1999 PruTour
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| Dates | 23–29 May 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 29h 32' 26" | ||||||||||||
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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.
Teams
[edit]Eighteen teams of up to six riders started the race:[3]
- Crédit Agricole
- Rabobank
- U.S. Postal Service
- BigMat–Auber 93
- Post Swiss Team
- Acceptcard
- Linda McCartney On Tour
- Mróz
- Amore & Vita–Giubileo 2000–Beretta
- Team Men's Health
- Harrods
- home–Jack & Jones
- Great Britain
- Australia
- China
- Denmark
- Ireland
- South Africa
Route
[edit]| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 23 May | Westminster to Westminster | 81 km (50.3 mi) |  Léon van Bon (NED)
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| 2a | 24 May | Medway to Portsmouth | 179 km (111.2 mi) |  Julian Dean (NZL)
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| 2b | Portsmouth | 6.7 km (4.2 mi) | 
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Individual time trial |  Chris Boardman (GBR)
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| 3 | 25 May | Winchester to Bristol | 167 km (103.8 mi) |  Benoît Joachim (LUX)
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| 4 | 26 May | Bristol to Swansea | 172 km (106.9 mi) |  Raimondas Rumšas (LTU)
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| 5 | 27 May | Swansea to Birmingham | 214 km (133.0 mi) |  Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
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| 6 | 28 May | Liverpool to Blackpool | 158 km (98.2 mi) |  George Hincapie (USA)
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| 7a | 29 May | Carlisle to Edinburgh | 147.5 km (91.7 mi) | Rob Hayles (GBR)
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| 7b | Edinburgh to Edinburgh | 40 km (24.9 mi) | Julian Dean (NZL)
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General classification
[edit]Final general classification[4]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tour of the United Kingdom, Cat. 2.4". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Prudential Tour 1999". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Teams". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Tour of Britain, Cat 2.4 - Final GC after Stage 7b". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 March 2018.