Jeff Pierce (cyclist)
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Jeff Pierce Demonstrates Turning and Cornering in "John Howard's Lessons in Cycling" Videotape, 1991 - Photo by Patty Mooney
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Jeff Pierce |
| Born | August 28, 1958  United States |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1986 | Schwinn |
| 1987-1990 | 7-Eleven |
| 1991-1996 | Chevrolet-LA Sheriff |
| Major wins | |
| 1 stage Tour de France | |
| Infobox last updated on August 25, 2015 |
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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 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.
Palmares
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- 1985
- 1st stage 10 Coors Classic
- 1st Tour de Berlin
- 1986
- 1st Vuelta a Bisbee
- 1st stages 2, 3, and 5
- 3rd Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1987
- 1st Tour of Texas
- 1st prologue
- 1st stage 25 Tour de France
- 2nd Coors Classic
- 1988
- 1st stages 1 and 6 Coors Classic
- 1989
- 1st stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country
- 1994
- 2nd Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1st stage 2
External links
- Jeff Pierce at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Official Tour de France results for Jeff Pierce
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