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The 1988 Giro d'Italia began on 23 May, and stage 11 occurred on 2 June. The 1988 edition began with a short individual time trial around the city of Urbino. The following two days of racing were normal mass-start stages, before the fourth day of racing consisted of two half-stages, the first a normal stage and the latter a team time trial. The rest of the opening half of the race – remaining within Italy for the duration – consisted of stages with or without categorized climbs. Jean-François Bernard became the first race leader, as he won the opening stage in Urbino; the first of two stage wins that Bernard achieved during the opening half of the race, along with the eighth stage. As a result, Bernard was the second rider to win multiple stages in the opening half of the race, after Guido Bontempi who won stages 2 and 5. Bernard lost the race leader's ''maglia rosa'' ((英語:pink jersey)) after stage 4a to Massimo Podenzana, who had been a part of a breakaway that survived and finished minutes ahead of the peloton. Pondenzana held the lead all the way to the end of the eleventh stage. ==Stage 1== 23 May 1988 — Urbino, The first stage of the 1988 edition of the event was a individual time trial that navigated the streets of Urbino. An ''El Mundo Deportivo'' writer stated that the course was fast.〔 The first were the fastest section of the course because the route was downhill. After the course passed the railroad station in Urbino, the course began to increase slightly in elevation until the finish.〔 The writer also noted two bends, one at Via della Stazione ( in) and the other at Ciale Comandino ( in), which he classified as "dangerous."〔 The first rider was scheduled to start at 13:30 local time.〔 Greg LeMond () suffered from a dropped chain halfway through the course, which caused him to post a "horrible" time according to ''El País'' writer Luis Gómez. Tony Rominger (), Erik Breukink (), and Erich Maechler () chose to use rear lenticular wheels instead of a traditional wheel with spokes.〔 Rominger came in second overall with a time of 13' 10", Breukink came in fourth at 13' 15", and Maechler came in third after finishing with the same time as Breukink.〔 After the stage, Rominger told reporters that his time slower than it could have been due to a fall that occurred due to his front wheel being too inflated. Pedro Delgado (Reynolds), who rode a standard bike, finished in twentieth position, twenty-eight seconds behind stage winner Jean-François Bernard ().〔 Bernard traversed the course with the fastest time of 13' 07" at a pace of 41.168 km/h. With the time bonuses added to the top three finisher's times, Bernard's lead was increased to eight seconds over Rominger.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1988 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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