1998 Giro d'Italia

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The 1998 Giro d'Italia was held May 16 through June 7, 1998. The 61st edition covered 3,868 km (2,403 miles) over 22 stages.

Italian Marco Pantani won the overall and mountains classification to wear the maglia rosa and maglia verde, respectively. Mariano Piccoli captured the Maglia ciclamino as the points classification winner. Pantani would go onto win the 1998 Tour de France as well.

Contents 1 Stage winners 2 Final standings 2.1 General classification 2.2 Points classification 2.3 Mountains classification 2.4 Team classification 3 External links

[edit] Stage winners

• Prologue: Alex Zulle, Festina
• Stage 1 : Mariano Piccoli, Brescialat-Liquigas
• Stage 2 : Angel Edo, Kelme-Costa Blanca
• Stage 3 : Nicola Minali, Riso Scotti
• Stage 4 : Nicola Miceli, Riso Scotti
• Stage 5 : Mario Cipollini, Saeco-Cannondale
• Stage 6 : Alex Zulle, Festina
• Stage 7 : Mario Cipollini, Saeco-Cannondaleo
• Stage 8 : Mario Cipollini, Saeco-Cannondale
• Stage 9 : Glenn Magnusson, Amore e Vita
• Stage 10 : Mario Cipollini, Saeco-Cannondale
• Stage 11 : Andrea Noè, Asics
• Stage 12 : Laurent Roux, TVM-Farm Frites
• Stage 13 : Michele Bartoli, Asics
• Stage 14 : Marco Pantani, Mercatone Uno
• Stage 15 : Alex Zulle, Festina (ITT)
• Stage 16 : Fabiano Fontanelli, Mercatone Uno
• Stage 17 : Giuseppe Guerini, Polti
• Stage 18 : Pavel Tonkov, Mapei
• Stage 19 : Marco Pantani, Mercatone Uno
• Stage 20 : Gian Matteo Fagnini, Saeco-Cannondale
• Stage 21 : Serhiy Honchar, Cantina Tollo, (ITT)
• Stage 22 : Gian Matteo Fagnini, Saeco-Cannondale

[edit] Final standings

[edit] General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Marco Pantani	Italy	Mercatone Uno-Bianchi	98h 48' 32"
2	Pavel Tonkov	Russia	Mapei-Bricobi	1' 33"
3	Giuseppe Guerini	Italy	Team Polti	6' 51"
4	Oskar Camenzind	Switzerland	Mapei-Bricobi	12' 16"
5	Daniel Clavero	Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	18' 04"
6	Gianni Faresin	Italy	Mapei-Bricobi	18' 31"
7	Paolo Bettini	Italy	Asics-CGA	21' 03"
8	Daniele de Paoli	Italy	Ros Mary - Amica Chips	21' 35"
9	Paolo Savoldelli	Italy	Saeco-Cannondale	25' 54"
10	Serguei Gontchar	Ukraine	Cantina Tollo-Alexia	25' 58"

[edit] Points classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Mariano Piccoli	Italy	Brescialat-Liquigas	194 points
2	Marco Pantani	Italy	Mercatone Uno-Bianchi	158 points
3	Gianmatteo Fagnini	Italy	Saeco-Cannondale	156 points

[edit] Mountains classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Marco Pantani	Italy	Mercatone Uno-Bianchi	89 points
2	Chepe Gonzalez	Colombia	Kelme-Costa Blanca	62 points
3	Pavel Tonkov	Russia	Mapei-Bricobi	44 points

[edit] Team classification

Rank	Country	Team
1	Italy	Mapei-Bricobi

[edit] External links

• Cyclingnews.com: 1998 Giro d'Italia

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