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Jeff Pierce (cyclist)
American cyclist (born 1958) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jeff Pierce (born August 28, 1958) is a retired American professional road bicycle racer. At the 1987 Tour de France, Pierce gained fame by becoming the third American (after Davis Phinney and Greg LeMond) to win a stage in the Tour de France, winning the final stage on the Champs-Élysées from the breakaway[1] while riding for Team 7-Eleven.
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In 1991, Jeff Pierce appeared in a video with Olympic cyclist John Howard, entitled John Howard's Lessons in Cycling.
After his retirement from competitive cycling, Pierce served as USA Cycling's Vice President of Athletics.
He was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2020.[2]
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Major results
- 1980
- 1st Overall Tour of Kansas City[3]
- 1985
- 1st Overall Tour de Berlin
- 1st Nevada City Classic
- 1st Stage 10 Coors Classic
- 1986
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Bisbee
- 1st Stages 2, 3, & 5
- 3rd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 6th Overall Coors Classic
- 1987
- 1st Stage 25 Tour de France
- 1st Overall Tour of Texas
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Athens Twilight Criterium
- 2nd Overall Coors Classic
- 1988
- 1st Stages 1 & 6 Coors Classic
- 1989
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country
- 1994
- 2nd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1st Stage 2
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