1998 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11

Stages of cycle race thumb|360px|alt=Map of France with the route of the 1998 Tour de France|Route of the 1998 Tour de France The 1998 Tour de France was the 85th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Dublin, Ireland with a prologue individual time trial on 11 July and Stage 11 occurred on 22 July with a mountainous stage to Plateau de Beille. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 2 August. Prologue 11 July 1998 — Dublin, 5.6 km 1 on (ITT)http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120102123003/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998.php 2 January 2012 The 1998 race commenced in the Irish capital of Dublin. Prior to the prologue, the Tour was already in uproar, as Festina masseur Willy Voet was found at the Belgian border carrying in his car performance-enhancing drugs. The team nonetheless started the race, placing three riders in the top ten. The prologue was won by favorite Chris Boardman, 4 seconds in front of Abraham Olano. Previous year's winner Jan Ullrich came in sixth, just 5 seconds behind Boardman. Prologue, Dublin cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/prol.html 2013-07-14 Prologue result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Chris Boardman GBR GAN 6' 12" 2 Abraham Olano ESP Banesto + 4" 3 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONCE + 5" 4 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 5" 5 Christophe Moreau FRA Festina + 5" 6 Jan Ullrich GER Team Telekom + 5" 7 Alex Zülle SWI Festina + 7" 8 Laurent Dufaux SWI Festina + 9" 9 Andreï Tchmil BEL Lotto + 10" 10 Vjatceslav Ekimov RUS US Postal + 11"General Classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 Chris Boardman GBR 20px|Boardman was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage 20px|Boardman was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage GAN 6' 12" 2 Abraham Olano ESP Banesto + 4" 3 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONCE + 5" 4 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 5" 5 Christophe Moreau FRA Festina + 5" 6 Jan Ullrich GER Team Telekom + 5" 7 Alex Zülle SWI Festina + 7" 8 Laurent Dufaux SWI Festina + 9" 9 Andreï Tchmil BEL Lotto + 10" 10 Vjatceslav Ekimov RUS US Postal + 11" Stage 1 12 July 1998 — Dublin to Dublin, 180.5 km 1 on The windy and rainy first stage included the Cat. 3 climb of Wicklow Gap after 111 km. Tom Steels took his first ever stage win. Stage 1 Brief cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage1.html 2013-07-12 Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Tom Steels BEL Mapei 4h 29' 58" 2 Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom s.t. 3 Robbie McEwen AUS Rabobank s.t. 4 Gian Matteo Fagnini ITA Saeco s.t. 5 Nicola Minali ITA Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio s.t. 6 Frédéric Moncassin FRA GAN s.t. 7 Philippe Gaumont FRA Cofidis s.t. 8 Mario Traversoni ITA Mercatone Uno s.t. 9 François Simon FRA GAN s.t. 10 Ján Svorada CZE Mapei s.t.General classification after stage 1http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_1.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 - 1ère étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090211183700/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_1.php 11 February 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Chris Boardman GBR 20px|Boardman was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage GAN 4h 36' 10" 2 Abraham Olano ESP Banesto + 4" 3 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONCE + 5" 4 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 5" 5 Christophe Moreau FRA Festina + 5" 6 Jan Ullrich GER Team Telekom + 5" 7 Alex Zülle SWI Festina + 7" 8 Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom + 8" 9 Tom Steels BEL 20px|Steels was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage Mapei + 9" 10 Laurent Dufaux SWI Festina + 9" Stage 2 13 July 1998 — Enniscorthy to Cork, 205.5 km 1 on For stage 2, the Tour stayed in Ireland. Chris Boardman lost the jellow jersey after crashing some 50 km before the finish. He had to withdraw from the race. The race paid homage to Sean Kelly, passing his home village of Carrick-on-Suir. The stage was won in a mass sprint by Ján Svorada, with Erik Zabel taking yellow. Stage 2 Brief cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage2.html 2013-07-14 Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Ján Svorada CZE Mapei 5h 45' 10" 2 Robbie McEwen AUS Rabobank s.t. 3 Mario Cipollini ITA Saeco s.t. 4 Alain Turicchia ITA Asics s.t. 5 Tom Steels BEL Mapei s.t. 6 Emmanuel Magnien FRA FDJ s.t. 7 Jaan Kirsipuu EST Casino s.t. 8 Nicola Minali ITA Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio s.t. 9 Jeroen Blijlevens NED TVM s.t. 10 Silvio Martinello ITA Polti s.t.General classification after stage 2http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_2.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 - 2ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090211183056/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_2.php 11 February 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Zabel was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Team Telekom 10h 21' 16" 2 Tom Steels BEL 20px|Steels was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage Mapei + 7" 3 Frédéric Moncassin FRA GAN + 7" 4 Abraham Olano ESP Banesto + 8" 5 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONCE + 9" 6 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 9" 7 Christophe Moreau FRA Festina + 9" 8 Jan Ullrich GER Team Telekom + 9" 9 Ján Svorada CZE Mapei + 10" 10 Robbie McEwen AUS Rabobank + 11" Stage 3 14 July 1998 — Roscoff to Lorient, 169 km 1 on For Bastille Day, the Tour returned to its homeland. The race was dominated by a 9-man breakaway, including three Frenchmen. The hopes of the French fans were spoiled by Team Telekom's Jens Heppner, taking the stage in a sprint finish over Xavier Jan. Heppner's win saved Telekom's day, as Erik Zabel lost the maillot jaune to Bo Hamburger. Stage 3 Brief cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage3.html 2013-07-14 Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jens Heppner GER Team Telekom 3h 33' 36" 2 Xavier Jan FRA FDJ s.t. 3 George Hincapie USA US Postal + 2" 4 Bo Hamburger DEN Casino s.t. 5 Stuart O'Grady AUS GAN s.t. 6 José Vicente García ESP Banesto s.t. 7 Pascal Hervé FRA Festina s.t. 8 Francisco Cabello ESP Kelme s.t. 9 Pascal Chanteur FRA Casino + 5" 10 Fabrizio Guidi ITA Polti + 1' 10"General classification after stage 3http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_3.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 - 3ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090211002236/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_3.php 11 February 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bo Hamburger DEN 20px|Hamburger was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Casino 13h 55' 00" 2 George Hincapie USA US Postal + 2" 3 Stuart O'Grady AUS GAN + 3" 4 Jens Heppner GER Team Telekom + 3" 5 Xavier Jan FRA FDJ + 21" 6 Pascal Hervé FRA Festina + 22" 7 José Vicente García ESP Banesto + 23" 8 Pascal Chanteur FRA Casino + 28" 9 Francisco Cabello ESP Kelme + 47" 10 Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom + 1' 02" Stage 4 15 July 1998 — Plouay – Cholet, 252 km 1 on The longest stage of the 1998 Tour led the riders over 252 km. Over the course there was a heavy "war for the bonuses" at the three intermediate sprints, with Stuart O'Grady coming out as the winner and taking the yellow jersey, the first Australian to do so for 16 years. Stage 4 Brief cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage4.html 2013-07-14 Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jeroen Blijlevens NED TVM 5h 48' 32" 2 Nicola Minali ITA Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio s.t. 3 Ján Svorada CZE Mapei s.t. 4 Frédéric Moncassin FRA GAN s.t. 5 Andrei Tchmil BEL Lotto s.t. 6 Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom s.t. 7 Tom Steels BEL Mapei s.t. 8 Lars Michaelsen DEN TVM s.t. 9 Maximilian Sciandri GBR FDJ s.t. 10 Fabio Baldato ITA Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio s.t.General classification after stage 3http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_4.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 - 4ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090211182511/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_4.php 11 February 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Stuart O'Grady AUS 20px|O'Grady was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage GAN 19h 43' 29" 2 Bo Hamburger DEN Casino + 11" 3 George Hincapie USA US Postal + 11" 4 Jens Heppner GER Team Telekom + 14" 5 Xavier Jan FRA FDJ + 32" 6 Pascal Hervé FRA Festina + 33" 7 José Vicente García ESP Banesto + 34" 8 Pascal Chanteur FRA Casino + 39" 9 Francisco Cabello ESP Kelme + 58" 10 Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom + 1' 01" Stage 5 16 July 1998 — Cholet to Châteauroux, 228.5 km 1 on Before stage 5, Festina's team manager Bruno Roussel was suspended and taken in for police questioning. The team nevertheless started the stage. The peloton rode through Brittany in heavy rain which prevented attacks from being successful. Stage 5 Brief cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage5.html 2013-07-14 Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Mario Cipollini ITA Saeco 5h 18' 49" 2 Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom s.t. 3 Christophe Mengin FRA FDJ s.t. 4 Andrea Ferrigato ITA Vitalicio Seguros s.t. 5 Philippe Gaumont FRA Cofidis s.t. 6 Robbie McEwen AUS Rabobank s.t. 7 George Hincapie USA US Postal s.t. 8 Fabrizio Guidi ITA Polti s.t. 9 Frédéric Moncassin FRA GAN s.t. 10 Alessio Bongioni ITA Asics s.t.General classification after stage 5http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_5.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 - 5ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090211070148/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_5.php 11 February 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Stuart O'Grady AUS 20px|O'Grady was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage GAN 25h 02' 18" 2 George Hincapie USA US Postal + 7" 3 Bo Hamburger DEN Casino + 11" 4 Jens Heppner GER Team Telekom + 14" 5 Xavier Jan FRA FDJ + 32" 6 Pascal Hervé FRA Festina + 33" 7 José Vicente García ESP Banesto + 34" 8 Pascal Chanteur FRA Casino + 39" 9 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Zabel was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage Team Telekom + 45" 10 Francisco Cabello ESP Kelme + 58" Stage 6 17 July 1998 — La Châtre to Brive-la-Gaillarde, 204.5 km 1 on Stage 6 was marked by many attacks, but none proved to be successful. In the end, Mario Cipollini took his second consecutive stage win. Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Mario Cipollini ITA Saeco 5h 05' 32" 2 Nicola Minali ITA Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio s.t. 3 Ján Svorada CZE Mapei s.t. 4 Frédéric Moncassin FRA GAN s.t. 5 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Zabel wore the green jersey as points classification leader during this stage Team Telekom s.t. 6 Tom Steels BEL Mapei s.t. 7 Mario Traversoni ITA Mercatone Uno s.t. 8 Jeroen Blijlevens NED TVM s.t. 9 Emmanuel Magnien FRA FDJ s.t. 10 George Hincapie USA US Postal s.t.General classification after stage 6http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_6.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 - 6ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090211000850/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_6.php 11 February 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Stuart O'Grady AUS 20px|O'Grady was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage GAN 30h 07' 48" 2 George Hincapie USA US Postal + 9" 3 Bo Hamburger DEN Casino + 13" 4 Jens Heppner GER Team Telekom + 16" 5 Xavier Jan FRA FDJ + 34" 6 Pascal Hervé FRA Festina + 35" 7 José Vicente García ESP Banesto + 36" 8 Pascal Chanteur FRA Casino + 41" 9 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Zabel was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage Team Telekom + 43" 10 Ján Svorada CZE Mapei + 47" Stage 7 18 July 1998 — Meyrignac-l'Église to Corrèze, 58 km 1 on (Individual time trial) On the morning before stage 7, the first long time trial, turmoil hit the Tour. After its manager had confessed to doping practices in Team Festina, the team was pulled from the race. Initially, the team refused to accept and declared its intention to race, but later left the Tour in disgrace. Tour favorite and French hero Richard Virenque was seen on TV stating his innocence, shaken by tears. On the road, Jan Ullrich lived up to his reputation as an excellent time trialist and took the stage, an impressive 70 seconds in front of Tyler Hamilton. He also took the yellow jersey. Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Ullrich GER Team Telekom 1h 15' 25" 2 Tyler Hamilton USA US Postal + 1' 10" 3 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 1' 18" 4 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONCE + 1' 24" 5 Viacheslav Ekimov RUS US Postal + 1' 40" 6 Abraham Olano ESP Banesto + 2' 13" 7 Evgeni Berzin RUS FDJ + 2' 21" 8 Francesco Casagrande ITA Cofidis + 2' 22" 9 Stéphane Heulot FRA FDJ + 2' 22" 10 Bo Hamburger DEN Casino + 2' 29"General classification after stage 7http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_7.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 - 7ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120326183912/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_7.php 26 March 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Ullrich GER 20px|Ullrich was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Team Telekom 31h 24' 37" 2 Bo Hamburger DEN Casino + 1' 18" 3 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 1' 18" 4 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONCE + 1' 24" 5 Tyler Hamilton USA US Postal + 1' 30" 6 Viacheslav Ekimov RUS US Postal + 1' 46" 7 José Vicente García ESP Banesto + 1' 50" 8 Stuart O'Grady AUS GAN + 1' 53" 9 Abraham Olano ESP Banesto + 2' 12" 10 Jens Heppner GER Team Telekom + 2' 17" Stage 8 19 July 1998 — Brive-la-Gaillarde to Montauban, 190.5 km 1 on Six climbs of lower categories were on this stage's profile, making it perfect for strong breakaway groups. The stage was won by breakaway king Jacky Durand, getting the best from a 6-rider sprint finish. Stage 8 Brief cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage8.html 2013-07-14 Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacky Durand FRA Casino 4h 40' 55" 2 Andrea Tafi ITA Mapei s.t. 3 Fabio Sacchi ITA Polti s.t. 4 Eddy Mazzoleni ITA Saeco s.t. 5 Laurent Desbiens FRA Cofidis s.t. 6 Joona Laukka FIN Lotto s.t. 7 Philippe Gaumont FRA Cofidis + 1' 34" 8 Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom + 7' 45" 9 Serguei Ivanov RUS TVM s.t. 10 Ján Svorada CZE Mapei s.t.General classification after stage 8http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_8.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 - 8ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090211182519/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_8.php 11 February 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Laurent Desbiens FRA 20px|Desbiens was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Cofidis 36h 09' 56" 2 Andrea Tafi ITA Mapei + 14" 3 Jacky Durand FRA Casino + 43" 4 Joona Laukka FIN Lotto + 2' 54" 5 Jan Ullrich GER Team Telekom + 3' 21" 6 Bo Hamburger DEN Casino + 4' 39" 7 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 4' 39" 8 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONCE + 4' 45" 9 Tyler Hamilton USA US Postal + 4' 51" 10 Viacheslav Ekimov RUS US Postal + 5' 07" Stage 9 20 July 1998 — Montauban to Pau, 210 km 1 on Léon van Bon won his second Tour stage, beating Jens Voigt in a sprint finish, with the peloton rapidly approaching. Stage 9 Brief cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage9.html 2012-07-14 Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Léon van Bon NED Rabobank 5h 21' 10" 2 Jens Voigt GER GAN s.t. 3 Massimiliano Lelli ITA Cofidis s.t. 4 Christophe Agnolutto FRA Casino s.t. 5 Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom + 12" 6 Robbie McEwen AUS Rabobank s.t. 7 Tom Steels BEL Mapei s.t. 8 Mario Traversoni ITA Mercatone Uno s.t. 9 François Simon FRA GAN s.t. 10 Lars Michaelsen DEN TVM s.t.General classification after stage 9http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_9.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 - 9ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090211183719/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_9.php 11 February 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Laurent Desbiens FRA 20px|Desbiens was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Cofidis 41h 31' 18" 2 Andrea Tafi ITA Mapei + 14" 3 Jacky Durand FRA Casino + 43" 4 Joona Laukka FIN Lotto + 2' 54" 5 Jan Ullrich GER Team Telekom + 3' 21" 6 Bo Hamburger DEN Casino + 4' 39" 7 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 4' 39" 8 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONCE + 4' 45" 9 Viacheslav Ekimov RUS US Postal + 5' 07" 10 José Vicente García ESP Banesto + 5' 11" Stage 10 21 July 1998 — Pau to Luchon, 196.5 km 1 on The Tour entered the mountains on stage 10. On the program were the two hors catégorie climbs of Col d'Aubisque and Col du Tourmalet and the 1st category climbs of Col d'Aspin and Col de Peyresourde. Jan Ullrich reclaimed the yellow jersey, but lost 23 seconds to Marco Pantani, who went after eventual stage winner Rodolfo Massi on the last climb and came in second. Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rodolfo Massi ITA Casino 5h 49' 40" 2 Marco Pantani ITA Mercatone Uno + 36" 3 Michael Boogerd NED Rabobank + 59" 4 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis s.t. 5 Giuseppe Di Grande ITA Mapei s.t. 6 José María Jiménez ESP Banesto s.t. 7 Fernando Escartín ESP Kelme s.t. 8 Jan Ullrich GER Team Telekom s.t. 9 Jean-Cyril Robin FRA US Postal s.t. 10 Leonardo Piepoli ITA Saeco s.t.General classification after stage 10https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/07/22/MD19980722-037.pdf Clasificaciones El Mundo Deportivo Spanish Classifications 37 22 July 1998 20 October 2016 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Ullrich GER 20px|Ullrich was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Team Telekom 47h 25' 18" 2 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 1' 18" 3 Bo Hamburger DEN Casino + 2' 17" 4 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONCE + 2' 38" 5 Luc Leblanc FRA Polti + 3' 03" 6 Abraham Olano ESP Banesto + 3' 11" 7 Michael Boogerd NED Rabobank + 3' 36" 8 Evgeni Berzin RUS FDJ + 3' 39" 9 Stéphane Heulot FRA FDJ + 3' 40" 10 Bjarne Riis DEN Team Telekom + 3' 51" Stage 11 22 July 1998 — Luchon to Plateau de Beille, 170 km 1 on This stage was extremely mountainous, with the finish on the summit of Plateau de Beille. In sunny weather, Marco Pantani attacked late on the last climb, taking the stage and 1' 39" from Jan Ullrich. Team Cofidis put in an impressive performance, with four riders reaching the top ten of the stage. Stage 11 Brief cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage11.html 2013-07-14 Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Marco Pantani ITA Mercatone Uno 5h 15' 27" 2 Roland Meier SWI Cofidis + 1' 26" 3 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 1' 33" 4 Michael Boogerd NED RAB 1998 s.t. 5 Leonardo Piepoli ITA Saeco s.t. 6 Fernando Escartín ESP Kelme s.t. 7 Christophe Rinero FRA Cofidis s.t. 8 Jan Ullrich GER Team Telekom 20px|Ullrich wore the yellow jersey as general classification leader during this stage + 1' 40" 9 Kevin Livingston USA Cofidis + 2' 01" 10 Ángel Casero ESP Vitalicio Seguros + 2' 03"General classification after stage 11http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_11.php 85ème Tour de France 1998 - 11ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120117014132/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1998_11.php 17 January 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Ullrich GER 20px|Ullrich was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Team Telekom 52h 42' 25" 2 Bobby Julich USA Cofidis + 1' 11" 3 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONCE + 3' 01" 4 Marco Pantani ITA Mercatone Uno + 3' 01" 5 Michael Boogerd NED Rabobank + 3' 29" 6 Luc Leblanc FRA Polti + 4' 16" 7 Bo Hamburger DEN Casino + 4' 44" 8 Fernando Escartín ESP Kelme + 5' 16" 9 Roland Meier SWI Cofidis + 5' 28" 10 Ángel Casero ESP Vitalicio Seguros + 5' 53" References 30em 1998 Tour de France P 11 12 21 Prologue To Stage 11 Category:Tour de France stages