1987 Tour de France

Tour de France standings
year = 1987
gc1 = Stephen Roche
gc1time = 115h 27' 42"
gc2 = Pedro Delgado
gc2time = +40"
gc3 = Jean-François Bernard
gc3time = +2' 13"
pc1 = Jean-Paul Van Poppel
pc1points = 263 points
pc2 = Stephen Roche
pc2points = 247 points
pc3 = Pedro Delgado
pc3points = 228 points
kom1 = Luis Herrera
kom1points = 452 points
kom2 = Anselmo Fuerte
kom2points = 314 points
kom3 = Raúl Alcalá
kom3points = 277 points
youth1 = Raúl Alcalá
youth1time = 115h 49' 31"
youth2 = Erik Breukink
youth2time = 31' 46" behind
youth3 = Gilles Sanders
youth3time = 59' 08" behind
team1 = Système U
team1time = 346h 44' 02"
team2 = Cafe de Colombia
team2time = 347h 22' 22"
team3 = BH
team3time = 347h 40' 04"

The 1987 Tour de France was the 74th Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 26, 1987. It consisted of 25 stages over 4231 km, ridden at an average speed of 36.645 km/h. It was the closest three-way finish in the Tour until the 2007 Tour de France.

The winner of the 1986 Tour de France, Greg LeMond was unable to defend his title following a shooting accident in April.

Following Stage 1, Poland's Lech Piasecki became the first Eastern European rider to lead the Tour de France.cite book | title = The Official Tour de France Centennial 1903–2003 | publisher = Weidenfeld & Nicolson | date = 2003 | pages = p290 | isbn = 978-0297843580] He was one of eight different men to wear yellow, a new record for the Tour.

Results

General classification

tage Winners and Yellow Jersey

References

External links

* [http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1984_1993/tdf1987.php 1987 Tour de France results]