historical overviewwinners onlyjerseys winnerssummary statisticswinners of stageswinners of stages on a map
 
 
Overview of the year 1999
 back to list
 wikipedia information 1999
 see overall standings in 1999

1999 | July 3 - July 25
Le Puy de Fou - Paris

total distance: 3870.0 km
number of stages: 20

money for winner: 2 200 000 F
money total: 14 964 950 F

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


Tour de France start:

Statistic of the riders:
Route length:
(compared with longest route in 1926 - 5745 km)

 3 870 / 5 745 
 67,4%


Stages

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


Winners of stages in 1999 by nations (7):

 nation  No.wins share (%)
 ITA  7 
 33,33% 
 USA  4 
 19,05% 
 BEL  4 
 19,05% 
 ESP  3 
 14,29% 
 RUS  1 
 4,76% 
 AUS  1 
 4,76% 
 EST  1 
 4,76% 



Winners of stages in 1999 by cyclists (12):

 name  No.wins share (%)
 Lance ARMSTRONG  4 
 19,05% 
 Mario CIPOLLINI  4 
 19,05% 
 Tom STEELS  3 
 14,29% 
 David ETXEBARRIA  2 
 9,52% 
 Jaan KIRSIPUU  1 
 4,76% 
 Robbie McEWEN  1 
 4,76% 
 Giuseppe GUERINI  1 
 4,76% 
 Fernando ESCARTIN  1 
 4,76% 
 Salvatore COMMESSO  1 
 4,76% 
 Ludo DIERCKXSENS  1 
 4,76% 
 Gianpaolo MONDINI  1 
 4,76% 
 Dimitri KONYSHEV  1 
 4,76% 



Ascents

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

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


Winners of ascents in 1999 by nations (6):

 nation  No. wins share (%)
 ITA  11 
 44,00% 
 ESP  5 
 20,00% 
 BEL  4 
 16,00% 
 FRA  2 
 8,00% 
 RUS  2 
 8,00% 
 USA  1 
 4,00% 



Winners of ascents in 1999 by cyclists (15):

 name  No. wins share (%)
 Alberto ELLI  4 
 16,00% 
 Mariano PICCOLI  4 
 16,00% 
 José Luis ARRIETA  3 
 12,00% 
 Massimiliano LELLI  2 
 8,00% 
 Fernando ESCARTIN  2 
 8,00% 
 Stéphane HEULOT  1 
 4,00% 
 Rik VERBRUGGHE  1 
 4,00% 
 Dimitri KONYSHEV  1 
 4,00% 
 Ludo DIERCKXSENS  1 
 4,00% 
 Richard VIRENQUE  1 
 4,00% 
 Kurt VAN DE WOUWER  1 
 4,00% 
 Giuseppe GUERINI  1 
 4,00% 
 Steve DE WOLF  1 
 4,00% 
 Lance ARMSTRONG  1 
 4,00% 
 Pavel TONKOV  1 
 4,00% 



Video highlights

No video available





 
 
Here we would like to express our respect and thanks to all participants and organizers of this prestige event, as well as to highlight the possibilities of geography and bring a new look at this phenomenon
 
 

GENERAL OVERVIEW

 Main page
 Historical overview
 Winners only
 Jerseys winners
 Summary statistics
 Winners of stages
 Winners of stages on a map
 Our book about TdF


SELECTED STATISTICS

 General statistics
 Ascents statistics
 Stages statistics
 Custom winners statistics
 Chord diagrams - visualization

 Search places of the Tour
 Search winner of the stage
 Search ascents of the Tour
 Search winner of ascent


PLACES OF THE TOUR

 Display list of all places
 Find nearest stage place
 Map of TdF places
 Thematic map of start places
 Thematic map of finish places
 Map of general classification of places


ASCENTS OF THE TOUR

 Display list of all ascents
 Display map of all ascents
 Thematic map of all ascents
 Find nearest ascent
 The Alps ascents
 The Pyrenees ascents
 The Jura ascents
 The Massiv Ccentral ascents
 The Cevennes ascents
 The Vosges ascents
 The Black Forest ascents