Eros Poli

Eros Poli is an Italian cyclist, born in Isola della Scala near Verona on 6 August 1963, who had a strong amateur career in races against the clock. At 21 he won the 100 km team time trial at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and he later won the same event at the World Championships at Villach. He turned professional in 1991 and rode for Del Tongo, GB-MG Boys, Mercatone Uno, Saeco, Gan and Credit Agricole. The high point of his professional career came on the fifteenth stage of the 1994 Tour de France from Montpellier to Carpentras, which crossed Mont Ventoux in fierce heat; he built a lead of about 25 minutes before the climb and held on to win by three minutes. He took part in six Tours, four Giri d'Italia and two Vueltas a Espana, and in 2015 received the Collare d'Oro for sporting merit from the Italian Olympic committee.