1. Greg LeMond (USA) ADR 87-38-35
2. Laurent Fignon (Fra) Super-U at 8secs
11 Gianni Bugno (Ita) Chateau d’Ax at 24-12
18 Jérome Simon (Fra) Super-U at 34-10
19 Luis Herrera (Col) Café de Colombia at 36-15
20 Alberto Camargo (Col) Café de Colombia at 37-13
POINTS
1. Sean Kelly (Ire) PDM 277pts
4. Giovanni Fidanza (Ita) Chateau d’Ax 133pts
MOUNTAINS
1. Gert-Jan Theunisse (Ned) PDM 441 pts
TEAMS
1. PDM 263-19-48
COMBINE
1. Steven Rooks (Ned) PDM 15pts
ADR CARRY OFF £185,700
Thanks to Greg LeMond’s win, his ADR team came out top money-earners in the Tour de France.
LeMond’s £150,000 first prize brought the squad’s winnings to £185,700.
PDM, with mountains winner Gert-Jan Theunisse, Sean Kelly winning the points and Catch sprint and Steven Rooks the combine competitions plus first place in the team section earned them £129,000. Fignon’s Super-U team took home £112,700.
WHERE THE PRIZE MONEY WENT
1 ADR £185,700
2 PDM £129,000
3 Super-U £112,700
4 Reynolds £74,500
5 RMO £31,000
6 Histor-Sigma £30,300
7 Z-Peugeot £28,570
8= Superconfex £27,300
8= Paternina £27,300
10 Helvetia-La Suisse £23,600
11 Chateau d’Ax £22,600
12 BH £20,600
13 TVM £18,000
14 Carrera £16,175
15 Toshiba £14,190
16 Panasonic £13,470
17 Domex £11,000
18 Café de Colombia £5,500
19 Fagor £5,300
20 7-Eleven £4,900
21 Hitachi £4,175
22 Kelme £420
All of the anti-doping controls taken in the Tour de France were negative. The tests were under the control of Scotland’s Gerry Mcdaid who, in his capacity as UCI medical inspector, supervised 87 controls.
“For the first time in my career, I have cried,” said Laurent Fignon after his defeat by LeMond. “Whether it was for eight, 10, 20 or 30 seconds it is all the same. I have lost the yellow jersey.”
He claimed that he had suffered with a saddle injury, a boil. “For two nights I had a lot of trouble sleeping. If the race had gone on until Monday, I believe I would have abandoned. My legs were going well, but that was not enough. Nevertheless I still had hope. But Greg did a super time trial. He is a big champion,” Fignon said.
“Eight seconds for 3,500 kilometres is not much, but that is the law of sport,” said Fignon’s team manager Cyrille Guimard. “With his problem we had to modify his preparation for the final time trial. Instead of doing 40 or 50 kilometres in the morning, he only rode 25, and all of that out of the saddle. In the race, Laurent had a crab-like position. He could not sit straight. That was very visible on the pavé of the Champs Elysées,” Guimard added.
“I rode as hard as I could. To lose a big Tour on the last stage is a situation that happened to me in 1984 in the Tour of Italy against Moser. I have nothing against LeMond. Sport is made of victories and defeats. I will continue. Life does not stop here,” Fignon said.
“Laurent has had to face difficult situations before. He has always come back. In a few weeks he will again be among the best in the peloton” Guimard added.
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