Eros Poli

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

His greatest successes achieved Eros Poli, nicknamed " Beau Eros ", as an amateur. In 1984 he won at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles gold medal in the team time trial, together with Marcello Bartalini, Marco Giovannetti and Claudio Vandelli. In 1985 he was third in the Italian road Amateur Championship. In the same year the Italian road quad finished with Poli, Bartalini, Vandelli and Massimo Podenzana third place at the Road World Championships in Giavera del Montello. 1986, in Colorado Springs, the Italian team was vice-champion in the same discipline, with Poli, Podenzana, Mario Scirea and Flavio Vanzella. 1987 in Villach won the Italian quartet the world title ( with Roberto Fortunato instead Podenzana ).

1991 Poli professional, but the really big success came from. He started six times in the Tour de France; his biggest success was winning the 15th stage of the Tour 1994. This stage win was spectacular, as Poli temporarily drove more than 170 kilometers on the route over the Mont Ventoux than 20 minutes before the main field alone, and in stifling heat. Finally, he was able to escape to the finish with just under two minutes ahead. Then told police: "It was the greatest day in my life. It was a dream and I was able to meet him to me. " For this performance, he received the award for most aggressive rider of the Tour in 1994. In the overall standings, he was in Paris the third lowest.