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	Overview of the year 1998  back to list  wikipedia information 1998  see overall standings in 1998 select year: 202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998199719961995199419931992199119901989198819871986198519841983198219811980197919781977197619751974197319721971197019691968196719661965196419631962196119601959195819571956195519541953195219511950194919481947193919381937193619351934193319321931193019291928192719261925192419231922192119201919191419131912191119101909190819071906190519041903 1998 | July 11 - August 2 Dublin - Paris total distance: 3875.0 km number of stages: 21 money for winner: 2 200 000 F money total: 12 000 000 F Marco Pantani | Mercatone Uno | Italy | age: 28 time: 92hr 49min 46sec | average speed: 39.983 km/h 2nd place: Jan Ullrich (+ 3min 21sec) 3rd place: Bobby Julich (+ 4min 8sec) winning team: Cofidis number of participants: 189 finished: 96 not finished: 93 Jerseys winners:  Marco Pantani  Erik Zabel  Christophe Rinero  Jan Ullrich Tour de France start: Statistic of the riders: Route length: (compared with longest route in 1926 - 5745 km)  3 875 / 5 745   67,4% Stages number of stages in this year*: 22 | display finish towns on map *total number of posibbilities to win the stage STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed P Dublin - Dublin   5.6 km     Chris BOARDMAN   0:06:12   54.2 km/h 1 Dublin - Dublin   180.5 km     Tom STEELS   4:29:58   40.1 km/h 2 Enniscothy - Cork   205.5 km     Ján SVORADA   5:45:10   35.7 km/h 3 Roscoff - Lorient   169.0 km     Jens HEPPNER   3:33:36   47.5 km/h 4 Plouay - Cholet   252.0 km     Jeroen BLIJLEVENS   5:48:32   43.4 km/h 5 Cholet - Châteauroux   228.5 km     Mario CIPOLLINI   5:18:49   43.0 km/h 6 La Châtre - Brive-la-Gaillarde   204.5 km     Mario CIPOLLINI   5:05:32   40.2 km/h 7 Meyrignac l´Eglise - Corrèze   58.0 km     Jan ULLRICH   1:15:25   46.1 km/h 8 Brive-la-Gaillarde - Montauban   190.5 km     Jacky DURAND   4:40:55   40.7 km/h 9 Montauban - Pau   210.0 km     Leon VAN BON   5:21:10   39.2 km/h 10 Pau - Luchon   196.5 km     Rodolfo MASSI   5:49:40   33.7 km/h 11 Luchon - Plateau de Beille   170.0 km     Marco PANTANI   5:15:27   32.3 km/h 12 Tarascon-sur-Ariège - Le Cap d´Agde   222.0 km     Tom STEELS   4:12:51   48.9 km/h 13 Frontignan-La-Peyrade - Carpentras   196.0 km     Daniele NARDELLO   4:32:46   43.1 km/h 14 Valréas - Grenoble   186.5 km     Stuart O'GRADY   4:30:53   41.3 km/h 15 Grenoble - Les Deux Alpes   189.0 km     Marco PANTANI   5:43:45   33.0 km/h 16 Vizille - Albertville   204.0 km     Jan ULLRICH   5:39:47   36.0 km/h 17 Albertville - Aix-les-Bains   149.0 km           0.0 km/h 18 Aix-les-Bains - Neuchâtel   218.5 km     Tom STEELS   4:53:27   44.7 km/h 19 La Chaux de Fonds - Autun   242.0 km     Magnus BÄCKSTEDT   5:10:14   46.8 km/h 20 Montceau-les-Mines - Le Creusot   52.0 km     Jan ULLRICH   1:03:52   48.9 km/h 21 Melun - Paris   147.5 km     Tom STEELS   3:46:54   39.0 km/h Winners of stages in 1998 by nations (10):  nation   No.wins  share (%)  ITA   6   27,27%   BEL   4   18,18%   GER   4   18,18%   NED   2   9,09%   FRA   1   4,55%   AUS   1   4,55%      1   4,55%   SWE   1   4,55%   GBR   1   4,55%   CZE   1   4,55%  Winners of stages in 1998 by cyclists (15):  name   No.wins  share (%)  Tom STEELS   4   18,18%   Jan ULLRICH   3   13,64%   Mario CIPOLLINI   2   9,09%   Marco PANTANI   2   9,09%   Jeroen BLIJLEVENS   1   4,55%   Rodolfo MASSI   1   4,55%   Magnus BÄCKSTEDT   1   4,55%   Ján SVORADA   1   4,55%   Jacky DURAND   1   4,55%   Stuart O'GRADY   1   4,55%   Chris BOARDMAN   1   4,55%   Jens HEPPNER   1   4,55%   Leon VAN BON   1   4,55%      1   4,55%   Daniele NARDELLO   1   4,55%  Ascents number of ascents in this year*: 21 | display ascents on map *ascents of the second, first and "hors" category THE ALPES [11] Col de la Madeleine (2000 m):     Jan ULLRICH Col de Murs (637 m):     Vicente GARCIA ACOSTA Col de Porte (1326 m):     Stéphane HEULOT Col du Rousset (1254 m):     Stuart O’GRADY Col du Télégraphe (1566 m):     Rodolfo MASSI Croix de Fer (2067 m):     Rodolfo MASSI Cucheron (1139 m):     Stéphane HEULOT Galibier (2645 m):     Marco PANTANI Grand Cucheron (1188 m):     Stéphane HEULOT Granier (1134 m):     Stéphane HEULOT Les Deux-Alpes (1644 m):     Marco PANTANI THE PYRENEES [9] Aspin (1490 m):     Rodolfo MASSI Aubisque (1709 m):     Cédric VASSEUR Col de la Core (1373 m):     Roland MEIER Col de Menté (1349 m):     Alberto ELLI Col de Port (1249 m):     Roland MEIER Peyresourde (1569 m):     Rodolfo MASSI Plateau de Beille (1747 m):     Marco PANTANI Portet d’Aspet (1069 m):     Alberto ELLI Tourmalet (2115 m):     Alberto ELLI Other mountains [1] Col de la Faucille (1323 m):     Cédric VASSEUR Winners of ascents in 1998 by nations (6):  nation   No. wins  share (%)  ITA   10   47,62%   FRA   6   28,57%   SUI   2   9,52%   ESP   1   4,76%   GER   1   4,76%   AUS   1   4,76%  Winners of ascents in 1998 by cyclists (9):  name   No. wins  share (%)  Stéphane HEULOT   4   19,05%   Rodolfo MASSI   4   19,05%   Alberto ELLI   3   14,29%   Marco PANTANI   3   14,29%   Cédric VASSEUR   2   9,52%   Roland MEIER   2   9,52%   Vicente GARCIA ACOSTA   1   4,76%   Stuart O’GRADY   1   4,76%   Jan ULLRICH   1   4,76%  Video highlights No video available
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