Lech Piasecki

Lech Piasecki

Personal information
Full name	Lech Piasecki
Born	(1961-11-13) 13 November 1961 Poznań, Poland
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road/Track
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1986–1988	Del Tongo
1989	Malvor-Sidi
1990	Diana-Colnago
1991	Colnago-Lampre
Medal record Competitor for  Poland Road bicycle racing World Championships Gold 1985 Giavara del Montello Amateur's Road Race
Infobox last updated on 23 October 2009

Lech Piasecki (born 13 November 1961) is a Polish former racing cyclist. Born in Poznań, he became the first Polish cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, in 1987.^[1]

After Piasecki became Amateur world champion in 1985, the Colnago team wanted to sign him. The Polish cycling organisation allowed that in exchange for bicycles.^[2] His first victory as a professional cyclist was in a time trial in the 1986 Giro d'Italia, where he surprisingly beat many favourites.^[3] In 1987 he won the first stage of the Tirreno–Adriatico. It was a time trial in which he started early, and the wind changed direction after Piasecki finished, so the main favourites who started later had a disadvantage.^[4] In the 1987 Tour de France, Piasecki became second in the prologue, and took the yellow jersey in the team time trial. After he lost the lead, he had to abandon in the seventh stage due to diarrhea.^[5] On August 24, 1988 he became World Track Champion in individual pursuit.

Major victories

Tour de France

• 1987 Tour de France - did not finish. Wore yellow jersey for 2 consecutive days,^[6] the first and so far only Polish cyclist to do so.

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