1999 Tour de France

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1999 final standings
Overall	Lance Armstrong	91h 32' 16"
Second	Alex Zülle	+7' 37"
Third	Fernando Escartin	+10' 26"
Points	Erik Zabel	323 points
Second	Stuart O'Grady	275 points
Third	Christophe Capelle	196 points
Climber	Richard Virenque	279 points
Second	Alberto Elli	226 points
Third	Mariano Piccoli	205 points
Youth	Benoit Salmon	92h 01' 15"
Second	Mario Aerts	+10' 22"
Third	Francisco Tomas Garcia	+16' 31"
Teams	Banesto	275h 05' 21"
Second	ONCE	+8' 16"
Third	Festina	+16' 13"

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.

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.

1 Stages
- 1.1 Jersey progress
2 Results
3 External links

[edit] Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date
P	Puy du Fou	8 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 3
1	Montaigu - Challans	209 km		Sunday, July 4
2	Challans - Saint-Nazaire	202 km		Monday, July 5
3	Nantes - Laval	194 km		Tuesday, July 6
4	Laval - Blois	191 km		Wednesday, July 7
5	Bonneval - Amiens	228 km		Thursday, July 8
6	Amiens - Maubeuge	169 km		Friday, July 9
7	Avesnes-sur-Helpe - Thionville	223 km		Saturday, July 10
8	Metz - Metz	56 km	Individual time trial	Sunday, July 11
Rest day				Monday, July 12
9	Le Grand Bornand - Sestrières	215 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 13
10	Sestrières - L'Alpe d'Huez	218 km	Mountain stage	Wednesday, July 14
11	Bourg d'Oisans - Saint-Étienne	199 km		Thursday, July 15
12	Saint-Galmier - Saint-Flour	197 km		Friday, July 16
13	Saint-Flour - Albi	237 km		Saturday, July 17
14	Castres - Saint-Gaudens	189 km		Sunday, July 18
Rest day				Monday, July 19
15	Saint-Gaudens - Piau-Engaly	174 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 20
16	Lannemezan - Pau	192 km	Mountain stage	Wednesday, July 21
17	Mourenx - Bordeaux	184 km		Thursday, July 22
18	Jonzac - Futuroscope	182 km		Friday, July 23
19	Futuroscope - Futuroscope	57 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 24
20	Arpajon - Paris Champs-Élysées	160 km		Sunday, July 25
Total		3870 km

[edit] Jersey progress

Notes

(1) = In Stage 1, Lance Armstrong (the winner of the Prologue) wore the yellow jersey, and Alex Zülle wore the green jersey.

(2) = In Stages 3, 4, 5 and 6, Jaan Kirsipuu (GC leader) wore the yellow jersey, and Tom Steels (second in overall points) wore the green jersey.

(3) = In Stage 7, Jaan Kirsipuu (GC leader) wore the yellow jersey, and Erik Zabel (second in overall points) wore the green jersey.

(4) = In Stage 8, Jaan Kirsipuu (GC leader) wore the yellow jersey, and Mario Cipollini (second in overall points) wore the green jersey.

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[edit] Results

[edit] General Classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time (Ave. Speed)
1	Lance Armstrong	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	U.S. Postal Service	91h 32' 16" (40.276 km/h)
2	Alex Zülle	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	Banesto	7' 37"
3	Fernando Escartin	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Kelme	10' 26"
4	Laurent Dufaux	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	Saeco	14' 43"
5	Angel Casero	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	15' 11"
6	Abraham Olano	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	ONCE	16' 47"
7	Daniele Nardello	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Mapei	17' 02"
8	Richard Virenque	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Polti	17' 28"
9	Wladimir Belli	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Festina	17' 37"
10	Andrea Peron	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	ONCE	23' 10"

[edit] Points classification

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

[edit] King of the Mountains classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	Richard Virenque	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Polti	279
2	Alberto Elli	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Deutsche Telekom	226
3	Mariano Piccoli	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Lampre-Daikin	205

[edit] Young Riders' Classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Benoit Salmon	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Casino	92h 01'15"
2	Mario Aerts	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	Lotto-Mobistar	10'22"
3	Francisco Tomas Garcia	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	16'32"