The 1998 Tour de France was the 85th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Dublin, Ireland with a prologue individual time trial on 11 July and Stage 12 occurred on 24 July with a flat stage from Tarascon-sur-Ariège. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 2 August.
Stage 12
edit24 July 1998 — Tarascon-sur-Ariège to Le Cap d'Agde, 206 km (128.0 mi)[1]
After the rest day, the Tour came out of the Pyrenees. The Tour was in uproar. The riders staged a strike over the increased attention given to the drugs scandal. The riders initially refused to ride but then started under neutral conditions. Dutch radio said that the peloton initially rode very slowly indeed for 14 km behind Leblanc's lead car. The neutral conditions were being maintained. After 16 km of neutral riding and a delay of 2 hours, the Tour officially resumed at around 13.35 European time. Tom Steels took his second sprint victory in the 1998 Tour when he won the mass sprint into Le Cap d'Agde, narrowly beating François Simon and Stéphane Barthe.[2]
Stage 12 result[1]
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General classification after stage 12[3]
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Stage 13
edit25 July 1998 — Frontignan la Peyrade to Carpentras, 196 km (121.8 mi)[1]
Stage 13 result[1]
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General classification after stage 13[4]
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Stage 14
edit26 July 1998 — Valréas to Grenoble, 186.5 km (115.9 mi)[1]
Stage 14 result[1]
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General classification after stage 14[5]
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Stage 15
edit27 July 1998 — Grenoble to Les Deux Alpes, 189 km (117.4 mi)[1]
Stage 16
edit28 July 1998 — Vizille to Albertville, 204 km (126.8 mi)[1]
Stage 16 result[1]
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General classification after stage 16[7]
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Stage 17
edit29 July 1998 — Albertville to Aix-les-Bains, 149 km (92.6 mi)[1]
The stage was neutralised due to a protest by the riders.[1]
Stage 18
edit30 July 1998 — Aix-les-Bains to Neuchâtel (Switzerland), 218.5 km (135.8 mi)[1]
Stage 18 result[1]
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General classification after stage 18[8]
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Stage 19
edit31 July 1998 — La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) to Autun, 242 km (150.4 mi)[1]
Stage 19 result[1]
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General classification after stage 19[9]
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Stage 20
edit1 August 1998 — Montceau-les-Mines to Le Creusot, 52 km (32.3 mi) (individual time trial)[1]
Stage 20 result[1]
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General classification after stage 20[10]
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Stage 21
edit2 August 1998 — Melun to Paris Champs-Élysées, 147.5 km (91.7 mi)[1]
Stage 21 result[1]
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General classification after stage 21[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "85ème Tour de France 1998". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012.
- ^ "Stage 12 Brief". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "85ème Tour de France 1998 - 12ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
- ^ "85ème Tour de France 1998 - 13ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.
- ^ "85ème Tour de France 1998 - 14ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012.
- ^ "85ème Tour de France 1998 - 15ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009.
- ^ "85ème Tour de France 1998 - 16ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 10 January 2010.
- ^ "85ème Tour de France 1998 - 18ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009.
- ^ "85ème Tour de France 1998 - 19ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009.
- ^ "85ème Tour de France 1998 - 20ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012.