1987 Giro D'Italia

The 1987 Giro d'Italia was the 70th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in San Remo on 21 May with a 4 km (2.5 mi) prologue. The race concluded with a 32 km (19.9 mi) individual time trial on 13 June that stretched from Aosta to Saint-Vincent. Twenty teams entered the race that was won by the Irishman Stephen Roche of the Carrera Jeans-Vagabond team. Second and third respectively were the British rider Robert Millar and Dutchman Erik Breukink. It was the second time in the history of the Giro that the final podium was occupied exclusively by non-Italian riders; Breukink would also be a part of a similar non-Italian final podium in 1988. Roche's victory in the 1987 Giro was his first step in completing the Triple Crown of Cycling – winning the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the World Championship road race in one calendar year – becoming the second rider ever to do so, with the first being Eddy Merckx in 1974.

Roche took the lead of the race from Erik Breukink after Roche's Carrera Jeans-Vagabond won the stage three team time trial. The defending champion, Roberto Visentini – a team-mate of Roche – briefly grabbed the race leader's maglia rosa for a two-day period after the stage 13 individual time trial. Roche then claimed the race lead from Visentini, after the mountainous fifteenth stage. Roche successfully defended the overall lead from attacks from Visentini and the other general classification contenders all the way to Giro's end in Saint-Vincent.

Stephen Roche became the first Irishman to win the Giro d'Italia after crossing the race's finish line in Saint-Vincent. In addition to the general classification, Roche also won the combination classification. Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Johan van der Velde of Gis Gelati – Jollyscarpe won the points classification and Selca – Conti's Roberto Conti completed the Giro as the best rider aged 25 or younger in the general classification, finishing fifteenth overall. Panasonic-Isostar finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.