1998 Tour de Suisse

1998 Tour de Suisse
Race details
Dates	16–25 June 1998
Stages	10
Distance	1,504 km (934.5 mi)
Winning time	37h 06' 26"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
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The 1998 Tour de Suisse was the 62nd edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 16 June to 25 June 1998. The race started in Biel and finished in Zürich.^[2] The race was won by Stefano Garzelli of the Mercatone Uno team.

Teams

Seventeen teams of up to nine riders started the race:^[2]^[3]

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]^[4]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	16 June	Biel	5.6 km (3.5 mi)	Individual time trial	Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
2	17 June	Biel to Villars-sur-Ollon	178 km (110.6 mi)		Davide Rebellin (ITA)
3	18 June	Aigle to Ulrichen/Obergoms	159 km (98.8 mi)		Markus Zberg (SUI)
4	19 June	Oberwald/Obergoms to Varese	208 km (129.2 mi)		Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
5	20 June	Varese to Lenzerheide	230 km (142.9 mi)		Stefano Garzelli (ITA)
6	21 June	Lenzerheide to Lenzerheide	156.1 km (97.0 mi)		Stefano Garzelli (ITA)
7	22 June	Haag to Morschach/Brunnen	164 km (101.9 mi)		Vladimir Duma (UKR)
8	23 June	Brunnen to Huttwil	180 km (111.8 mi)		Niki Aebersold (SUI)
9	24 June	Ittigen	30 km (18.6 mi)	Individual time trial	Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
10	25 June	Bern to Bern	180 km (111.8 mi)		Niki Aebersold (SUI)

General classification

Final general classification^[1]^[2]^[5]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Stefano Garzelli (ITA)	Mercatone Uno–Bianchi	37h 06' 26"
2	Beat Zberg (SUI)	Rabobank	+ 53"
3	Wladimir Belli (ITA)	Festina–Lotus	+ 1' 51"
4	Leonardo Piepoli (ITA)	Saeco–Cannondale	+ 2' 24"
5	Francesco Casagrande (ITA)	Cofidis	+ 2' 41"
6	Roland Meier (SUI)	Cofidis	+ 3' 25"
7	Alexandr Shefer (KAZ)	Asics–CGA	+ 3' 35"
8	Davide Rebellin (ITA)	Team Polti	+ 3' 43"
9	Peter Luttenberger (AUT)	Rabobank	+ 4' 04"
10	Jan Ullrich (GER)	Team Telekom	+ 4' 57"

References

^ ^a ^b "Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) – Tour of Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "62ème Tour de Suisse 1998". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 28 October 2004.
^ "Complete Starting List (Revised)". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
^ "63rd Tour de Suisse, Cat HC". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
^ "1998 Tour de Suisse". First Cycling. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[BRI-1] "Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) – Tour of Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[MdC-TdS1998-2] "62ème Tour de Suisse 1998". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 28 October 2004.

[3] "Complete Starting List (Revised)". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

[4] "63rd Tour de Suisse, Cat HC". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

[5] "1998 Tour de Suisse". First Cycling. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

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