1996 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1996 Tour de France Route of the 1996 Tour de France.png 360px Route of the 1996 Tour de France 29 June – 21 July 1996 21 + Prologue 3765 km 95h 57' 16" Bjarne Riis"riis-zabel" In 2007, Bjarne Riis admitted to the use of doping during the 1996 Tour. Shortly after his confession, the organisers of the Tour de France have said that they did not consider him a winner, but under UCI regulations at the time, the statute of limitations (ten years) had passed, meaning they could not strip him of his results. The same applies for Erik Zabel, the winner of the points classification. DEN THR 1996 yellow Jan Ullrich GER THR 1996 Richard Virenque FRA FES 1996 Erik Zabel"riis-zabel" GER THR 1996 green Richard Virenque FRA FES 1996 polkadot Jan Ullrich GER THR 1996 FES 1996 Richard Virenque FRA FES 1996 1995 1997 The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd edition of the Tour de France, starting on 29 June and ending on 21 July, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day (10 July). The 1996 Tour was won by Danish rider Bjarne Riis, who controversially admitted in 2007 he was doping throughout the years 1993–1998,2007-05-25 Tour de France champ Riis admits doping https://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-05-26/tour-de-france-champ-riis-admits-doping/2559238 2025-08-12 ABC News en-AU and many years later (still officially the 'winner') saying he had "no regrets" that he had doped.2025-08-10 "I was completely doped. I knew exactly what I was doing" - Former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/i-was-completely-doped-i-knew-exactly-what-i-was-doing-former-tour-de-france-winner-bjaarne-riis 2025-08-12 CyclingUpToDate.com en This Tour was noted by the 'fall' of favourite Miguel Induráin, ending his record run of five consecutive victories. The course included a stage through his home town Villava, however he suffered a bronchitis because of the poor weather in the first week, and was fined and penalised for accepting drinks illegally.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/1999/07/03/flashback_riis/ CNN 20 April 2010 Riis overcame climatic chaos to end the reign of Indurain dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110604101248/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/1999/07/03/flashback_riis/ 4 June 2011 Indurain started to lose time in stage 7, and finally ended 11th, failing to win a single stage or spend one day in the yellow jersey. Stage 9 was scheduled to be a 176 kilometre ride from Val-d'Isère to Sestriere. However, due to appalling weather conditions, including snow, the organisers cut the stage to just 46 km. Bjarne Riis won the stage and opened a crucial 44 second gap over Telekom teammate Jan Ullrich. Ullrich, only 22, really broke through in this Tour, and won the individual time trial of stage 20. Over a decade after the race, several riders with Team Telekom confessed to doping offences around the period of the 1996 tour, including support riders Rolf Aldag, Udo Bölts, Christian Hennhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6687307.stm BBC News Zabel admits to doping at Telekom 24 May 2007 20 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20080929152424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6687307.stm 29 September 2008 live and Brian Holm and team masseur Jef d'Hont has admitted in his autobiography that there was organised use of EPO in the team.http://www2.vrtnieuws.net/cm/flandersnews.be/Sports/070502_DHont flandersnews.be – Belgian book causes upset 26 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070901160533/http://www2.vrtnieuws.net/cm/flandersnews.be/Sports/070502_DHont 1 September 2007 dead On 24 May 2007, Erik Zabel admitted to using EPO during the first week of the race. The winner of the Tour, Bjarne Riis, admitted on 25 May 2007 that he also used EPO during the Tour, as a result was asked by the International Cycling Union (UCI) to return the yellow jersey he received.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6693743.stm BBC News Riis told to return yellow jersey 25 May 2007 20 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20070914073945/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6693743.stm 14 September 2007 live So far, runner-up Jan Ullrich, who has been under suspicion of doping as a part of the Operación Puerto doping case, has not commented on allegations that he also used EPO. Third place Richard Virenque and fourth place Laurent Dufaux were implicated in the 1998 Festina scandal. UCI lawyer Philippe Verbiest stated in 2007 that the statute of limitations for removing Riis as winner of the Tour de France had expired, "you cannot strip him of the title but it is possible not to mention it anymore ... Because of what he admitted, he is not the winner of the Tour de France. Riis did not win." At the same time tour spokesman Philippe Sudres stated that: "We consider philosophically that he can no longer claim to have won."https://www.espn.com/olympics/cycling/news/story?id=2896276 ESPN – Tour no longer lists Riis as champ after doping admission – Cycling ESPN 7 June 2007 24 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121017025725/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=2896276 17 October 2012 live In 2007, Riis's victory was removed from the Tour de France,https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jun07/jun07news2 Tour Director Christian Prudhomme has erased Bjarne Riis' name from the Tour de France record books... Autobus.cyclingnews.com 7 June 2007 24 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121111103955/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2F2007%2Fjun07%2Fjun07news2 11 November 2012 live yet in 2008 they listed Riis as winner of Tour de France 1996, albeit with a remark about his confession.http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/bjarne-riis-reinstated-as-tour-winner-17353/ Bjarne Riis Reinstated As Tour Winner BikeRadar 4 July 2008 24 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120730063807/http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/bjarne-riis-reinstated-as-tour-winner-17353/ 30 July 2012 live Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1996 Tour de France The 18 teams on top of the UCI rankings at the start of 1996 automatically qualified for the Tour.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/feb96/8_2.html News for February 8: Teams Qualification Rules for Events 8 February 1996 21 August 2011 Cyclingnews https://web.archive.org/web/20121025181438/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/feb96/8_2.html 25 October 2012 live Four wildcards were given, for a total of 22 teams.The history of the Tour de France – Year 1996 – The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1996/partants.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403111432/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1996/partants.html 3 April 2020 live The teams entering the race were: Qualified teams 20em GCE 1996 CAR 1996 FES 1996 C.A 1996 GEW 1996 LOT 1996 MAP 1996 GBM 1996 MOT 1996 ONC 1996 LAM 1996 POL 1996 RAB 1996 REF 1996 ROS 1996 SAE 1996 THR 1996 TVM 1996 Invited teams 20em Agrigel 1996 AUB 1996 BRE 1996 KEL 1996 Route and stages The highest point of elevation in the race was 2035 m ft on at the summit of the Sestriere climb on stage 9.Two higher planned climbs were both cancelled because of bad weather, the Col du Galibier at 2642 m ft 0 on, and the Col de l'Iseran at 2770 m ft 0 on.Tour de France stage shortened because of bad weather http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/tour96/rep9a.html 15 November 2019 Cyclingnews.com 8 July 1996 https://web.archive.org/web/20160401003447/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/tour96/rep9a.html 1 April 2016 liveAugendre 2016 181 + Stage characteristics and winners83ème Tour de France 1996 83rd Tour de France 1996 http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf1996.php Mémoire du cyclisme 6 April 2020 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20200405101557/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf1996.php 5 April 2020 liveThe history of the Tour de France – Year 1996 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1996/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403012333/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1996/vainqueurs.html 3 April 2020 live Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P29 June 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) 9.4 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Alex Zülle SUI 130 June 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) 209.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Frédéric Moncassin FRA 21 July 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) to Wasquehal 247.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Mario Cipollini ITA 32 July Wasquehal to Nogent-sur-Oise 195.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Erik Zabel GER 43 July Soissons to Lac de Madine 232.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Cyril Saugrain FRA 54 July Lac de Madine to Besançon 242.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jeroen Blijlevens NED 65 July Arc-et-Senans to Aix-les-Bains 207.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Michael Boogerd NED 76 July Chambéry to Les Arcs 200.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Luc Leblanc FRA 87 July Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Val d'Isère 30.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Evgueni Berzin RUS 98 July Le Monêtier-les-Bains to Sestriere (Italy) 46.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Bjarne Riis DEN 109 July Turin (Italy) to Gap 208.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Erik Zabel GER 10 July Gap Rest day 1111 July Gap to Valence 202.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage José Jaime Gonzalez COL 1212 July Valence to Le Puy-en-Velay 143.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Pascal Richard SUI 1313 July Le Puy-en-Velay to Super Besse 177.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Rolf Sørensen DEN 1414 July Besse to Tulle 186.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Djamolidine Abdoujaparov UZB 1515 July Brive-la-Gaillarde to Villeneuve-sur-Lot 176.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Massimo Podenzana ITA 1616 July Agen to Hautacam 199.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Bjarne Riis DEN 1717 July Argelès-Gazost to Pamplona (Spain) 262.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Laurent Dufaux SUI 1818 July Pamplona (Spain) to Hendaye 154.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Bart Voskamp NED 1919 July Hendaye to Bordeaux 226.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Frédéric Moncassin FRA 2020 July Bordeaux to Saint-Émilion 63.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Jan Ullrich GER 2121 July Palaiseau to Paris (Champs-Élysées) 147.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Fabio Baldato ITA Total 3765 km 0 onAugendre 2016 110 Race overview 1996 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10 1996 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 21section March 2026thumb|upright|Bjarne Riis (pictured in 1989) won the general classification The prologue was won by Alex Zülle two seconds ahead of specialist Chris Boardman as overall contenders Bjarne Riis and Miguel Induráin came in sixth and seventh respectively. Zulle held onto the yellow jersey through the first few flat stages but in stage 4 a half dozen riders not in overall contention escaped in a breakaway and stayed away finishing several minutes ahead of the main field putting Stéphane Heulot in the yellow jersey for a few days. Stage six to Aix-les-Bains was an intermediate stage run in terrible weather conditions and was won by Dutchman Michael Boogerd. The inclement weather caused well over a dozen riders to abandon the race including Lance Armstrong who merely thought he was sick from riding in the rainy, cold weather as most of the other riders who abandoned were, but within a few months he would be diagnosed with the cancer that nearly killed him. As the Tour entered the Alps, stage eight was a mountain time trial which was won by Evgeni Berzin, whom had seized the lead in the overall classification following stage seven. In the time trial he finished more than thirty seconds better than Riis and gained just over a minute on Indurain, Tony Rominger and debutant Jan Ullrich who was having an impressive start to his first Tour. Stage nine was a mountain stage to Sestriere, shortened to just 46.0 km on to snow on the mountain passes. The stage was won by Riis, who in the process took enough time to put himself into yellow. He would maintain a narrow lead over the next several stages and by the time the race reached the Pyrenees Abraham Olano was in second just under a minute behind with Berzin in third, Rominger in fourth, Riis's teammate Ullrich in fifth and five-time defending champion Miguel Induráin struggling to stay in the top ten nearly 5:00 back. thumb|left|Bjarne Riis attacking Miguel Induráin, Richard Virenque, and others on the stage to Hautacam During stage sixteen Riis made a number of false attacks, even falling back and feigning exhaustion to get a look at Indurain, Rominger, Luttenberger, Virenque, Dufaux, Leblanc and Olano to read their faces before finally launching an attack on the Hautacam. He put close to a minute into most of the elite riders and beyond that into everybody else, effectively winning the Tour and putting it beyond doubt that Indurain would not win his sixth tour. Stage seventeen was won by Laurent Dufaux who in the process moved into fourth place overall, but Riis finished in the same time. A group of eight riders dropped the rest of the field in this stage and as a result Riis distanced himself from all of his rivals with his own teammate Ullrich moving into second overall and Richard Virenque moving into third place overall. Stage nineteen was a time trial, the last opportunity for major changes to be made in the general classification and the stage was won by Ullrich who finished nearly a minute ahead of second-placed Indurain who had dominated individual time trials at the Tour de France since the early 1990s. Riis had plenty of time to spare and was 1:41 ahead of his teammate Ullrich in the General Classification. Richard Virenque rounded out the podium also winning the mountains classification. Doping Even though rider admissions and investigations in the subsequent years showed that Tours during this time period were undoubtedly tainted by doping 1996 winner Riis, 1997 winner Ullrich and 1998 winner Marco Pantani all officially retain their Tour victories. Pantani died just a few years after his Tour victory, as a result of mental health issues resulting from constant attacks from the press and Ullrich had some results voided later in his career, but his four 2nd-place finishes to Lance Armstrong and his 1996 2nd place to Riis remain on his record. Classification leadership and minor prizes There were several classifications in the 1996 Tour de France.Nauright Parrish 2012 452–455 The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour.Nauright Parrish 2012 452–453 Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and was identified with a green jersey.Nauright Parrish 2012 453–454 There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either hors catégorie, first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and wore a white jersey with red polka dots.Nauright Parrish 2012 454 The fourth individual classification was the young rider classification, which was not marked by a jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders under 26 years were eligible.Nauright Parrish 2012 454–455 For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time.Nauright Parrish 2012 455 In addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass-start stage to the cyclist considered most combative. The decision was made by a jury composed of journalists who gave points. The cyclist with the most points from votes in all stages led the combativity classification.van den Akker 2018 211–216 Richard Virenque won this classification, and was given overall the super-combativity award.Augendre 2016 87 The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col d'Aubisque on stage 17.In the 1996 Tour de France, the two first-choice customary Souvenir Henri Desgrange summit passes of the Col du Galibier or the highest climb of the race, the Col de l'Iseran, respectively,van den Akker 2018 199 were both cancelled because of bad weather.Tour de France stage shortened because of bad weather http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/tour96/rep9a.html 15 November 2019 Cyclingnews.com 8 July 1996 https://web.archive.org/web/20160401003447/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/tour96/rep9a.html 1 April 2016 live This prize was won by Neil Stephens.Riis unbeatable http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/tour96/rep17.html 15 November 2019 Cyclingnews.com 17 July 1996 https://web.archive.org/web/20160330145157/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/tour96/rep17.html 30 March 2016 live +Classification leadership by stageTour de France 1996 – Leaders overview https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/1996/gc/stages/leaders-overview ProCyclingStats 16 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190216224416/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/1996/gc/stages/leaders-overview 16 February 2019 livevan den Akker Pieter Informatie over de Tour de France van 1996 Information about the Tour de France from 1996 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1996 https://web.archive.org/web/20190302051405/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1996 2 March 2019 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 2 March 2019 live Stage Winner General classification25px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Points classification25px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey Mountains classification25px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. Young rider classification"white-jersey" A white jersey was not awarded to the leader of the young rider classification between 1989 and 1999.Nauright Parrish 2012 454–455 Team classification Combativity Award Classification P Alex ZülleAlex ZülleAlex Zülleno award Christophe MoreauONC 1996no award 1 Frédéric MoncassinJán SvoradaPaolo Savoldelli Danny NelissenDanny Nelissen 2 Mario CipolliniDanny Nelissen Rossano Brasi 3 Erik ZabelFrédéric MoncassinJosé Luis Arrieta Jeroen Blijlevens Marco Lietti 4 Cyril SaugrainStéphane HeulotFrédéric MoncassinDanny NelissenStéphane HeulotC.A 1996 Mariano Piccoli 5 Jeroen Blijlevens Giuseppe Calcaterra 6 Michael BoogerdLéon van Bon RAB 1996 Léon van Bon 7 Luc LeblancEvgeni BerzinRichard VirenqueJan Ullrich MAP 1996 Udo Bölts 8 Evgeni BerzinTHR 1996 no award 9 Bjarne RiisBjarne Riis Bjarne Riis 10 Erik ZabelErik Zabel Rolf Sørensen 11 Chepe González MAP 1996 Laurent Brochard 12 Pascal Richard RAB 1996 Erik Breukink 13 Rolf SørensenMAP 1996 Richard Virenque 14 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov Bo Hamburger 15 Massimo Podenzana Michele Bartoli 16 Bjarne Riis Laurent Roux Richard Virenque 17 Laurent DufauxFES 1996 Bjarne RiisBjarne Riis 18 Bart Voskamp Michele Bartoli 19 Frédéric Moncassin Gilles Talmant 20 Jan Ullrich no award 21 Fabio Baldato Andrei Tchmil Richard Virenque FinalBjarne RiisErik Zabelwhite Richard Virenque yes Jan Ullrich FES 1996 Richard Virenque In stage 1, Chris Boardman wore the green jersey. Final standings Legend 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Denotes the winner of the general classification 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. Denotes the winner of the points classification 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. Denotes the winner of the mountains classification alt=The first three in the General classification: from left: Jan Ullrich, Bjarne Riis and Richard Virenque|thumb|The first three in the General classification: from left: Jan Ullrich, Bjarne Riis and Richard Virenque General classification + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1996 – Stage 21 Palaiseau > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1996/2100/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402222319/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1996/2100/etape.html dead Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bjarne Riis DEN 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TEL 1996 95h 57' 16" 2 Jan Ullrich GER TEL 1996 + 1' 41" 3 Richard Virenque FRA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. FES 1996 + 4' 37" 4 Laurent Dufaux SUI FES 1996 + 5' 53" 5 Peter Luttenberger AUT CAR 1996 + 7' 07" 6 Luc Leblanc FRA POL 1996 + 10' 03" 7 Piotr Ugrumov LAT ALB 1996 + 10' 04" 8 Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1996 + 10' 26" 9 Abraham Olano ESP MAP 1996 + 11' 00" 10 Tony Rominger SUI MAP 1996 + 11' 53" Final general classification (11–129) Rank Rider Team Time 11 Miguel Induráin ESP GCE 1996 + 14' 14" 12 Patrick Jonker AUS ONC 1996 + 18' 58" 13 Bo Hamburger DEN TVM 1996 + 22' 19" 14 Udo Bölts GER TEL 1996 + 25' 56" 15 Alberto Elli ITA GBM 1996 + 26' 18" 16 Manuel Fernández Ginés ESP MAP 1996 + 26' 28" 17 Leonardo Piepoli ITA Refin + 27' 36" 18 Laurent Brochard FRA FES 1996 + 32' 11" 19 Michele Bartoli ITA GBM 1996 + 37' 18" 20 Evgueni Berzin RUS GEW 1996 + 38' 00" 21 Viatcheslav Ekimov RUS RAB 1996 + 43' 58" 22 Stefano Cattai ITA ALB 1996 + 48' 03" 23 Laurent Madouas FRA MOT 1996 + 53' 15" 24 Arsenio González ESP MAP 1996 + 55' 28" 25 Massimiliano Lelli ITA SAE 1996 + 55' 35" 26 Alex Zülle SUI ONC 1996 + 56' 47" 27 Giuseppe Guerini ITA POL 1996 + 1h 05' 12" 28 Rolf Sørensen DEN RAB 1996 + 1h 11' 28" 29 Jesper Skibby DEN TVM 1996 + 1h 11' 36" 30 Marco Fincato ITA ALB 1996 + 1h 11' 51" 31 Michael Boogerd NED RAB 1996 + 1h 13' 45" 32 José Luis Arrieta ESP GCE 1996 + 1h 13' 48" 33 Paolo Savoldelli ITA ALB 1996 + 1h 15' 20" 34 Erik Breukink NED RAB 1996 + 1h 20' 03" 35 Aitor Garmendia ESP ONC 1996 + 1h 20' 42" 36 Oscar Camenzind SUI LAM 1996 + 1h 25' 27" 37 Claudio Chiappucci ITA CAR 1996 + 1h 27' 23" 38 Melcior Mauri ESP ONC 1996 + 1h 27' 28" 39 Chris Boardman GBR C.A 1996 + 1h 27' 44" 40 Federico Echave ESP MAP 1996 + 1h 29' 25" 41 José Roberto Sierra ESP ONC 1996 + 1h 30' 11" 42 Pascal Hervé FRA FES 1996 + 1h 33' 01" 43 Mirco Gualdi ITA POL 1996 + 1h 34' 59" 44 Laurent Roux FRA TVM 1996 + 1h 36' 11" 45 Andrea Tafi ITA MAP 1996 + 1h 38' 54" 46 Andrea Ferrigato ITA ALB 1996 + 1h 39' 23" 47 Pascal Richard SUI GBM 1996 + 1h 40' 56" 48 Félix García Casas ESP FES 1996 + 1h 42' 13" 49 Neil Stephens AUS ONC 1996 + 1h 43' 33" 50 Davide Perona ITA GEW 1996 + 1h 43' 40" 51 Maurizio Fondriest ITA ALB 1996 + 1h 45' 44" 52 Valentino Fois ITA LAM 1996 + 1h 45' 58" 53 Herminio Díaz Zabala ESP ONC 1996 + 1h 47' 08" 54 Orlando Rodrigues POR GCE 1996 + 1h 47' 15" 55 Bruno Thibout FRA MOT 1996 + 1h 49' 02" 56 Bruno Cenghialta ITA GEW 1996 + 1h 49' 19" 57 José María Jiménez ESP GCE 1996 + 1h 51' 30" 58 Prudencio Induráin ESP GCE 1996 + 1h 52' 30" 59 Paolo Lanfranchi ITA MAP 1996 + 1h 54' 42" 60 Flavio Vanzella ITA MOT 1996 + 1h 54' 52" 61 Massimo Podenzana ITA CAR 1996 + 1h 55' 18" 62 Thierry Bourguignon FRA AUB 1996 + 1h 56' 38" 63 Fabio Baldato ITA GBM 1996 + 1h 57' 08" 64 Maarten den Bakker NED TVM 1996 + 1h 58' 25" 65 Marcello Siboni ITA CAR 1996 + 2h 00' 52" 66 Marino Alonso ESP GCE 1996 + 2h 00' 55" 67 Jean-Pierre Bourgeot FRA Agrigel 1996 + 2h 01' 22" 68 Wladimir Belli ITA LAM 1996 + 2h 01' 42" 69 Cédric Vasseur FRA C.A 1996 + 2h 02' 05" 70 Massimo Donati ITA SAE 1996 + 2h 02' 53" 71 José Joaquín Castelblanco COL KEL 1996 + 2h 03' 01" 72 Marco Saligari ITA GBM 1996 + 2h 03' 09" 73 Marco Zen ITA ALB 1996 + 2h 04' 03" 74 Erik Dekker NED RAB 1996 + 2h 05' 03" 75 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1996 + 2h 07' 20" 76 Christian Henn GER TEL 1996 + 2h 07' 33" 77 Andréï Tchmil BEL LOT 1996 + 2h 09' 38" 78 Djamolidine Abduzhaparov UZB Refin + 2h 10' 02" 79 Paolo Fornaciari ITA SAE 1996 + 2h 10' 04" 80 Bruno Boscardin SUI FES 1996 + 2h 10' 12" 81 Julio César Aguirre COL KEL 1996 + 2h 10' 23" 82 Erik Zabel GER 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. TEL 1996 + 2h 10' 26" 83 Rolf Aldag GER TEL 1996 + 2h 12' 16" 84 Danny Nelissen NED RAB 1996 + 2h 12' 25" 85 Oscar Pellicioli ITA CAR 1996 + 2h 13' 14" 86 François Simon FRA C.A 1996 + 2h 16' 19" 87 Sergei Uslamin RUS Refin + 2h 16' 30" 88 Jens Heppner GER TEL 1996 + 2h 17' 17" 89 Federico Muñoz COL KEL 1996 + 2h 17' 25" 90 Rolf Järmann SUI GBM 1996 + 2h 20' 28" 91 François Lemarchand FRA C.A 1996 + 2h 21' 15" 92 José Ramón Uriarte ESP GCE 1996 + 2h 23' 59" 93 Mariano Piccoli ITA BRE 1996 + 2h 24' 29" 94 Cristian Salvato ITA Refin + 2h 26' 59" 95 Johan Museeuw BEL MAP 1996 + 2h 29' 02" 96 José Jaime González COL KEL 1996 + 2h 29' 13" 97 Rossano Brasi ITA POL 1996 + 2h 30' 20" 98 Fabio Roscioli ITA Refin + 2h 31' 06" 99 Bart Voskamp NED TVM 1996 + 2h 31' 31" 100 Francesco Frattini ITA GEW 1996 + 2h 32' 06" 101 Scott Sunderland AUS LOT 1996 + 2h 32' 54" 102 Francisco Cabello ESP KEL 1996 + 2h 36' 22" 103 Cristiano Frattini ITA BRE 1996 + 2h 37' 56" 104 Thierry Laurent FRA Agrigel 1996 + 2h 37' 57" 105 Omar Enrique Pumar VEN 1930 BRE 1996 + 2h 38' 10" 106 Frédéric Moncassin FRA C.A 1996 + 2h 38' 57" 107 Brian Holm DEN TEL 1996 + 2h 39' 51" 108 Frédérick Guesdon FRA POL 1996 + 2h 42' 49" 109 José Ángel Vidal ESP KEL 1996 + 2h 42' 58" 110 Wilfried Peeters BEL MAP 1996 + 2h 46' 47" 111 Frankie Andreu USA MOT 1996 + 2h 48' 46" 112 Alessandro Baronti ITA LAM 1996 + 2h 52' 37" 113 Tobias Steinhauser GER Refin + 2h 54' 34" 114 Thierry Gouvenou FRA AUB 1996 + 2h 54' 35" 115 Jacky Durand FRA Agrigel 1996 + 2h 54' 39" 116 Peter Van Petegem BEL TVM 1996 + 2h 56' 10" 117 Dario Bottaro ITA GEW 1996 + 2h 56' 38" 118 Gilles Talmant FRA AUB 1996 + 2h 57' 35" 119 Gerrit de Vries NED POL 1996 + 3h 04' 45" 120 Paul Van Hyfte BEL LOT 1996 + 3h 06' 43" 121 Ivan Cerioli ITA GEW 1996 + 3h 07' 50" 122 Peter Farazijn BEL LOT 1996 + 3h 14' 06" 123 Nico Mattan BEL LOT 1996 + 3h 14' 49" 124 Marc Wauters BEL LOT 1996 + 3h 15' 46" 125 Mario Chiesa ITA CAR 1996 + 3h 18' 02" 126 Simone Biasci ITA SAE 1996 + 3h 22' 16" 127 Eros Poli ITA SAE 1996 + 3h 34' 38" 128 Jeroen Blijlevens NED TVM 1996 + 3h 35' 12" 129 Jean-Luc Masdupuy FRA Agrigel 1996 + 3h 49' 52" Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 Erik Zabel GER 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. TEL 1996 335 2 Frédéric Moncassin FRA C.A 1996 284 3 Fabio Baldato ITA GBM 1996 255 4 Djamolidine Abduzhaparov UZB REF 1996 204 5 Jeroen Blijlevens NED TVM 1996 158 6 Andrei Tchmil UKR LOT 1996 132 7 Bjarne Riis DEN 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TEL 1996 129 8 Andrea Ferrigato ITA ALB 1996 126 9 Richard Virenque FRA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. FES 1996 124 10 Mariano Piccoli ITA BRE 1996 122 Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 Richard Virenque FRA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. FES 1996 383 2 Bjarne Riis DEN 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TEL 1996 274 3 Laurent Dufaux SUI FES 1996 176 4 Laurent Brochard FRA FES 1996 168 5 Luc Leblanc FRA POL 1996 158 6 Tony Rominger SUI MAP 1996 148 7 Jan Ullrich GER TEL 1996 131 8 Pascal Hervé FRA FES 1996 110 9 Peter Luttenberger AUT CAR 1996 109 10 Piotr Ugrumov LAT ALB 1996 101 Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Ullrich GER TEL 1996 95h 58' 57" 2 Peter Luttenberger AUT CAR 1996 + 5' 26" 3 Manuel Fernández Ginés ESP MAP 1996 + 24' 47" 4 Leonardo Piepoli ITA REF 1996 + 25' 55" 5 Michael Boogerd NED RAB 1996 + 1h 12' 04" 6 José Luis Arrieta ESP GCE 1996 + 1h 12' 07" 7 Paolo Savoldelli ITA ALB 1996 + 1h 13' 39" 8 Oscar Camenzind SUI LAM 1996 + 1h 23' 36" 9 Laurent Roux FRA TVM 1996 + 1h 34' 30" 10 Valentino Fois ITA LAM 1996 + 1h 44' 17" Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 FES 1996 287h 46' 20" 2 THR 1996 + 15' 14" 3 MAP 1996 + 51' 36" 4 ALB 1996 + 1h 22' 29" 5 ONC 1996 + 1h 36' 10" 6 RAB 1996 + 1h 53' 14" 7 TVM 1996 + 2h 09' 21" 8 GBM 1996 + 2h 18' 11" 9 POL 1996 + 2h 31' 13" 10 GCE 1996 + 2h 31' 20" Combativity classification + Final combativity classification (1–10)Deblander Bruno Bjarne Riis est entre dans Paris https://www.lesoir.be/art/bjarne-riis-est-entre-dans-paris_t-19960722-Z0CDNM.html 26 April 2019 Le Soir 22 July 1996 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20190426155527/https://www.lesoir.be/art/bjarne-riis-est-entre-dans-paris_t-19960722-Z0CDNM.html 26 April 2019 live Rank Rider Team Points 1 Richard Virenque FRA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. FES 1996 49 2 Bjarne Riis DEN 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TEL 1996 47 3 Michele Bartoli ITA GBM 1996 44 4 Danny Nelissen NED RAB 1996 34 5 Laurent Roux FRA TVM 1996 33 6 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov UZB REF 1996 31 7 Luc Leblanc FRA POL 1996 28 8 Rolf Järmann SUI GBM 1996 22 9 Neil Stephens AUS ONC 1996 21 10 Rolf Sørensen DEN RAB 1996 20 See also List of doping cases in cycling Notes References Bibliography Jacques Augendre Jacques Augendre http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf Guide historique Historical guide 2016 fr 27 October 2016 Tour de France Paris Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf 17 August 2016 live Nauright John Parrish Charles Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC 2012 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, California 978-1-59884-300-2 van den Akker Pieter Tour de France Rules and Statistics: 1903–2018 https://books.google.com/books?id=09sxwQEACAAJ 2018 Self-published 978-1-79398-080-9 Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 206–207 9780007543991 872700415 External links https://web.archive.org/web/19980526072004/http://www.letour.fr/tour/us/ecranaccueil.html 26 May 1998 Official website 1996 Tour de France results at Cyclingnews.com 1996 Tour de France P 10 11 21 Category:1996 in road cycling 1996 Category:July 1996 sports events in France Category:1996 in Dutch sport Category:June 1996 sports events in Europe Category:July 1996 sports events in Europe