The 1984 Giro d'Italia was the 67th running of the Giro. It started in Lucca, on 17 May, with a prologue and concluded in Verona, on 10 June, with a individual time trial. A total of 171 riders from nineteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Francesco Moser of the Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu team. The second and third places were taken by Frenchman Laurent Fignon and Italian Moreno Argentin, respectively.

Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Urs Freuler of Atala–Campagnolo won the points classification, Fignon of Renault–Elf won the mountains classification, and Renault–Elf's Charly Mottet completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing twenty-first overall. Renault–Elf finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The team points classification was won by Metauro Mobili–Pinarello.

Teams

A total of nineteen teams were invited to participate in the 1984 Giro d'Italia. The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager are introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place at the Piazza San Marco in Lucca on 16 May. The starting riders came from a total of 18 different countries; Italy (100), Switzerland (15), and Spain (11) all had more than 10 riders. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 171 cyclists. Gianni Motta–Linea M.D. Italia' team manager Robin Morton was the first female to manage a team in the history of the Giro.

Of those starting, 45 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time. The average age of riders was 26.68 years, ranging from 21–year–old Bruno Wojtinek () to 38–year–old Wladimiro Panizza (Atala–Campagnolo). The team with the youngest average rider age was (22), while the oldest was (29). From the riders that began this edition, 143 made it to the finish in Merano.

The teams entering the race were:

Atala–Campagnolo

Dromedario-Alan Fanini–Wührer

Gianni Motta–Linea M.D. Italia Cilo–Aufina

Metauro Mobili–Pinarello Murella–Rossin

Sammontana–Campagnolo Santini–Conti–Galli Supermercati Brianzoli

Pre-race favorites

Team managers when asked about the favorite entering the race felt there was no clear favorite to win. La Gazzetta dello Sport felt four riders – Francesco Moser (Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu), Laurent Fignon (), Giuseppe Saronni (), and Roberto Visentini () – had the best chances to win, but "there is no man who knows how to dominate." When asked about his biggest challenge, Moser stated: "First, Visentini, because last year he was second, he has a very homogeneous squad and is the Italian runner in better shape..." Ángel Ruocco of El País felt that the race would be between 1983 Tour de France champion Fignon and Saronni, the winner of the Giro the previous year. He added that Silvano Contini, Mario Beccia, and Fignon as other challengers. Marino Lejarreta () who rode the 1984 Vuelta a España to prepare, as well as Alberto Fernández () who displayed great results when the race reached the Apennines last year.

Route and stages

The route for the 1984 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 18 February 1984. Covering a total of , it included four time trials (three individual and one for teams), and eleven stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points. Five of these eleven stages had summit finishes: stage 3, to Madonna di San Luca; stage 5, to Blockhaus; stage 16, to Bardonecchia; stage 19, to Selva di Val Gardena; and stage 20, to Arabba. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was shorter and contained the same number of time trials and rest days. In addition, this race contained the same number of stages.

+Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerP17 MayLucca Individual time trial 118 MayLucca to Marina di Pietrasanta Team time trialRenault–Elf219 MayMarina di Pietrasanta to Florence Plain stage 320 MayBologna to Madonna di San Luca Stage with mountain(s) 421 MayBologna to Numana Plain stage 522 MayNumana to Blockhaus Stage with mountain(s) 623 MayChieti to Foggia Plain stage 724 MayFoggia to Marconia di Pisticci Plain stage 825 MayPolicoro to Agropoli Stage with mountain(s) 926 MayAgropoli to Cava de' Tirreni Stage with mountain(s) 27 May Rest day1028 MayCava de' Tirreni to Isernia Stage with mountain(s) 1129 MayIsernia to Rieti Plain stage 1230 MayRieti to Città di Castello Plain stage 1331 MayCittà di Castello to Lerici Stage with mountain(s) 141 JuneLerici to Alessandria Stage with mountain(s) 152 JuneCertosa di Pavia to Milan Individual time trial 3 June Rest day164 JuneAlessandria to Bardonecchia Stage with mountain(s) 175 JuneBardonecchia to Lecco Plain stage 186 JuneLecco to Merano Stage with mountain(s) 197 JuneMerano to Selva di Val Gardena Stage with mountain(s) 208 JuneSelva di Val Gardena to Arabba Stage with mountain(s) 219 JuneArabba to Treviso Plain stage 2210 JuneSoave to Verona Individual time trial Total

Classification Leadership

Four different jerseys were worn during the 1984 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro. Time bonuses of 20, 15, 10, and 5 seconds were awarded to each mass-start stage's first four finishers.

For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15. No points were given at intermediate sprints.

The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the originally the Stelvio Pass, but it was changed to the Pordoi Pass. The first rider to cross the Pordoi Pass was French rider Laurent Fignon.

The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but considering only neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).

Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time. There was another team classification that awarded points to each team based on their riding's finishing position in every stage. The team with the highest total of points was the leader of the classification.

There were a few minor classifications. For example the Premio dell'Agonismo, an intermediate sprints classification, and the Fiat Uno classification (named after the Fiat Uno), where points were given to the riders who reached the final kilometer first. There was also a time trial award, for the rider with the lowest cumulative time in the individual time trials.

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

+Classification leadership by stage Stage WinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationYoung rider classificationTeam classification P Francesco Moser Francesco Moser not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded 1 Renault–Elf Laurent Fignon Renault–Elf 2 Urs Freuler Urs Freuler Bruno Wojtinek 3 Moreno Argentin Moreno Argentin Franco Chioccioli Charly Mottet 4 Stefan Mutter Urs Freuler Moreno Argentin 5 Moreno Argentin Francesco Moser Moreno Argentin 6 Francesco Moser 7 Urs Freuler Urs Freuler 8 Urs Freuler 9 Dag Erik Pedersen 10 Martial Gayant Flavio Zappi 11 Urs Freuler 12 Paolo Rosola 13 Roberto Visentini 14 Sergio Santimaria 15 Francesco Moser 16 Dag Erik Pedersen 17 Jürg Bruggmann 18 Bruno Leali 19 Marino Lejarreta 20 Laurent Fignon Laurent Fignon Laurent Fignon Renault–Elf 21 Guido Bontempi Johan van der Velde 22 Francesco Moser Francesco Moser Urs Freuler Final Francesco Moser Urs Freuler Laurent Fignon Charly Mottet Renault–Elf

Final standings

Legend      Denotes the winner of the General classification      Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification      Denotes the winner of the Points classification      Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu 2 Renault–Elf + 1' 03" 3 Sammontana + 4' 26" 4 Alfa Lum–Olmo + 4' 33" 5 Metauro Mobili + 6' 56" 6 Murella–Rossin + 7' 48" 7 Metauro Mobili + 10' 19" 8 Cilo–Aufina + 11' 39" 9 Malvor–Bottecchia + 11' 41" 10 Murella–Rossin + 13' 35"

Points classification

+Final points classification (1-5)RiderTeamPoints 1 178 2 Metauro Mobili 172 3 Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu 166 4 Murella–Rossin 160 5 Renault–Elf 150

Mountains classification

+Final mountains classification (1-5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Renault–Elf 53 2 Metauro Mobili 40 3 Sammontana 30 4 Metauro Mobili 29 5 Zor–Gemeaz Cusin 28

Young rider classification

+Final young rider classification (1-5)RiderTeamTime 1 Renault–Elf 2 Fanini–Wührer + 3' 59" 3 Supermercati Brianzoli + 10' 19" 4 Santini–Conti–Galli + 10' 52" 5 Zor–Gemeaz Cusin + 15' 47"

Time trial classification

+Final time trial classification (1-5)RiderTeamTime 1 Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu 2 + 4' 26" 3 Renault–Elf + 4' 27" 4 Atala + 5' 10" 5 Sammontana + 5' 47"

Trofeo Fiat Uno classification

+Final Trofeo Fiat Uno classification (1-5)RiderTeamPoints 1 Atala 18 2 Metauro Mobili 12 3 Renault–Elf 10 4 Alfa Lum–Olmo 95 Atala 8

Premio dell'Agonismo classification

+Final Premio dell'Agonismo classification (1-4)RiderTeamPoints 1 Atala 24 2 Murella-Rosin 15 3 Fanini–Wührer 11 4 Atala 8 Zor–Gemeaz Cusin

Team classification

+Final team classification (1-5)TeamTime 1 Renault–Elf 2 Murella–Rossin + 2' 34" 3 Carrera–Inoxpran + 27' 41" 4 Del Tongo–Colnago + 40' 30" 5 Alfa Lum–Olmo + 40' 46"

Team points classification

+Final team points classification (1-3)TeamPoints 1 Metauro Mobili 351 2 Atala–Campagnolo 336 3 Murella–Rossin 281

Aftermath