Tour de France 1989

76th Tour de France 1989 - final result
Route length	21 stages, 3,285.3 km
Yellow jersey	Greg LeMond	87:38:35 h (37.485 km / h)
Second	Laurent Fignon	+ 0:08 min
Third	Pedro Delgado	+ 3:34 min
Fourth	Gert-Jan Theunisse	+ 7:30 min
fifth	Marino Lejarreta	+ 9:39 min
Sixth	Charly Mottet	+ 10:06 min
seventh	Steven Rooks	+ 11:10 min
Eighth	Raul Alcalá	+ 14:21 min
Ninth	Sean Kelly	+ 18:25 min
Tenth	Robert Millar	+ 18:46 min
Green jersey	Sean Kelly	277 P.
Second	Etienne De Wilde	194 P.
Third	Steven Rooks	163 P.
Dotted jersey	Gert-Jan Theunisse	441 P.
Second	Pedro Delgado	311 P.
Third	Steven Rooks	257 P.
White jersey	Fabrice Philipot	88:23:19 h
Team evaluation	PDM

The 76th Tour de France took place from July 1 to July 23, 1989. It ran over 3285 km in 21 stages, making it one of the shortest. 198 cyclists took part in this tour , of which 138 were classified.

This tour resulted in the tightest decision in the history of the tour. Greg LeMond won by eight seconds over his French rival Laurent Fignon . Before the last stage, a time trial with the finish line on the Parisian Avenue des Champs-Élysées , Fignon was leading by 50 seconds. LeMond used what was then a new type of aerodynamic handlebar and helmet.

Race course

At the prologue in Luxembourg, defending champion Pedro Delgado curiously missed his start by more than two and a half minutes. At the end of the three weeks, Delgado was still third.

After the first stage, Acácio da Silva took over the yellow jersey from prologue winner Erik Breukink and was the first Portuguese to wear yellow.

On stage 5, LeMond wore the leader's yellow jersey in the individual time trial, while Fignon took it from him on stage 10. After the 15th stage, LeMond was back in front for two days before Fignon took back the jersey on the 17th stage. At no point in the race was the gap more than a minute.

The later five-time winner Miguel Induráin finished his first tour in 17th and was able to win a stage.

Stages

Stages	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
prolog	July 1	Luxembourg ( LUX )	7.8 ( EZF )	Erik Breukink	Erik Breukink
1st stage	2nd July	Luxembourg (LUX) - Luxembourg (LUX)	135.5	Acácio da Silva	Acacio da Silva
2nd stage	2nd July	Luxembourg (LUX) - Luxembourg (LUX)	46 ( MZF )	Super u
3rd stage	3rd of July	Luxembourg (LUX) - Spa ( BEL )	241	Raúl Alcalá
4th stage	July 4th	Liege (BEL) - Wasquehal	255	Jelle Nijdam
Rest day
5th stage	July 6th	Dinard - Rennes	73 (EZF)	Greg LeMond	Greg LeMond
6th stage	7th of July	Rennes - Futuroscope	259	Joël Pelier
7th stage	8th of July	Futuroscope - Bordeaux	258.5	Etienne De Wilde
8th stage	July 9	Labastide-d'Armagnac - Pau	157	Martin Early
9th stage	10th of July	Pau - Cauterets	147	Miguel Induráin
10th stage	July 11th	Cauterets - Superbagnères	136	Robert Millar	Laurent Fignon
11th stage	July 12	Luchon - Blagnac	158.5	Mathieu Hermans
12th stage	July 13th	Toulouse - Montpellier	242	Valerio Tebaldi
13th stage	July 14th	Montpellier - Marseille	179	Vincent Barteau
14th stage	15th of July	Marseille - Gap	240	Jelle Nijdam
15th stage	16th of July	Gap - Orcières-Merlette	39 (EZF)	Steven Rooks	Greg LeMond
Rest day
16th stage	July 18th	Gap - Briançon	175	Pascal Richard	Greg LeMond
17th stage	July 19	Briançon - L'Alpe d'Huez	165	Gert-Jan Theunisse	Laurent Fignon
18th stage	20th of July	Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Villard-de-Lans	91.5	Laurent Fignon
19th stage	21 July	Villard-de-Lans - Aix-les-Bains	125	Greg LeMond
20th stage	22nd of July	Aix-les-Bains - L'Isle-d'Abeau	130	Giovanni Fidanza
21st stage	July 23	Versailles - Paris	24.5 (EZF)	Greg LeMond	Greg LeMond

→ Main article : List of Tour de France stage locations

All teams and drivers

Reynolds-Banesto

No.	country	Surname	space
1		Pedro Delgado	3
2		Dominique Arnaud	30th
3		Julián Gorospe	62
4th		Miguel Indurain	17th
5		Javier Lukin	56
6th		Melchor Mauri	92
7th		William Palacio	25th
8th		Jesús Rodríguez Magro	33
9		Abelardo Rondón	28

PDM

No.	country	Surname	space
11		Steven Rooks	7th
12		Raúl Alcalá	8th
13		Rudy Dhaenens	NA 18.
14th		Johannes Draaijer	130
15th		Martin Earley	44
16		Sean Kelly	9
17th		Jörg Müller	29
18th		Gert-Jan Theunisse	4th
19th		Marc van Orsouw	87

Kelme

No.	country	Surname	space
21st		Fabio Parra	A 11.
22nd		Iñaki Gastón	A 10.
23		Manuel Guijarro Doménech	ZÜ 2.
24		Omar Hernández	ZÜ 7.
25th		Juan Martínez Oliver	ZÜ 10.
26th		Pedro Saúl Morales	A 3.
27		Humberto Parra	ZÜ 7.
28		Jose Roncancio	A 11.
29		Jaime Vilamajó	ZÜ 10.

Helvetia-La Suisse

No.	country	Surname	space
31		Steve Bauer	15th
32		Mauro Gianetti	115
33		Jean-Claude Leclercq	68
34		Henri Manders	104
35		Pascal Richard	23
36		Niki Rüttimann	A 17.
37		Peter Stevenhaagen	50
38		Frédéric Vichot	37
39		Michael Wilson	69

Super u

No.	country	Surname	space
41		Laurent Fignon	2
42		Vincent Barteau	97
43		Dominique Guard	52
44		Heinz Imboden	A 10.
45		Christophe Lavainne	64
46		Thierry Marie	72
47		Bjarne Riis	95
48		Gérard Rué	35
49		Pascal Simon	13

Café de Colombia

No.	country	Surname	space
51		Luis Herrera	19th
52		Samuel Cabrera	49
53		Julio César Cadena	76
54		Alberto Camargo	20th
55		Henry Cardenas	NA 5.
56		Martín Ramírez	A 9.
57		Bernard Richard	82
58		Mario Scirea	ZÜ 10.
59		Jesper Worre	88

Z-Peugeot

No.	country	Surname	space
61		Eric Boyer	NA 13.
62		Philippe Casado	93
63		Bruno Cornillet	14th
64		Atle Kvålsvoll	46
65		François Lemarchand	89
66		Philippe Louviot	59
67		Robert Millar	10
68		Ronan Pensec	58
69		Jérôme Simon	18th

bra

No.	country	Surname	space
71		Álvaro Pino	16
72		Francisco Antequera	111
73		Philippe Bouvatier	ZÜ 7.
74		Laudelino Cubino	A 15.
75		Federico Echave	NA 15.
76		Anselmo Fuerte	26th
77		Juan Jusdado	131
78		Javier Murguialday	48
79		Joël Pelier	128

Panasonic Isostar

No.	country	Surname	space
81		Erik Breukink	A 13.
82		Theo de Rooij	125
83		Henk Lubberding	119
84		Guy Nulens	55
85		John Talen	ZÜ 10.
86		Jean-Paul van Poppel	ZÜ 10.
87		Teun Van Vliet	124
88		Eric Vanderaerden	ZÜ 10.
89		Jean-Marie Wampers	133

Hitachi-VTM

No.	country	Surname	space
91		Claude Criquielion	36
92		Hendrik De Vos	193
93		Dirk De Wolf	66
94		Jos Haex	NA 13.
95		Patrick Jacobs	A 19.
96		Jos Lieckens	ZÜ 10.
97		Danny Lippens	A 14.
98		Marc Sergeant	61
99		Jos Van Aert	A 12.

7 Eleven-American Airlines

No.	country	Surname	space
101		Andrew Hampsten	22nd
102		Nathan Dahlberg	A 18.
103		Ron Kiefel	73
104		Roy Knickman	ZÜ 18.
105		Dag Otto Lauritzen	NA 5.
106		Jeff Pierce	86
107		Jens Veggerby	S 10.
108		Sean Yates	45
109		Gerhard Zadrobilek	60

Paternina-Marcos Equizabal

No.	country	Surname	space
111		Marino Lejarreta	5
112		René Beuker	135
113		Mathieu Hermans	138
114		Stephen Hodge	83
115		Roland Le Clerc	116
116		Jokin Mujika	78
117		Erwin Nijboer	A 17.
118		Ludo Peeters	63
119		Helmut Wechselberger	42

Carrera Jeans-Vagabond

No.	country	Surname	space
121		Urs Zimmermann	NA 17.
122		Guido Bontempi	A 10.
123		Primož Čerin	40
124		Claudio Chiappucci	81
125		Acácio da Silva	84
126		Erich Maechler	117
127		Walter Magnago	134
128		Jure Pavlič	74
129		Giancarlo Perini	102

RMO-Mavic-Liberia

No.	country	Surname	space
131		Charly Mottet	6th
132		Eric Caritoux	12
133		Thierry claveyrolate	A 9.
134		Jean-Claude Colotti	67
135		Christian Jourdan	118
136		Per Pedersen	85
137		Franck Pineau	57
138		Gilles Sanders	54
139		Michel Vermote	70

ADR-Agrigel-Bottechia

No.	country	Surname	space
141		Greg LeMond	1
142		Frank Hoste	S 10.
143		Janus Kuum	S 10.
144		Johan Lammerts	123
145		René Martens	91
146		Johan Museeuw	106
147		Eddy Planckaert	A 18.
148		Ronny Van Holen	A 12.
149		Filip Van Vooren	A 10.

Fagor

No.	country	Surname	space
151		Stephen Roche	NA 10.
152		Laurent Biondi	31
153		John Carlsen	53
154		Christian Chaubet	79
155		Robert Forest	75
156		Paul Kimmage	A 12.
157		Vincent Lavenu	65
158		Francesco Rossignoli	NA 13.
159		Eddy Schepers	A 14.

Histor-Sigma-Fina

No.	country	Surname	space
161		Luc Roosen	27
162		Etienne De Wilde	101
163		Herman Frison	A 14.
164		Søren Lilholt	A 12.
165		Jan Nevens	A 6.
166		Rudy Patry	ZÜ 10.
167		Wilfried Peeters	105
168		Brian Holm	109
169		Rik Van Slycke	98

Chateaux d'Ax

No.	country	Surname	space
171		Gianni Bugno	11
172		Ettore Badolato	NA 17.
173		Giovanni Fidanza	127
174		Camillo Passera	94
175		Valerio Tebaldi	122
176		Ennio Vanotti	126
177		Alberto Volpi	NA 13.
178		Franco Vona	A 17.
179		Stefano Zanatta	A 6.

Toshiba

No.	country	Surname	space
181		Laurent Bezault	43
182		Martial Gayant	32
183		Andreas Kappes	96
184		Philippe Leleu	90
185		Marc Madiot	34
186		Yvon Madiot	47
187		Fabrice Philipot	24
188		Pascal Poisson	71
189		Denis Roux	NA 13.

Domex-Weinmann

No.	country	Surname	space
191		Adrie van der Poel	A 10.
192		Alfred Achermann	80
193		Carlo Bomans	137
194		Beat Breu	21st
195		Michel Dernies	108
196		Maarten Ducrot	39
197		Jan Goessens	112
198		Patrick Robeet	51
199		Thomas Wegmüller	100

Superconfex-Yoko-Opel

No.	country	Surname	space
201		Rolf Goelz	A 17.
202		Gert Jakobs	136
203		Frans Maassen	103
204		Jelle Nijdam	121
205		Twan Poels	114
206		Noël Segers	ZÜ 9.
207		Gerrit Solleveld	107
208		Patrick Tolhoek	99
209		Edwig Van Hooydonck	110

TVM

No.	country	Surname	space
211		Phil Anderson	38
212		Johan Capiot	ZÜ 2.
213		Jacques Hanegraaf	129
214		Rob Kleinsman	A 17.
215		Peter Pieters	ZÜ 10.
216		Eddy Schurer	132
217		Jan Siemons	120
218		Jesper Skibby	41
219		Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande	77

A: abandonment during the stage, NA: not started for the stage, S: suspended / excluded, ZÜ: timeout

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1989 Tour de France by BikeRaceInfo. In: bikeraceinfo.com. Retrieved May 26, 2018 (English). 

Web links

Commons : Tour de France 1989  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The duel between LeMond and Fignon (archive version) ( Memento from June 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Tour de France 1989 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• radsport-seite.de for the 1989 tour