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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian
GdI May 15 to June 6, 1999 |
3,757 Km |
Starters: 162 xx (* 160 2 riders DNS)
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Finishers: 116 |
Average Speed: 37.959 km/h |
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Race Leader Expelled
TRace organizers celebrated the 90th year anniversary of the Giro d’Italia.
SPECIAL NOTE: This year would be the 82nd edition of the race because the Giro was not run during WW1 (1915 to 1918) and WW2 (1941 to 1945).
Teams:
The eighteen teams entering the race were:
- Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria
- Alessio-Ballan
- Banesto
- Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio
- Kelme-Costa Blanca
- Lampre-Daikin-Colnago
- Liquigas-Pata
- Mapei-Quickstep
- Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
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- Mobilvetta-Northwave
- Riso Scotti-Vinavil
- Team Polti
- Navigare-Gaerne
- Saeco-Cannondale
- ONCE-Deutsche Bank
- TVM-Farm Frites
- Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
- Vitalicio Seguros-Generali
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Each team sent a team of nine riders.
Race Summary:
Stage 8- The race began to take shape on the stage from Pesara to the summit of Gran Sasso d’Italia. The powerful Mercatone Uno-Bianchi squad worked hard to catch the dangerous "breakaway of the day" and delivered Marco Pantani to the base of the finishing climb. Pantani jumped away with three kms to go on the stage. Pantani won the stage and took the race leader’s Maglia Rosa from the early leader Laurent Jalabert.
Stage 9- The Italian climber was not known for the “race against the clock”. Pantani would relinquish the leader’s Jersey back to Jalabert the next day after the 32 km Individual Time Trial.
The race still had a week of tough mountain stages remaining. Pantani continued his superior climbing when the race hit the Dolomites Mountains.
Stage 15- The dominative Italian climber dropped his chain on the final climb of fifteenth stage and losing more than 30 seconds to Jalabert. After a quick repair he remounted, caught the pack, and flew by everyone on the climb to win the stage. Former race leader Laurent Jalabert said after the race, "Pantani is too strong!"
Stage 20- “Il Pirata” was so dominate in the mountains that the Italian media started calling the race “The Pantani Show”. A sure winner in Milan after two mountain top stage wins on stage 19 and 20 Pantani was administered a blood test the morning before the start of stage 21.
The UCI warned riders that a hematocrit reading above 50% would mean disqualification. When Pantani’s test returned a reading of 52% the race leader was expelled from the Giro two stages from the finish.
SPECIAL NOTE: With no definitive test for EPO in 1999, the UCI used the 50% limit as a sign that the rider may be using EPO. UCI president Hein Verbruggen stated, "You will notice I have said nothing about doping. One does not know what the correct facts are. The fact is that a hematocrit level of 52% was recorded. We have formed the view that this level is unhealthy for the rider. We cannot prove that EPO was used, but it is consistent with its use."
Stage 21: (Cima Coppi ): Marco Pantani took the race leader’s Maglia Rosa from Zulle with an impressive display of climbing. The brutal Stage 17 contained four massive climbs: Passo Duran, Forcella Staulanza, Passo Fedaia-Marmolada, and the Passo Sella (Cima Coppi). Pantani won the Cima Coppi and finished second on the stage but more significantly gained 4’37” on the GC contenders.
Again in 1999 Jose Jaime Gonzalez was winner of the Cima Coppi on the Gavia.
Stage 22- Ivan Gotti, the 1997 Giro champion, rode into Milan to claim a grand but controversial victory in the 82nd Giro d’Italia.
SPECIAL NOTE: The 29-year-old Marco Pantani served his mandatory 14-day UCI suspension for his excessive hematocrit.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Agrigento-Modica, 175 km |
Ivan Quaranta (Ita) |
Ivan Quaranta (Ita) |
Stage 2 Noto-Catania, 133 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Stage 3 Catania -Messina, 176 km |
Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) |
Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) |
Stage 4 Vibo Valentia-Terme Luigiane, 186 km |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) |
Stage 5 Terme Luigiane-Monte Sirino, 147 km |
"Chepe" Gonzalez (Col) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 6 Lauria-Foggia, 257 km |
Romans Vainsteins (Let) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 7 Foggia-Lanciano, 153 km |
Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 8 Pescara-Gran Sasso d'Italia, 253 km |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Stage 9 Ancona-Ancona, 32 km ITT |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 10 Ancona-San Sepolcro, 189 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 11 San Sepolcro-Cesenatico, 125 km |
Ivan Quaranta (Ita) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 12 Cesenatico-Sassuolo, 168 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 13 Sassuolo-Rapallo, 243 km |
Richard Virenque (Fra) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 14 Bra-Borgo San Dalmazzo, 187 km |
Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Stage 15 Racconigi-Oropa, 143 km |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Stage 16 Biella-Lumezzane, 232 km |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Stg 17 Lumezzane-Castelfranco Veneto, 212 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Stage 18 Treviso-Treviso, 45 km ITT |
Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
St 19 Castelfranco Ven-Alpe/Pampeago, 166 km |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Stg 20 Predazzo-Madonna Di Campiglio, 175 km |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Marco Pantani (Ita) |
Stage 21 Madonna Di Campiglio-Aprica, 190 km |
Roberto Heras (Spa) |
Ivan Gotti (Ita) |
Stage 22 Boario Terme-Milan, 170 km |
Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) |
 Ivan Gotti (Ita) |
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Mountain Classification |
 "Chepe" Gonzalez (Col)
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Points Classification |
 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Ivan GOTTI (Ita)  |
Team Polti |
99h 55' 56" |
2 |
Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) |
Saeco-Cannondale |
+3'35" |
3 |
Gilberto Simoni (Ita) |
Alessio-Ballan |
+3'36" |
4 |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
ONCE-Deutsche Bank |
+5'16" |
5 |
Roberto Heras (Spa) |
Kelme-Costa Blanca |
+7'47" |
6 |
Niklas Axelsson (Swe) |
Navigare-Gaerne |
+9'38" |
7 |
Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) |
Vini Caldirola-Sidermec |
+12'07" |
8 |
Daniele De Paoli (Ita) |
Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria |
+14'20" |
9 |
Daniel Clavero (Spa) |
Vitalicio Seguros-Generali |
+15'53" |
10 |
Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) |
Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio |
+17'31" |
11 |
Oscar Camenzind (Sui) |
+17'39" |
64 |
Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) |
+2h37'14" |
12 |
Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) |
+20'14" |
65 |
Paolo Valoti (Ita) |
+2h38'45" |
13 |
Oscar Sevilla (Spa) |
+22'44" |
66 |
Marzio Bruzeghin (Ita) |
+2h38'49" |
14 |
Richard Virenque (Fra) |
+24'15" |
67 |
Mario Scirea (Ita) |
+2h40'43" |
15 |
Hernan Buenahora (Col) |
+24'38" |
68 |
Francisco Cabello (Ita) |
+2h41'15" |
16 |
Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) |
+42'12" |
69 |
Enrico Cassani (Ita) |
+2h41'56" |
17 |
Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) |
+44'23" |
70 |
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) |
+2h43'05" |
18 |
Pavel Padrnos (Cze) |
+44'30" |
71 |
Gianluca Sironi (Ita) |
+2h43'09" |
19 |
Peter Luttenberger (Aut) |
+47'39" |
72 |
Inigo Cuesta (Spa) |
+2h45'48" |
20 |
Nicola Miceli (Ita) |
+17'40" |
73 |
M-An Martin-Perdiguero (Spa) |
+2h46'23" |
21 |
Aleksandr Sheffer (Kaz) |
+51'31" |
74 |
Mirko Celestino (Ita) |
+2h47'01" |
22 |
Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) |
+51'48" |
75 |
Martin Hvastija (Slo) |
+2h47'35" |
23 |
"Chepe" Gonzales (Col) |
+53'36" |
76 |
Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) |
+2h47'54" |
24 |
Felice Puttini (Sui) |
+1h00'25" |
77 |
Ruslan Ivanov (Mol) |
+2h48'11" |
25 |
Oscar Mason (Ita) |
+1h02'17" |
78 |
Andreas Klier (Ger) |
+2h51'46" |
26 |
Gerrit Glomser (Aut) |
+1h04'15" |
79 |
Angel Edo (Spa) |
+2h53'09" |
27 |
Francesco Secchiari (Ita) |
+1h06'18" |
80 |
Andrea Tafi (Ita) |
+2h53'18" |
28 |
Andrea Noe (Ita) |
+1h09'58" |
81 |
Dario Pieri (Ita) |
+2h53'27" |
29 |
Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) |
+1h11'37" |
82 |
Diego Ferrari (Ita) |
+2h55'05" |
30 |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
+1h14'11" |
83 |
Simone Bertoletti (Ita) |
+2h56'41" |
31 |
Mauro Zanetti (Ita) |
+1h14'28" |
84 |
David Navas (Spa) |
+2h56'45" |
32 |
Amilcare Tronca (Ita) |
+1h17'28" |
85 |
Santos Gonzalez (Spa) |
+2h56'53" |
33 |
Jose-Maria Jimenez (Spa) |
+1h19'34" |
86 |
Gian-Matteo Fagnini (Ita) |
+2h57'15" |
34 |
Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) |
+1h23'14" |
87 |
Biagio Conte (Ita) |
+2h58'20" |
35 |
Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) |
+1h28'25" |
88 |
Marco Gili (Ita) |
+2h58'34" |
36 |
Giuliano Figueras (Ita) |
+1h35'04" |
89 |
David Canada (Spa) |
+2h58'43" |
37 |
Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) |
+1h37'41" |
90 |
Filippo Simeoni (Ita) |
+2h59'38" |
38 |
Mariano Piccoli (Ita) |
+1h39'02" |
91 |
Michel Lafis (Swe) |
+3h00'45" |
39 |
Francisco-Jose Cerezo (Spa) |
+1h39'29" |
92 |
Serguei Smetanine (Rus) |
+3h01'01" |
40 |
Vladimir Duma (Ukr) |
+1h41'13" |
93 |
Gines Salmeron (Spa) |
+3h03'39" |
41 |
Miguel-Angel Pena (Spa) |
+1h45'00" |
94 |
Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) |
+3h03'40" |
42 |
Marco Della-Vedova (Ita) |
+1h48'01" |
95 |
Matteo Frutti (Ita) |
+3h06'19" |
43 |
Matteo Tosatto (Ita) |
+1h49'24" |
96 |
Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) |
+3h06'46" |
44 |
Paolo Bettini (Ita) |
+1h50'25" |
97 |
Alain Turicchia (Ita) |
+3h07'03" |
45 |
Prudencio Indurain (Spa) |
+1h52'06" |
98 |
Massimo Apollonio (Ita) |
+3h07'28" |
46 |
Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) |
+1h52'19" |
99 |
Samuele Schiavina (Ita) |
+3h08'08" |
47 |
Massimo Donati (Ita) |
+1h54'51" |
100 |
Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) |
+3h08'09" |
48 |
Chann McRae (USA) |
+1h55'12" |
101 |
Carlos Sastre (Spa) |
+3h09'39" |
49 |
Oscar Pozzi (Ita) |
+1h55'23" |
102 |
Gabriele Balducci (Ita) |
+3h09'54" |
50 |
Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) |
+2h00'58" |
103 |
Fabio Baldato (Ita) |
+3h12'12" |
51 |
Orlando Rodrigues (Por) |
+2h03'07" |
104 |
Mauro Radaelli (Ita) |
+3h17'41" |
52 |
Evgueni Berzin (Rus) |
+2h05'45" |
105 |
Carlo-Marino Bianchi (Ita) |
+3h17'41" |
53 |
Fausto Dotti (Ita) |
+2h06'20" |
106 |
Guido Trenti (USA) |
+3h19'30" |
54 |
Filippo Casagrande (Ita) |
+2h10'09" |
107 |
Denis Zanette (Ita) |
+3h19'54" |
55 |
Pascal Richard (Sui) |
+2h10'10" |
108 |
Massimo Strazzer (Ita) |
+3h19'57" |
56 |
Andrea Peron (Ita) |
+2h10'11" |
109 |
Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) |
+3h24'20" |
57 |
Marco Magnani (Ita) |
+2h10'21" |
110 |
Andrea Brognara (Ita) |
+3h24'53" |
58 |
Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) |
+2h14'08" |
111 |
Stefano Faustini (Ita) |
+3h25'08" |
59 |
Bo Hamburger (Den) |
+2h17'06" |
112 |
Francesco Arazzi (Ita) |
+3h25'28" |
60 |
Roberto Petito (Ita) |
+2h21'15" |
113 |
Nicola Minali (Ita) |
+3h27'21" |
61 |
Cristiano Frattini (Ita) |
+2h26'59" |
114 |
Alessio Galletti (Ita) |
+3h32'56" |
62 |
Stefano Panetta (Ita) |
+2h32'52" |
115 |
Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) |
+3h37'03" |
63 |
Victor Hugo Pena (Col) |
+2h33'46" |
116 |
Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) |
+3h48'49" |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
"Chepe" GONZALES (Col) |
Kelme-Costa Blanca |
61 |
2 |
Mariano Piccoli (Ita) |
Lampre-Daikin-Colnago |
45 |
3 |
Paolo Bettini (Ita) |
Mapei-Quickstep |
44 |
4 |
Ivan Gotti (Ita) |
Team Polti |
33 |
5 |
Gilberto Simoni (Ita) |
Alessio-Ballan |
33 |
6 |
Roberto Heras (Spa) |
Kelme-Costa Blanca |
26 |
7 |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
ONCE-Deutsche Bank |
25 |
8 |
Hernán Buenahora (Col) |
Vitalicio Seguros-Generali |
18 |
9 |
Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) |
Lampre-Daikin-Colnago |
14 |
10 |
Richard Virenque (Fra) |
Team Polti |
13 |
11 |
Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) |
Saeco-Cannondale |
12 |
12 |
Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) |
Amica Chips-Costa Almeria |
12 |
13 |
Jose-Maria Jimenez (Spa) |
Banesto |
10 |
14 |
Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) |
Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio |
10 |
15 |
Daniele De Paoli (Ita) |
Amica Chips-Costa Almeria |
9 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Laurent JALABERT (Fra) |
ONCE-Deutsche Bank |
175 |
2 |
Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) |
Team Polti |
170 |
3 |
Massimo Strazzer (Ita) |
Mobilvetta-Northwave |
126 |
4 |
Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) |
Saeco-Cannondale |
117 |
5 |
Ivan Gotti (Ita) |
Team Polti |
110 |
6 |
Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) |
Saeco-Cannondale |
96 |
7 |
Gilberto Simoni (Ita) |
Alessio-Ballan |
94 |
8 |
Matteo Tosatto (Ita) |
Alessio-Ballan |
88 |
9 |
Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) |
Vini Caldirola-Sidermec |
87 |
10 |
Oscar Camenzind (Sui) |
Lampre-Daikin-Colnago |
82 |
11 |
Dario Pieri (Ita) |
Navigare-Gaerne |
76 |
12 |
Roberto Heras (Spa) |
Kelme-Costa Blanca |
72 |
13 |
Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) |
Lampre-Daikin-Colnago |
65 |
14 |
Daniel Clavero (Spa) |
Vitalicio Seguros-Generali |
57 |
15 |
Davide Rebellin (Ita) |
Team Polti |
56 |
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