Jeff Pierce (cyclist)
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Jeff Pierce (born August 28, 1958) is a retired
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professional
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. At the
1987 Tour de France The 1987 Tour de France was the 74th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 1 to 26 July. It consisted of 25 stages over . It was the closest three-way finish in the Tour until the 2007 Tour de France, among the closest overall races i ...
, Pierce gained fame by becoming the third American (after
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and
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) to win a stage in the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
, winning the final stage on the Champs-Élysées from the breakaway while riding for Team 7-Eleven. In 1991, Jeff Pierce appeared in a video with Olympic cyclist
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, entitled ''John Howard's Lessons in Cycling''. After his retirement from competitive cycling, Pierce served as
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's Vice President of Athletics. He was inducted into the
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in 2020.


Major results

;1980 : 1st Overall Tour of Kansas City ;1985 : 1st Overall
Tour de Berlin The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...
: 1st
Nevada City Classic The Nevada City Classic (previously: Tour of Nevada City; Father's Day Bicycle Classic), was a one-day road cycling race held in Nevada City, California. Established in 1960, the Nevada City Classic commonly occurs on Father's Day and brought th ...
: 1st Stage 10
Coors Classic The Coors International Bicycle Classic (1980–1988) was a stage race sponsored by the Coors Brewing Company. Coors was the race's second sponsor; the first, Celestial Seasonings, named the race after its premium tea Red Zinger, which began in ...
;1986 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Bisbee ::1st Stages 2, 3, & 5 : 3rd Overall
Redlands Bicycle Classic The Redlands Bicycle Classic is the longest continuous running invitational, professional cycle sport, cycling stage race in American bike racing, located in Redlands, California, United States. The race began in 1985 after the 1984 Summer Olympic ...
: 6th Overall
Coors Classic The Coors International Bicycle Classic (1980–1988) was a stage race sponsored by the Coors Brewing Company. Coors was the race's second sponsor; the first, Celestial Seasonings, named the race after its premium tea Red Zinger, which began in ...
;1987 : 1st Stage 25
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
: 1st Overall Tour of Texas ::1st Prologue : 1st
Athens Twilight Criterium The Twilight Series is an annual road cycling race that takes place in the spring in Athens, Georgia, United States, since 1980. During the course of each Twilight weekend, competitive events in a variety of fields are staged, including BMX raci ...
: 2nd Overall
Coors Classic The Coors International Bicycle Classic (1980–1988) was a stage race sponsored by the Coors Brewing Company. Coors was the race's second sponsor; the first, Celestial Seasonings, named the race after its premium tea Red Zinger, which began in ...
;1988 : 1st Stages 1 & 6
Coors Classic The Coors International Bicycle Classic (1980–1988) was a stage race sponsored by the Coors Brewing Company. Coors was the race's second sponsor; the first, Celestial Seasonings, named the race after its premium tea Red Zinger, which began in ...
;1989 : 1st Stage 4
Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...
;1994 : 2nd Overall
Redlands Bicycle Classic The Redlands Bicycle Classic is the longest continuous running invitational, professional cycle sport, cycling stage race in American bike racing, located in Redlands, California, United States. The race began in 1985 after the 1984 Summer Olympic ...
::1st Stage 2


References


External links

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Official Tour de France results for Jeff Pierce
1958 births American male cyclists American Tour de France stage winners Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners Living people 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-cycling-bio-1950s-stub