Jeff Pierce (cyclist) explained

Jeff Pierce
Fullname:Jeff Pierce
Birth Date:28 August 1958
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1986
Proteam1:Schwinn
Proyears2:1987–1990
Proteam2:7-Eleven
Proyears3:1991–1996
Proteam3:Chevrolet-LA Sheriff
Majorwins:1 stage Tour de France (1987)

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.

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]

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

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 1987 Tour de France Final Stage to Paris . YouTube.
    2. Web site: Inductee Listing . . usbhof.org . 6 March 2022.
    3. Web site: Tour of KC Results • Tour of Kansas City.