Overview of the year 1998

Date: July 11 - August 2 1998
Dublin - Paris | total distance: 3875.0 km | number of stages: 21

Winner: 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

Stages in 1998

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
PDublin - Dublin  5.6 km  GBR  Chris BOARDMAN  0:06:12  54.2 km/h
1Dublin - Dublin  180.5 km  BEL  Tom STEELS  4:29:58  40.1 km/h
2Enniscothy - Cork  205.5 km  CZE  Ján SVORADA  5:45:10  35.7 km/h
3Roscoff - Lorient  169.0 km  GER  Jens HEPPNER  3:33:36  47.5 km/h
4Plouay - Cholet  252.0 km  NED  Jeroen BLIJLEVENS  5:48:32  43.4 km/h
5Cholet - Châteauroux  228.5 km  ITA  Mario CIPOLLINI  5:18:49  43.0 km/h
6La Châtre - Brive-la-Gaillarde  204.5 km  ITA  Mario CIPOLLINI  5:05:32  40.2 km/h
7Meyrignac l´Eglise - Corrèze  58.0 km  GER  Jan ULLRICH  1:15:25  46.1 km/h
8Brive-la-Gaillarde - Montauban  190.5 km  FRA  Jacky DURAND  4:40:55  40.7 km/h
9Montauban - Pau  210.0 km  NED  Leon VAN BON  5:21:10  39.2 km/h
10Pau - Luchon  196.5 km  ITA  Rodolfo MASSI  5:49:40  33.7 km/h
11Luchon - Plateau de Beille  170.0 km  ITA  Marco PANTANI  5:15:27  32.3 km/h
12Tarascon-sur-Ariège - Le Cap d´Agde  222.0 km  BEL  Tom STEELS  4:12:51  48.9 km/h
13Frontignan-La-Peyrade - Carpentras  196.0 km  ITA  Daniele NARDELLO  4:32:46  43.1 km/h
14Valréas - Grenoble  186.5 km  AUS  Stuart O'GRADY  4:30:53  41.3 km/h
15Grenoble - Les Deux Alpes  189.0 km  ITA  Marco PANTANI  5:43:45  33.0 km/h
16Vizille - Albertville  204.0 km  GER  Jan ULLRICH  5:39:47  36.0 km/h
17Albertville - Aix-les-Bains  149.0 km        0.0 km/h
18Aix-les-Bains - Neuchâtel  218.5 km  BEL  Tom STEELS  4:53:27  44.7 km/h
19La Chaux de Fonds - Autun  242.0 km  SWE  Magnus BÄCKSTEDT  5:10:14  46.8 km/h
20Montceau-les-Mines - Le Creusot  52.0 km  GER  Jan ULLRICH  1:03:52  48.9 km/h
21Melun - Paris  147.5 km  BEL  Tom STEELS  3:46:54  39.0 km/h

Winners of stages in 1998 by nations (10):
ITA » 6 | BEL » 4 | GER » 4 | NED » 2 | SWE » 1 | GBR » 1 | CZE » 1 | FRA » 1 | AUS » 1 | » 1 |
Winners of stages in 1998 by cyclists (15):
Tom STEELS » 4 | Jan ULLRICH » 3 | Mario CIPOLLINI » 2 | Marco PANTANI » 2 | Ján SVORADA » 1 | Jacky DURAND » 1 | Stuart O'GRADY » 1 | Chris BOARDMAN » 1 | Jens HEPPNER » 1 | Leon VAN BON » 1 | » 1 | Daniele NARDELLO » 1 | Jeroen BLIJLEVENS » 1 | Rodolfo MASSI » 1 | Magnus BÄCKSTEDT » 1 |