Bugno and Induráin were all ahead of Chiappucci who was in 7th overall. Chiappucci risked everything by joining the early breakaway that no other GC riders were willing to enter. He dropped the other breakaway riders before the first summit and rode on a solo attack for 125 kilometers. He was alone on top of all five main climbs, of which 3 were "première catégorie" and 1 "hors catégorie". By end of the stage he had jumped to 2nd place overall about ninety seconds behind Induráin. He had wanted to replicate the same accomplishment as Fausto Coppi exactly 40 years earlier. Among the awards received by Chiappucci is a silver medal earned in 1994 at the World Cycling Championship in Sicily. Not gifted with an exceptional physique, Chiappucci was distinguished by a gritty, combative style, always ready to attack; he did not hold back in the face of any climb or time trial. Doping Claudio Chiappucci used the services of doctor Francesco Conconi, who is accused of applying EPO to cyclists. Conconi was found 'morally guilty', but not convicted, because the statute of limitations had expired. The judge had looked at medical reports of 33 cyclists in the period from 1993 to 1995, including Chiappucci's, and all blood tests showed largely fluctuating hematocrit-values, indicative for EPO-use. In 1997, Claudio Chiappucci told prosecutor Vincenzo Scolastico that he had been using EPO since 1993, but later he retracted that statement. Career achievements Major results 1982 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships 1984 2nd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia 1987 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Giro d'Italia 2nd Giro di Toscana 8th Paris–Tours 1988 2nd Trofeo Luis Puig 7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 9th Giro di Lombardia 1989 1st Giro del Piemonte 1st Coppa Placci 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm 6th Tre Valli Varesine 8th La Flèche Wallonne 1990 1st Mountains classification Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 2nd Overall Tour de France Held after Stages 12–19 2nd Tre Valli Varesine 3rd Züri-Metzgete 3rd Giro del Friuli 4th Wincanton Classic 4th Grand Prix des Amériques 5th Overall Giro del Trentino 6th UCI Road World Cup 7th Overall Paris–Nice 1st Stage 6 1991 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1st Stage 3 1st Milan–San Remo Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stages 4a & 4b 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Points classification 2nd