Tour de France 1999

Tour de France 1999
General
output	86th Tour de France
Stages	21st
date	July 3rd - 25th, 1999
overall length	3,870 km
Host countries	France Italy Spain
begin	Puy du Fou
target	Paris
Teams	20th
Driver at the start	180
Driver at the finish	141
Average speed	42.437 km / h
Result
winner	Declared vacant
Second	Alex Zülle ( Banesto )
Third	Fernando Escartín ( Kelme-Costa Blanca )
Scoring	Erik Zabel ( Deutsche Telekom )
Mountain scoring	Richard virusesque ( Polti )
Young talent evaluation	Benoît Salmon ( Casino )
Most combative driver	Jacky Durand (Lotto Mobistar)
Team evaluation	Banesto
◀ 1998	2000 ▶
documentation

The 86th Tour de France began on July 3, 1999 in Puy du Fou and ended on July 25, 1999 in Paris . It consisted of 21 stages with a total length of 3,870 km and led through France, Italy and Spain. 141 of 180 riders who started reached the finish.

The overall ranking was won by Lance Armstrong ( US Postal Service ) ahead of Alex Zülle ( Banesto ) and Fernando Escartín ( Kelme-Costa Blanca ), the points ranking was won by Erik Zabel ( Deutsche Telekom ), the mountain ranking won by Richard Virusque ( Polti ) and Jacky was the most combative driver Durand ( Lotto Mobistar ) awarded.

Lance Armstrong was stripped of his successes on August 24, 2012 by the USADA and on October 22, 2012 by the UCI for doping .

Summary

Before the race

The last two winners and last year's best Marco Pantani ( Mercatone Uno-Bianchi ) and Jan Ullrich ( Deutsche Telekom ) did not start. Marco Pantani was absent after being disqualified from the Giro d'Italia , while Jan Ullrich was absent after falling on the Germany Tour .

The shirt number 1 was therefore worn by Bobby Julich, who was third in the previous year ( Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone ). Other prominent participants were last year's winner of the points classification Erik Zabel (Deutsche Telekom), last year's winner of the mountain classification Christophe Rinero (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) and last year's most combative driver Jacky Durand ( Lotto-Mobistar ).

The race

Lance Armstrong ( US Postal Service ) won the prologue on July 3rd in Puy du Fou . The 27-year-old American made his comeback there after missing the last two editions of the Tour de France due to testicular cancer .

The first week of racing was then characterized by flat stages. A mass fall occurred on the Passage du Gois ; co-favorite Alex Zülle ( Banesto ) lost over six minutes. The sprinter Mario Cipollini ( Saeco-Cannondale ) meanwhile set two new records with an average speed of more than 50 km / h on the fourth stage and ultimately four stage wins in a row.

The individual time trial on July 11th in Metz won again Lance Armstrong; the co-favorite Fernando Escartín ( Kelme-Costa Blanca ) lost over six minutes.

The second week of the race began with the Alpine stages on July 13th to Sestrières and on July 14th to L'Alpe d'Huez . The 9th stage won Lance Armstrong; Alex Zülle lost 0:31 min and Fernando Escartín lost 1:26 min. Giuseppe Guerini ( Deutsche Telekom ) won the 10th stage - despite a collision with a spectator - while Lance Armstrong, Alex Zülle and Fernando Escartín crossed the finish line at the same time.

The third week of the race began with the Pyrenees stages on July 20th to Piau-Engaly and on July 21st to Pau . Fernando Escartín won the 15th stage; Alex Zülle lost 2:01 minutes and Lance Armstrong lost 2:10 minutes. The 16th stage was won by David Etxebarria ( ONCE-Deutsche Bank ), while Lance Armstrong, Alex Zülle and Fernando Escartín crossed the finish line at the same time.

The individual time trial on July 24th at Futuroscope was again won by Lance Armstrong; Fernando Escartín lost again over four minutes.

The final stage on July 25th to Paris was won by Robbie McEwen ( Rabobank ). On the Champs-Élysées , Lance Armstrong, Alex Zülle and Fernando Escartín were also the winners, second and third in the overall standings, Erik Zabel (Deutsche Telekom) as the winner of the points classification, Richard Virusque ( Polti ) as the winner of the mountain classification and Jacky Durand ( Lotto Mobistar ) honored as the most combative driver.

After the race

The career of Lance Armstrong ( US Postal Service ) has always been accompanied by doping rumors . During the race, L'Équipe reported that traces of a prohibited substance had been found in one of his doping samples, but for which he had been able to produce a prescription.

Later investigations revealed that Lance Armstrong had used the banned substances corticosteroids , EPO , HGH and testosterone, as well as the banned method of blood doping, during his career . He was therefore subsequently disqualified on August 24, 2012 by the USADA and on October 22, 2012 by the UCI .

route

stage	date	Start finish	km	Type	Stage winner
prolog	3rd of July	Puy du Fou	6.8	EZF	Declared vacant
1st stage	July 4th	Montaigu - Challans	208	MS	Jaan Kirsipuu
2nd stage	5th July	Challans - Saint-Nazaire	176	MS	Tom Steels
3rd stage	July 6th	Nantes - Laval	194.5	MS
4th stage	7th of July	Laval - Blois	191	MS	Mario Cipollini
5th stage	8th of July	Bonneval - Amiens	233.5	MS
6th stage	July 9	Amiens - Maubeuge	171.5	MS
7th stage	10th of July	Avesnes-sur-Helpe - Thionville	227	MS
8th stage	July 11th	Metz - Metz	56.5	EZF	Declared vacant
Rest day
9th stage	July 13th	Le Grand-Bornand - Sestrières	213.5	MS	Declared vacant
10th stage	July 14th	Sestrières - L'Alpe d'Huez	220.5	MS	Giuseppe Guerini
11th stage	15th of July	Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Saint-Etienne	198.5	MS	Ludo Dierckxsens
12th stage	16th of July	Saint-Galmier - Saint-Flour	201.5	MS	David Etxebarria
13th stage	17th July	Saint-Flour- Albi	236.5	MS	Salvatore Commesso
14th stage	July 18th	Castres - Saint-Gaudens	199	MS	Dimitri Konyshev
Rest day
15th stage	20th of July	Saint-Gaudens - Piau-Engaly	173	MS	Fernando Escartín
16th stage	21 July	Lannemezan - Pau	192	MS	David Etxebarria
17th stage	22nd of July	Mourenx - Bordeaux	200	MS	Tom Steels
18th stage	July 23	Jonzac - Futuroscope	187	MS	Gianpaolo Mondini
19th stage	24th July	Futuroscope - Futuroscope	57	EZF	Declared vacant
20th stage	July 25th	Arpajon - Paris	143.5	MS	Robbie McEwen

Teams and drivers

Cofidis - Le Credit par Téléphone

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
1	Bobby Julich
2	Steve De Wolf	41	62	31
3	Laurent Desbiens	100	75	39
4th	Peter Farazijn	63	70	64
5	Claude Lamour	117	31
6th	Massimiliano Lelli	34	26th	23
7th	Thierry Loder	139
8th	Roland Meier	15th	47	13
9	Christophe Rinero	79	95

Mercatone Uno-Bianchi

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
11	Stefano Garzelli	32	57	29
12	Marco Artunghi
13	Sergio Barbero	124		86
14th	Roberto Conti
15th	Michele Coppolillo
16	Marco Fincato	53
17th	Riccardo Forconi	87	68	74
18th	Dmitri Konyshev	62	18th	11
19th	Massimiliano Napolitano	134

Deutsche Telekom

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
21st	Erik Zabel	89	1
22nd	Udo Bölts	40		48
23	Alberto Elli	17th	34	2
24	Giuseppe Guerini	22nd	53	19th
25th	Kai Hundertmarck	110
26th	Jörg Jaksche	80	61
27	Jan Schaffrath	136
28	Georg Totschnig	20th	67	60
29	Steffen Wesemann	73	27

Mapei-Quick Step

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
31	Pavel Tonkov
32	Davide Bramati	103
33	Gianni Faresin	23	44	56
34	Manuel Fernández Ginés	49		63
35	Paolo Lanfranchi	18th	49	25th
36	Bart Leysen	133
37	Axel Merckx
38	Daniele Nardello	7th	59	54
39	Tom Steels	104	4th

Rabobank

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
41	Michael Boogerd	56
42	Erik Dekker	107	79	77
43	Maarten den Bakker	84		34
44	Patrick Jonker	97
45	Marc Lotz	72	72	79
46	Robbie McEwen	122	6th	33
47	Léon van Bon
48	Marc Wauters
49	Beat Zberg	109		65

ONCE-Deutsche Bank

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
51	Abraham Olano	6th	29	35
52	Rafael Diaz Justo	58
53	David Etxebarría	12	19th	12
54	Marcelino García
55	Santos González	61	93	55
56	Luis Pérez Rodríguez	29	51	61
57	Andrea Peron	10	99	9
58	Jose-Luis Rebollo	75
59	Marcos Serrano	25th	77	37

Polti

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
61	Ivan Gotti
62	Rossano Brasi	127	76
63	Stefano Cattai	66
64	Mirko Crepaldi	120		80
65	Stéphane Goubert	74		41
66	Silvio Martinello	114	10
67	Oscar Pellicioli
68	Fabio Sacchi	99	33
69	Richard virusesque	8th	30th	1

Saeco-Cannondale

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
71	Mario Cipollini
72	Giuseppe Calcaterra
73	Salvatore Commesso	38	22nd	57
74	Laurent Dufaux	4th	40	8th
75	Gian Matteo Fagnini
76	Armin Meier	31	87	52
77	Paolo Savoldelli
78	Mario Scirea
79	Francesco Secchiari

Lotto Mobistar

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
81	Mario Aerts	21st	74	66
82	Fabien De Waele	108	23
83	Sébastien Demarbaix	130	86
84	Jacky Durand	141	35	44
85	Thierry Marichal	128
86	Kurt Van De Wouwer	11	45	10
87	Rik Verbrugghe	71	39	32
88	Geert Verheyen	45	88
89	Peter Wuyts	112	28

Casino

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
91	Alexander Vinokurov	35	15th	17th
92	Stéphane Barthe
93	Frédéric Bessy	42	50	36
94	Pascal Chanteur	91	36
95	Fabrice Gougot	69	81	40
96	Jaan Kirsipuu
97	Gilles Maignan	82	89
98	Christophe Oriol	67
99	Benoît Salmon	16	90	83

Lampre-Daikin

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
101	Marco Serpellini	55	32	68
102	Raivis Belohvoščiks
103	Ludo Dierckxsens
104	Pavel Padrnos
105	Mariano Piccoli	50	17th	3
106	Marco Pinotti	113		51
107	Zbigniew saying
108	Ján Svorada
109	Johan Verstrepen

Kelme-Costa Blanca

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
111	Fernando Escartín	3	20th	4th
112	José Castelblanco	37	64	49
113	Carlos Alberto Contreras	19th	73	15th
114	Jose De Los Angeles	129
115	Jose-Javier Gomez	59		20th
116	Javier Otxoa	86		26th
117	Javier Pascual Llorente	33	60	62
118	Antonio Tauler
119	José Angel Vidal	101

Vitalicio Seguros-Grupo Generali

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
121	Ángel Casero	5	48	47
122	Elio Aggiano	92	13	69
123	Hernán Buenahora	64
124	Francisco Cerezo	47	85	73
125	Francisco García	26th	69	22nd
126	Álvaro González	24	84	27
127	Pedro Horrillo	135	71
128	Prudencio Indurain	76
129	Gines Salmeron

Crédit Agricole

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
131	François Simon	30th	5	42
132	Magnus Backstedt
133	Chris Boardman	119
134	Sébastien Hinault	123	24	81
135	Anthony Langella	132
136	Stuart O'Grady	94	2
137	Cédric Vasseur	83		85
138	Henk Vogels	121	41
139	Jens Voigt	60	42	87

Festina

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
141	Vladimir Belli	9	21st	18th
142	Laurent Brochard	77		21st
143	Jaime Hernandez	102
144	Rolf Huser	118	80
145	Fabian Jeker	57		50
146	Laurent Lefèvre	88	66	67
147	Laurent Madouas	44		78
148	Christophe Moreau	27	9	58
149	Didier Rous

Française des Jeux

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
151	Jean-Cyril Robin	52	43	84
152	Christophe Bassons
153	Jimmy Casper
154	Frédéric Guesdon	106	52	76
155	Stéphane Heulot	14th	37	16
156	Christophe Mengin	70	25th	63
157	Lars Michaelsen	116	11
158	Anthony Morin	105	82	71
159	Damien Nazon

Banesto

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
161	Alex Zülle	2	14th	6th
162	José Luis Arrieta	46	95	7th
163	Manuel Beltran
164	Vicente García Acosta	68	83	70
165	Francisco Mancebo	28		89
166	David Navas	98
167	Jon Odriozola	54		24
168	Miguel Ángel Peña	43	58	46
169	César Solaun	39	65

Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
171	Bo hamburger
172	Alessandro Baronti	138
173	Gabriele Colombo	125	92
174	Moreno Di Biase
175	Massimo Giunti	95		72
176	Marcus Ljungqvist	131	98	45
177	Luca Mazzanti	137	78
178	Nicola Minali
179	Gianpaolo Mondini	81	8th	14th

US Postal Service

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
181	Lance Armstrong	-	-	-
182	Frankie Andreu	65	91	43
183	Pascal Deramé	140	97	82
184	Tyler Hamilton	13	54	59
185	George Hincapie	78	7th
186	Kevin Livingston	36		30th
187	Peter Meinert-Nielsen
188	Christian Vande Velde	85	96	88
189	Jonathan Vaughters

Big Mat Auber 93

No.	Surname	GW	PW	BW
191	Ludovic Auger	111	38
192	Thierry Bourguignon	48	56	28
193	Christophe Capelle	115	3
194	Carlos Da Cruz	126	16
195	Thierry Gouvenou	96	46	75
196	Lylian Lebreton	51	63	38
197	Dominique Rault	90
198	Alexei Sivakov	93	55
199	Jay Sweet

Abbreviations: GW = overall ranking (rank), PW = points ranking (rank), BW = mountain ranking (rank)

Scoring jerseys in the course of the tour

stage	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Dotted jersey
1st stage	Declared vacant	Declared vacant	Mariano Piccoli
2nd stage		Jaan Kirsipuu
3rd stage	Jaan Kirsipuu
4th stage
5th stage
6th stage
7th stage
8th stage
9th stage	Declared vacant
10th stage		Stuart O'Grady	Richard virusesque
11th stage
12th stage
13th stage		Erik Zabel
14th stage
15th stage
16th stage
17th stage
18th stage
19th stage
20th stage
Result	Declared vacant	Erik Zabel	Richard virusesque

gallery

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  Racing scene

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  Passage du Gois

Web links

Commons : Tour de France 1999  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tour de France 1999 in the LeTour.fr database
• Tour de France 1999 in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Armstrong permanent ban