitachi) s.t.
Bernard Vallet (RMO) s.t.
Gérardo Moncada (Ryalcao) s.t.
Jean-Paul van Poppel (Superconfex) @ 2min 37sec
Erich Maechler (Carrera): 17hr 10min 49sec
Christophe Lavainne (Système U) @ 36sec

Stage 7, Tuesday, July 7: Epinal - Troyes, 211 kilometers. Guido Bontempi won the sprint, but was relegated to last place after a positive dope test.

Manuel-Jorge Dominguez (BH) 5hr 8min 17sec
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Super Confex) s.t.
Jos Liekens (Joker) s.t.
Mathieu Hermans (Caja Rural) s.t.
Malcom Elliott (ANC) s.t.
Erich Maechler (Carrera): 22hr 19min 6sec
Christophe Lavainne (Systeme U) @ 36sec
Giancarlo Perini (Carrera) @ 1min 16sec

Stage 8, Wednesday, July 8: Troyes - Epinay sous Sénart, 205.5 kilometers

Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Super Confex) 5hr 23min 53sec
Bruno Wojtinek (Peugeot) s.t.
Jozef Liekens (Joker) s.t.
Stefano Allochio (Brianzoli) s.t.
Manuel-Jorge Dominguez (BH) s.t.
Teun Van Vliet (Panasonic) s.t.
Frank Hoste (Fagor) s.t.
Erich Maechler (Carrera): 27hr 42min 59sec

Stage 9, Thursday, July 9: Orléans - Rénáze, 260 kilometers

Adrie Van der Poel (PDM): 7hr 5min 54sec
Ludo Peeters (Super Confex) s.t.
Dominique Garde (Toshiba) s.t.
Guido Bontempi (Carrera) @ 1min 21sec
Guido Van Calster (BH) s.t.
Pascal Poisson (Système U) s.t.
Steven Rooks (PDM) s.t.
Erich Maechler (Carrera): 34hr 50min 25sec
Ludo Peeters (Super Confex) @ 58sec
Giancarlo Perini (Carrera) @ 1min16sec
Guy Nulens (Panasonic) @ 1min 27sec
Acasio Da Silva (KAS) @ 1min 35sec

Stage 10, Friday, July 10: Saumur - Futuroscope Individual Time Trial, 87.5 kilometers.

Stephen Roche (Carrera): 1hr 58min 11sec
Charly Mottet (System U) @ 42sec
Jesper Skibby (Roland) @ 53sec
Marc Madiot (Systeme U) @ 1min 9sec
Didi Thurau (Roland) @ 1min 20sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 1min 24sec
Peter Stevenhaagen (PDM) @ 1min 55sec
Dag-Otto Lauritzen (7-Eleven) @ 2min 11sec
Jorg Muller (PDM) @ 2min 24sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 2min 29sec
Charly Mottet (Système U): 36hr 50min 54sec
Didi Thurau (Roland) @ 47sec
Jorg Muller (PDM) @ 50sec
Erich Maechler (Carrera) @ 1min 6sec
Dag-Otto Lauritzen (7-Eleven) @ 1min 43sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 3min 23sec
Bruno Cornillet (Peugeot) @ 4min 31sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 5min 31sec
Acacio Da Silva (KAS) @ 5mi 38sec
Jesper Skibby (Roland) @ 5min 45sec

Stage 11, Saturday, July 11: Futuroscope (Poitiers) - Chaumeil, 255 kilometers

Martial Gayant (Systeme U): 7hr 6min 55sec
Laudelino Cubino (BH) @ 38sec
Kim Andersen (Toshiba) @ 1min 38sec
Gilles Mas (RMO) @ 1min 44sec
Massimo Ghirotto (Carrera) @ 3min 27sec
Peter Hilse (Tea) s.t.
Marc Sergeant (Joker) @ 3min 30sec
Heinz Imboden (Toshiba) @ 3min 34sec
Jan Nevens (Joker) @ 3min 52sec
Stefano Allochio (Brianzoli) @ 4min 30sec
Martial Gayant (Systeme U) 44hr 8min 29sec
Charly Mottet (Systeme U) @ 22sec
Didi Thurau (Roland) @ 1min 9sec
Jorg Muller (PDM) @ 1min 12sec
Dag-Otto Lauritzen (7-Eleven) @ 2min 5sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 3min 45sec
Marc Sergeant (Joker) @ 4min 11sec
Bruno Cornillet (Peugeot) @ 4min 53sec
Erich Maechler (Carrera) @ 5min 5sec
Kim Andersen (Toshiba) @ 5min 52sec

Stage 12, Sunday, July 12: Brive - Bordeaux, 228 kilometers.

Davis Phinney (7-Eleven) 5hr 46min 21sec
Malcom Elliot (ANC) s.t.
Jean-Philippe Vendenbrande (Hitachi) s.t.
Marc Sergeant (Joker) s.t.
Christophe Lavainne (Système U) s.t.
Fran Hoste (Fagor) s.t.
Herman Frison (Roland) s.t.
Jozef Lieckens (Joker) s.t.
Martial Gayant (Systeme U): 49hr 54min 50sec

Stage 13, Monday, July 13: Bayonne - Pau, 219 kilometers

Erik Breukink (Panasonic) 6hr 19min 56sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 6sec
Pablo Wilches (Ryalco) @ 11sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 13sec
Eric Van Lancker (Panasonic) @ 3min 45sec
José-Luis Laguia (PDM) s.t.
Pedro Delgado (PDM) s.t.
Thierry Claveyrolat (RMO) s.t.
Claude Criquielion (Hitachi) s.t.
Niki Ruttiman (Tochiba) s.t.
Charly Mottet (Systeme U): 56hr 18min 53sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 1min 52sec
Erik Breukink (Panasonic) @ 4min 42sec
Marc Madiot (Systeme U) @ 5min 55sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 6min 24sec
Federico Echave (BH) @ 6min 37sec
Robert Millar (Panasonic) @ 6min 45sec
Urs Zimmermann (Carrera) @ 7min 13sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 7min 50sec

Stage 14, Tuesday, July 14: Pau - Luz Ardiden, 166 kilometers

Dag-Otto Lauritzen (7-Eleven) 5hr 14min 28sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 7sec
Andy Hampsten (7-Eleven) @ 53sec
Pablo Wilches (Ryalco) @ 59sec
Anselmo Fuerte (BH) @ 1min 28sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 1min 30sec
Robert Millar (Panasonic) s.t.
Fabio Parra (Cafe de Colombia) s.t.
Stephen Roche (Carrara) @ 1min 36sec
Charly Mottet (Systeme U): 61hr 36min 54sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 1min 13sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 1min 26sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 4min 21sec
Robert Millar (Panasonic) @ 4min 42sec
Pablo Wilches (Ryalcao) @ 5min 42sec
Urs Zimmermann (Carrera) @ 7m in 29sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 8min 18sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 8min 34sec
Andy Hampsten (7-Eleven) @ 8min 44sec

Stage 15, Wednesday, July 15: Tarbes - Blagnac, 164 kilometers.

Rolf Gölz (Superconfex): 3hr 57min 59sec
Roland Le Clerc (Caja Rural) s.t.
Martin Earley (Fagor) @ 4sec
Phil Anderson (Panasonic) @ 11min 47sec
Peter Stevenhaagen (PDM) s.t.
Gerrie Knetemann (PDM) s.t.
Andy Hampsten (7-Eleven) s.t.
Jos Haex (Hitachi) s.t.
Jean-René Bernaudeau (Fagor) s.t.
Charly Mottet (Système U): 65hr 46min 40sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 2min 20sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 2min 33sec
Robert Millar (Panasonic) @ 5min 49sec
Pablo Wilches (Ryalcao) @ 6min 49sec
Urs Zimmermann (Carrera) @ 8min 36sec

Stage 16, Thursday, July 16: Blagnac - Millau, 216.5 kilometers

Régis Clère (Teka): 5hr 58min 21sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 14min 13sec
Jean-Francois Bernard (Toshiba) @ 14min 14sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 14min 16sec
Andy Hampsten (7-Eleven) @ 14min 18sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 14min 39sec
Anselmo Fuerte (BH) s.t.
Beat Breu (Joker) @ 14min 52sec
Fabio Parra (Cafe de Colombia) @ 14min 55sec
Charly Mottet (Système U): 72hr 24sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 1min 11sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 3min 16sec
Robert Millar (Panasonic) @ 5min 40sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 7min 8sec
Andy Hampsten (7-Eleven) @ 7min 39sec
Pablo Wilches (Ryalcao) @ 7min 40sec
Luis Herrara (Cafe de Colombia) @ 7min 50sec
Urs Zimmermann (Carrera) @ 9min 27sec

Stage 17, Friday, July 17: Millau - Avignon, 239 kilometers.

Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Super Confex) 6hr 17min 44sec
Ron Kiefel (7-Eleven) s.t.
Steve Bauer (Toshiba) s.t.
Charly Mottet (Systeme U): 78hr 18min 8sec
Pablo Wilches (Ryalcao) @ 8min 54sec

Stage 18, Sunday, July 19: Carpentras - Mont Ventoux Individual Time Trial, 36.5 kilometers.

Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) 1hr 19min 44sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 1min 39sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 1min 51sec
Fabio Parra (Cafe de Colombia) @ 2min 4sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 2min 19sec
Martial Gayant (Systéme U) @ 2min 52sec
Rafael Acevedo (Cafe de Colombia) @ 3min 5sec
Denis Roux (Z) @ 3min 34sec
Charly Mottet (Système U) @ 3min 58sec
Pablo Wilches (Ryalcao) @ 4min 18sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba): 79hr 39min 3sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 2min 34sec
Charly Mottet (Systeme U) @ 2min 47sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 3min 56sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 8min 18sec
Robert Millar (Panasonic) @ 9min 43sec
Fabio Parra (Cafe de Colombia) @ 11min 15sec
Pablo Wilches (Ryalcao) @ 12min 1sec
Andy Hampsten (7-Eleven) @ 12min 40sec
Urs Zimmermann (Carrera) @ 14min 26sec

Stage 19, Monday, July 20: Valreas - Villard de Lans, 185 kilometers.

Pedro Delgado (PDM): 4hr 53min 34sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 3sec
Marino Lajaretta (Caja Rural) @ 31sec
Anselmo Fuerte (BH) @ s.t.
Charly Mottet (Systeme U) s.t.
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 1min 6sec
Alfred Achermann (KAS) @ 2min 8sec
Laurent Fignon (Système U) s.t.
Stephen Roche (Carrera): 84hr 35min 14sec
Charly Mottet (Système U) @ 41sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 1min 19sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 1min 39sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 6min 47sec
Fabio Parra (Cafe de Colombia) @ 12min 54sec
Pablo Wilches (Ryalcao) @ 13min 40sec
Andy Hampsten (7-Eleven) @ 14min 19sec
Marino Lejarreta (Caja Rural) @ 14min 49sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 15min 9sec

Stage 20, Tuesday, July 21: Villard de Lans - L'Alpe d'Huez , 201 kilometers

Federico Echave: 5hr 52min 11sec
Anselmo Fuerte (BH) @ 1min 32sec
Christophe Lavainne (Système U) @ 2min 12sec
Martin Ramirez (Cafe de Colombia)@ 3min
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 3min 19sec
Laurent Fignon (Système U) @ 3min 25sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 3min 44sec
Claude Criquielion (Hitachi) @ 4min 23sec
Gerhard Zadrobilek (Brianzoli) @ 4min 43sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM): 90hr 32min 20sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 25sec
Jean-Francois Bernard (Toshiba) @ 2min 2sec
Charly Mottet (Système U) @ 2min 12sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 5min 3sec
Fabio Parra (Cafe de Colombia) @ 13min 12sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 15min 16sec
Laurent Fignon (Système U) @ 15min 41sec
Anselmo Fuerte (BH) @ 15min 54sec
Marino Lejaretta (Caja Rural) @ 17min 3sec

Stage 21, Wednesday, July 22: Bourg d'Oisans - La Plagne, 185.5 kilometers

Laurent Fignon (Système U): 6hr 7min 5sec
Fabio Parra (Cafe de Colombia) @ 39sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 57sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 1min 1sec
Denis Roux (Z) @ 1min 5sec
Luciano Loro (Del Tongo) @ 1min 14sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 1min 44sec
Charly Mottet (Système U) @ 1min 57sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 3min 3sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM): 96hr 40min 30sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 39 sec
Charly Mottet (Systeme U) @ 3min 12sec
Jean-Francois Bernard (Toshiba) @ 4min 8sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 5min 50sec
Laurent Fignon (Système U) @ 14min 44sec
Anselmo Fuerte (BH) @ 14min 57sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 18min 36sec
Claude Criquielion (Hitachi) @ 24min 11sec

Stage 22, Thursday, July 23: La Plagne - Morzine, 186 kilometers.

Eduardo Chozas (Teka): 6hr 13min 48sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 43sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 1min 1sec
Marino Lejarreta (Caja Rural) @ 1min 10sec
Eddy Schepers (Carrera) s.t.
Omar Hernandez (Ryalcao) @ 2min 24sec
Laurent Fignon (Système U) @ 2min 25sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM): 102hr 55min 19sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 21sec
Jean-Francois Bernard (Toshiba) @ 4min 18sec
Charly Mottet (Systeme U) @ 5min 54sec
Luis Herrera (Cafe de Colombia) @ 7min 14sec
Fabio Parra (Cafe de Colombia) @ 13min 4sec
Laurent Fignon (Système U) @ 16min 8sec
Anselmo Fuerte (BH) @ 16min 21sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 21min 21sec
Marino Lejarreta (Caja Rural) @ 25min 50sec

Stage 23, Friday, July 24: St. Julien en Genevois - Dijon, 224.5 kilometers

Régis Clère (Teka): 6hr 41min 22sec
Jean-Claude Leclercq (Toshiba) @ 3sec
Alfred Achermann (KAS) s.t.
Henk Lubberding (Panasonic) s.t.
Eric Van Lancker (Panasonic) s.t.
Rudy Patry (Patry) s.t.
Fréderic Brun (Z) s.t.
Jean-Paul Van Poppel @ 2min 56sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM): 109hr 39min 37sec
Charly Mottet (Système U) @ 5min 54sec

Stage 24, Saturday, July 25: Dijon - Dijon Individual Time Trial, 38 kilometers.

Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) 48min 17sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera) @ 1min 44sec
Marino Lajaretta (Caja Rural) @ 2mmin 28sec
Jesper Skibby (Roland) @ 2min 30sec
Raul Alcala (7-Eleven) @ 2min 23sec
Pedro Delgado (PDM) @ 2min 45sec
Miguel Indurain (Reynolds) @ 2min 35sec
Charly Mottet (Système U) @ 2min 51sec
Peter Stevenhaagen (PDM) @ 2min 55sec
Erik Breukink (Panasonic) @ 2min 58sec
Stephen Roche (Carrera): 110hr 29min 59sec
Jean-François Bernard (Toshiba) @ 2min 13sec
Marino Lejarreta (Caja Rural) @ 26min 13sec

Stage 25 (Final Stage), Sunday July 26: Créteil - Paris, 192 kilometers.

Jeff Pierce (7-Eleven) 4hr 57min 26sec
Steve Bauer (Toshiba) @ 1sec
Wim Van Eynde (Joker) @ 5sec
Peter Stevenhaagen (PDM) @ 7sec
Adrie Van der Poel (PDM) @ 11sec
Acacio Da Silva (KAS) s.t.
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Superconfex) @ 17sec

Complete Final 1987 Tour de France General Classification

The Story of the 1987 Tour de France

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On March 17, Félix Lévitan found his office locked. The problem was said to be the finances involved with a proposed American race. Emilion Amaury, owner of L'Équipe and the Tour, had turned the management of his organization to his son Philippe. Lévitan could no longer call upon the friendship of Emilion Amaury to protect him. Lévitan was sacked and replaced by an interim manager Jean-François Naquet-Radiguet, who lasted only a year.

LeMond was turkey hunting and was accidentally shot by his brother-in-law. That April 20, 40 shotgun pellets tore into his body. He lost 3/4 of his blood and his right lung collapsed. 30 of the pellets could not be removed because of their location, including pellets in his heart lining, liver, small intestine and diaphragm. The short-term consequences of the accident were that LeMond could not return in 1987 to contest the Tour. The long-term effects on LeMond were even greater. The lead in his body left him damaged goods. Even though we will see him return in later years for wonderful victories, he was never the same and eventually had to retire with mitochondrial myopathy. This disorder interferes with the cell's basic ability to produce energy.

Hinault, seeing that he could no longer ride at the top, retired. He rode his last race in November of 1986.

So who was there? Laurent Fignon was still working on finding his old form. That spring he did rather well with a third in both Paris–Nice and the Vuelta a España and several other top-10 placings.

Jean-François Bernard, out from under the shadow of LeMond and Hinault, was expected to do very well. His team, Toshiba-La Vie Claire was a superb formation with Steve Bauer, Kim Andersen and Niki Ruttimann there to back him up.

Pedro Delgado had been showing promise in previous Tours. His team, PDM, was one of the finest in the world. He would have such sterling riders as Gerrie Knetemann, Gert-Jan Theunisse and Steven Rooks helping him. Delgado's spring was an easy, low-key lead-in to the Tour with no notable wins.

Andy Hampsten, with a fourth in the 1986 Tour under his belt and now riding for 7-Eleven, should have been licking his chops at the mountainous 1987 Tour.

Stephen Roche, who played such a large, but perhaps unintentional part in LeMond's 1985 famous ride to Luz-Ardiden, was having a wonderful year. Roche's racing had been up and down. A crash in the Paris Six-Day started the series of never-ending knee problems and attempts to surgically correct them. In 1987 his knee was holding together. Coming to the 1987 Tour he had already won the Tour of Romandie and the Giro d'Italia. He took second in Liège–Bastogne–Liège (he says that if he had been more tactically astute, he would have won it, "I rode like an amateur that day.") and fourth in Paris–Nice.

The 1987 Tour was designed to be tough. It was, in Roche's words, "one of the most mountainous since the war," with a record 26 stages, counting the Prologue. The Prologue was held in West Berlin. Europe was still divided between East and West and would remain so until the autumn of 1989. Dutchman Jelle Nijdam won the prologue, but several of the Tour contenders, showing their form, were hot on his heels.

The Tour slowly made its way across Germany and moved into France when stage 5 ended in Strasbourg. The Yellow Jersey had already changed hands a few times as the sprinters enjoyed their stint in the Tour. The high speeds caused the large (209 starters) and nervous peloton to suffer repeated crashes. The Europeans blamed a lot of the crashes on the Colombians, whom the Euros considered poor bike handlers. At one point in stage 10, after a Belgian hit a Colombian in the head with a water bottle, a couple of other Colombians went after him and started a fight.

By the time of the stage 10 87.5-kilometer individual time trial from Saumur to Futuroscope, the first real test of the Tour, the only rider in the top 15 with any real hope for a high General Classification was Systeme U's Charly Mottet. The others had been riding quietly in the pack, trying to stay out of trouble while the big rouleurs and sprinters gained time bonuses that moved them up to the front of the leader's list. The time trial sorted things out. Roche won it with Mottet second at 42 seconds. That put Mottet in Yellow.

The General Classification at this point:

Stage 13 was the first day in the Pyrenees. The contenders stayed together all the way to Pau even with 4 highly rated climbs. The day was so hot the tar on the road melted. Worse, there was an attack on the descent of the second category Bargargui. The high speeds and hard braking in the corners melted the glue holding the tires to the rims. Some riders rolled the tires off their rims, others had their tires explode from the heat build-up, causing several crashes. The stage removed the non-climbers from the top of the roster of the General Classification:

Stage 14 with the Aubisque, the Marie-Blanque and a finish at Luz-Ardiden, caused no real change to the General Classification.

The Tour headed towards the Massif Central. Stage 18's individual time trial up Mount Ventoux promised to shake things up and it did not disappoint. Jean-François Bernard rode the ride of his life. Never before had he risen to such heights and never again would he perform at such an extraordinary level. Bernard won the stage and the Yellow Jersey. Look at some of the times of his competition to get an idea of how well the Frenchman rode the 36.9-kilometer time trial:

The General Classification situation:

It seemed so beautiful for Bernard, the chosen heir of Hinault and the great hope of French cycling. He had a good lead and was climbing and time trialing well. He turned out to be a far better rider than his opposition had supposed. He should have been able to keep the Yellow all the way to Paris. But fate knocked on the door. The next day was a mountainous stage and with the Tour a Wild West wide-open shootout, he was not going to be allowed to keep the lead without mounting a serious defense.

Near the top of the first real climb, Bernard flatted and was unable to get his bike serviced before the other racers had disappeared up the mountains.

Bernard's luck didn't get any better. Mottet and his Systeme U teammates had hatched a plan to attack Bernard in that day's feed zone. They packed extra food to carry them through the long day. For insurance, Mottet told Roche about the plan to make sure there would be enough horsepower to keep Bernard and his tough La Vie Claire team at bay. Mottet knew the area and saw that the feed zone was just after a very narrow bridge, which would really slow the peloton. Things happened exactly as Mottet predicted. Bernard, who had been chasing to get back on terms with the leaders after his flat tire was forced to a stop at one point when the peloton slowed upon reaching the bridge. Mottet, Delgado and Roche were already up the road and putting real time between themselves and the furiously chasing Bernard.

Bernard was never able to rejoin the leaders and came in 4 minutes, 16 seconds after Delgado and Roche. Roche was now in yellow with Mottet only 41 seconds behind and Delgado stalking him at 1 minute, 19 seconds. Delgado and Roche had dropped Mottet, who had planned the day's skullduggery in the first place.

But wait, this gets better.

Stage 20 was another tough alpine stage that finished with the first category Cote de Laffrey and the Hors Category L'Alpe d'Huez. The final climb up the Alpe had the riders coming in one at a time. Federico Echave won the stage. The first real General Classification rider to finish was Laurent Fignon who was finally starting to get his legs. Fignon rolled in sixth, 3 minutes, 25 seconds after Echave. Delgado was next, 20 seconds later. Roche was fifteenth that day at 5 minutes, 28 seconds. Delgado now took the Yellow and Roche was 25 seconds behind. Spain was so transfixed with the excitement of Delgado's struggle with Roche for the lead that the Spanish parliament suspended its deliberations so that the members could watch the stage.

The next day was finer still. The giant mountains kept coming at the riders like mosquitoes on a hot Louisiana night. Stage 21 went from Bourg d'Oisans up to La Plagne, 185.5 kilometers of pure effort. Along the way were the Galibier, the Madeleine and the final climb to La Plagne, all Hors Category climbs. Now Roche wasn't a climber, as he has said over and over in many interviews. He was like so many truly fine racers, capable of putting out so much power that he not only had absolute power to time-trial and ride the flats well, he possessed superb relative power, or as we usually say, a good strength to weight ratio. That ratio allowed him to handle the mountains well. Yet he knew the specialist climbers like Delgado could give him trouble on their own turf.

Fignon launched a hard attack and won the stage. But the real drama was Roche's story. In the November, 2003 Cycle Sport magazine he gave an interview about that fateful day:

"I had the Jersey at Villard-de-Lans [stage 19, won by Delgado]. But Delgado took it back from me the next day at the summit of L'Alpe d'Huez [stage 20, related just above]. I was not a climber like him. Between the descent of the Galibier and the foot of the Madeleine [stage 21, the stage we are discussing] I attacked because he was isolated. I passed him and rejoined the group ahead. Afterwards I climbed the Madeleine alone. Delgado and his teammates caught me again at the foot of La Plagne. I said to myself, 'What am I going to do? If I stay with him he'll kill me. I'll never get to the top.' I let him go and conceded 1'10", 1'15".

"But he didn't trust himself. And 4 kilometers from the line, I attacked at top speed. I gave it everything I had. And I got to within a few seconds of him. Psychologically, that was my most beautiful victory."

After his titanic effort to bring Delgado back, Roche collapsed at the finish and needed oxygen. He was taken to a hospital but was found to be perfectly fine.

The General Classification now, after Roche was penalized 10 seconds for taking an illegal feed:

The next day, the last one in the Alps finishing at Morzine, Roche was able to take another 18 seconds out of Delgado. The Spaniard was tiring. They were now only 21 seconds apart. Roche felt confident that his superior time-trialing abilities would give him the Yellow in the final time trial.

So it came down to the penultimate stage, a 38-kilometer time trial, the "race of truth" at Dijon. Bernard's results let us know that this would have been an even more interesting race, if that were even possible, if he had not had that unfortunate flat.

The stage results:

The Yellow Jersey was Roche's. And with only the final stage into Paris left, it was his to keep.

That last stage into Paris had a big surprise in store for the 7-Eleven team. Jeff Pierce won the stage in a solo victory with Steve Bauer only 1 second behind him.

In that same interview in Cycle Sport , Roche said some kind words that reflected well on both Roche and Delgado.

"The memory of the Tour de France that will stay with me all my life is when I retook the jersey in Dijon. I went through the ceremony and then on the Jacques Chancel TV program Delgado was already in the middle of doing his interview. I arrived on the set and Delgado got up. He embraced me. Chancel said to him 'Less than an hour ago he took the Yellow Jersey from you and now you embrace him?' Delgado replied, 'I have had 4,500 kilometers in which to win the jersey, and I couldn't do it.' It was beautiful when he said that."

This was a fantastic Tour with eight different men wearing the Yellow Jersey, a record.

The final 1987 Tour de France General Classification:

Climbers' Competition:

Points Competition:

That year Roche won the Giro, the Tour and went on to win the World Championship. Only one other rider in the history of the sport, Eddy Merckx, has been able to win all 3 in a single year.

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Video of Stage 21 to La Plagne:

About: List of teams and cyclists in the 1987 Tour de France

The 1987 Tour de France was the 74th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in West Berlin on 1 July and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 26 July. 23 teams started the Tour, with nine cyclists each.

1987 Tour de France: results and classification

General classification of the 1987 tour de france, jerseys of the 1987 tour de france, stages of the 1987 tour de france.

Prologue (Berlin Ouest - Berlin Ouest, 6.1 km in Individual Time Trial)

Stage 1 (Berlin - Berlin, 105.5 km)

Stage 2 (Berlin - Berlin, 40.5 km in Team Time Trial)

Stage 3 (Karlsruhe - Stuttgart, 219 km)

Stage 4 (Stuttgart - Pforzheim, 79 km)

Stage 5 (Pforzheim - Strasbourg, 112.5 km)

Stage 6 (Strasbourg - Epinal, 179 km)

Stage 7 (Epinal - Troyes, 211 km)

Stage 8 (Troyes - Epinay sous Sénart, 205.5 km)

Stage 9 (Orléans - Rénazé, 260 km)

Stage 10 (Saumur - Futuroscope, 87.5 km in Individual Time Trial)

Stage 11 (Poitiers - Chaumeil, 255 km)

Stage 12 (Brive - Bordeaux, 228 km)

Stage 13 (Bayonne - Pau, 219 km)

Stage 14 (Pau - Luz Ardiden, 166 km)

Stage 15 (Tarbes - Blagnac, 164 km)

Stage 16 (Blagnac - Millau/Le Cade, 216.5 km)

Stage 17 (Millau - Avignon, 239 km)

Stage 18 (Carpentras - Mont Ventoux, 36.5 km in Individual Time Trial)

Stage 19 (Valréas - Villard de Lans, 185 km)

Stage 20 (Villard de Lans - Alpe d'Huez, 201 km)

Stage 21 (Le Bourg-d'Oisans - La Plagne, 185.5 km)

Stage 22 (La Plagne - Morzine, 186 km)

Stage 23 (St Julien en Genevois - Dijon, 22.5 km)

Stage 24 (Dijon - Dijon, 38 km in Individual Time Trial)

Stage 25 (Créteil - Paris/Champs Elysées, 192 km)

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The year of the Irish: Remembering Stephen Roche's triumph at the 1987 Tour de France

The latest of our trips down memory lane, as the 2023 Tour de France nears, sees us look back at the 74th edition of the race as Stephen Roche brought the luck of the Irish to take Yellow in one of the most memorable battles of all time.

The 1987 Tour de France, the 74th edition of the world's most prestigious cycling race, provided fans with exhilarating moments and an intense competition between two formidable rivals. Irish cyclist Stephen Roche emerged as the ultimate victor, securing his place in history as the first and only Irish rider to conquer the Tour de France.

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Roche's main contender for the yellow jersey was Spanish cyclist Pedro Delgado , who represented the PDM team. Throughout the Tour, Delgado held the coveted yellow jersey as the overall leader, presenting a formidable challenge for Roche. The battle between these two riders would define the outcome of the 1987 Tour de France.

The turning point of the Tour came during the penultimate stage, which featured an individual time trial. Roche, representing the Carrera team, delivered a stellar performance, surpassing expectations and narrowing the gap between himself and Delgado. In a breathtaking display of determination and skill, Roche managed to overturn a significant deficit, ultimately winning the Tour by a mere 40 seconds.

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No Tour de France is complete without the iconic climb up Alpe d'Huez. During stage 18 of the 1987 edition, Roche encountered mechanical issues while ascending the challenging mountain. Undeterred by the setback, he displayed true grit and borrowed a bike from a supportive spectator to continue the race. Roche's determination and resilience limited his time loss and kept him firmly in contention for the Maillot Jaune.

Stage 19 of the 1987 Tour de France was marred by controversy. The mountain time trial up the Col du Granon was shortened due to adverse weather conditions, including heavy rain and fog. Several riders, including Roche, protested the decision and refused to continue racing. Consequently, the stage results were nullified, adding an element of controversy to an already gripping Tour.

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In addition to Roche's overall victory, other notable achievements emerged from the 1987 Tour de France. Jean-Paul van Poppel from the Netherlands, representing the Superconfex team, claimed the green jersey for the best sprinter. Luis Herrera from Colombia, riding for the Café de Colombia team, secured the polka dot jersey for the best climber. The white jersey for the best young rider was awarded to Raúl Alcalá from Mexico, competing for the PDM team.

The 1987 Tour de France will forever be etched in cycling history as the year Stephen Roche overcame tremendous odds to secure a memorable victory. His battle with Pedro Delgado, the thrilling Alpe d'Huez drama, and the controversy surrounding stage 19 contributed to the race's enduring legacy. Roche's triumph marked a significant milestone for Ireland, and for himself, as he added the Tour de France to the Giro d'Italia he had won earlier that year before later adding the World Championship. His remarkable achievement continues to inspire cyclists and fans alike.

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The 7-Eleven Cycling Team….which later became the Motorola Cycling Team…. was a professional cycling team founded in the U.S. in 1981 by Jim Ochowicz…who was a former U.S. Olympic cyclist. The team lasted 16 years under the sponsorship of 7-Eleven through 1990 and then Motorola from 1990 through 1996….and from 1989 to 1996 rode on Eddy Merckx bikes.

When the team received an invitation to the 1985 giro d’italia….which is one of the grand tours of europe….a young american cyclist based in europe named andrew hampsten was added to the team under a 30-day contract for the race….when after both ron kiefel and hampsten stunningly won stages during the giro….thus becoming the first american stage winners ever at a grand tour…. that is when team 7-eleven was invited to the 1986 tour de france….and became one of the major cycling teams for the next decade. ochowicz disbanded the team after the 1996 season, when motorola decided to discontinue sponsorship., while it was not the first professional cycling team in the u.s….7-eleven was responsible for an overall increase in bike racing interest in the u.s….as the team claimed a win in a grand tour…. when andrew hampsten won the general classification as well as the mountains classification at the 1988 giro d’italia (tour of italy). the team also claimed a handful of world championship medals and us championships….as well as tour de france and giro stage wins….and one more grand tour podium with hampsten’s third in the 1989 giro d’italia. its tour de france stage winners included dave phinney, jeff pierce, andy hampsten and dag otto lauritzen from norway. as of 2019, team 7-eleven is the only cycling team to have been inducted into the united states bicycling hall of fame..

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List of teams and cyclists in the 1987 tour de france.

List of cyclists

The 1987 Tour de France was the 74th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours . The Tour began in West Berlin on 1 July and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 26 July.

23 teams started the Tour, with nine cyclists each. [1]

Toshiba–Look
Carrera Jeans–Vagabond
Hitachi–Marc
Vétements Z–Peugeot
PDM–Ultima–Concorde
Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao
RMO–Cycles Méral–Mavic
Caja Rural–Orbea
Café de Colombia–Varta
Superconfex–Kwantum–Yoko–Colnago
Panasonic–Isostar
Joker–Merckx
Roland–Skala
Supermercati Brianzoli–Chateau d'Ax
ANC–Halfords

By starting number

By nationality.

The 207 riders that competed in the 1987 Tour de France represented 21 different countries. Riders from nine countries won stages during the race; French riders won the largest number of stages.

[N 1] The team time trial on stage 2, won by Carrera , is not counted in this total.
[2] " "74ème Tour de France 1987" . Memoire du cyclisme . Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
[3] "Todos los hombres, todos los dorsales" [ All our men, all our backs ] . El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2 July 1987. p. 34 . Retrieved 4 August 2016 .

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By Bob Roll

By the time the 7-Eleven team assembled for the pre-season training camp in January of 1989, we were one of the best teams in professional cycling. In ’86 we had won a Tour stage and worn the yellow jersey courtesy of Davis Phinney and Alex Steida. We’d won the Tour de Swiss and three Tour stages in ’87 with Andy Hampsten, Davis again and Dag Otto-Lauritzen. Of course there was Jeff Pierce’s thrilling win on the Champs Elysee. In 1988, Andy of course won the Giro d’Italia and remains the only American to do so. By the time we gathered for that camp on the California coast, we were a berserking fraternity of lunatics.

For the ’89 season a few changes were implemented by the team to enhance our Euro cred, most obviously with the addition of big stars like Sean Yates and Gerhard Zadrobilek. Gerhard went on to win the Classica San Sebastian that year and Sean was an absolute beast throughout the year. As luck would have it the weather in Santa Barbara was absolutely perfect throughout our training camp and many teams would follow our lead for running their camps in the area, especially Lance Armstrong’s USPS and Disco outfits.

Our future seemed so bright on those idyllic California days that we had no idea how fickle the cycling gods could be and spun our days away in bliss. Not so for the biggest star in cycling who was also in Santa Barbara. He had become the first American to win the Tour de France in 1986-his name of course was Greg LeMond. Greg had been shot while hunting in the spring of ’87 and had struggled ever since to regain his form and fitness. By that January in 1989 LeMond was getting closer to the nadir of his career. By the spring of that year Greg’s slide toward oblivion was gaining momentum with each failed comeback attempt. In the meantime our team was riding high, piling success on top of success. We were all psycho killers and we had LeMond to look up to.

Incredibly, nobody could predict how the tables would turn. How it would be our team that was struggling for results while LeMond achieved one of the greatest comebacks in cycling history. Greg overcame insane odds in the final time trial of the Tour that year to wrestle the yellow jersey away from Laurent Fignon and win his second Tour by the slimmest margin in Tour history. For the 7-Eleven team, we would not be able to replicate our Tour success.

I always wore my pants high and tight in those days, but that wasn’t the excuse I proposed for the team’s sparse results. Nor was our equipment in any way culpable. Starting in 1989 Eddy Merckx became our bike sponsor and he came to that training camp to size us for our bikes.

Seeing Eddy in Santa Barbara was so special. He stood out wherever he went and even though no one knew who he was, they knew he was special. Not just as an athlete, but as a significant human being oozing with personality. It was like being in the presence of someone like Jim Thorpe or Muhammad Ali.

A FEW RADICAL TWEAKS

Eddy espoused a more radical position on the bikes and went to great lengths to assess our positions and build frames according to his ideas. Although none of those changes were huge, a few subtle changes added up to very different machines. Eddy suggested my bike have a slightly longer top tube and a bit more relaxed seat tube angle. The bottom bracket would be a bit lower and the chainstays a bit longer. Those bikes rode a like a dream; smooth and stable and built for many miles in the saddle. We had had a number of frame failures the previous year because our tubing sponsor was trying out some hyper thin tubesets that had a disconcerting tendency to split apart wherever there was a brazed-on attachment.

After I had broken no less than three frames by May the previous year, the team finally decided to have the bikes made with a different tubing. On the component end there was never a doubt that we were riding the finest parts made. Shimano provided us with perfect parts; the shifters, brakes, hubs, cogs etc. all performed flawlessly. We also got a chance to use prototype index shifting and arguably the best pedals ever made. In fact, Tour winning Pros would continue to use those same pedals well into the new millennium.

Looking at those ’89 Merckx team bikes equipped with Shimano Dura-Ace components still pleases the discerning eye like few other team bikes can. The red, green and white paint, the sleek racey lines, the internal cable routing and elegant lug-work all added up to an absolutely delicious machine. Since those days there have been heaps of improvements and refinements, but those bikes were a joy to ride and remain synonymous with quality and grace.’

RON KEIFEL: CANNOLI THROUGH A STRAW

‘I joined the team in 1982; I think I had a Raleigh before joining the team. Our early team bikes were Italian Rossins with Campy Record parts. Italian frames always fit me well, as they tended to have shorter top tubes. My bikes were generally 59x57cm, 73-degree seat angle. They worked well and we won lots of races.

An early bike I really liked was an Italian frame made by Gios. They gave each National Team member a bike when we first arrived in Italy. After the factory tour, we had the best lunch of Risotto Nero (risotto made with squid ink). The Gios forks had a plastic cap inserted into the fork crown. We’d pop out the cap and glue in nickels, it looked cool! I raced super well on that trip to Italy. I always enjoyed racing on the Eddy Merckx bikes. They were stable, predictable and awesome descenders. However, these steel frames we had were a bit heavy. I think they were built with Columbus MX tubing or pig iron.

My least favorite bike was when we had True Temper as a tubing sponsor. Serotta built the team’s frames (Huffy) using this tubing. Racing in Italy, descending off Mt. Etna in Sicily across the lava cut pav stones, my headtube and downtube remained barely attached by a hair’s breadth of metal. One more pav section and I would have been sucking cannolis through a straw.’

DAVIS PHINNEY: TWEAKING TO GET IT RIGHT

‘In the first year (1981) the team rode on Schwinns, then the next year we rode the Italian Rossins which were very nice bikes. Midway though 1983 we picked up Murray as a sponsor and the bikes were built by Serotta, which was what started my on-going relationship with Ben. At some point, maybe ?87, the team switched bike sponsors to Huffy, but they were still built by Serotta. Then in the final two years of the team’s existence, we had Merckx as a sponsor.

In general, the bikes were all very nice, for their time. With the Serottas, it was great, as I was able to tweak the frame and we tried lots of different configurations. As an example, I loved to rail corners, and as stems became stiffer and wheel technology evolved, I asked Ben to not use lugs on the head-tube, so as to give the front end a more supple feel.

STIFF AND UNFORGIVING

Another thing we tried was using the bent chainstay to keep the chainstay longer so as to give the bike better traction in a sprint, but make it stiffer at the same time. And this became an industry standard for years to come. I loved to mix and match tubing; trying for example a heavier downtube/seat tube, with a lighter top tube. In the Murray days, initially we used Columbus tubing, but then we switched to True Temper and we had all sorts of problems defining the right tubing makeup for optimal ride quality.

I remember riding in the Tour of the Mediterranean in ’86 and feeling like I was gonna get thrown off my bike by every bump in the road-the bikes were way too stiff and unforgiving. But Ben quickly dialed them in and we had some great frames, especially in ’88, when I won the Coors Classic. The Merckx bikes were all round workhorses, Eddy made guys like Hampsten the super-light (relative terms compared to now!) frames, but those were way too whippy for me, so I stayed with heavier tubing.

A LITTLE FAITH

So much has changed since then, though, with the evolution of first titanium and then carbon materials, not to mention the equipment. The bikes back in the day were on average five pounds heavier and not as responsive-but they were fairly indestructible. And even when they cracked, you could fix them. I remember once in ’83 when I was racing in France on the Rossin, I crashed in a stage race, and cracked my chain-stay. This was with one day to go and I was in the top ten on GC. We had no spares or anything; this was back in the days where to race in Europe you went with the U.S. national team, so we lacked our normal 7-Eleven team support.

Anyway, wondering what to do and in a panic, out of the blue this guy walks up to us and explains that he can fix my bike overnight and will bring it to the start the next day! So I gave it to him on faith. Sure enough, before the start of the stage, he shows up as promised, with the bike, ready to ride. He’d pulled the cracked tube and brazed in a new one, then rebuilt the bike. Incredible! We visited his shop after the stage (where I held my GC place) and it turned out he was a Tour stage winner in the early ’70s. Imagine that happening with a carbon frame today. The frame would be toast. Steel still rules.’

BEN SEROTTA: THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE

‘I got started building frames when I was working in a bike shop back in 1972 when I was just 14 years old. The team had its roots in the Wolverine Schwinn team, which Jim Ochowicz used to run. We had been building bikes for a number of the top amateur riders in the early ’80s and then we built the technical support bikes for Campagnolo. In advance of the ’84 Olympics, Murray signed up to be the bike sponsor for the U.S. Olympic team and they didn’t have a clue what real bike racers used. They had to cough up extra money to get real bikes made and Bill Woodull from Campy tipped us to Jim. I have to say it was a huge honor to make the team frames.

The Murray bikes that we built from 1984-’85 used Columbus tubing and for the most part they reflected the fashion of the times; stiff, steep and high off the ground for short distance crit racing. I remember that for the first year or two we built the bikes as requested by the mechanics; the riders weren’t involved in the process. Davis and Ron stood out at the time as the two riders who were most interested in their bikes and provided the most useful feedback.

The real excitement began when the team turned pro and headed to Europe for the Tour. The bikes changed and became longer with more relaxed geometry, usually laid back by an extra half to one degree. About this time the riders had started to form solid relationships with the European riders and they wanted to fit in, so they started making changes suggested by the Euros.

They invited us to make the bikes as exceptional as we could, and one thing we did was bend the chainstays, which was something we had started doing with the Olympic track bikes to provide more heel clearance. The accidental discovery was that the riders said it made the bike stiffer and ride better. Most people thought the bikes got damaged in shipping when they saw the chainstays. That was when True Temper came along. They had great enthusiasm and wanted to get in on the high-end scene and Ochowicz wanted more money for the team.

10 BROKEN FRAMES

Around this time we also started getting pressure to build the bikes lighter. Lighter than we wanted, actually, and we didn’t have the backbone to push back. Between the team’s prodding and True Temper’s insistence on reliability, we started using thinner wall tubes, and it didn’t work out. To this day I still remember getting the first call about a broken frame. By the end of the spring campaign we probably had ten broken frames, but it might as well have been a hundred. It was such a shock because we had never seen failures like that before. True Temper was very responsible and wanted to learn what the cause was so they could learn from it. For the Tour de France we built new frames with heavier tubing, but by the end of the season the relationship was pretty damaged.

I know that the Merckx frames they got the following season were heavier than what they asked from us and that bummed me out-we would’ve liked to build a bike like that. In the end, we learned that no matter what, as the frame builders we were the responsible party. Never again would we be pushed by a team or take a supplier’s assurances for granted. The silver lining from our time with 7-Eleven was that our in-house testing facility was developed and from the relationships we made with Ron and Davis we became the frame sponsor for the Coors Light team which lasted for five years.’

TOMMY MATUSH: THE 16-YEAR ITCH

‘Like most kids growing up back then, I started riding on a BMX bike. One day when I had a flat tire I decided to take my sister’s ten-speed Raleigh out. I loved it! I loved how fast you could go on it with the skinny wheels and gears. So, I worked all winter helping my dad so I could buy a Trek 560. In 1984 I watched the Olympics and got totally inspired to be a bike racer. I started actually training and doing the long distance ride with the Bombay Bicycle Club in Madison. I won a bunch of races in Wisconsin and throughout the Midwest. When I finished second at the Junior Nationals in 1986, and that’s when Jim Ochowicz came calling. I got a ride on the 7-Eleven Midwest Junior team and then moved up to the amateur team.

Following the ’88 Olympics, the team was pretty focused on racing in Europe. I wasn’t sure I wanted to turn Pro, but as a kid growing up I always dreamed of racing in Europe. I raced Paris-Nice and a few minor Classics, but unfortunately, I only lasted for a few months before I wanted to go home. ‘Och’ gave me the opportunity to come back over, but I passed. It was a sink or swim situation, and unfortunately, I sank. I went on to ride with Spago and Saturn, but never again had the chance to race in Europe.

We were on the Merckx bikes that year we went to Europe and no offense to Mr. Merckx, but I just never liked the bike as much as I did the Serotta-built Huffy. That Huffy was so smooth and it fit me like a glove. I thought it had a real forgiving ride while still being stiff enough for sprinting. It did get a hair-line crack on the seat tube, but I had a local welder fix it and it was good as new. In fact, I kept riding the team bike in local races up until 2004 when a friend thought I should be on a more modern bike and got me a new Madone! You know, I probably should’ve stopped riding it a decade ago, because it was still in good shape-it’s pretty beat up now. I’m still tempted to bring it down from the rafters one more time.’

BOB ROLL: SEEKING OUT ERNESTO

‘At a certain point it seemed that getting some different frames made was the right thing to do. I think Knickman was the first guy to go that route, and then Andy followed him. I saw a photo of Andy in the pink jersey and his bike had a small Land Shark sticker on the bike, so I know he was running another frame in the Giro. After the ’88 Giro it was obvious that a different solution was required. When everybody else went back to the States to race in the U.S. Pro Championships, I decided to skip all the travel and just stay in Italy and train for the Tour.

One day I just showed up at Ugo DeRosa’s shop, which was in the basement of his house. He took my measurements and built me a frame. I wasn’t sure what I would get when I came back in a few days, but when I did he had an exact replica of my team bike-he even hand cut the stickers. The only difference was that the fork had a square fork crown on it. As if that wasn’t enough, he refused to let me pay for it! Can you imagine that happening today if you rode up in front of Specialized or something? It would take a committee of twenty people and some CAD drawings being sent to China!

It’s unfortunate that cycling has lost so much of that luster, the handmade, artisan approach. I raced that bike on the first day of the Tour, but crashed into a spectator in like the first 200 meters and was out. After that, the team pretty much frowned on the gray market bikes and then we got new True Temper bikes that were made with beefier tubes. I eventually had Cycle Art repaint the bike with a Southwest theme and ran a Campy 50th anniversary gruppo on it. That bike was money. Unfortunately I have no idea where it is now.

CHECKING IN WITH ANDY HAMPSTEN

Getting a hold of Andy Hampsten is not an easy feat. It’s not that the only American ever to win the Giro D’Italia is a recluse, he’s just frequently without access to communication because he’s often somewhere exotic on his bike. And that’s usually in Italy where he ran a business running bike tours. We finally caught up with the 45 year old American cycling hero when he was back home in Boulder, Colorado for a brief visit.

RBA: How did you get involved in racing?

Andy: I loved to ride and play with bikes. I first raced when I was 12, and at 15 I got fairly serious about it while my family spent a summer in England.

RBA: How did you get the 7-Eleven gig?

Andy: I could climb. In ’84 I finished 2nd in the Coors Classic and was ready to fill the climber shoes when the Slurpee boys needed a scalatore for the Giro that year.

RBA: Did you enter your winning Giro with a thought you could win?

Andy: I was whistling “Johnny went a hunting and he did ride” the whole time. I finished fourth in the Tour of Romandie race the week before the Giro and every day on the bike I felt better than the previous. My thought was to win the race if it happened, but more importantly to use my fitness to have fun in the race on every day I felt good. Looking back, I might have been in the best form of my life.

RBA: Okay, how miserable was it riding over the Gavia pass in the snow?

Andy: I was cold and pissy and shivering too much to ride straight in the first hour of the stage, and that was on the flats. Then I got psyched. Misery loves company and I found myself at an International Pity Party and I didn’t want to go home early. With 14k to the summit of the Gavia the road narrowed to one lane, turned to dirt, and passed a 13-percent grade sign next to the 14k to the top marker. I attacked from the front and went at a pace that was 95-percent of my max, solo. Near the top it was snowing and we had 25k to descend.

I led the descent as fast as I could safely go keeping one gear turning so the rest of my cogs wouldn’t ice up. The one time I looked down at my legs they had a layer of ice covering red skin. I never stopped pedaling. I finished 2nd that day and moved into the lead by stacks over most of my competitors.

RBA: What were some of the most notable race bikes you rode?

Andy: The Eddy Merckx made of Columbus 753 that he built for me post Tour ’91. I crashed it the first day out in a race in Britain and bent it. That bike had the mojo! Oh and my John Slawta built “Huffy” at the ’88 Giro. So, I bought it just before the race and it was like a horse finding the barn in the snowstorm on the Gavia. I love my old steel bikes! I can’t wait to get my Pegoretti built Gavia ’88 Hampsten bike next year.

RBA: What would you rate as your second most memorable racing accomplishment?

Andy: Hitting the first cobbles of the ’87 Paris Roubaix within sight of the front of the pack, and ahead of the curb to curb crash. Johnny earns his oats on Paris Roubaix day.

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SD-Worx Put Too Much Trust in Their Radios—and Might Have Blown the Tour for Demi Vollering

Blanka Vas wowed us in Stage 5, but SD Worx-Protime’s communication breakdown left their leader without support after a critical crash.

Going into a wide left turn with just 6 km to go, a touch of wheels sent Vollering and several others tumbling on the tarmac at high speed. She quickly got back on her bike, bloody road rash showing through her skinsuit by her left hip. Without a bike change, she continued on while assessing her injuries and realizing that Kasia Niewiadoma of Canyon//SRAM was ahead, and she could now lose the jersey. Vollering put a big effort in and finished 1:47 behind the stage winner. Despite her best efforts, she has dropped from first to ninth in the general classification and now trails new race leader Niewiadoma by 1:19.

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The crash exposed what could be a major vulnerability in SD Worx-Protime’s strategy, as radio communication issues left the team unaware of Vollering’s bad luck. Mischa Bredewold, the only teammate to eventually drop back and help, shared that she didn’t realize Vollering had crashed until it was too late. Meanwhile, Vas, en route to her stage win, also had no idea what was unfolding behind her due to her own radio malfunction. The result? Vollering was left isolated, scrambling to limit her losses with minimal support from her teammates.

Did SD Worx-Protime put too much trust in their team radios?

Relying solely on technology for communication proved costly in the chaotic, high-stakes environment of the TdF Femmes. The team was spread too thin in those critical final kilometers, leaving their leader vulnerable in a tricky section of the course. When the crash happened, there were no teammates nearby to assist Vollering immediately—it was hard to watch.

But could a focus on another stage win also distract the team from protecting their GC lead? It’s a bitter pill for SD Worx to swallow. While the radios failed them, maybe a combination of their race strategy and over-reliance on technology let them down. If my job as a domestique was to make sure Vollering was in a safe and good position, my priorities would be to have her in sight at all moments, especially during those last kilometers. But the only other teammates Vollering had between her and Vas were Bredewold, who came back to help, and Wiebes, who also had hopes of contesting the final sprint. The three other teammates were peppered in the groups behind Vollering’s, suffering from the high pace of the second half of the race.

But is there something more going on inside SD Worx-Protime?

The Dutch team does have a history of questionable tactics. The team’s issues with cohesion and support are not new but rather part of a pattern that might ultimately hurt their long-term success. Additionally, Vollering’s departure at the end of the year could be influencing team dynamics and decisions on the road. Who knows.

Yet, before the race started, we had assumed that not much team drama would ensue due to Lotte Kopecky’s absence from the TdFF roster. Vollering and Kopecky have a history of tension and uncomfortable situations. As we know, in the 2023 Strade Bianche, they sprinted each other out for the win—Kopecky later acknowledged communication issues and the lack of team orders during the race. Their tension carried into the 2023 Tour de France Femmes, where Kopecky won the first stage, raising questions about leadership and support for Vollering. After Kopecky led through the first half of the eight days, Vollering claimed the overall victory in the final two stages.

But maybe the problem wasn’t just a tactical blunder but a reflection of the team’s deeper strategic choices, some of which may have been flawed but had their own rationale.

“I don’t think it would have made a difference to make the whole group wait,” Danny Stam, sports manager for SD Worx-Protime, said after the race.

“In the last four or five kilometers, if Blanka or Demi went full gas, they would be alone anyway... We let Demi ride her way as much as possible and got the best out of it.”

Still, in a sport where positioning is everything, the fact that no one seemed to be physically close to Vollering in the final kilometers proved a costly mistake. The teammates’ concerns after learning what happened seemed genuine, so it could be that the intensity of the high-paced day, splitting their defenses into various groups, took its toll on the team.

“It was such a rollercoaster... I’m really happy for Blanka to win, but for Demi, it’s really sh*t,” said Bredewold on Vollering’s efforts in the final kilometers.

However, “the Tour is not finished. On the last day, it will be minutes and minutes,” added Bredewold. And she is right.

With three brutal mountain stages ahead, SD Worx-Protime now has to regroup, refocus, and find a way to take back the lead. Vollering’s fight isn’t over yet, but she’ll need every ounce of determination—and much tighter teamwork—if she’s to claw her way back to the top.

The tour is not finished. On the last day, it will be minutes and minutes.

What’s Next: Stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes, 159.2 km from Remiremont to Morteau

Stage 6 is a crucial hilly stage before the riders head into the mountains. Following a major shake-up in Stage 5, this stage promises to be eventful, with the possibility of more changes in the GC standings.

Scattered thunderstorms will add an extra layer of drama while riders maneuver slick roads and tricky descents. Vollering and her team must approach the day cautiously to avoid crashes on the wet descents while being ready to respond to attacks from rivals looking to extend their time gaps.

While Vollering may also conserve energy for the mountains, she must remain alert and stealth as the hilly terrain could create gaps that impact the overall GC making the next two days even more challenging.

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Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) held on win the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in an instant classic battle with Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) on Alpe d'Huez, claiming the final yellow jersey by just four seconds.

Vollering won the stage , but didn't close enough time on Niewiadoma to win overall. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) was second on the day and finished third overall.

Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) had already done enough in the previous stage to take home the green points jersey.

Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) was second overall coming into the final stage, but faded out of the top-ten. She still did enough to hang on to the youth classifiaction ahead of Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek).

Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal) scored more points on the final day to take home the polka dot jersey for best climber, twelve points ahead of Vollering.

Lidl-Trek won the team classification ahead of FDJ-Suez and Movistar.

Tour de France Femmes 2024 stage eight: Le Grand-Bornard to Alpe d'Huez

1. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime in 4:34:14 2. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, +4s 3. Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ-SUEZ, +1:01 4. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM, same time 5. Gaia Realini (Ita) Lidl-Trek, +1:31 6. Cédrine Kerbaol (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT, +3:15 7. Valentina Cavallar (Austria) Arkéa-B&B Hotels, +3:34 8. Sarah Gigante (Aus) AG Insurance - Soudal, +5:10 9. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) SD Worx-Protime, +5:14 10. Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek, +7:06

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Tour de France Femmes 2024 general classification after stage eight

1. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM in 24:36:07 2. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, +4s 3. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, +10s 4. Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ-SUEZ, _1:21 5. Gaia Realini (Ita) Lidl-Trek, +2:19 6. Cédrine Kerbaol (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT, +2:51 7. Sarah Gigante (Aus) AG Insurance - Soudal, +7:09 8. Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek, +8:06 9. Juliette Labous (Fra) dsm-firmenich-PostNL, +8:07 10. Thalita de Jong (Ned) Lotto Dstny Ladies, +8:12

Tour de France Femmes 2024 points classification after stage eight

1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike, 170pts 2. Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 110pts 3. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM, 86pts 4. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 85pts 5. Blanka Vas (Hun) SD Worx-Protime, 65pts

Tour de France Femmes 2024 mountains classification after stage eight

1. Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal, 46pts 2. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 34pts 3. Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, 25pts 4. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM, 25pts 5. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, 23pts

Tour de France Femmes 2024 youth classification after stage eight

1. Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, in 24:44:35 3. Shirin van Anroij (Ned) Lidl-Trek, +1:07 3. Marion Bunel (Fra) St Michel-Mavic-Auber93, +4:12 4. Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM, +23:05 5. Maeva Squiban (Fra) Arkéa-B&B Hotels, +38:52

Tour de France Femmes 2024 teams classification after stage eight

1. Lidl-Trek, in 74:07:21 2. FDJ-Suez, +11:52 3. Movistar, +35:09

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'It’s a dream for us' - Pauliena Rooijakkers makes Tour de France Femmes podium after matching Vollering in mountains

Fenix-Deceuninck round out huge week with third overall, plus a stage win and best young rider’s jersey for Pieterse

ALPE DHUEZ FRANCE AUGUST 18 LR Demi Vollering of The Netherlands and Team SD Worx Protime and Pauliena Rooijakkers of The Netherlands and Team FenixDeceuninck compete in the breakaway during the 3rd Tour de France Femmes 2024 Stage 8 a 1499km stage from Le GrandBornand to Alpe dHuez 1828m UCIWWT on August 18 2024 in Alpe dHuez France Photo by Alex BroadwayGetty Images

When Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) made her unsuccessful charge for overall glory at the Tour de France Femmes up the Col du Glandon, it wasn’t yellow jersey clad Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) that was able to respond to her pivotal attack, or any of the other pre-race GC favourites, but Pauliena Rooijakkers .

Rooijakkers snapped onto her compatriot's wheel 2.4km from the crest of the hors categorie climb, and held onto it for nearly all of the final 60km, taking an incredible second place up Alpe d’Huez behind Vollering that moved her into third overall and completed a ‘dream’ week for Fenix-Deceuninck .

The result may have been a surprise for many, including Rooijakkers, but sports director Michel Cornelisse always kept the faith.

“Those climbs [Col du Glandon and Alpe d’Huez] are fitting Pauliena very well, she showed already at the Giro, on the Blockhaus twice, that those climbs are very good for her,” the sports director told Cyclingnews after the penultimate stage to Le Grand-Bornand.

The 31-year-old Dutch rider headed into the final stage in seventh overall, however, she wasn’t expected to land herself on the overall podium, with her previous best GC results coming at last month’s Giro d’Italia Women with fourth and the 2022 Itzulia Women, where she was second to Vollering.

But with the hyper-aggressive Belgian team showing their blue jerseys prominently in the 2024 Tour de France Femmes , as they did last year, and Rooijakkers was spurred on to the climbing performance of her life.

“We had a big goal of the top five, so to be on the podium we can be really happy as a team that we achieved that,” said Rooijakkers after the final stage. She added third place overall to a Puck Pieterse stage win and the 22-year-old's victory in the best young rider’s classification.

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“It was amazing, if you told us this before the Tour de France, it’s a well-known story but third in the overall, winning a stage, winning the white jersey and being so strong in the race, we would not believe it. It’s a dream for us,” Cornelisse told Cyclingnews at the team bus, referring to the stunning debut of Pieterse too.

ALPE DHUEZ FRANCE AUGUST 18 Puck Pieterse of The Netherlands and Team FenixDeceuninck celebrates at podium as final White Best Young Rider Jersey winner during the 3rd Tour de France Femmes 2024 Stage 8 a 1499km stage from Le GrandBornand to Alpe dHuez 1828m UCIWWT on August 18 2024 in Alpe dHuez France Photo by Alex BroadwayGetty Images

Rooijakkers played the tactical battle throughout the final having stayed with Vollering over Glandon, across the valley and up almost all of the 13.8km Alpe d’Huez climb. However, an all-out descent also saw the Fenix-Deceuninck rider put on the limit in the valley, unable and unauthorised to help Vollering as much as she could have.

“No, from the car they said to sit in her wheel but I was also suffering in her wheel. I tried to attack but there was not a lot in my legs anymore so I was happy to stick on,” said Rooijakkers who made a late move for glory when they reached the ski resort.

“That’s why I was sitting in her wheel a lot because I didn’t want to blow myself up a bit and I wanted to play the game. She was fighting really for yellow and I was just holding on, otherwise, I’d maybe park myself on Alpe d’Huez and I didn’t want to let that happen.”

In her emotional post-race conference, Vollering revealed the struggle she had when Rooijakkers stopped helping her due to team orders . But Fenix-Deceuninck also said that Vollering’s downhill push off of Glandon didn’t play into her favour.

“The problem was that Demi Vollering went full gas in the downhill and she killed Pauliena and also the girl from Arkea [Cavallard],” said Cornelisse.

“If she goes a little bit slower then we could have gone with three in the valley and worked together. Then I could have said ‘OK help her’ but if she’s dropped, then we have nothing, so it was maybe a little mistake from Demi that she went full gas and we had no other choice but to follow because if we get dropped then we are not on the podium.”

ALPE DHUEZ FRANCE AUGUST 18 LR Demi Vollering of The Netherlands and Team SD Worx Protime on second place overall race winner Katarzyna Niewiadoma of Poland and Team CanyonSRAM Racing Yellow Leader Jersey and Pauliena Rooijakkers of The Netherlands and Team FenixDeceuninck on third place pose on the podium ceremony after the 3rd Tour de France Femmes 2024 Stage 8 a 1499km stage from Le GrandBornand to Alpe dHuez 1828m UCIWWT on August 18 2024 in Alpe dHuez France Photo by Alex BroadwayGetty Images

Cornelisse had high praise for team boss Phillip Roodhooft for his part in ensuring the men’s Alpecin-Deceuninck and Fenix-Deceuninck teams have became more equal. A two-week altitude camp in the Alps laid the foundations for the squad’s stunning week of performances.

“If you see this team, coming from two years ago, that man with the blue shirt is the big boss,” Cornelisse said as he pointed out Roodhooft by the bus.

“He believes in the team, he invests a lot in the team, because we spent 14 days in La Plagne for the training camp and that’s not cheap but the big boss believes in it and we are very thankful for that.”

“This team is really professional, even doing the altitude camp together with the food and all the little things we work on,” concurred Rooijakkers who joined from Canyon-SRAM after 2023. “There’s no separation with the men’s and the women’s teams, they are both equal.

“So we take the good stuff from them and they also take the good stuff from us and with the coaches, everything, it’s all equal and I think that makes a really big difference and also the belief from this team helps a lot.”

Yara Kastelijn lit the fire for Fenix-Deceuninck at the Tour last year with a magic solo win into Rodez. This season, that flame is only burning brighter through young trailblazer Pieterse – who won into Liège on stage 4 and took 11th overall – and Rooijakkers, the surprise podium package who has found her best legs into her 30s.

Fenix-Deceuninck will be back with ambition again in 2025, and Cornelisse believes his two stars from this year could play out the same role for some time.

“You see how happy the girls are and you see they are only getting better and better because we have Pauliena and Puck, so for next year we come back and we try for more.” Get unlimited access to all of our coverage of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes - including breaking news and analysis reported by our journalists on the ground from every stage as it happens and more. Find out more .

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Date: 19 July 1987
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Avg. speed winner: 27.47 km/h
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