Lech Piasecki
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Full name | Lech Piasecki | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1961-11-13) 13 November 1961 (age 62) 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 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 the 7th stage due to 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.
Career achievements
- 1982
- 1st Stage 7a, Milk Race
- 1983
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 6
- 1984
- 3rd Polish National Road Race Championships
- 1985
- 1st UCI Road World Championships, Amateurs
- 1st Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stages 1, 7, 8 & 11
- 1986
- 1st Tour de Romagna
- 1st Florence-Pistoia
- 1st Stage 12 (ITT) 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 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Czesław Lang)
- 1989
- 1st Tour de Friuli
- 1st Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 10 (ITT), 15b & 22 (ITT)
- 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.
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- 1946: Gerard Peters (NED)
- 1947: Fausto Coppi (ITA)
- 1948: Gerrit Schulte (NED)
- 1949: Fausto Coppi (ITA)
- 1950: Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA)
- 1951: Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA)
- 1952: Sid Patterson (AUS)
- 1953: Sid Patterson (AUS)
- 1954: Guido Messina (ITA)
- 1955: Guido Messina (ITA)
- 1956: Guido Messina (ITA)
- 1957: Roger Rivière (FRA)
- 1958: Roger Rivière (FRA)
- 1959: Roger Rivière (FRA)
- 1960: Rudi Altig (FRG)
- 1961: Rudi Altig (FRG)
- 1962: Henk Nijdam (NED)
- 1963: Leandro Faggin (ITA)
- 1964: Ferdinand Bracke (BEL)
- 1965: Leandro Faggin (ITA)
- 1966: Leandro Faggin (ITA)
- 1967: Tiemen Groen (NED)
- 1968: Hugh Porter (GBR)
- 1969: Ferdinand Bracke (BEL)
- 1970: Hugh Porter (GBR)
- 1971: Dirk Baert (BEL)
- 1972: Hugh Porter (GBR)
- 1973: Hugh Porter (GBR)
- 1974: Roy Schuiten (NED)
- 1975: Roy Schuiten (NED)
- 1976: Francesco Moser (ITA)
- 1977: Gregor Braun (FRG)
- 1978: Gregor Braun (FRG)
- 1979: Bert Oosterbosch (NED)
- 1980: Tony Doyle (GBR)
- 1981: Alain Bondue (FRA)
- 1982: Alain Bondue (FRA)
- 1983: Steele Bishop (AUS)
- 1984: Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN)
- 1985: Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN)
- 1986: Tony Doyle (GBR)
- 1987: Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN)
- 1988: Lech Piasecki (POL)
- 1989: Colin Sturgess (GBR)
- 1990: Viatcheslav Ekimov (URS)
- 1991: Francis Moreau (FRA)
- 1992: Mike McCarthy (USA)
- 1993: Graeme Obree (GBR)
- 1994: Chris Boardman (GBR)
- 1995: Graeme Obree (GBR)
- 1996: Chris Boardman (GBR)
- 1997: Philippe Ermenault (FRA)
- 1998: Philippe Ermenault (FRA)
- 1999: Robert Bartko (GER)
- 2000: Jens Lehmann (GER)
- 2001: Alexander Symonenko (UKR)
- 2002: Bradley McGee (AUS)
- 2003: Bradley Wiggins (GBR)
- 2004: Sergi Escobar (ESP)
- 2005: Robert Bartko (GER)
- 2006: Robert Bartko (GER)
- 2007: Bradley Wiggins (GBR)
- 2008: Bradley Wiggins (GBR)
- 2009: Taylor Phinney (USA)
- 2010: Taylor Phinney (USA)
- 2011: Jack Bobridge (AUS)
- 2012: Michael Hepburn (AUS)
- 2013: Michael Hepburn (AUS)
- 2014: Alex Edmondson (AUS)
- 2015: Stefan Küng (SUI)
- 2016: Filippo Ganna (ITA)
- 2017: Jordan Kerby (AUS)
- 2018: Filippo Ganna (ITA)
- 2019: Filippo Ganna (ITA)
- 2020: Filippo Ganna (ITA)
- 2021: Ashton Lambie (USA)
- 2022: Filippo Ganna (ITA)
- 2023: Filippo Ganna (ITA)