1999 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10

Stages of cycle race thumb|360px|alt=Map of France with the route of the 1999 Tour de France|Route of the 1999 Tour de France The 1999 Tour de France was the 86th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Le Puy du Fou with a prologue individual time trial on 3 July and Stage 10 occurred on 14 July with a mountainous stage to Alpe d'Huez. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 25 July. Prologue 3 July 1999 — Le Puy du Fou, 6.8 km 1 on (individual time trial)https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1999/07/04/MD19990704-040.pdf Le Tour 99 El Mundo Deportivo Spanish Le Tour 99 40 4 July 1999 25 September 2016 Prologue result and general classification after prologuehttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 Memoire du cyclisme 25 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20111124052846/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999.php 24 November 2011 Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Lance Armstrong USA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. USP 1999 8' 02" 2 Alex Zülle SUI GCE 1999 + 7" 3 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 11" 4 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 + 15" 5 Chris Boardman GBR C.A 1999 + 16" 6 Rik Verbrugghe BEL LOT 1999 + 18" 7 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ ALM 1999 + 21" 8 Santos González ESP ONC 1999 + 21" 9 Laurent Brochard FRA FES 1999 s.t. 10 Gilles Maignan FRA ALM 1999 + 23" Stage 1 4 July 1999 — Montaigu to Challans, 208 km 1 on Stage 1 result Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Jaan Kirsipuu EST ALM 1999 4:56:18" 2 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 s.t. 3 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 s.t. 4 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 s.t. 5 Silvio Martinello ITA POL 1999 s.t. 6 Jimmy Casper FRA FDJ 1999 s.t. 7 Nicola Minali ITA CTA 1999 s.t. 8 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 s.t. 9 François Simon FRA C.A 1999 s.t. 10 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 s.t.General classification after stage 1http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_1.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 - 1ère étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20100727023954/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_1.php 27 July 2010 Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Lance Armstrong USA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. USP 1999 5:04:20" 2 Alex Zülle SUI GCE 1999 + 7" 3 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 11" 4 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 + 15" 5 Chris Boardman GBR C.A 1999 + 16" 6 Jaan Kirsipuu EST ALM 1999 s.t. 7 Rik Verbrugghe BEL LOT 1999 + 18" 8 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 + 20" 9 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ ALM 1999 + 21" 10 Santos González ESP ONC 1999 s.t. Stage 2 5 July 1999 — Challans to Saint-Nazaire, 176 km 1 on Stage 2 result Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 3:45:32" 2 Jaan Kirsipuu EST ALM 1999 s.t. 3 Mario Cipollini ITA SAE 1999 s.t. 4 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 s.t. 5 Jimmy Casper FRA FDJ 1999 s.t. 6 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 s.t. 7 Ján Svorada CZE LAM 1999 s.t. 8 Silvio Martinello ITA POL 1999 s.t. 9 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 s.t. 10 François Simon FRA C.A 1999 s.t.General classification after stage 2http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_2.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 - 2ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20100107154636/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_2.php 7 January 2010 Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Jaan Kirsipuu EST 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. ALM 1999 8:49:38" 2 Lance Armstrong USA USP 1999 + 14" 3 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 + 22" 4 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 25" 5 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 + 29" 6 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 + 31" 7 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 + 32" 8 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ ALM 1999 + 35" 9 Santos González ESP ONC 1999 + 35" 10 Andrea Peron ITA ONC 1999 + 37" Stage 3 6 July 1999 — Nantes to Laval, 194.5 km on Stage 3 result Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 4:29:27" 2 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 s.t. 3 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 s.t. 4 Nicola Minali ITA CTA 1999 s.t. 5 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 s.t. 6 Jimmy Casper FRA FDJ 1999 s.t. 7 Robbie McEwen AUS RAB 1999 s.t. 8 Silvio Martinello ITA POL 1999 s.t. 9 Elio Aggiano ITA VIT 1999 s.t. 10 Mario Cipollini ITA SAE 1999 s.t.General classification after stage 3http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_3.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 - 3ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20100626033725/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_3.php 26 June 2010 Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Jaan Kirsipuu EST 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. ALM 1999 13:18:59" 2 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 + 17" 3 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 + 20" 4 Lance Armstrong USA USP 1999 s.t. 5 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 31" 6 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 + 34" 7 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 + 35" 8 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 + 40" 9 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ ALM 1999 + 41" 10 Santos González ESP ONC 1999 s.t. Stage 4 7 July 1999 — Laval to Blois, 194.5 km on Stage 4 set a record for the fastest ever massed-start stage on the Tour de France which stood until 2026, with the stage won by Mario Cipollini at an average of 50.4 km/h mph on with the help of a tailwind.8 July 1999 Cipollini Sprints to Record Win – Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-08-sp-54125-story.html 18 July 2009 Los Angeles TimesPrice Matilda 2025-07-14 An average of over 50kph for three and a half hours – Tour de France stage 9 becomes second fastest in history https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/an-average-of-over-50kph-for-three-and-a-half-hours-tour-de-france-stage-9-becomes-second-fastest-in-history/ 2025-07-14 Cyclingnews en Stage 4 result Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Mario Cipollini ITA SAE 1999 3:51:45" 2 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 s.t. 3 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 s.t. 4 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 s.t. 5 Jaan Kirsipuu EST 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. ALM 1999 s.t. 6 Nicola Minali ITA CTA 1999 s.t. 7 Christophe Capelle FRA AUB 1999 s.t. 8 Damien Nazon FRA FDJ 1999 s.t. 9 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 s.t. 10 Jay Sweet AUS AUB 1999 s.t.General classification after stage 4http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_4.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 - 4ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090716035003/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_4.php 16 July 2009 Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Jaan Kirsipuu EST 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. ALM 1999 17:10:40" 2 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 + 16" 3 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 + 21" 4 Lance Armstrong USA USP 1999 + 24" 5 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 + 32" 6 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 35" 7 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 + 38" 8 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 + 39" 9 Mario Cipollini ITA SAE 1999 + 44" 10 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ ALM 1999 + 45" Stage 5 8 July 1999 — Bonneval to Amiens, 233.5 km on Stage 5 result Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Mario Cipollini ITA SAE 1999 5h 36' 28" 2 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 s.t. 3 Jaan Kirsipuu EST 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. ALM 1999 s.t. 4 Robbie McEwen AUS RAB 1999 s.t. 5 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 s.t. 6 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 s.t. 7 Nicola Minali ITA CTA 1999 s.t. 8 Christophe Capelle FRA AUB 1999 s.t. 9 Damien Nazon FRA FDJ 1999 s.t. 10 Ján Svorada CZE LAM 1999 s.t.General classification after stage 5http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_5.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 - 5ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090714225744/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_5.php 14 July 2009 Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Jaan Kirsipuu EST 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. ALM 1999 22:47:00" 2 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 + 17" 3 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 + 24" 4 Lance Armstrong USA USP 1999 + 32" 5 Mario Cipollini ITA SAE 1999 s.t. 6 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 + 40" 7 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 43" 8 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 + 46" 9 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 + 47" 10 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ ALM 1999 + 53" Stage 6 9 July 1999 — Amiens to Maubeuge, 171.5 km on Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Mario Cipollini ITA SAE 1999 4h 11' 09" 2 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 s.t. 3 Jaan Kirsipuu EST 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. ALM 1999 s.t. 4 Ján Svorada CZE LAM 1999 s.t. 5 Damien Nazon FRA FDJ 1999 s.t. 6 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 s.t. 7 Silvio Martinello ITA POL 1999 s.t. 8 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 s.t. 9 Nicola Minali ITA CTA 1999 s.t. 10 Lars Michaelsen DEN FDJ 1999 s.t.General classification after stage 6http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_6.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 - 6ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20100626033731/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_6.php 26 June 2010 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jaan Kirsipuu EST 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. ALM 1999 26h 57' 55" 2 Mario Cipollini ITA SAE 1999 + 26" 3 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 + 31" 4 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 + 38" 5 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 s.t. 6 Lance Armstrong USA USP 1999 + 46" 7 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 57" 8 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 + 58" 9 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 + 1' 01" 10 François Simon FRA C.A 1999 + 1' 04" Stage 7 10 July 1999 — Avesnes-sur-Helpe to Thionville, 227.0 km on Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Mario Cipollini ITA SAE 1999 5h 26' 59" 2 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 s.t. 3 Jaan Kirsipuu EST 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. ALM 1999 s.t. 4 Henk Vogels AUS C.A 1999 s.t. 5 Ján Svorada CZE LAM 1999 s.t. 6 Damien Nazon FRA FDJ 1999 s.t. 7 Christophe Capelle FRA AUB 1999 s.t. 8 Jimmy Casper FRA FDJ 1999 s.t. 9 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 s.t. 10 François Simon FRA C.A 1999 s.t.General classification after stage 7http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_7.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 - 7ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20100626033736/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_7.php 26 June 2010 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jaan Kirsipuu EST 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. ALM 1999 32h 24' 46" 2 Mario Cipollini ITA SAE 1999 + 14" 3 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 + 34" 4 Erik Zabel GER TEL 1999 + 44" 5 Lance Armstrong USA USP 1999 + 54" 6 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 1' 05" 7 George Hincapie USA USP 1999 + 1' 06" 8 Tom Steels BEL MAP 1999 + 1' 09" 9 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 s.t. 10 François Simon FRA C.A 1999 + 1' 12" Stage 8 11 July 1999 — Metz, 56.5 km on (individual time trial) Stage 8 result Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Lance Armstrong USA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. USP 1999 1:08:36" 2 Alex Zülle SUI GCE 1999 + 57" 3 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 + 2' 04" 4 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 2' 21" 5 Tyler Hamilton USA USP 1999 + 3' 30" 6 Chris Boardman GBR C.A 1999 + 3' 31" 7 Álvaro González de Galdeano ESP VIT 1999 + 3' 40" 8 Jens Voigt GER C.A 1999 + 3' 41" 9 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 + 3' 45" 10 Laurent Dufaux SUI SAE 1999 + 3' 55"General classification after stage 8http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_8.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 - 8ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20100727023959/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_8.php 27 July 2010 Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Lance Armstrong USA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. USP 1999 33:34:16" 2 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 + 2' 20" 3 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 2' 33" 4 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 + 3' 25" 5 Álvaro González de Galdeano ESP VIT 1999 + 4' 10" 6 Jens Voigt GER C.A 1999 s.t. 7 Laurent Dufaux SUI SAE 1999 + 4' 19" 8 Andrea Peron ITA ONC 1999 + 4' 22" 9 Santos González ESP ONC 1999 + 4' 37" 10 Daniele Nardello ITA MAP 1999 + 4' 46" Stage 9 13 July 1999 — Le Grand-Bornand to Sestrières, 213.5 km on Stage 9 result Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Lance Armstrong USA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. USP 1999 5:57:11" 2 Alex Zülle SUI GCE 1999 + 31" 3 Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1999 + 1' 26" 4 Ivan Gotti ITA POL 1999 s.t. 5 Manuel Beltrán ESP GCE 1999 + 2' 27" 6 Richard Virenque FRA POL 1999 s.t. 7 Carlos Contreras COL KEL 1999 + 2' 29" 8 Kurt Van De Wouwer BEL LOT 1999 + 3' 10" 9 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 s.t. 10 Laurent Dufaux SUI SAE 1999 + 3' 30"General classification after stage 9http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_9.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 - 9ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20100726230901/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_9.php 26 July 2010 Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Lance Armstrong USA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. USP 1999 39:31:07" 2 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 6' 03" 3 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1999 + 7' 44" 4 Alex Zülle SUI GCE 1999 + 7' 47" 5 Laurent Dufaux SUI SAE 1999 + 8' 07" 6 Daniele Nardello ITA MAP 1999 + 8' 39" 7 Ángel Casero ESP VIT 1999 + 8' 54" 8 Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1999 + 9' 01" 9 Richard Virenque FRA POL 1999 + 10' 02" 10 Pavel Tonkov RUS MAP 1999 + 10' 34" Stage 10 14 July 1999 — Sestrières to Alpe d'Huez, 220.5 km on Stage 10 result Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Giuseppe Guerini ITA TEL 1999 6:42:31" 2 Pavel Tonkov RUS MAP 1999 + 21" 3 Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1999 + 25" 4 Alex Zülle SUI GCE 1999 s.t. 5 Lance Armstrong USA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. USP 1999 s.t. 6 Richard Virenque FRA POL 1999 s.t. 7 Laurent Dufaux SUI SAE 1999 s.t. 8 Kurt Van De Wouwer BEL LOT 1999 s.t. 9 Manuel Beltrán ESP GCE 1999 + 32" 10 Carlos Contreras COL KEL 1999 + 49"General classification after stage 10http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_10.php 86ème Tour de France 1999 - 10ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20100727011114/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1999_10.php 27 July 2010 Rank Cyclist Team Time 1 Lance Armstrong USA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. USP 1999 46:14:03" 2 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 1999 + 7' 42" 3 Alex Zülle SUI GCE 1999 + 7' 47" 4 Laurent Dufaux SUI SAE 1999 + 8' 07" 5 Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1999 + 8' 53" 6 Richard Virenque FRA POL 1999 + 10' 02" 7 Pavel Tonkov RUS MAP 1999 + 10' 18" 8 Daniele Nardello ITA MAP 1999 + 10' 56" 9 Giuseppe Guerini ITA TEL 1999 + 10' 57" 10 Ángel Casero ESP VIT 1999 + 11' 11" References 30em 1999 Tour de France P 10 11 21 Category:1999 Tour de France Category:Tour de France stages