Gazetta dello Sport has a nice archive section that lists the daily race leader. I was able to convince my self that I was wrong and Bontempi never wore the maglia rosa. Sorry to belaber the point.
Bret Wade Boulder, CO
On Tue, 06 Aug 2002 13:42:58 -0700 Bret Wade <bretwade@earthlink.net> wrote:
> There is still a chance that Bontempi wore pink
> if he got a 2+ sec bonus for
> his 3rd place in stage 1. We may need to search
> an Italian newspaper archive
> to solve this. :-)
>
> Thanks for the link.
>
> Bret Wade
> Boulder, CO
>
> On Tue, 06 Aug 2002 13:22:45 -0500 The
> Maaslands
> wrote:
>
> > You are right, he could have theoretically
> have
> > worn the pink jersey with
> > bonus points, but as you can see from the
> > results at the following website:
> >
> http://www.cycling-update.myweb.nl/
> > %201986.htm. he didn't win until stage 7 and
> > Visentini was the team's GC
> > rider. Santimaria also won stage one with a
> big
> > lead and then his team fared
> > only reasonably in the team time trial. He
> > never made it to pink. He could
> > possibly have been a size 5, but more likley
> a
> > size 4
> >
> > Steven
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bret Wade
> > To:
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 11:50 AM
> > Subject: Re: R: I: [CR]eBay high-priced
> jersey
> > - Carrera info?
> >
> >
> > > Bontempi won five stages in the 86 Giro.
> It's
> > not inconceivable that he
> > also
> > > wore the maglia rosa early on in that race.
> > That's only a guess based on
> > team
> > > and size.
> > >
> > > Bret