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 , ridden at an average speed of . The favourites were Laurent Jalabert, Alex Zülle, Jan Ullrich and defending champion Abraham Olano. In the end, Ullrich won the race.

Teams and riders

Route

+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 4 September Murcia to Murcia Individual time trial 1 5 September Murcia to Benidorm 2 6 September Alicante to Albacete 3 7 September La Roda to Fuenlabrada 4 8 September Las Rozas to Salamanca 5 9 September Béjar to Ciudad Rodrigo 6 10 September Salamanca to Salamanca Individual time trial 7 11 September Salamanca to León 8 12 September León to Alto de l'Angliru 9 13 September Gijón to Los Corrales de Buelna 14 September Rest day 10 15 September Zaragoza to Zaragoza 11 16 September Huesca to Val d'Aran/ 12 17 September Sort to Arcalis (Andorra) 13 18 September Andorra la Vella (Andorra) to Castellar del Riu (Rasos de Peguera) 14 19 September Barcelona to Barcelona 15 20 September La Sénia to Valencia 16 21 September Valencia to Teruel 17 22 September Bronchales to Guadalajara 18 23 September Guadalajara to 19 24 September San Lorenzo de El Escorial to Ávila 20 25 September El Tiemblo to Ávila Individual time trial 21 26 September Madrid to Madrid Total

Jersey progress

Stage Winner General classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Intermediate Sprint Classification Team Classification 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 García3 Marcel Wüst Marcel Wüst Marcel Wüst German Nieto4 Marcel Wüst5 Jan Ullrich Abraham Olano Laurent Brochard6 (ITT) Abraham Olano7 Marcel Wüst8 José María Jiménez José María Jiménez 9 Laurent Brochard Laurent Brochard Robert Hunter10 Serguei Outschakov11 Daniele Nardello12 Igor González de Galdeano Jan Ullrich José María Jiménez13 Alex Zülle14 Fabio Roscioli15 Viatcheslav Ekimov16 Frank Vandenbroucke17 Cristian Moreni Robert Hunter18 Roberto Laiseka Igor González de Galdeano 19 Frank Vandenbroucke20 (ITT) Jan Ullrich21 Jeroen Blijlevens Frank Vandenbroucke Stage Winner Jan Ullrich Frank Vandenbroucke José María Jiménez Robert Hunter

Results Final General Classification RankRiderTeamTime1 Jan Ullrich 89:52:03 2 Igor González de Galdeano 4:15 3 Roberto Heras 5:57 4 Pavel Tonkov 7:53 5 José María Jiménez Banesto 9:24 6 José Luis Rubiera 10:13 7 Manuel Beltrán Banesto 11:20 8 Leonardo Piepoli Banesto 13:13 9 Iván Parra 16:20 10 Santiago Blanco 18:15 11 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga ONCE-Deutsche Bank 22:06 12 Frank Vandenbroucke 23:39 13 José Uria Gonzalez 27:2814 Iñigo Chaurreau 29:4215 Aitor Osa Banesto 31:06 16 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi 31:4917 Félix García Casas 36:3418 Roberto Laiseka 40:1419 Chann McRae 44:2920 Niki Aebersold 59:0421 Michel Lafis TVM–Farm Frites 59:4322 Massimo Codol Lampre–Daikin 1:02:49 23 Daniele Nardello 1:02:58 24 Andrei Zintchenko 1:04:08 25 Gianni Faresin 1:06:26 26 Melcior Mauri Sport Lisboa Benfica 1:06:33 27 Jon Odriozola Banesto 1:11:15 28 Fuenlabrada1:11:25 29 Andrea Tafi 1:14:08 30 Markus Zberg 1:14:14 31 Kurt van de Wouwer 1:14:20 32 Paolo Bettini 1:15:09 33 Grischa Niermann 1:15:10 34 Marcos A. Serrano Rodríguez ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1:20:53 35 Jörg Jaksche 1:23:29 36 Nicola Miceli 1:25:36 37 Alex Zülle Banesto 1:30:18 38 Rolf Aldag 1:31:03 39 David García Marquina 1:31:32 40 Oscar Lopez Uriarte Sport Lisboa Benfica 1:33:1641 Andrea Noè 1:34:26 42 Joona Laukka Sport Lisboa Benfica 1:37:3843 Laurent Brochard Lotus–Festina 1:38:3944 Pedro Díaz Lobato Fuenlabrada 1:44:5345 Íñigo Cuesta ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1:46:2446 Alexandr Shefer Riso Scotti–Vinavil 1:46:4147 Toni Tauler 1:47:3248 Oscar Camenzind Lampre–Daikin 1:48:39 49 Massimiliano Lelli 1:50:5550 Andrei Teteriouk 1:51:40 51 Stefano Cattai Team Polti 1:57:24 52 Ramón González Arrieta 1:58:1253 José Vincente Garcia Banesto 2:00:15 54 Cristian Moreni 2:01:2955 Viatcheslav Ekimov Costa Almería–Amica Chips 2:02:26 56 Álvaro González de Galdeano 2:06:0257 Rafael Diaz Justo ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2:08:2258 Mariano Piccoli Lampre–Daikin 2:08:5759 Ángel Castresana 2:12:1560 Eddy Mazzoleni 2:14:2761 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2:24:5262 Andreas Klöden 2:29:06 63 Jan Boven 2:31:31 64 Serguei Smetanine 2:36:30 65 José Ramón Uriarte 2:36:4666 César Solaun Banesto 2:37:14 67 Luis Pérez (cyclist) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2:37:2268 Salvatore Commesso 2:38:36 69 Bram de Groot 2:39:10 70 Quintino Fernandez Rodrigues Sport Lisboa Benfica 2:41:39 71 Alberto Lopez de Munain 2:49:1272 Robert Hunter Lampre–Daikin 2:50:0573 Oscar Pozzi Riso Scotti–Vinavil 2:51:0274 Andreas Klier TVM–Farm Frites 2:52:38 75 Iker Flores Galarza 2:53:2376 Paul Van Hyfte 2:53:55 77 Jaime Hernández 2:55:50 78 Fabio Roscioli Costa Almería–Amica Chips 2:56:21 79 Eleuterio Anguita Fuenlabrada 2:57:00 80 Pascal Hervé 2:59:45 81 Francisco Cabello Luque 3:02:0682 Aart Vierhouten 3:02:30 83 Geert Van Bondt TVM–Farm Frites 3:03:33 84 Stefano Verziagi Fuenlabrada 3:04:48 85 Giovanni Lombardi 3:05:2686 Rossano Brasi Team Polti 3:08:49 87 Ralf Grabsch 3:09:35 88 Frankie Andreu 3:12:04 89 Arnoldas Saprykinas Riso Scotti–Vinavil 3:12:14 90 Danilo Hondo 3:12:3391 Glenn Magnusson 3:13:5992 Matías Cagigas Amedo Fuenlabrada 3:16:28 93 Giuseppe Palumbo Riso Scotti–Vinavil 3:18:21 94 Servais Knaven TVM–Farm Frites 3:20:34 95 Ángel Edo 3:21:16 96 Andrés Bermejo Siller Fuenlabrada 3:21:18 97 Frank Høj 3:22:2898 Unai Etxebarria 3:22:29 99 Remco van der Ven TVM–Farm Frites 3:23:26 100 Mario Traversoni 3:23:42 101 José Antonio Garrido Sport Lisboa Benfica 3:24:31 102 Dirk Baldinger 3:24:33 103 Giancarlo Raimondi 3:26:34 104 Nieto Fernandez Fuenlabrada 3:29:31 105 Costa Almería–Amica Chips 3:32:38 106 Koen Beeckman 3:38:27 107 Cristian Salvato Team Polti 3:40:00 108 Stefano Casagranda Costa Almería–Amica Chips 3:43:54 109 Alessandro Pozzi Costa Almería–Amica Chips 3:44:40 110 César Pérez Padrón Fuenlabrada 3:45:32 111 Marco Gili Costa Almería–Amica Chips 3:49:00 112 Julian Dean 3:53:13 113 Daniel Bayes Sport Lisboa Benfica 3:56:28 114 Jeroen Blijlevens TVM–Farm Frites 4:06:40 115 Igor Pugaci 4:14:44

KOM Classification

CyclistTeamPoints1 José María Jiménez BAN1332 Frank Vandenbroucke903 Roberto Heras 89

Points Classification

CyclistTeamPoints1 Frank Vandenbroucke1292 Robert HunterLAM1233 Igor González Galdeano122

Team classification TeamCountryTime1Banesto269.08.49215.043 23.45

References