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| Dates | 17 May – 10 June 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,808 km (2,366 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 98h 32' 20" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1984 Giro d'Italia was the 67th running of the Giro. It started in Lucca, on 17 May, with a 5 km (3.1 mi) prologue and concluded in Verona, on 10 June, with a 42 km (26.1 mi) individual time trial. A total of 171 riders from nineteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Francesco Moser of the Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu team. The second and third places were taken by Frenchman Laurent Fignon and Italian Moreno Argentin, respectively.[1][2][3]
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Urs Freuler of Atala–Campagnolo won the points classification, Fignon of Renault–Elf won the mountains classification, and Renault–Elf's Charly Mottet completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing twenty-first overall. Renault–Elf finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The team points classification was won by Metauro Mobili–Pinarello.
- ^ Gregor Brown (26 October 2009). "Moser: Giro's mountains to decide race outcome". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ "Moser: La Fuerza Destino" [Moser: The Target Strength] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 11 June 1984. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Escapadas y Pájaras" [Getaways and Birds] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 11 June 1984. p. 29. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.