1996 Tour de France
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| Tour de France 1996 - Course Outline | |||
| Race details | |||
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| Dates | June 29–July 21, 1996 | ||
| Stages | 21+Prologue | ||
| Distance | 3,905 km (2,426 mi) | ||
| Winning time | 95h 57' 16"[1] (40.697 km/h/25.288 mph) | ||
| Palmarès | |||
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Winner |  Bjarne Riis ‡ |
(Team Telekom) |
| Second |  Jan Ullrich |
(Team Telekom) | |
| Third |  Richard Virenque |
(Festina) | |
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Points | Erik Zabel ‡ |
(Team Telekom) |
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Mountains | Richard Virenque |
(Festina) |
| Youth | Jan Ullrich |
(Team Telekom) | |
| Team | Festina | ||
The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd Tour de France, starting on June 29 and ending on July 21, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day (July 10).
This Tour was noted by the "fall" of favorite Miguel Indurain, ending his then 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.[2] 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 memorable - it was scheduled to be a 190 kilometer ride from Val d'Isere to Sestriere. However, due to appalling weather conditions, including snow, the organizers cut the stage to just 46 km. Bjarne Riis won the stage and opened a crucial 44 second gap over Jan Ullrich which was amazing given the much reduced length of the stage. Ullrich, only 22, really broke through in this Tour. He also won the individual time trial of stage 20.
Several riders with Team Telekom have confessed to doping offences around the period of the 1996 tour, including support riders Rolf Aldag, Udo Bölts, Christian Henn[3] and Brian Holm and team masseur Jef d'Hont has admitted in his autobiography that there was organised use of EPO in the team.[4] On May 24, 2007, Erik Zabel admitted to using EPO during the first week of the race. The winner of the Tour, Bjarne Riis, admitted on May 25, 2007 that he also used EPO during the Tour, as a result he has been asked by the International Cyling Union (UCI) to return the yellow jersey he received.[5][6] 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 he also used EPO. Third place Richard Virenque and fourth place Laurent Dufaux were implicated in the 1998 Festina scandal.
Although UCI lawyer Philippe Verbiest has stated that the statute of limitations for removing Riis as winner of the Tour de France has expired, "you cannot strip him of the title but it 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." Tour spokeman Philippe Sudres also stated that: "We consider philosophically that he can no longer claim to have won.".[7] Riis' victory still stands in the Tour de France record books.[8]
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[edit] Results
[edit] General classification
| Rank | Cyclist name | Team | Time |
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| 1. | Bjarne Riis (DEN) ‡ |
Team Telekom | 95:57:16 |
| 2. | Jan Ullrich (GER) |
Team Telekom | + 1.41 |
| 3. | Richard Virenque (FRA) |
Festina-Lotus | + 4.37 |
| 4. |  Laurent Dufaux (SUI) |
Festina-Lotus | + 5.35 |
| 5. |  Peter Luttenberger (AUT) |
Carrera Jeans | + 7.07 |
| 6. | Luc Leblanc (FRA) |
Team Polti | + 10.03 |
| 7. |  Piotr Ugrumov (LAT) |
Roslotto | + 10.04 |
| 8. |  Fernando Escartín (ESP) |
Kelme-Artiach | + 10.26 |
| 9. | Abraham Olano (ESP) |
Mapei-GB | + 11.00 |
| 10. | Tony Rominger (SUI) |
Mapei-GB | + 11.53 |
| 11. | Miguel Indurain (ESP) |
Banesto | + 14.14 |
| 12. |  Patrick Jonker (AUS) |
ONCE | + 18.58 |
| 13. | Bo Hamburger (DEN) |
TVM-Farm Frites | + 22.19 |
| 14. | Udo Bölts (GER) |
Team Telekom | + 25.56 |
| 15. |  Alberto Elli (ITA) |
MG Maglificio-Technogym | + 26.18 |
| 16. | Manuel Fernandez-Gines (ESP) |
Mapei-GB | + 26.28 |
| 17. | Leonardo Piepoli (ITA) |
Refin | + 27.36 |
| 18. | Laurent Brochard (FRA) |
Festina-Lotus | + 32.11 |
| 19. | Michele Bartoli (ITA) |
MG Maglificio-Technogym | + 37.18 |
| 20. |  Eugeni Berzin (RUS) |
Gewiss | + 38.00 |
[edit] Jersey progress
- Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions
- In stage 1, Chris Boardman wore the green jersey.
- Other notes
- The white jersey wasn't actually awarded between 1989 and 1999 - the white column in this table represents the leader in the youth classification.
[edit] Stages
| Stage/Date | Route | Distance | Type |
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| P / June 29 | 's-Hertogenbosch  |
9 km | Prologue |
| 1 / June 30 | 's-Hertogenbosch - 's-Hertogenbosch | 206 km | |
| 2 / July 1 | 's-Hertogenbosch - Wasquehal |
195 km | |
| 3 / July 2 | Wasquehal - Nogent-sur-Oise | 195 km | |
| 4 / July 3 | Soissons - Lac de Madine | 230 km | |
| 5 / July 4 | Lac de Madine - Besançon | 242 km | |
| 6 / July 5 | Arc-et-Senans - Aix-les-Bains | 208 km | |
| 7 / July 6 | Chambéry - Les Arcs | 202 km | |
| 8 / July 7 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Val d’Isère | 30.5 km | ITT |
| 9 / July 8 | Le Monêtier-les-Bains - Sestriere |
46 km | Mountain stage Shortened due to weather |
| 10 / July 9 | Turin - Gap |
203 km | Mountain stage |
| July 10 / Rest day | 0 km | ||
| 11 / July 11 | Gap - Valence | 200 km | Mountain stage |
| 12 / July 12 | Valence - Le Puy en Velay | 143 km | |
| 13 / July 13 | Le Puy-en-Velay - Super-Besse | 177 km | |
| 14 / July 14 | Besse - Tulle | 185 km | |
| 15 / July 15 | Brive - Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 177 km | |
| 16 / July 16 | Agen - Lourdes-Hautacam | 192 km | Mountain stage |
| 17 / July 17 | Argelès-Gazost - Pamplona |
260 km | Mountain stage |
| 18 / July 18 | Pamplona - Hendaye |
154 km | |
| 19 / July 19 | Hendaye - Bordeaux | 220 km | |
| 20 / July 20 | Bordeaux - Saint-Emilion | 60 km | ITT |
| 21 / July 21 | Palaiseau - Paris | 145 km | |
| Total | 3905.5 km | ||
[edit] Points Classification
- Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom, 335 pts (contested) ‡
- Frédéric Moncassin (Fra), 284 pts
- Fabio Baldato (Ita), 255 pts
- Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzb), 204 pts
- Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned), 158 pts
[edit] Best climber
- Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina, 383 pts
- Bjarne Riis (Den), 274 pts
- Laurent Dufaux (Sui), 176 pts
- Laurent Brochard (Fra), 168 pts
- Luc Leblanc (Fra), 158 pts
[edit] Best young rider
- Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom, 95.58.57
- Peter Luttenberger (Aut), + 05.26
- Fernandez Gines (Spa), + 24.47
- Leonardo Piepoli (Ita), + 25.55
[edit] Team classification
- FESTINA (Fra), 287.46.20
- Telekom (Ger), + 15.14
- Mapei-GB (Ita), + 51.36
[edit] Most aggressive rider
- Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina, 50 pts
- Bjarne Riis (Den), 47 pts
- Bartoli (Ita), 47 pts
[edit] Teams
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ‡ Bjarne Riis has admitted to the use of doping during the 1996 Tour de France. The organisers of the Tour de France have stated they no longer consider him to be the winner, although UCI have thusfar refused to change the official status. The same goes for Erik Zabel and his green jersey win that year. Several other riders mentioned in this table have since been proved guilty or suspected of doping.
- ^ Jacques Augendre (2009). "Guide Historique" (in French). Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2009-10-09. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1255114110690607. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
- ^ CNNSI.com - SI Online - This Week's Issue of Sports Illustrated - Era Ends - Thursday July 06, 2000 02:37 PM
- ^ BBC SPORT | Other Sport... | Cycling | Zabel admits to doping at Telekom
- ^ flandersnews.be - Belgian book causes upset
- ^ Team CSC
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6693743.stm
- ^ ESPN - Tour no longer lists Riis as champ after doping admission - Cycling
- ^ www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling
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