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The 1992 Tour de France was the 79th Tour de France

Tour de France

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

, taking place July 4 to July 26, 1992. The total race distance was 21 stages over 3983 km, with riders averaging 39.504 km/h. In honor of the Maastrict Treaty, which created the European Union

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, the Tour visited a record seven countries: France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and Italy.

The 1992 race included one of the most remarkable stages of modern history. Claudio Chiappucci took off before the race left France and soloed to a glorious victory at Sestriere high in the Italian Alps. The tifosi's exuberance was unrestrained by barriers as Chiappucci overtook the motorbike escort which couldn't break through his adoring fans.
LeMond abandoned. Miguel Indurain took his second overall win.

Stages

Stage results
Stage	Date	Route	Terrain	Length	Winner
P	4 July	San Sebastián San Sebastián Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...	Individual time trial Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	8 km (5 mi)
1	5 July	San Sebastian	Hilly stage	195 km (121.2 mi)
2	6 July	San Sebastian – Pau	Hilly stage	255 km (158.5 mi)
3	7 July	Pau – Bordeaux Bordeaux Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...	Plain stage	218 km (135.5 mi)
4	8 July	Libourne Libourne Libourne is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émilion and Pomerol.-Geography:...	Team time trial Team time trial A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...	63 km (39.1 mi)	Panasonic
5	9 July	Nogent sur Oise – Wasquehal Wasquehal Wasquehal is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.The town originally had a Flemish name; it was written as Waskenhal in the 11th century.The third stage of the 2004 Tour de France finished in Wasquehal...	Plain stage	196 km (121.8 mi)
6	10 July	Roubaix Roubaix Roubaix is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located between the cities of Lille and Tourcoing.The Gare de Roubaix railway station offers connections to Lille, Tourcoing, Antwerp, Ostend and Paris.-Culture:... – Brussel	Plain stage	167 km (103.8 mi)
7	11 July	Brussel – Valkenburg Valkenburg aan de Geul Valkenburg aan de Geul is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.-History:Siege and conquest were characteristic of the history of Valkenburg. Each event is withheld, followed by subsequent restorations. This most definitely holds for the castle perched atop of a hill in the middle of the...	Plain stage	197 km (122.4 mi)
8	12 July	Valkenburg – Koblenz Koblenz Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...	Plain stage	207 km (128.6 mi)
9	13 July	Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...	Individual time trial Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	65 km (40.4 mi)
10	14 July	Luxemburg – Strasbourg Strasbourg Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...	Plain stage	217 km (134.8 mi)
11	15 July	Strasbourg – Mulhouse Mulhouse Mulhouse \|mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...	Hilly stage	250 km (155.3 mi)
12	16 July	Dole Dole, Jura Dole is a commune in the Jura department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France, of which it is a subprefecture .... – St Gervais Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The village is best known for tourism, and has been a popular holiday destination because of its beauty and location since the Early 1900's....	Hilly stage	268 km (166.5 mi)
13	18 July	St Gervais – Sestrieres	Stage with mountain(s)	254 km (157.8 mi)
14	19 July	Sestrieres – L'Alpe d'Huez	Stage with mountain(s)	187 km (116.2 mi)
15	20 July	Bourg d'Oisans – St Etienne	Hilly stage	198 km (123 mi)
16	21 July	St Etienne – La Bourboule La Bourboule La Bourboule is commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...	Hilly stage	212 km (131.7 mi)
17	22 July	La Bourboule – Montlucon Montluçon Montluçon is a commune in central France. It is the largest commune in the Allier department, although the department's préfecture is located in the smaller town of Moulins. Its inhabitants are known as Montluçonnais...	Plain stage	189 km (117.4 mi)
18	23 July	Montlucon – Tours Tours Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...	Plain stage	212 km (131.7 mi)
19	24 July	Tours – Blois Blois Blois is the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France, situated on the banks of the lower river Loire between Orléans and Tours.-History:...	Individual time trial Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	64 km (39.8 mi)
20	25 July	Blois – Nanterre Nanterre Nanterre is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located west of the center of Paris.Nanterre is the capital of the Hauts-de-Seine department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Nanterre....	Plain stage	222 km (137.9 mi)
21	26 July	La Defense La Défense La Défense is a major business district of the Paris aire urbaine. With a population of 20,000, it is centered in an orbital motorway straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux... – Parijs	Hilly stage	141 km (87.6 mi)

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)
Rank	Team	Time
1	Banesto	100h 49' 30"
2		+4' 35"
3	Gatorade	+10' 49"
4	Motorola	+13' 40"
5	RMO	+14' 37"
6	Banesto	+15' 16"
7	PDM	+18' 51"
8		+19' 16"
9		+20' 23"
10	Telekom	+25' 30"

Final general classification (11–130)
Rank	Name	Team	Time
11		GB-MG	+25' 43"
12		Z	+26' 16"
13		TVM	+27' 07"
14		Panasonic	+28' 35"
15		Castorama	+28' 48"
16		GB-MG	+30' 31"
17		Buckler	+31' 09"
18		TVM	+31' 19"
19		Clas	+31' 27"
20		Clas	+31' 51"
21		PDM	+33' 20"
22		Clas	+36' 43"
23		Gatorade	+41' 51"
24		Amaya	+43' 19"
25		RMO	+46' 01"
26		Amaya	+46' 30"
27		Z	+52' 48"
28		Ariostea	+54' 29"
29		Castorama	+59' 50"
30		Tulip Computers	+1h 00' 29"
31		Festina	+1h 04' 34"
32		Ryalcao-Postobon	+1h 09' 00"
33		Z	+1h 09' 15"
34		ONCE	+1h 10' 08"
35		Telekom	+1h 12' 40"
36		Clas	+1h 14' 02"
37		RMO	+1h 14' 24"
38		Panasonic	+1h 17' 04"
39		Banesto	+1h 17' 20"
40			+1h 17' 47"
41		Festina	+1h 17' 52"
42		Castorama	+1h 19' 43"
43		Festina	+1h 21' 37"
44		Castorama	+1h 26' 22"
45		Clas	+1h 29' 15"
46		Panasonic	+1h 30' 45"
47		Banesto	+1h 33' 26"
48		Castorama	+1h 35' 34"
49		Z	+1h 35' 40"
50		PDM	+1h 35' 56"
51		Lotto	+1h 36' 25"
52		RMO	+1h 37' 54"
53		Helvetia-Commodore	+1h 38' 17"
54		Ryalcao-Postobon	+1h 43' 24"
55		Gatorade	+1h 44' 32"
56		TVM	+1h 46' 29"
57		ONCE	+1h 58' 47"
58		Helvetia-Commodore	+2h 00' 51"
59		GB-MG	+2h 02' 09"
60		Festina	+2h 03' 01"
61		Festina	+2h 04' 20"
62		Ariostea	+2h 06' 53"
63		Banesto	+2h 07' 01"
64		Amaya	+2h 07' 21"
65		Panasonic	+2h 08' 32"
66		Panasonic	+2h 09' 55"
67		Telekom	+2h 10' 14"
68		Ryalcao-Postobon	+2h 11' 09"
69		Amaya	+2h 11' 17"
70		Telekom	+2h 12' 33"
71		Ryalcao-Postobon	+2h 12' 33"
72		Gatorade	+2h 12' 35"
73		Lotto	+2h 14' 06"
74		ONCE	+2h 15' 42"
75			+2h 16' 08"
76		Tulip Computers	+2h 16' 18"
77		Panasonic	+2h 18' 06"
78		PDM	+2h 20' 00"
79		RMO	+2h 20' 19"
80		PDM	+2h 21' 25"
81		Motorola	+2h 23' 30"
82		Festina	+2h 24' 18"
83		Motorola	+2h 24' 44"
84		Ariostea	+2h 26' 58"
85		Festina	+2h 29' 06"
86		Gatorade	+2h 30' 17"
87		PDM	+2h 32' 38"
88		GB-MG	+2h 32' 50"
89		Amaya	+2h 34' 35"
90			+2h 34' 55"
91		Buckler	+2h 35' 27"
92		PDM	+2h 35' 55"
93		ONCE	+2h 36' 55"
94		Helvetia-Commodore	+2h 38' 07"
95		Z	+2h 46' 25"
96		Panasonic	+2h 47' 17"
97		ONCE	+2h 47' 44"
98		Banesto	+2h 49' 32"
99		Tulip Computers	+2h 50' 33"
100		Lotto	+2h 52' 16"
101		ONCE	+2h 52' 22"
102		ONCE	+2h 53' 57"
103		Gatorade	+2h 58' 53"
104		Z	+2h 59' 28"
105		RMO	+3h 00' 00"
106		Motorola	+3h 03' 43"
107		Gatorade	+3h 04' 27"
108		Banesto	+3h 06' 36"
109		Amaya	+3h 08' 47"
110		Motorola	+3h 12' 05"
111		Tulip Computers	+3h 12' 37"
112		Gatorade	+3h 12' 58"
113		Buckler	+3h 13' 40"
114		Castorama	+3h 14' 18"
115		GB-MG	+3h 14' 26"
116		ONCE	+3h 16' 56"
117			+3h 17' 43"
118		Buckler	+3h 21' 27"
119		Castorama	+3h 23' 44"
120		Telekom	+3h 26' 40"
121		Lotto	+3h 28' 16"
122		Lotto	+3h 32' 51"
123		Lotto	+3h 34' 13"
124		Lotto	+3h 37' 57"
125		Ryalcao-Postobon	+3h 39' 28"
126		Tulip Computers	+3h 40' 21"
127		PDM	+3h 43' 23"
128		Telekom	+3h 47' 45"
129		Helvetia-Commodore	+3h 57' 53"
130		Amaya	+4h 12' 11"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification King of the Mountains The King of the Mountains is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race; usually and officially known as the Mountains classification...	Points classification Points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning intermediate sprints. The points classification is the top prize for many cycling sprinters and therefore is often known as the Sprint Classification;...	Young rider classification Young rider classification in the Tour de France -History:From 1968 to 1975, there was a white jersey awarded in the Tour de France to the lead rider in the combination classification . In 1975, this classification was removed, and replaced by the Best Young Rider Classification...	Combativity award Combativity award The combativity award, , is a prize given in the Tour de France. It favours constant attackers and since 1981 the winner of the award has not won the whole Tour.- History :...
P	Miguel Indurain Miguel Indurain Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He won five consecutive Tour de Frances from 1991 and 1995, the first to do so, and the fourth athlete to win five times. He won the Giro d'Italia twice, becoming one of only seven people in history to achieve the Giro Tour...	Miguel Indurain Miguel Indurain Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He won five consecutive Tour de Frances from 1991 and 1995, the first to do so, and the fourth athlete to win five times. He won the Giro d'Italia twice, becoming one of only seven people in history to achieve the Giro Tour...
1	Dominique Arnould Dominique Arnould Dominique Arnould is a former professional road, cyclo-cross, and mountain bike cyclist. As a professional, the greatest wins in Arnould’s career were the World Cyclo-Cross World Championships in 1993 and a stage win in the 1992 Tour de France...	Alex Zülle Alex Zülle Alex Zülle is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the best cyclists in the world, winning the Vuelta a España twice and taking the second place in 1999 Tour de France. He was world time-trial champion in Lugano in 1996.-Early career:Zülle was born and...
2	Javier Murguialday Javier Murguialday Javier Murguialday Chasco is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage in the 1992 Tour de France.- Palmarès :19851992- External links :*...	Richard Virenque Richard Virenque Richard VirenqueRichard Virenque's name is pronounced Ree-shah Vee-rahnk. Virenque considers himself a man of the South but pronounces his name in standard French. Confusion is caused by the southern habit of pronouncing "en" as "ang" or "eng", making it Vee-rank. But Virenque says Vee-rahnk or...
3	Rob Harmeling Rob Harmeling Rob Harmeling was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Harmeling rode the Tour de France three times; in the 1991 Tour de France he was the lanterne rouge, in the 1992 Tour de France he won a stage. In the 1994 Tour de France, he was disqualified for hanging onto the team car.- Palmarès :1986...	Pascal Lino Pascal Lino Pascal Lino is a French former road racing cyclist, who was born in Sartrouville, Yvelines.Lino turned professional in 1988, and is most famous for being the wearer of the yellow jersey of the 1992 Tour de France for 11 days...
4	Panasonic
5	Guido Bontempi Guido Bontempi Guido Bontempi is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Bontempi's career highlights include winning the spring's classic Gent–Wevelgem two times and a total of 16 stages in the Giro d'Italia throughout his career. He also won six stages in the Tour de France and four stages in the Vuelta a España...
6	Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as "Jaja" , he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the 1990s...
7	Gilles Delion Gilles Delion Gilles Delion is a former French road bicycle racer. His greatest achievements include winning the Giro di Lombardia in 1990 and the young rider classification in the 1990 Tour de France.-Career highlights:...
8	Jan Nevens Jan Nevens Jan Nevens was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Nevens won the 8th stage of the 1992 Tour de France.- Palmarès :19821985...
9	Miguel Indurain Miguel Indurain Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He won five consecutive Tour de Frances from 1991 and 1995, the first to do so, and the fourth athlete to win five times. He won the Giro d'Italia twice, becoming one of only seven people in history to achieve the Giro Tour...
10	Jean-Paul van Poppel Jean-Paul van Poppel Jean-Paul van Poppel is a former Dutch racing cyclist, who was nicknamed Popeye.Van Poppel was one of the most successful Dutch road sprinters. He won stages in mass sprints in all three Grand Tours, sometimes from positions that appeared lost. In the Tour de France he won 9 stages altogether...
11	Laurent Fignon Laurent Fignon Laurent Patrick Fignon was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won the Tour de France in 1983 and in 1984. He missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by 8 seconds, the closest margin ever to decide the tour. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 1989, after having been the runner-up in 1984,...
12	Rolf Jaermann
13	Claudio Chiappucci Claudio Chiappucci Claudio Chiappucci is a retired Italian professional cyclist. He was on the podium three times in the Tour de France general classification - second in 1990, third in 1991 and second again in 1992.-Career:...	Miguel Indurain Miguel Indurain Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He won five consecutive Tour de Frances from 1991 and 1995, the first to do so, and the fourth athlete to win five times. He won the Giro d'Italia twice, becoming one of only seven people in history to achieve the Giro Tour...
14	Andy Hampsten
15	Franco Chioccioli Franco Chioccioli Franco Chioccioli is a former Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1991 Giro d'Italia.- Palmarès :1983...
16	Stephen Roche Stephen Roche Stephen Roche is a retired professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming only the second cyclist to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia stage races, plus the World road race championship...
17	Jean-Claude Colotti Jean-Claude Colotti Jean-Claude Colotti is a French former professional road bicycle racer . In 1992, Colotti won a stage in the 1992 Tour de France. In 1993 he completed the Tour de France despite beginning it with a bout of chickenpox that caused concern in the group.- Palmarès :1987...
18	Thierry Marie Thierry Marie Thierry Marie is a former French cyclist. Marie had a very good prologue: he won the Tour de France prologue three times in his career, and because of that he wore the yellow jersey in those three years, for seven days in total.- Major victories :1985198719881989- Tour de France :1985 - 67th1986...
19	Miguel Indurain Miguel Indurain Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He won five consecutive Tour de Frances from 1991 and 1995, the first to do so, and the fourth athlete to win five times. He won the Giro d'Italia twice, becoming one of only seven people in history to achieve the Giro Tour...
20	Peter De Clercq Peter De Clercq Peter De Clercq is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. In the 1992 Tour de France, De Clercq was the winner of the 20th stage.- Palmarès :1987...
21	Olaf Ludwig Olaf Ludwig Olaf Ludwig is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him to become professional with Panasonic team...
Final		Miguel Indurain Miguel Indurain Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He won five consecutive Tour de Frances from 1991 and 1995, the first to do so, and the fourth athlete to win five times. He won the Giro d'Italia twice, becoming one of only seven people in history to achieve the Giro Tour...	Claudio Chiappucci Claudio Chiappucci Claudio Chiappucci is a retired Italian professional cyclist. He was on the podium three times in the Tour de France general classification - second in 1990, third in 1991 and second again in 1992.-Career:...	Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as "Jaja" , he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the 1990s...	Eddy Bouwmans Eddy Bouwmans Eddy Bouwmans is a Dutch former road bicycle racer. Bouwmans won the young rider classification in the 1992 Tour de France.-Palmarès:1992**...	Claudio Chiappucci Claudio Chiappucci Claudio Chiappucci is a retired Italian professional cyclist. He was on the podium three times in the Tour de France general classification - second in 1990, third in 1991 and second again in 1992.-Career:...

External links

1992 Tour de France results
Official 1992 Tour de France results
Spoke and Sprocket - 1992 Tour recap
Torelli's History of the Tour de France: the 1990s

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