Eros Poli

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Eros Poli

Eros Poli (born August 6, 1963 in Isola della Scala ) is a former Italian cyclist , Olympic champion and world champion.

Poli won his first Italian championship in 1979 in the youth ones' pursuit . Eros Poli, nicknamed "Beau Eros", achieved his greatest success as an amateur. In 1984 he won the gold medal in the team time trial with Marcello Bartalini , Marco Giovannetti and Claudio Vandelli at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles . Before that, he competed in the International Peace Tour in May , where he finished 43rd in the overall ranking. In 1985 he was third in the Italian amateur road championship . In the same year, the Italian road scull with Poli, Bartalini, Vandelli and Massimo Podenzana finished third at the road world championships in Giavera del Montello . In 1986, in Colorado Springs , the Italian team was runner-up in the same discipline , with Poli, Podenzana, Mario Scirea and Flavio Vanzella . In 1987 in Villach the Italian quartet won the world title (with Roberto Fortunato instead of Podenzana). Poli has been a member of the squad for the Italian road four since 1983, longer than any other driver.

In 1991 Poli became a professional , but there were no major successes. He started six times in the Tour de France ; his greatest achievement was winning the 15th stage of the 1994 tour . This stage win was spectacular, as Poli drove over 170 kilometers on the route over Mont Ventoux in the heat, at times over 20 minutes ahead of the peloton. In the end he was able to cross the finish line with a lead of almost two minutes. Poli then said, “ It was the greatest day of my life. It was a dream and I was able to fulfill it. “For this achievement he received the award as the most combative driver of the 1994 Tour. In the overall standings he was third to last in Paris.

Before starting his professional career, Poli worked as a taxi driver .

Web links

Commons : Eros Poli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Herve Dauchy: Wereld Encyclopedie Wielrennen . Eeclonaar, Eeklo 2001, p. 1497 (Flemish).
  2. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 252 .
  3. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 37/1987 . Berlin 1987, p. 2 .
  4. ^ Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (Ed.): Deutsches Sportecho . Berlin July 7, 1987, p. 3 .
personal data
SURNAME Poli, Eros
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist, Olympic champion and world champion
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Isola della Scala