1998 Vuelta a España

53rd edition of the Vuelta a España 1998 Vuelta a España 6–27 September 22 3774 km 93h 44' 08" Abraham Olano ESP BAN 1998 yellow Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1998 José María Jiménez ESP BAN 1998 Fabrizio Guidi ITA POL 1998 rosa José María Jiménez ESP BAN 1998 white Giancarlo Raimondi ITA BRE 1998 blue BAN 1998 1997 1999 The 53rd edition of the Vuelta a España was held 5 to 27 September 1998 and began in Córdoba and ended in Madrid. The 1998 Vuelta had 22 stages over 3774 km mi on with the winning average speed of 40.262 km/h mph on. Spaniard Abraham Olano took the leader's jersey after the first individual time trial with 41 seconds over Frenchman Laurent Jalabert.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/vuelta98/stage9.html Vuelta a Espana, Stage 9 Report Cyclingnews.com 2007-12-16 Olano's lead in the mountains decreased each stage as teammate José María Jiménez marked Olano's rivals and took several stage wins in the process until Jiménez took the jersey from Olano on the final mountain stage to Alto de Navacerrada with Olano in third place at 38 seconds.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/vuelta98/stage20.html Vuelta a Espana, Stage 20 Report Cyclingnews.com 2007-12-16 On the following day's individual time trial, Olano took back the lead to win the only Grand Tour of his career.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/vuelta98/stage21.html Vuelta a Espana, Stage 21 Report Cyclingnews.com 2007-12-16http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/vuelta98/spain98marcel1.html www.cyclingnews.com presents Autobus.cyclingnews.com 2012-08-24Vuelta a España 98 - Clasificaciones http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/09/28/MD19980928-050.pdf El Mundo Deportivo 28 September 1998 50 https://web.archive.org/web/20201117172420/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/09/28/MD19980928-050.pdf 17 November 2020 live The race also saw the astonishing comeback of Lance Armstrong after he was diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer in 1996. Armstrong's fourth-place finish was stripped by USADA in 2012 due to doping. http://www.usada.org/media/sanction-armstrong8242012 Lance Armstrong Receives Lifetime Ban and Disqualification of Competitive Results for Doping Violations Stemming from His Involvement in the United States Postal Service Pro-Cycling Team Doping Conspiracy | U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) 24 August 2012 5 June 2014 30 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131230004200/http://www.usada.org/media/sanction-armstrong8242012 dead Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1998 Vuelta a España A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the 1998 Vuelta a España. Seventeen of the competing squads were Trade Team I teams, four teams were Trade Team II teams, while the other team was Trade Team III. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Vuelta began with a peloton of 198 cyclists, a total of 108 riders made it to the finish in Madrid. The 22 teams invited to the race were:http://historia.lavuelta.com/es/anio.asp?a=1998 Historia la Vuelta 2018-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20170818175441/http://historia.lavuelta.com/es/anio.asp?a=1998 2017-08-18 dead Trade Team I teams 1998 MOV CTA ALM COF C.A 1998b FES KEL LTS MAP ONC TLJ SAE PLT THR TVM DSC VIT Trade Team II teams 1998 BRE REL EUS POS Trade Team III teams 1998 Avianca–Telecom Stages +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 5 September Córdoba 161.7 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Markus Zberg SUI 2 6 September Córdoba to Cádiz 234.6 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Jeroen Blijlevens NED 3 7 September Cádiz to Estepona 192.6 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Jaan Kirsipuu EST 4 8 September Málaga to Granada 173.5 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Fabrizio Guidi ITA 5 9 September Olula del Río to Murcia 165.5 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Jeroen Blijlevens NED 6 10 September Murcia to Xorret de Catí 201.5 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage José María Jiménez ESP 7 11 September Alicante to Valencia 185 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Giovanni Lombardi ITA 8 12 September Palma de Mallorca 181.5 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Fabrizio Guidi ITA 9 13 September Alcúdia 39.5 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Abraham Olano ESP 14 September Province of Barcelona Rest day 10 15 September Vic to Estación de Pal (Andorra) 199.3 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage José María Jiménez ESP 11 16 September Andorra la Vella (Andorra) to Cerler 186 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage José María Jiménez ESP 12 17 September Benasque to Jaca, Canfranc International station 187 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Gianni Bugno ITA 13 18 September Sabiñánigo 208.5 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Andrei Zintchenko RUS 14 19 September Biescas to Zaragoza 145.5 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Marcel Wüst GER 15 20 September Zaragoza to Soria 178.7 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Andrei Zintchenko RUS 16 21 September Soria to Parque natural de las Lagunas Glaciares de Neila Laguna Negra de Neila es Parque natural de las Lagunas Glaciares de Neila 143.7 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage José María Jiménez ESP 17 22 September Burgos to León 188.5 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Marcel Wüst GER 18 23 September León to Salamanca 223 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Fabrizio Guidi ITA 19 24 September Ávila to Segovia 170.4 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Roberto Heras ESP 20 25 September Segovia to Alto de Navacerrada 206 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Andrei Zintchenko RUS 21 26 September Fuenlabrada 39 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Alex Zülle SUI 22 27 September Madrid 163 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Markus Zberg SUI Total 3,774 km 0 on Classification leadership +Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification25px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=A yellow jersey. Points classification25px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A rosa jersey. Mountains classification25px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey. Sprints rider classification25px|alt=A blue jersey. Team classification 1 Markus Zberg Markus Zberg Markus Zberg Francisco Cerezo Giancarlo Raimondi MAP 1998 2 Jeroen Blijlevens 3 Jaan Kirsipuu Laurent Jalabert Jaan Kirsipuu Laurent Jalabert 4 Fabrizio Guidi Fabrizio Guidi Giovanni Lombardi 5 Jeroen Blijlevens Jeroen Blijlevens LTS 1998 6 José María Jiménez José María Jiménez MOV 1998 7 Giovanni Lombardi Giancarlo Raimondi 8 Fabrizio Guidi 9 Abraham Olano Abraham Olano Laurent Jalabert ONC 1998 10 José María Jiménez José María Jiménez MOV 1998 11 José María Jiménez 12 Gianni Bugno 13 Andrei Zintchenko Fabrizio Guidi 14 Marcel Wüst 15 Andrei Zintchenko 16 José María Jiménez 17 Marcel Wüst 18 Fabrizio Guidi 19 Roberto Heras 20 Andrei Zintchenko José María Jiménez 21 Alex Zülle Abraham Olano 22 Markus Zberg Final Abraham Olano white Fabrizio Guidi yes white José María Jiménez yes white Giancarlo Raimondi yes MOV 1998 Final standings Legend yellow General classification A yellow jersey Denotes the winner of the general classification green Mountains classification A green jersey Denotes the leader of the mountains classification blue Points classification A blue jersey Denotes the leader of the points classification red Mountains classification A red jersey Denotes the winner of the sprints classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 Abraham Olano ESP 20px|link=List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|alt=A yellow jersey. MOV 1998 93h 44' 08" 2 Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1998 + 1' 23" 3 José María Jiménez ESP 20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. MOV 1998 + 2' 12" DSQ Lance Armstrong USA DSC 1998 + 2' 18" 5 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONC 1998 + 2' 37" 6 Roberto Heras ESP KEL 1998 + 2' 58" 7 Álvaro González de Galdeano ESP EUS 1998 + 5' 51" 8 Alex Zülle SUI FES 1998 + 6' 05" 9 Marco Serpellini ITA BRE 1998 + 8' 58" 10 Marcos Serrano ESP KEL 1998 + 10' 17" Final general classification (11–108) Rank Rider Team Time 11 Richard Virenque FRA FES 1998 + 13' 33" 108 Germán Nieto ESP REL 1998 + 4h 09' 30" Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 Fabrizio Guidi ITA 20px|link=Points classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=A blue jersey. POL 1998 206 2 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONC 1998 158 3 José María Jiménez ESP 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=A green jersey. MOV 1998 127 4 Marcel Wüst GER FES 1998 124 5 Markus Zberg SUI POS 1998 115 6 Roberto Heras ESP KEL 1998 108 7 Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1998 102 8 Giancarlo Raimondi ITA 20px|alt=A red jersey. BRE 1998 102 9 Andrei Zintchenko RUS VIT 1998 101 10 Abraham Olano ESP 20px|link=List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|alt=A yellow jersey. MOV 1998 96 Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 José María Jiménez ESP 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. MOV 1998 184 2 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONC 1998 93 3 Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1998 92 4 Roberto Heras ESP KEL 1998 75 5 Alex Zülle SUI FES 1998 62 6 Richard Virenque FRA FES 1998 60 7 José Luis Rubiera ESP KEL 1998 59 8 Santiago Blanco ESP VIT 1998 56 9 Oscar Camenzind SUI MAP 1998 54 10 Juan Carlos Vicario ESP REG 1998 48 Sprints classification + Final sprints classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 Giancarlo Raimondi ITA 20px|alt=A blue jersey. BRE 1998 53 2 Fabrizio Guidi ITA 20px|link=Points classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=A blue jersey. POL 1998 40 3 José Luis Rubiera ESP KEL 1998 29 4 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONC 1998 27 5 Mirko Gualdi ITA POL 1998 14 6 Andrei Zintchenko RUS VIT 1998 12 7 Mariano Piccoli ITA BRE 1998 11 8 Roberto Sgambelluri ITA BRE 1998 10 9 Richard Virenque FRA FES 1998 9 10 Fabrice Gougot FRA ALM 1998 9 Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 MOV 1998 281h 14' 43" 2 KEL 1998 + 8' 58" 3 FES 1998 + 28' 59" 4 VIT 1998 + 46' 10" 5 EUS 1998 + 1h 04' 17" 6 ONC 1998 + 1h 06' 36" 7 Avianca–Telecom + 1h 41' 49" 8 ALM 1998 + 2h 30' 29" 9 BRE 1998 + 2h 48' 23" 10 POS 1998 + 3h 07' 14" References 1998 Vuelta a España 1 11 12 22 1998 Category:1998 in Spanish road cycling Category:September 1998 sports events in Europe