1999 Tour Down Under

1st edition of the Tour Down Under stage race 1999 Tour Down Under 19–24 January 1999 6 762 km 19h 03' 47" Stuart O'Grady C.A 1999 AUS orange Jesper Skibby TNK 1999 DEN Magnus Bäckstedt C.A 1999 SWE Brett Aitken PCO 1999 AUS green Christian Andersen TNK 1999 DEN blue Cadel Evans AUS white Australian Institute of Sports ALM 2000 2000 The 1999 Tour Down Under (known as the Jacobs Creek Tour Down Under for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 19 to 24 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The race was a UCI 2.4-class race and featured teams from Australia and around the world. The race was won by Australian rider Stuart O'Grady, who rode for C.A 1999.https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-down-under/1999/gc 1999 Tour Down Under ProCyclingStats 16 October 2020 14 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200314025237/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-down-under/1999/gc live Background In 1993, it was announced that the Formula One Australian Grand Prix would move from Adelaide, South Australia, to Melbourne, Victoria, from the 1996 season.18 December 1993 What a coup! Big race is ours https://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/flashback-the-story-behind-melbournes-grand-prix-coup-20180320-h0xqeh.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20230328052446/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/flashback-the-story-behind-melbournes-grand-prix-coup-20180320-h0xqeh.html 28 March 2023 28 March 2023 The Age Nine Entertainment Following the loss of this major sporting event, the Government of South Australia worked to organise other major sporting events to replace the Grand Prix, including the Adelaide 500 and the Tour Down Under.Giuliani Simone 2025-01-27 From training race to charged WorldTour battles, the 25-year evolution of the Tour Down Under https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/from-training-race-to-charged-worldtour-battles-the-25-year-evolution-of-the-tour-down-under/ 2025-02-04 cyclingnews.com enKeane Daniel 12 March 2015 Victoria may gloat about poaching the Grand Prix, but SA gained a lot by losing it http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/what-sa-gained-by-losing-the-grand-prix/6288836 21 January 2017 abc.net.au In 1999, the Tour Down Under was established as the Jacobs Creek Tour Down Under. The original event concept was developed by a team led by 1984 Olympics 4000m team pursuit gold medallist Michael Turtur in conjunction with the Government of South Australia. Participating teams 22em Arfil Australian Institute of Sports Sun-Smart World Team PCO 1999 THR 1999 TNK 1999 AUB 1999 ALM 1999 C.A 1999 UAD 1999 SAE 1999 ONC 1999 Final classification Result 1 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1999 19h 03' 47" 2 Jesper Skibby DEN TNK 1999 + 21" 3 Magnus Bäckstedt SWE C.A 1999 + 35" 4 Duncan Smith AUS Australian Institute of Sports + 1' 03" 5 Christian Andersen DEN TNK 1999 + 2' 10" 6 Nicolaj Bo Larsen DEN TNK 1999 + 2' 10" 7 Jean-Marc Riviere FRA Sun-Smart World Team + 2' 16" 8 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ ALM 1999 + 2' 17" 9 Massimiliano Mori ITA SAE 1999 + 2' 18" 10 Rolf Aldag GER THR 1999 + 2' 18" References Category:Tour Down Under Tour Down Under, 1999 Tour Category:1999 in Adelaide