List of teams and cyclists in the 1999 Tour de France
In the 1999 Tour de France, the following 20 teams were each allowed to field nine cyclists:[1][2]
After the doping controversies in the 1998 Tour de France, the Tour organisation banned some persons from the race, including cyclist Richard Virenque, Laurent Roux and Philippe Gaumont, manager Manolo Saiz and the entire TVM–Farm Frites team.[1] Virenque's team Polti then appealed at the UCI against this decision, and the UCI then forced the Tour organisation to allow Virenque and Saiz entry in the Tour.[3]
Initially, the Vini Caldirola team had been selected, but after their team leader Serhiy Honchar failed a blood test in the 1999 Tour de Suisse, the tour organisation removed Vini Caldirola from the starting list, and replaced them by Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio, the first reserve team.[4]
Teams
Qualified teams
Invited teams
Cyclists
By starting number
No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour |
Pos. | Position in the general classification |
DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish |
By team
References
- "Richard Virenque banned from Tour de France". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 17 June 1999. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- "86ème Tour de France 1999" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- "Virenque in the Tour". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 30 June 1999. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- "Vini Caldirola now out of Tour". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 19 June 1999. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- "86ème Tour de France 1999". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011.