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1999 Vuelta a España

54th edition of the Vuelta a España

Field	Value
name	1999 Vuelta a España
date	4–26 September
stages	22
distance	3576
unit	km
time	89h 52' 03"
first	Jan Ullrich
first_nat	GER
first_team
first_color	gold
second	Igor González de Galdeano
second_nat	ESP
second_team
third	Roberto Heras
third_nat	ESP
third_team
points	Frank Vandenbroucke
points_nat	BEL
points_team
points_color	silver
mountains	José María Jiménez
mountains_nat	ESP
mountains_team
mountains_color	whitegold
sprints	Robert Hunter
sprints_nat	RSA
sprints_team
sprints_color	blue
team
previous	[1998](1998-vuelta-a-espana)
next	[2000](2000-vuelta-a-espana)

The 1999 Vuelta a España was the 54th edition of the Vuelta a España, taking place from 4 September starting in Murcia and finishing in Madrid on 26 September 1999. It consisted of 21 stages over 3576 km, ridden at an average speed of 39.449 km/h. The favourites were Laurent Jalabert, Alex Zülle, Jan Ullrich and defending champion Abraham Olano. In the end, Ullrich won the race.

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1999 Vuelta a España

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	[P](1999-vuelta-a-espana-prologue-to-stage-10-prologue)
4 September	Murcia to Murcia	6.1 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Igor González de Galdeano
5 September	Murcia to Benidorm	179 km			Robbie Hunter
6 September	Alicante to Albacete	206 km			Marcel Wüst
7 September	La Roda to Fuenlabrada	229.5 km			Marcel Wüst
8 September	Las Rozas to Salamanca	185.6 km			Marcel Wüst
9 September	Béjar to Ciudad Rodrigo	160 km			Jan Ullrich
10 September	Salamanca to Salamanca	46.4 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Abraham Olano
11 September	Salamanca to León	217 km			Marcel Wüst
12 September	León to Alto de l'Angliru	175.6 km			José María Jiménez
13 September	Gijón to Los Corrales de Buelna	185.8 km			Laurent Brochard
14 September	Rest day
15 September	Zaragoza to Zaragoza	183.2 km			Serhiy Ushakov
16 September	Huesca to Val d'Aran/	201 km			Daniele Nardello
17 September	Sort to Arcalis (Andorra)	147.4 km			Igor González Galdeano
18 September	Andorra la Vella (Andorra) to Castellar del Riu (Rasos de Peguera)	149 km			Alex Zülle
19 September	Barcelona to Barcelona	94.4 km			Fabio Roscioli
20 September	La Sénia to Valencia	193.4 km			Viatcheslav Ekimov
21 September	Valencia to Teruel	200.4 km			Frank Vandenbroucke
22 September	Bronchales to Guadalajara	225 km			Cristian Moreni
23 September	Guadalajara to	166.3 km			Roberto Laiseka
24 September	San Lorenzo de El Escorial to Ávila	184.6 km			Frank Vandenbroucke
25 September	El Tiemblo to Ávila	46.5 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Jan Ullrich
26 September	Madrid to Madrid	163 km			Jeroen Blijlevens
Total	3576 km

Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General classification
Points Classification
Mountains Classification
Intermediate Sprint Classification
Team Classification	Stage	Winner	Jan Ullrich	Frank Vandenbroucke	José María Jiménez	Robert Hunter
Prol. (ITT)	Igor González de Galdeano	Igor González de Galdeano	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1	Robert Hunter	Jacky Durand	Robert Hunter	Serguei Outschakov	Robert Hunter
2	Marcel Wüst	Pascal Hervé	César García
3	Marcel Wüst	Marcel Wüst	Marcel Wüst	German Nieto
4	Marcel Wüst
5	Jan Ullrich	Abraham Olano	Laurent Brochard
6 (ITT)	Abraham Olano
7	Marcel Wüst
8	José María Jiménez	José María Jiménez
9	Laurent Brochard	Laurent Brochard	Robert Hunter
10	Serguei Outschakov
11	Daniele Nardello
12	Igor González de Galdeano	Jan Ullrich	José María Jiménez
13	Alex Zülle
14	Fabio Roscioli
15	Viatcheslav Ekimov
16	Frank Vandenbroucke
17	Cristian Moreni	Robert Hunter
18	Roberto Laiseka	Igor González de Galdeano
19	Frank Vandenbroucke
20 (ITT)	Jan Ullrich
21	Jeroen Blijlevens	Frank Vandenbroucke

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	GER Jan Ullrich		89:52:03
2	ESP Igor González de Galdeano		4:15
3	ESP Roberto Heras		5:57
4	RUS Pavel Tonkov		7:53
5	ESP José María Jiménez	Banesto	9:24
6	ESP José Luis Rubiera		10:13
7	ESP Manuel Beltrán	Banesto	11:20
8	ITA Leonardo Piepoli	Banesto	13:13
9	COL Iván Parra		16:20
10	ESP Santiago Blanco		18:15
11	ESP Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	22:06
12	BEL Frank Vandenbroucke		23:39
13	ESP José Uria Gonzalez		27:28
14	ESP Iñigo Chaurreau		29:42
15	ESP Aitor Osa	Banesto	31:06
16	ESP Txema Del Olmo Zendegi		31:49
17	ESP Félix García Casas		36:34
18	ESP Roberto Laiseka		40:14
19	USA Chann McRae		44:29
20	SUI Niki Aebersold		59:04
21	SWE Michel Lafis	TVM–Farm Frites	59:43
22	ITA Massimo Codol	Lampre–Daikin	1:02:49
23	ITA Daniele Nardello		1:02:58
24	RUS Andrei Zintchenko		1:04:08
25	ITA Gianni Faresin		1:06:26
26	ESP Melcior Mauri	Sport Lisboa Benfica	1:06:33
27	ESP Jon Odriozola	Banesto	1:11:15
28	ESP	Fuenlabrada	1:11:25
29	ITA Andrea Tafi		1:14:08
30	SUI Markus Zberg		1:14:14
31	BEL Kurt van de Wouwer		1:14:20
32	ITA Paolo Bettini		1:15:09
33	GER Grischa Niermann		1:15:10
34	ESP Marcos A. Serrano Rodríguez	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	1:20:53
35	GER Jörg Jaksche		1:23:29
36	ITA Nicola Miceli		1:25:36
37	SUI Alex Zülle	Banesto	1:30:18
38	GER Rolf Aldag		1:31:03
39	ESP David García Marquina		1:31:32
40	ESP Oscar Lopez Uriarte	Sport Lisboa Benfica	1:33:16
41	ITA Andrea Noè		1:34:26
42	FIN Joona Laukka	Sport Lisboa Benfica	1:37:38
43	FRA Laurent Brochard	Lotus–Festina	1:38:39
44	ESP Pedro Díaz Lobato	Fuenlabrada	1:44:53
45	ESP Íñigo Cuesta	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	1:46:24
46	KAZ Alexandr Shefer	Riso Scotti–Vinavil	1:46:41
47	ESP Toni Tauler		1:47:32
48	SUI Oscar Camenzind	Lampre–Daikin	1:48:39
49	ITA Massimiliano Lelli		1:50:55
50	KAZ Andrei Teteriouk		1:51:40
51	ITA Stefano Cattai	Team Polti	1:57:24
52	ESP Ramón González Arrieta		1:58:12
53	ESP José Vincente Garcia	Banesto	2:00:15
54	ITA Cristian Moreni		2:01:29
55	RUS Viatcheslav Ekimov	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	2:02:26
56	ESP Álvaro González de Galdeano		2:06:02
57	ESP Rafael Diaz Justo	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	2:08:22
58	ITA Mariano Piccoli	Lampre–Daikin	2:08:57
59	ESP Ángel Castresana		2:12:15
60	ITA Eddy Mazzoleni		2:14:27
61	ESP Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	2:24:52
62	GER Andreas Klöden		2:29:06
63	NED Jan Boven		2:31:31
64	RUS Serguei Smetanine		2:36:30
65	ESP José Ramón Uriarte		2:36:46
66	ESP César Solaun	Banesto	2:37:14
67	ESP Luis Pérez (cyclist)	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	2:37:22
68	ITA Salvatore Commesso		2:38:36
69	NED Bram de Groot		2:39:10
70	POR Quintino Fernandez Rodrigues	Sport Lisboa Benfica	2:41:39
71	ESP Alberto Lopez de Munain		2:49:12
72	RSA Robert Hunter	Lampre–Daikin	2:50:05
73	ITA Oscar Pozzi	Riso Scotti–Vinavil	2:51:02
74	GER Andreas Klier	TVM–Farm Frites	2:52:38
75	ESP Iker Flores Galarza		2:53:23
76	BEL Paul Van Hyfte		2:53:55
77	ESP Jaime Hernández		2:55:50
78	ITA Fabio Roscioli	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	2:56:21
79	ESP Eleuterio Anguita	Fuenlabrada	2:57:00
80	FRA Pascal Hervé		2:59:45
81	ESP Francisco Cabello Luque		3:02:06
82	NED Aart Vierhouten		3:02:30
83	BEL Geert Van Bondt	TVM–Farm Frites	3:03:33
84	ITA Stefano Verziagi	Fuenlabrada	3:04:48
85	ITA Giovanni Lombardi		3:05:26
86	ITA Rossano Brasi	Team Polti	3:08:49
87	GER Ralf Grabsch		3:09:35
88	USA Frankie Andreu		3:12:04
89	LTU Arnoldas Saprykinas	Riso Scotti–Vinavil	3:12:14
90	GER Danilo Hondo		3:12:33
91	SWE Glenn Magnusson		3:13:59
92	ESP Matías Cagigas Amedo	Fuenlabrada	3:16:28
93	ITA Giuseppe Palumbo	Riso Scotti–Vinavil	3:18:21
94	NED Servais Knaven	TVM–Farm Frites	3:20:34
95	ESP Ángel Edo		3:21:16
96	ESP Andrés Bermejo Siller	Fuenlabrada	3:21:18
97	DEN Frank Høj		3:22:28
98	VEN Unai Etxebarria		3:22:29
99	NED Remco van der Ven	TVM–Farm Frites	3:23:26
100	ITA Mario Traversoni		3:23:42
101	ESP José Antonio Garrido	Sport Lisboa Benfica	3:24:31
102	GER Dirk Baldinger		3:24:33
103	ITA Giancarlo Raimondi		3:26:34
104	ESP Nieto Fernandez	Fuenlabrada	3:29:31
105	ESP	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	3:32:38
106	BEL Koen Beeckman		3:38:27
107	ITA Cristian Salvato	Team Polti	3:40:00
108	ITA Stefano Casagranda	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	3:43:54
109	ITA Alessandro Pozzi	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	3:44:40
110	ESP César Pérez Padrón	Fuenlabrada	3:45:32
111	ITA Marco Gili	Costa Almería–Amica Chips	3:49:00
112	NZL Julian Dean		3:53:13
113	ESP Daniel Bayes	Sport Lisboa Benfica	3:56:28
114	NED Jeroen Blijlevens	TVM–Farm Frites	4:06:40
115	MDA Igor Pugaci		4:14:44

KOM Classification

Cyclist	Team	Points
1	ESP José María Jiménez	BAN
2	BEL Frank Vandenbroucke
3	ESP Roberto Heras

Points Classification

Cyclist	Team	Points
1	BEL Frank Vandenbroucke	****
2	RSA Robert Hunter	LAM
3	ESP Igor González Galdeano

Team classification

Team	Country	Time
1	Banesto	Spain
2	****	Spain
3	****	Spain

References

(27 September 1999). "Vuelta'99 – Clasificaciones". [[El Mundo Deportivo]].
"1999 » 54th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats.
"54ème Vuelta a España 1999". Memoire du cyclisme.

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Team	Country	Time
1	Banesto	Spain
2	****	Spain
3	****	Spain