Vuelta a Espana 1999

The 1999 Vuelta a España was the 54th Edition of Vuelta a España, taking place from 4 September starting in Murcia and finishing in Madrid on 26 September 1999. It consisted of 21 stages over 3,576 km (2,222 mi), ridden at an average speed of 39.449 km/h (24.512 mph). The favourites were Laurent Jalabert, Alex Zülle, Jan Ullrich and defending champion Abraham Olano. In the end, Ullrich won the race.

1999 Vuelta a España

Race details

Dates

4–26 September

Stages

22

Distance

3,576 km (2,222 mi)

Winning time

89h 52′ 03″

Results


Winner	Jan Ullrich (GER)	(Team Telekom)
Second	Igor González de Galdeano (ESP)	(Vitalicio Seguros)
Third	Roberto Heras (ESP)	(Kelme–Costa Blanca)
Points	Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL)	(Cofidis)
Mountains	José María Jiménez (ESP)	(Banesto)
Sprints	Robert Hunter (RSA)	(Lampre–Daikin)
Team	Banesto

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Route

List of stages
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
P	4 September	Murcia – Murcia	6.1 km (4 mi)	Individual time trial	Igor González de Galdeano (ESP)
1	5 September	Murcia – Benidorm	179 km (111 mi)		Robbie Hunter (RSA)
2	6 September	Alicante – Albacete	206 km (128 mi)		Marcel Wüst (GER)
3	7 September	La Roda – Fuenlabrada	229.5 km (143 mi)		Marcel Wüst (GER)
4	8 September	Las Rozas – Salamanca	185.6 km (115 mi)		Marcel Wüst (GER)
5	9 September	Béjar – Ciudad Rodrigo	160 km (99 mi)		Jan Ullrich (GER)
6	10 September	Salamanca – Salamanca	46.4 km (29 mi)	Individual time trial	Abraham Olano (ESP)
7	11 September	Salamanca – León	217 km (135 mi)		Marcel Wüst (GER)
8	12 September	León – Alto de l’Angliru	175.6 km (109 mi)		José María Jiménez (ESP)
9	13 September	Gijón – Los Corrales de Buelna	185.8 km (115 mi)		Laurent Brochard (FRA)
	14 September	Rest day
10	15 September	Zaragoza – Zaragoza	183.2 km (114 mi)		Serguei Outschakov (UKR)
11	16 September	Huesca – Val d’Aran/Pla de Beret [es]	201 km (125 mi)		Daniele Nardello (ITA)
12	17 September	Sort – Arcalis (Andorra)	147.4 km (92 mi)		Igor González Galdeano (ESP)
13	18 September	Andorra la Vella (Andorra) – Castellar del Riu (Rasos de Peguera)	149 km (93 mi)		Alex Zülle (SUI)
14	19 September	Barcelona – Barcelona	94.4 km (59 mi)		Fabio Roscioli (ITA)
15	20 September	La Sénia – Valencia	193.4 km (120 mi)		Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)
16	21 September	Valencia – Teruel	200.4 km (125 mi)		Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL)
17	22 September	Bronchales – Guadalajara	225 km (140 mi)		Cristian Moreni (ITA)
18	23 September	Guadalajara – Alto de Abantos [es]	166.3 km (103 mi)		Roberto Laiseka (ESP)
19	24 September	San Lorenzo de El Escorial – Ávila	184.6 km (115 mi)		Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL)
20	25 September	El Tiemblo – Ávila	46.5 km (29 mi)	Individual time trial	Jan Ullrich (GER)
21	26 September	Madrid – Madrid	163 km (101 mi)		Jeroen Blijlevens (NED)
	Total		3,576 km (2,222 mi)

Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Intermediate Sprint Classification	Team Classification
Prol. (ITT)	Igor González de Galdeano	Igor González de Galdeano	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1	Robert Hunter	Jacky Durand	Robert Hunter	Serguei Outschakov	Robert Hunter	ONCE–Deutsche Bank
2	Marcel Wüst	Jacky Durand	Robert Hunter	Pascal Hervé	César García
3	Marcel Wüst	Marcel Wüst	Marcel Wüst		German Nieto
4	Marcel Wüst	Marcel Wüst
5	Jan Ullrich	Abraham Olano		Laurent Brochard
6 (ITT)	Abraham Olano
7	Marcel Wüst
8	Jose Maria Jimenez			Jose Maria Jimenez		Vitalicio Seguros
9	Laurent Brochard			Laurent Brochard	Robert Hunter
10	Serguei Outschakov
11	Daniele Nardello
12	Igor González de Galdeano	Jan Ullrich		Jose Maria Jimenez
13	Alex Zülle
14	Fabio Roscioli
15	Viatcheslav Ekimov
16	Frank Vandenbroucke
17	Cristian Moreni		Robert Hunter
18	Roberto Laiseka		Igor González de Galdeano			Banesto
19	Frank Vandenbroucke
20 (ITT)	Jan Ullrich
21	Jeroen Blijlevens		Frank Vandenbroucke
Stage	Winner	Jan Ullrich	Frank Vandenbroucke	Jose Maria Jimenez	Robert Hunter	Banesto

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jan Ullrich	Team Telekom	89:52:03
2	Igor González de Galdeano	Vitalicio Seguros	4:15
3	Roberto Heras	Kelme–Costa Blanca	5:57
4	Pavel Tonkov	Mapei–Quick-Step	7:53
5	José Maria Jiménez	Banesto	9:24
6	José Luis Rubiera	Kelme–Costa Blanca	10:13
7	Manuel Beltrán	Banesto	11:20
8	Leonardo Piepoli	Banesto	13:13
9	Ivan Parra	Vitalicio Seguros	16:20
10	Santiago Blanco	Vitalicio Seguros	18:15
11	Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	22:06
12	Frank Vandenbroucke	Cofidis	23:39
13	José Uria Gonzalez	Kelme–Costa Blanca	27:28
14	Iñigo Chaurreau	Euskaltel–Euskadi	29:42
15	Aitor Osa	Banesto	31:06
16	Txema Del Olmo Zendegi	Euskaltel–Euskadi	31:49
17	Felix Garcia Casas	Festina–Lotus	36:34
18	Roberto Laiseka	Euskaltel–Euskadi	40:14
19	Chann McRae	Mapei–Quick-Step	44:29
20	Niki Aebersold	Rabobank	59:04
21	Michel Lafis	TVM-Farm Frites	59:43
22	Massimo Codol	Lampre-Daikin	1:02:49
23	Daniele Nardello	Mapei–Quick-Step	1:02:58
24	Andrei Zintchenko	Vitalicio Seguros	1:04:08
25	Gianni Faresin	Mapei–Quick-Step	1:06:26
26	Melchor Mauri	Sport Lisboa Benfica	1:06:33
27	Jon Odriozola	Banesto	1:11:15
28	Juan Carlos Vicario Barberá [ca]	Fuenlabrada	1:11:25
29	Andrea Tafi	Mapei–Quick-Step	1:14:08
30	Markus Zberg	Rabobank	1:14:14
31	Kurt van de Wouwer	Lotto–Mobistar	1:14:20
32	Paolo Bettini	Mapei–Quick-Step	1:15:09
33	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	1:15:10
34	Marcos A. Serrano Rodríguez	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	1:20:53
35	Jörg Jaksche	Team Telekom	1:23:29
36	Nicola Miceli	Liquigas	1:25:36
37	Alex Zülle	Banesto	1:30:18
38	Rolf Aldag	Team Telekom	1:31:03
39	David Garcia Marquina	Vitalicio Seguros	1:31:32
40	Oscar Lopez Uriarte	Sport Lisboa Benfica	1:33:16
41	Andrea Noè	Mapei–Quick-Step	1:34:26
42	Joona Laukka	Sport Lisboa Benfica	1:37:38
43	Laurent Brochard	Lotus-Festina	1:38:39
44	Pedro Diaz Lobato	Fuenlabrada	1:44:53
45	Íñigo Cuesta	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	1:46:24
46	Alexandre Shefer	Riso Scotti-Vinavil	1:46:41
47	Toni Tauler	Kelme–Costa Blanca	1:47:32
48	Oscar Camenzind	Lampre-Daikin	1:48:39
49	Massimiliano Lelli	Cofidis	1:50:55
50	Andrei Teteriouk	Liquigas	1:51:40
51	Stefano Cattai	Team Polti	1:57:24
52	Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta	Euskaltel–Euskadi	1:58:12
53	José Vincente Garcia	Banesto	2:00:15
54	Cristian Moreni	Liquigas	2:01:29
55	Viatcheslav Ekimov	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	2:02:26
56	Álvaro González de Galdeano	Vitalicio Seguros	2:06:02
57	Rafael Diaz Justo	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	2:08:22
58	Mariano Piccoli	Lampre-Daikin	2:08:57
59	Ángel Castresana	Euskaltel–Euskadi	2:12:15
60	Eddy Mazzoleni	Saeco Macchine per Caffè–Cannondale	2:14:27
61	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	2:24:52
62	Andreas Klöden	Team Telekom	2:29:06
63	Jan Boven	Rabobank	2:31:31
64	Serguei Smetanine	Vitalicio Seguros	2:36:30
65	José Ramón Uriarte	Festina–Lotus	2:36:46
66	César Solaun	Banesto	2:37:14
67	Luis Pérez (cyclist)	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	2:37:22
68	Salvatore Commesso	Saeco Macchine per Caffè–Cannondale	2:38:36
69	Bram de Groot	Rabobank	2:39:10
70	Quintino Fernandez Rodrigues	Sport Lisboa Benfica	2:41:39
71	Alberto Lopez de Munain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	2:49:12
72	Robert Hunter	Lampre-Daikin	2:50:05
73	Oscar Pozzi	Riso Scotti-Vinavil	2:51:02
74	Andreas Klier	TVM-Farm Frites	2:52:38
75	Iker Flores Galarza	Euskaltel–Euskadi	2:53:23
76	Paul Van Hyfte	Lotto–Mobistar	2:53:55
77	Jaime Hernández	Festina–Lotus	2:55:50
78	Fabio Roscioli	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	2:56:21
79	Eleuterio Anguita	Fuenlabrada	2:57:00
80	Pascal Hervé	Festina–Lotus	2:59:45
81	Francisco Cabello Luque	Kelme–Costa Blanca	3:02:06
82	Aart Vierhouten	Rabobank	3:02:30
83	Geert Van Bondt	TVM-Farm Frites	3:03:33
84	Stefano Verziagi	Fuenlabrada	3:04:48
85	Giovanni Lombardi	Team Telekom	3:05:26
86	Rossano Brasi	Team Polti	3:08:49
87	Ralf Grabsch	Team Telekom	3:09:35
88	Frankie Andreu	U.S. Postal Service	3:12:04
89	Arnoldas Saprykinas	Riso Scotti-Vinavil	3:12:14
90	Danilo Hondo	Team Telekom	3:12:33
91	Glenn Magnusson	U.S. Postal Service	3:13:59
92	Matías Cagigas Amedo	Fuenlabrada	3:16:28
93	Giuseppe Palumbo	Riso Scotti-Vinavil	3:18:21
94	Servais Knaven	TVM-Farm Frites	3:20:34
95	Ángel Edo	Kelme–Costa Blanca	3:21:16
96	Andrés Bermejo Siller	Fuenlabrada	3:21:18
97	Frank Høj	U.S. Postal Service	3:22:28
98	Unai Etxebarria	Euskaltel–Euskadi	3:22:29
99	Remco van der Ven	TVM-Farm Frites	3:23:26
100	Mario Traversoni	Saeco Macchine per Caffè–Cannondale	3:23:42
101	José Antonio Garrido	Sport Lisboa Benfica	3:24:31
102	Dirk Baldinger	Team Telekom	3:24:33
103	Giancarlo Raimondi	Liquigas	3:26:34
104	Nieto Fernandez	Fuenlabrada	3:29:31
105	Carlos Golbano [ca]	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	3:32:38
106	Koen Beeckman	Lotto–Mobistar	3:38:27
107	Cristian Salvato	Team Polti	3:40:00
108	Stefano Casagranda	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	3:43:54
109	Alessandro Pozzi	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	3:44:40
110	César Pérez Padrón	Fuenlabrada	3:45:32
111	Marco Gili	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	3:49:00
112	Julian Dean	U.S. Postal Service	3:53:13
113	Daniel Bayes	Sport Lisboa Benfica	3:56:28
114	Jeroen Blijlevens	TVM-Farm Frites	4:06:40
115	Igor Pugaci	Saeco Macchine per Caffè–Cannondale	4:14:44