1999 Tour de France

Tour de France standings
year = 1999
gc1 = Lance Armstrong
gc1time = 91h 32'16"
gc2 = Alex Zülle
gc2time = +7'37"
gc3 = Fernando Escartín
gc3time = +10'26"
pc1 = Erik Zabel
pc1points = 323 points
pc2 = Stuart O'Grady
pc2points = 275 points
pc3 = Christophe Capelle
pc3points = 196 points
kom1 = Richard Virenque
kom1points = 279 points
kom2 = Alberto Elli
kom2points = 226 points
kom3 = Mariano Piccoli
kom3points = 205 points
youth1 = Benoît Salmon
youth1time = 92h 01'15"
youth2 = Mario Aerts
youth2time = +10'22"
youth3 = Francisco Tomas Garcia
youth3time = +16'31"
team1 = Banesto
team1time = 275h 05'21"
team2 = ONCE
team2time = +8'16"
team3 = Festina
team3time = +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. 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.

tages

=King of the Mountains classification=

ee also

* List of doping cases in cycling

External links

* [http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/tour99/stage20other.html Expanded 1999 Tour de France results]