Tour de France atlas

Overview of the year 1999

Date: July 3 - July 25 1999
Le Puy de Fou - Paris | total distance: 3870.0 km | number of stages: 20

Winner: Lance Armstrong was the original winner.
In 2012 he lost all his titles.

time: 91hr 32min 16sec | average speed: 40.276 km/h

2nd place: Alex Zulle (+ 7min 37sec)
3rd place: Fernando Escartin (+ 10min 26sec)
winning team: Banesto

number of participants: 180 (finished: 141 |not finished: 39)

Jerseys winners:

Erik Zabel

Richard Virenque

Benoit Salmon

Stages in 1999

number of stages in this year*: 21 | display finish towns on map
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage

STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed
P	Le Puy du Fou -	Le Puy du Fou	6.8 km	Lance ARMSTRONG	0:08:02	50.8 km/h
1	Montaigu -	Challans	208.0 km	Jaan KIRSIPUU	4:56:18	42.1 km/h
2	Challans -	Saint-Nazaire	176.0 km	Tom STEELS	3:45:32	46.8 km/h
3	Nantes -	Laval	194.5 km	Tom STEELS	4:29:27	43.3 km/h
4	Laval -	Blois	194.5 km	Mario CIPOLLINI	3:51:45	50.4 km/h
5	Bonneval -	Amiens	233.5 km	Mario CIPOLLINI	5:36:28	41.6 km/h
6	Amiens -	Maubeuge	171.5 km	Mario CIPOLLINI	4:11:09	41.0 km/h
7	Avesnes-sur-Helpe -	Thionville	227.0 km	Mario CIPOLLINI	5:26:59	41.7 km/h
8	Metz -	Metz	56.5 km	Lance ARMSTRONG	1:08:36	49.4 km/h
9	Le Grand Bornand -	Sestriere	213.5 km	Lance ARMSTRONG	5:57:11	35.9 km/h
10	Sestriere -	Alpe d’Huez	220.5 km	Giuseppe GUERINI	6:42:31	32.9 km/h
11	Bourg d’Oisans -	Saint-Étienne	198.5 km	Ludo DIERCKXSENS	4:34:03	43.5 km/h
12	Saint-Galmier -	Saint-Flour	201.5 km	David ETXEBARRIA	4:53:50	41.1 km/h
13	Saint-Flour -	Albi	236.5 km	Salvatore COMMESSO	5:52:45	40.2 km/h
14	Castres -	Saint-Gaudens	199.0 km	Dimitri KONYSHEV	4:37:59	43.0 km/h
15	Saint-Gaudens -	Piau-Engaly	173.0 km	Fernando ESCARTIN	5:19:49	32.5 km/h
16	Lannemezan -	Pau	192.0 km	David ETXEBARRIA	5:17:07	36.3 km/h
17	Mourenx -	Bordeaux	199.0 km	Tom STEELS	4:22:29	45.5 km/h
18	Jonzac -	Futuroscope	184.5 km	Gianpaolo MONDINI	4:17:43	43.0 km/h
19	Futuroscope -	Futuroscope	57.0 km	Lance ARMSTRONG	1:08:17	50.1 km/h
20	Arpajon -	Paris	143.5 km	Robbie McEWEN	3:37:39	39.6 km/h

Winners of stages in 1999 by nations (7):
ITA » 7 | BEL » 4 | USA » 4 | ESP » 3 | EST » 1 | RUS » 1 | AUS » 1 |

Climbs in 1999

number of categorized climbs in this year*: 25 | display climbs on map
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category

THE ALPES [10]
Alpe-d’Huez (1860 m):	Giuseppe GUERINI
Col de Parménie (571 m):	Rik VERBRUGGHE
Col de Tamié (907 m):	Mariano PICCOLI
Col du Télégraphe (1566 m):	José Luis ARRIETA
Croix de Fer (2067 m):	Stéphane HEULOT
Galibier (2645 m):	José Luis ARRIETA
Grand Cucheron (1188 m):	José Luis ARRIETA
Mont-Cenis (2083 m):	Dimitri KONYSHEV
Montgenèvre (1850 m):	Richard VIRENQUE
Sestrières (2033 m):	Lance ARMSTRONG
THE PYRENEES [10]
Aspin (1490 m):	Mariano PICCOLI
Aubisque (1709 m):	Alberto ELLI
Col de Menté (1349 m):	Alberto ELLI
Col de Val Louron-Azet (Col d´Azet) (1580 m):	Fernando ESCARTIN
Col des Ares (797 m):	Mariano PICCOLI
Peyresourde (1569 m):	Alberto ELLI
Piau-Engaly (1800 m):	Fernando ESCARTIN
Portillon (1298 m):	Kurt VAN DE WOUWER
Soulor (1474 m):	Pavel TONKOV
Tourmalet (2115 m):	Alberto ELLI
Other mountains [5]
Col de la Croix de l’Homme Mort (1163 m):	Massimiliano LELLI
Col des Pradeaux (1196 m):	Massimiliano LELLI
Cote de Lestival (963 m):	Steve DE WOLF
Croix de Chaubouret (1230 m):	Ludo DIERCKXSENS
Moissetie (598 m):	Mariano PICCOLI

Winners of categorised climbs in 1999 by nations (6):
ITA » 11 | ESP » 5 | BEL » 4 | FRA » 2 | RUS » 2 | USA » 1 |