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Encyclopedia > 1996 Tour de France
1996 final standings
Overall Bjarne Riis (contested) ‡ 95h 57' 16"
Second Jan Ullrich +1' 41"
Third Richard Virenque +4' 37"
Points Erik Zabel (contested) ‡ 335 points
Second Frédéric Moncassin 284 points
Third Fabio Baldato 255 points
Climber Richard Virenque 383 points
Second Bjarne Riis 274 points
Third Laurent Dufaux 176 points
Youth Jan Ullrich 95h 58' 57"
Second Peter Luttenberger +05' 26"
Third Fernandez Gines +24' 47"
Teams Festina 287h 46' 20"
Second Telekom +15' 14"
Third Maipei-GB +51' 36"

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 10th). Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (born April 3, 1964), nicknamed the Eagle from Herning (Danish: Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC. Other career highlights... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... Richard Virenque (born November 19, 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a retired French professional bicyclist. ... Erik Zabel (born July 7, 1970 in Berlin) is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour Team Milram. ... Richard Virenque (born November 19, 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a retired French professional bicyclist. ... Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (born April 3, 1964), nicknamed the Eagle from Herning (Danish: Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC. Other career highlights... Laurent Dufaux (born May 20, 1969 in Montreux, Switzerland) was a professional road cyclist from 1991 - 2003. ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... Peter Luttenberger was born 13 December 1972 in Austria. ... Festina is a Spanish watch manufacturer. ... Presentation of the 2006 team in Mallorca. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 583 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (975 × 1002 pixel, file size: 391 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 583 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (975 × 1002 pixel, file size: 391 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For a list of Tour de France winners, see Detailed list of Tour de France winners. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...


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 during the poor weather in the first week, and was fined and penalised for accepting drinks illegally [1]. Indurain started to lose time in stage 7, and finally ended 11th failling to win a single stage or spend one day in the yellow jersey. Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer. ...


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. Val dIsère is a famous ski resort and a commune located (45°27′N 6°58′E) in the Savoie département, in France, 5 km (3 miles) from the border with Italy. ... Sestriere (French: Sestrières) is an alpine village in Italy, a [[comune of the Province of Turin, at 44°57′N 6°53′E, at 2035 m above sea-level, with 838 inhabitants (2003). ... Bjarne LykkegÃ¥rd Riis (born April 3, 1964), nicknamed the Eagle from Herning (Danish: Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC. Other career highlights... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ...


Several riders with the Team Telekom team have confessed to doping offences around the period of the 1996 tour, including support riders Rolf Aldag, Udo Bölts, Christian Henn [2] and Brian Holm and team masseur Jef d'Hont has admitted in his autobiography that there was organised use of EPO in the team [3]. 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. [4] [5]. 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 Presentation of the 2006 team in Mallorca. ... Rolf Aldag (born 25 August 1968, Beckum, Germany) was a professional road bicycle racer for the UCI ProTour outfit T-Mobile Team since 1993 (then known as Team Telekom). ... Udo Bölts (born on August 10, 1966) in Rodalben is a retired German cyclist, the brother of Hartmut Bölts. ... Brian Holm was born 2 October 1962 in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Joseph Leon Dhont, also called Jef Dhont, (* 1941/42 (?)) is a former masseur of professonal cycling team Team Telekom (since 2003 called T-Mobile Team), who in April 2007 exposed doping practises of the Team Telekom in the 1990s. ... Erythropoietin (IPA pronunciation: , alternative pronunciations: ) or EPO is a glycoprotein hormone that is a cytokine for erythrocyte (red blood cell) precursors in the bone marrow. ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Erik Zabel (born July 7, 1970 in Berlin) is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour Team Milram. ... Bjarne LykkegÃ¥rd Riis (born April 3, 1964), nicknamed the Eagle from Herning (Danish: Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC. Other career highlights... is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Entrance of UCI headquarter at Aigle (Switzerland) Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is a professional cycling union that oversees cycling events in the international community. ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... The Operación Puerto doping case (derived from Operación Puerto meaning Operation Mountain Pass[1]) was a scandal in which 200 athletes including a number of cyclists were accused of using prohibited doping practices to enhance their performance. ... Richard Virenque (born November 19, 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a retired French professional bicyclist. ... Laurent Dufaux (born May 20, 1969 in Montreux, Switzerland) was a professional road cyclist from 1991 - 2003. ... Doping at the Tour de France refers to the use of illegal drugs in the annual road bicycle race, the Tour de France. ...


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." [6]. Riis' victory has subsequently been removed from the Tour de France record books. [7]

Contents

Results

General classification

Rank Cyclist name Team Time
1. Flag of Denmark Bjarne Riis (DEN) (contested) ‡ Team Telekom 95:57:16
2. Flag of Germany Jan Ullrich (GER) Team Telekom + 1.41
3. Flag of France Richard Virenque (FRA) Festina + 4.37
4. Flag of Switzerland Laurent Dufaux (SUI) Festina + 5.35
5. Flag of Austria Peter Luttenberger (AUT) Carrera + 7.07
6. Flag of France Luc Leblanc (FRA) Polti + 10.03
7. Flag of Latvia Piotr Ugrumov (LAT) Roslotto + 10.04
8. Flag of Spain Fernando Escartín (ESP) Kelme + 10.26
9. Flag of Spain Abraham Olano (ESP) Mapei + 11.00
10. Flag of Switzerland Tony Rominger (SUI) Mapei + 11.53
11. Flag of Spain Miguel Indurain (ESP) Banesto + 14.14
12. Flag of Australia Patrick Jonker (AUS) ONCE + 18.58
13. Flag of Denmark Bo Hamburger (DEN) TVM + 22.19
14. Flag of Germany Udo Bölts (GER) Team Telekom + 25.56
15. Flag of Italy Alberto Elli (ITA) MG Maglificio-Technogym + 26.18
16. Flag of Spain Manuel Fernandez-Gines (ESP) Mapei + 26.28
17. Flag of Italy Leonardo Piepoli (ITA) Refin + 27.36
18. Flag of France Laurent Brochard (FRA) Festina + 32.11
19. Flag of Italy Michele Bartoli (ITA) MG Maglificio-Technogym + 37.18
20. Flag of Russia Eugeni Berzin (RUS) Gewiss + 38.00

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Latvia() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() [] Capital (and largest city) Riga Official languages Latvian Ethnic groups  59. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Fernando Escartín (born January 24, 1968, Biescas, Huesca, Aragon) is a former Spanish road racing cyclist. ... Motto (Latin) Further Beyond Anthem  1(Spanish) Royal March Spain() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() Capital (and largest city) Madrid Official languages Spanish, Catalan2, Galician2, Basque2, (Occitan) Aranese2 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Head of State King Juan Carlos I  -  President of the Government Formation 15th century   -  Dynastic union... Comunitat Valenciana (UCI Team Code: ECV) is a professional continental cycling team based in Spain and participates in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Ábraham Olano Manzano (born on January 22, 1970 in Anoeta, Spain) was a professional cyclist from Spain. ... Motto (Latin) Further Beyond Anthem  1(Spanish) Royal March Spain() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() Capital (and largest city) Madrid Official languages Spanish, Catalan2, Galician2, Basque2, (Occitan) Aranese2 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Head of State King Juan Carlos I  -  President of the Government Formation 15th century   -  Dynastic union... Mapei was sponsoring an Italian road bicycle racing team namedafter it from 1993 to 2002. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Tony Rominger (born 27 March 1961 in Velje, Denmark) is a Swiss cyclist who won major tours four times in his career—the Vuelta a España three consecutive years (1992, 1993, 1994) and Giro dItalia once (1995). ... Motto (Latin) (traditional)[1] One for all, all for one Anthem Swiss Psalm Switzerland() on the European continent() Capital Berne (federal capital) Largest city Zürich Official languages German, French, Italian, Romansh[2] Government Direct democracy Federal republic  -  Federal Council M. Leuenberger P. Couchepin (VP 07) S. Schmid M. Calmy... Mapei was sponsoring an Italian road bicycle racing team namedafter it from 1993 to 2002. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer. ... Motto (Latin) Further Beyond Anthem  1(Spanish) Royal March Spain() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() Capital (and largest city) Madrid Official languages Spanish, Catalan2, Galician2, Basque2, (Occitan) Aranese2 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Head of State King Juan Carlos I  -  President of the Government Formation 15th century   -  Dynastic union... Banesto is a Spanish bank that was acquired by Grupo Santander and became part of the group. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Patrick Jonker (born May 25, 1969 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is a retired Australian road bicycle racer from Dutch anchestry. ... Anthem Advance Australia Fair Royal anthem: God Save the Queen Capital Canberra Largest city Sydney Official languages English (de facto 1) Government Federal constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy  -  Queen Elizabeth II  -  Governor-General Michael Jeffery  -  Prime Minister John Howard Independence from the United Kingdom   -  Constitution 1 January 1901   -  Statute of... ONCE (pronounced ), or Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (National Organization of the Spanish Blind), is a Spanish foundation founded on December 13, 1938 to raise funds with which to provide services for the blind and persons with serious visual impairment. ... 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Individual stage wins

Date/Stage Route Distance Type Winner
P / June 29 's-Hertogenbosch Flag of Netherlands 9 km Prologue Alex Zülle Flag of Switzerland
1 / June 30 's-Hertogenbosch - 's-Hertogenbosch 206 km Frederic Moncassin Flag of France
2 / July 1 's-Hertogenbosch Flag of Netherlands - Wasquehal Flag of France 195 km Mario Cipollini Flag of Italy
3 / July 2 Wasquehal - Nogent-sur-Oise 195 km Erik Zabel Flag of Germany
4 / July 3 Soissons - Lac de Madine 230 km Cyril Saugrain Flag of France
5 / July 4 Lac de Madine - Besançon 242 km Jeroen Blijlevens Flag of Netherlands
6 / July 5 Arcs-et-Senans - Aix-les-Bains 208 km Michael Boogerd Flag of Netherlands
7 / July 6 Chambéry - Les Arcs 202 km Luc Leblanc Flag of France
8 / July 7 Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Val d’Isère 30.5 km ITT Yevgeny Berzin Flag of Russia
9 / July 8 Monetier les Bains - Sestriere 46 km Mountain stage
Shortened due to weather		 Bjarne Riis Flag of Denmark
10 / July 9 Turin Flag of Italy - Gap Flag of France 203 km Mountain stage Erik Zabel Flag of Germany
July 10 / Rest day 0 km
11 / July 11 Gap - Valence 200 km Mountain stage Chepe Gonzalez Pico Flag of Colombia
12 / July 12 Valence - Le Puy en Velay 143 km Pascal Richard Flag of Switzerland
13 / July 13 Le Puy-en-Velay - Superbesse 177 km Rolf Sørensen Flag of Denmark
14 / July 14 Besse - Tulle 185 km Djamolidine Abdoujaparov Flag of Uzbekistan
15 / July 15 Brive - Villeneuve-sur-Lot 177 km Massimo Podenzana Flag of Italy
16 / July 16 Agen - Lourdes-Hautacam 192 km Mountain stage Bjarne Riis Flag of Denmark
17 / July 17 Argelès-Gazost Flag of France - Pamplona Flag of Spain 260 km Mountain stage Laurent Dufaux Flag of Switzerland
18 / July 18 Pamplona Flag of Spain - Hendaye Flag of France 154 km Mountain stage Bart Voskamp Flag of Netherlands
19 / July 19 Hendaye - Bordeaux 220 km Frédéric Moncassin Flag of France
20 / July 20 Bordeaux - Saint-Emilion 60 km ITT Jan Ullrich Flag of Germany
21 / July 21 Palaiseau - Paris 145 km Fabio Baldato Flag of Italy
Total 3905.5 km

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Points Classification (Maillot vert)

  1. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom, 335 pts (contested) ‡
  2. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra), 284 pts
  3. Fabio Baldato (Ita), 255 pts
  4. Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzb), 204 pts
  5. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned), 158 pts

The maillot vert (French for green jersey) is the jersey worn by the leader of the Tour de Frances points classification. ... Erik Zabel (born July 7, 1970 in Berlin) is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour Team Milram. ...

Best climber (Polka dot jersey)

  1. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina, 383 pts
  2. Bjarne Riis (Den), 274 pts
  3. Laurent Dufaux (Sui), 176 pts
  4. Laurent Brochard (Fra), 168 pts
  5. Luc Leblanc (Fra), 158 pts

The polka dot jersey (French: maillot à pois rouge) is awarded for the best climber during the mountain stages of the Tour de France cycle race. ... Richard Virenque (born November 19, 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a retired French professional bicyclist. ...

Best young rider (souvenir Fabio Casartelli)

  1. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom, 95.58.57
  2. Peter Luttenberger (Aut), + 05.26
  3. Fernandez Gines (Spa), + 24.47
  4. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita), + 25.55

Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ...

Team classification

  1. FESTINA (Fra), 287.46.20
  2. Telekom (Ger), + 15.14
  3. Mapei-GB (Ita), + 51.36

Most aggressive rider (Prix de la Combativite)

  1. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina, 50 pts
  2. Bjarne Riis (Den), 47 pts
  3. Bartoli (Ita), 47 pts

Richard Virenque (born November 19, 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a retired French professional bicyclist. ...

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.
  1. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/1999/07/03/flashback_riis/
  2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6687307.stm
  3. ^ http://www2.vrtnieuws.net/cm/flandersnews.be/Sports/070502_DHont
  4. ^ http://www.team-csc.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=1337
  5. ^ /http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6693743.stm
  6. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=2896276
  7. ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jun07/jun07news2
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