1999 TOUR DE FRANCE

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.

Contents

Stages

Jersey progress

Results

Teams Classification

External links

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

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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Results

===General Classification===

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

===Points classification===

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

===King of the Mountains classification===

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	'Richard Virenque'		Polti	279
2	Alberto Elli		Deutsche Telekom	226
3	Mariano Piccoli		Lampre-Daikin	205

===Young Riders' Classification===

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

Teams Classification

Rank	Team	Country	Time
1	'Banesto'		275h 05'21"
2	ONCE		8'16"
3	Festina		16'13"

External links

★ Expanded 1999 Tour de France results