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| Full name | Lech Piasecki | |||||||||||||
| Born | 13 November 1961 Poznań, Poland | |||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road/Track | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
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| 1986–1988 | Del Tongo | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | Malvor-Sidi | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | Diana-Colnago | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | Colnago-Lampre | |||||||||||||
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Lech Piasecki (born 13 November 1961) is a Polish former racing cyclist. Born in Poznań, he became the first Polish cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, in 1987.[1]
After Piasecki became Amateur world champion in 1985, the Colnago team wanted to sign him. The Polish cycling organisation allowed that in exchange for bicycles.[2] His first victory as a professional cyclist was in a time trial in the 1986 Giro d'Italia, where he surprisingly beat many favourites.[3] In 1987, he won the first stage of the Tirreno–Adriatico. It was a time trial in which he started early, and the wind changed direction after Piasecki finished, so the main favourites who started later had a disadvantage.[4] In the 1987 Tour de France, Piasecki became second in the prologue, and took the yellow jersey after finishing in the lead group of Stage 2. After he lost the lead on Stage 4, he had to abandon in the 7th stage due to an illness.[5] On August 24, 1988 he became World Track Champion in individual pursuit. The following year Piasecki put forth a remarkable performance during the 1989 Giro d'Italia by winning three stages including two ITT stages, as well as a high mountain stage.
Major victories
- 1983
- 6th and 6th stage Tour de Pologne
- 1984
- 3rd Polish National Road Race Championships
- 1985
- 1st UCI Road World Championships, Amateurs
- 1st Peace Race
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st Stage 8
- 1st Stage 11
- 1986
- 1st Tour de Romagna
- 1st Florence-Pistoia
- 1st Stage 12, Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 3, Tour de l'Aude
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Giuseppe Saronni)
- 1987
- 1st Stage 1, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1988
- 1st Stage 21b, Giro d'Italia
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Czesław Lang)
- 1989
- 1st Tour de Friuli
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 10
- 1st Stage 15b
- 1st Stage 22
- 1st Stage 7, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1990
- 1st Florence-Pistoia
Tour de France
- 1987 Tour de France - did not finish. Wore yellow jersey for 2 consecutive days,[6] the first and so far only Polish cyclist to do so.
References
- ^ Dauncey, Hugh; Hare, Geoff (2003). The Tour de France, 1903-2003: a century of sporting structures, meanings, and values. Routledge. p. 220. ISBN 0-7146-5362-4.
- ^ Wereldkampioen Piasecki geruild tegen fietsen
- ^ Moser verliest Giro op zijn specialiteit
- ^ Piasecki rijdt Moser op meer dan halve minuut in proloog Tirreno
- ^ Lech Piasecki uitgevallen
- ^ "The Tour: Lech Piasecki". Archived from the original on 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2010-02-09.