1999 Tour de France

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Race details
Dates		July 3–July 25, 1999
Stages		20+Prologue
Distance		3,870 km (2,405 mi)
Winning time		91h 32' 16"[1] (40.277 km/h/25.027 mph)
Palmarès
	Winner	Lance Armstrong	(US Postal)
	Second	Alex Zülle	(Banesto)
	Third	Fernando Escartín	(Kelme-Costa Blanca)
	Points	Erik Zabel	(Team Telekom)
	Mountains	Richard Virenque	(Polti)
	Youth	Benoît Salmon	(Casino – AG2R Prévoyance)
	Team	Banesto

The 1999 Tour de France was the 86th Tour de France, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 1999. It was won by Lance Armstrong, his first of 7 consecutive wins, the most in Tour history. There were no French stage winners for the first time since 1926.

The 1999 edition of Tour de France had two bizarre moments. The first was on stage 2 when a 25 rider pile-up occurred at Passage du Gois. Passage du Gois is a two mile causeway which depending on the tide can be under water. The second bizarre incident was on stage 10, one kilometre from the summit of L'Alpe d'Huez. Leading Italian rider Giuseppe Guerini was confronted by a spectator holding a camera in the middle of the road. Guerini hit the spectator but recovered and went on to win the stage.

Stages

Jersey progress

Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions

• In stage 1, Alex Zülle wore the green jersey.
• In stages 3 through 6, Tom Steels wore the green jersey.
• In stage 7, Erik Zabel wore the green jersey.
• In stage 8, Mario Cipollini wore the green jersey.

Other notes

• The white jersey wasn't actually awarded between 1989 and 1999 - the white column in this table represents the leader in the youth classification.

Results

General Classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time (Ave. Speed)
1	Lance Armstrong	United States	US Postal	91h 32'16" (40.276 km/h)
2	Alex Zülle	Switzerland	Banesto	7'37"
3	Fernando Escartín	Spain	Kelme – Costa Blanca	10'26"
4	Laurent Dufaux	Switzerland	Saeco Macchine per Caffé – Cannondale	14'43"
5	Ángel Casero	Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	15'11"
6	Abraham Olano	Spain	ONCE – Deutsche Bank	16'47"
7	Daniele Nardello	Italy	Mapei – Quick Step	17'02"
8	Richard Virenque	France	Team Polti	17'28"
9	Wladimir Belli	Italy	Festina–Lotus	17'37"
10	Andrea Peron	Italy	ONCE – Deutsche Bank	23'10"
11	Kurt Van De Wouwer	Belgium	Lotto–Mobistar	23'32"
12	David Etxebarria	Spain	ONCE – Deutsche Bank	26'41"
13	Tyler Hamilton	United States	US Postal	26'53"
14	Stéphane Heulot	France	Française des Jeux	27'58"
15	Roland Meier	Switzerland	Cofidis	28'44"

Points classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	Erik Zabel	Germany	Team Telekom	323
2	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	Crédit Agricole	275
3	Christophe Capelle	France	Big Mat-Auber 93	196

King of the Mountains classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	Richard Virenque	France	Team Polti	279
2	Alberto Elli	Italy	Team Telekom	226
3	Mariano Piccoli	Italy	Lampre–Daikin	205

Young Riders' Classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Benoît Salmon	France	Casino – AG2R Prévoyance	92h 01'15"
2	Mario Aerts	Belgium	Lotto–Mobistar	10'22"
3	Francisco Tomas Garcia	Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	16'32"

Teams Classification

Rank	Team	Country	Time
1	Banesto	Spain	275h 05'21"
2	ONCE – Deutsche Bank	Spain	8'16"
3	Festina–Lotus	France	16'13"

See also

• List of doping cases in cycling

References

External links

• Expanded 1999 Tour de France results