Major results Edit
1972
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1973
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1975
Tour of Ireland
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 5, 6 & 7
1st Stage 7 Milk Race
1976
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Cinturón a Mallorca
1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
1st Stage 6 Milk Race
1977
1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 4 Étoile des Espoirs
1978
1st Stage 6 Tour de France
Setmana Catalana de Ciclismo
1st Stage 1a (TTT) & 1b
1st Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 5a Étoile des Espoirs
1979
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 1 & 8a
1st GP de Cannes
9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
10th Omloop Het Volk
1980
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Stage 2
Tour de France
1st Stages 19 & 21
1st Stage 3a Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland
2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
2nd De Brabantse Pijl
2nd Tour du Haut Var
3rd Amstel Gold Race
3rd Omloop Het Volk
3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
4th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Sprints classification
1st Stages 1, 2, 14, 17 19 & 21
4th Milan–San Remo
1981
1st Stage 15 Tour de France
1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 5a Ronde van Nederland
1st Stage 3 Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 1 Tour of Luxembourg
2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 2
4th La Flèche Wallonne
5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
6th Amstel Gold Race
7th De Brabantse Pijl
8th Tour of Flanders
9th Züri–Metzgete
1982
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stages 3, 5, 7a & 7b (ITT)
Etoile des Espoirs
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
Tour de l'Aude
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Tour du Haut Var
1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Stage 3 Critérium International
Tour de France
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Intermediate Sprints classification
1st Stage 12
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Omloop Het Volk
3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
4th Amstel Gold Race
6th GP Ouest–France
8th La Flèche Wallonne
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1983
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stages 3a, 4 & 7b (ITT)
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 5b (ITT)
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Critérium International
1st Stage 3
1st Giro di Lombardia
1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
1st Stage 4 Etoile des Espoirs
1st Stage 2 Paris–Bourges
2nd Overall Super Prestige Pernod International
2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2nd Giro del Piemonte
5th Milan–San Remo
6th Trofeo Baracchi
7th Overall Tour de France
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Intermediate Sprints classification
8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
1984
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stages 2 & 7b (ITT)
1st MaillotVolta.png Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification
1st Stages 1, 4a, 4b & 7a (ITT)
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 1, 3 & 5b (ITT)
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Critérium International
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 (ITT)
1st Overall Super Prestige Pernod International
1st Paris–Roubaix
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st Paris–Tours
1st GP Ouest–France
1st Critérium des As
1st Paris–Bourges
2nd Tour of Flanders
2nd Milan–San Remo
2nd Grand Prix des Nations
3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
4th Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Tour du Limousin
1st Stages 1b, 2 & 4
5th Overall Tour de France
1985
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Nissan International Classic
1st Stages 1 & 3a (ITT)
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 3 & 5b (ITT)
1st Overall Super Prestige Pernod International
1st Giro di Lombardia
1st Critérium des As
1st Stage 3 Ronde van Nederland
2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Critérium International
1st Stage 1
3rd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Communidad Valenciana
1st Stage 5
3rd Paris–Roubaix
4th Overall Tour de France
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
4th Overall Tour de Suisse
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
7th Milan–San Remo
7th Gent–Wevelgem
9th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 2, 10 & 15
1986
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 7b (ITT)
1st MaillotVolta.png Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 7 (ITT)
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 3, 5a & 5b
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Nissan International Classic
Vuelta Ciclista a la Communidad Valenciana
1st Stages 1 & 3
1st Overall Super Prestige Pernod International
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Paris–Roubaix
1st Grand Prix des Nations
1st Critérium des As
1st Stage 4a Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin
2nd Overall Critérium International
1st Stages 1 & 3 (ITT)
2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Stage 1b (ITT)
2nd Overall Paris–Bourges
1st Stage 2
2nd Tour of Flanders
2nd Giro di Lombardia
2nd GP Ouest–France
2nd Brussels Cycling Classic
3rd Overall Vuelta a España
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Mixed classification
1st Stages 10 & 13
5th La Flèche Wallonne
5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th Paris–Tours
1987
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 3
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
1st Stages 4 & 5b (ITT)
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Critérium International
1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT)
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Nissan International Classic
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 1 & 3
Held Jersey gold.svg after Stages 1–4
1st Stage 7 Vuelta Ciclista a la Communidad Valenciana
2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Stage 1b (ITT)
2nd Overall Super Prestige Pernod International
2nd Tour of Flanders
3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
4th Milan–San Remo
4th Brussels Cycling Classic
4th Grand Prix des Nations
5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Prologue & Stage 1
5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
10th GP Ouest–France
1988
1st Jersey gold.svg Overall Vuelta a España
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Mixed classification
1st Stages 10 & 19 (ITT)
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 6b (ITT)
1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 4b (ITT)
Tour du Limousin
1st Stages 2b & 3
1st Gent–Wevelgem
1st Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country
2nd Tour du Haut Var
2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
3rd Overall Tour of Britain
3rd Paris–Tours
4th Tour of Flanders
5th Milan–San Remo
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
7th Omloop Het Volk
1989
1st Overall UCI Road World Cup
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification Tour of Ireland
2nd Omloop Het Volk
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Wincanton Classic
3rd Trofeo Baracchi
5th Milan–San Remo
7th Paris–Tours
9th Overall Tour de France
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey red.svg Intermediate sprints classification
1990
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
3rd Overall UCI Road World Cup
3rd Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian
5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
8th Overall Critérium International
8th Paris–Tours
8th Trofeo Luis Puig
10th Giro di Lombardia
1991
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Nissan International Classic
1st Giro di Lombardia
4th Milano–Torino
4th Trofeo Luis Puig
1992
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Trofeo Luis Puig
1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista a la Communidad Valenciana
4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
1993
4th Paris–Tours