1999 PruTour

The 1999 PruTour was the second edition of the Prudential Tour of Britain cycle race and was held from 23 May to 29 May 1999. The race started in Westminster and finished in Edinburgh.[1][2] The race was won by Marc Wauters of the Rabobank team.

1999 PruTour
Race details
Dates23–29 May 1999
Stages7
Winning time29h 32' 26"
Results
  Winner  Marc Wauters (BEL) (Rabobank)
  Second  Benoît Joachim (LUX) (U.S. Postal Service)
  Third  Bjørnar Vestøl (NOR) (Acceptcard)

Teams

Eighteen teams of up to six riders started the race:[3]

Route
Stage characteristics and winners[1]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 23 May Westminster to Westminster 81 km (50.3 mi)  Léon van Bon (NED)
2a 24 May Medway to Portsmouth 179 km (111.2 mi)  Julian Dean (NZL)
2b Portsmouth 6.7 km (4.2 mi) Individual time trial  Chris Boardman (GBR)
3 25 May Winchester to Bristol 167 km (103.8 mi)  Benoît Joachim (LUX)
4 26 May Bristol to Swansea 172 km (106.9 mi)  Raimondas Rumšas (LTU)
5 27 May Swansea to Birmingham 214 km (133.0 mi)  Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
6 28 May Liverpool to Blackpool 158 km (98.2 mi)  George Hincapie (USA)
7a 29 May Carlisle to Edinburgh 147.5 km (91.7 mi)  Rob Hayles (GBR)
7b Edinburgh to Edinburgh 40 km (24.9 mi)  Julian Dean (NZL)

General classification
Final general classification[4]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Marc Wauters (BEL) Rabobank 29h 32' 26"
2  Benoît Joachim (LUX) U.S. Postal Service + 2"
3  Bjørnar Vestøl (NOR) Acceptcard + 1' 22"
4  Jens Voigt (GER) Crédit Agricole + 1' 37"
5  Raimondas Rumšas (LTU) Mróz + 1' 42"
6  Patrick Jonker (NED) Rabobank + 1' 57"
7  Jonathan Vaughters (USA) U.S. Postal Service + 1' 59"
8  Nicolaj Bo Larsen (DEN) home–Jack & Jones + 2' 29"
9  Lylian Lebreton (FRA) BigMat–Auber 93 + 2' 34"
10  Massimo Gimondi (ITA) Amore & Vita–Giubileo 2000–Beretta + 3' 15"
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References
  1. "Tour of the United Kingdom, Cat. 2.4". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. "Prudential Tour 1999". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. "Teams". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. "Tour of Britain, Cat 2.4 - Final GC after Stage 7b". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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