The 1999

1999 in sports

1999 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Lasse Kjus, Norway** Women's overall season champion: Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austria-American football:...

 Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

of cycling

Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

, the 82nd edition of the race, was held from 15 May to 6 June 1999. It covered 3757 km (2,334.5 mi) in 22 stages. It was won by the Italian

Italy

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 Ivan Gotti

Ivan Gotti

Ivan Gotti is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.Gotti was born at San Pellegrino Terme, Lombardy. He first came to prominence by finishing 5th overall in the 1995 Tour de France...

.

Defending champion Marco Pantani

Marco Pantani

Marco Pantani was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely considered one of the best climbers in professional road bicycle racing...

, leading the general classification in Madonna di Campiglio

Madonna di Campiglio

Madonna di Campiglio is a village and a ski resort in northeast Italy. It is a frazione of the comune of Pinzolo. The village lies in the Val Rendena at an altitude of 1,522 m...

 (20th stage), was disqualified for an excessive hematocrit

Hematocrit

The hematocrit or packed cell volume or erythrocyte volume fraction is the percentage of the concentration of red blood cells in blood. It is normally about 45% for men and 40% for women...

 level before stage 21. The entire Mercatone Uno-Bianchi (Pantani's team) withdrew from the Giro. This left the race open for Gotti to capture the overall title

General Classification

The general classification in bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for bicycle riders in multi-stage bicycle races...

 and wear the final maglia rosa

Maglia rosa

The pink jersey is awarded to the leader of the General Classification at the Giro d'Italia. The leader of the GC is the rider who has the fastest time when all the stage results are added together, taking into account time bonuses for high finishes and intermediate sprints...

. 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...

 won the maglia ciclamino

Maglia ciclamino

The points classification in the Giro d'Italia is one of the secondary classifications in the Giro d'Italia. It is determined by the placements in the daily stages, independent from time distances...

as the points champion, while Colombia

Colombia

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n Chepe González

Chepe González

José Jaime González Pico , also known as Chepe González, is a Colombian former road bicycle racer. He won stages in Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. He also won the Vuelta a Colombia in 1994 and 1995....

 donned the maglia verde as the King of the Mountains

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...

.

Stage winners

• Stage 1:   Ivan Quaranta
  Ivan Quaranta
  Ivan Quaranta , also called "il Ghepardo" is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer.-Squads:*1996 - Team Polti*1997 - Team Polti*1998 - KRKA-Telekom Slovenije...
  
  , Mobilvetta-Northwave
• Stage 2 :   Mario Cipollini
  Mario Cipollini
  Mario Cipollini , often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance and his colourful personality. His nicknames include Il Re Leone and Super Mario...
  
  ,
• Stage 3 :   Jeroen Blijlevens
  Jeroen Blijlevens
  Jeroen Johannes Hendrikus Blijlevens is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1994 to 2004....
  
  , TVM-Farm Frites
• Stage 4 :   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...
  
  , ONCE-Deutsche Bank
• Stage 5 :   Chepe González
  Chepe González
  José Jaime González Pico , also known as Chepe González, is a Colombian former road bicycle racer. He won stages in Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. He also won the Vuelta a Colombia in 1994 and 1995....
  
  ,
• Stage 6 :   Romāns Vainšteins
  Romans Vainsteins
  Romāns Vainšteins is a former professional road bicycle racer from Latvia. He won the road race at the 2000 world cycling championship in Plouay, France...
  
  ,
• Stage 7 :   Jeroen Blijlevens, TVM-Farm Frites
• Stage 8 :   Marco Pantani
  Marco Pantani
  Marco Pantani was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely considered one of the best climbers in professional road bicycle racing...
  
  ,
• Stage 9 :   Laurent Jalabert, ONCE-Deutsche Bank (ITT
  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...
  
  )
• Stage 10 :   Mario Cipollini, Saeco-Cannondale
• Stage 11 :   Ivan Quaranta, Mobilvetta-Northwave
• Stage 12 :   Mario Cipollini, Saeco-Cannondale
• Stage 13 :   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...
  
  , Team Polti
• Stage 14 :   Paolo Savoldelli
  Paolo Savoldelli
  Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia....
  
  , Saeco-Cannondale
• Stage 15 :   Marco Pantani, Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
• Stage 16 :   Laurent Jalabert, ONCE-Deutsche Bank
• Stage 17 :   Mario Cipollini, Saeco-Cannondale
• Stage 18 :   Serhiy Honchar
  Serhiy Honchar
  Serhiy Honchar is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He is a former world time trial champion. In the 2006 Tour de France, Honchar lead the general classification after a time-trial win in stage 7....
  
  , Vini Caldirola-Sidermec (ITT
  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...
  
  )
• Stage 19 :   Marco Pantani, Mercatone Uno
• Stage 20 :   Marco Pantani, Mercatone Uno
• Stage 21 :   Roberto Heras
  Roberto Heras
  Roberto Heras Hernández is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the Vuelta a España a record-tying three times. He broke the record with a fourth win in 2005, but was disqualified for taking EPO. In June 2011, Heras successfully appealed the disqualification in the civil court...
  
  , Kelme-Costa Blanca
• Stage 22 :   Fabrizio Guidi
  Fabrizio Guidi
  Fabrizio Guidi is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Guidi won over 40 races since he turned professional in 1995, including two stages in Giro d'Italia and three stages of 1998 Vuelta a España. He also won the Intergiro competition of Giro d'Italia in 1996, 1999 and 2000...
  
  , Team Polti

General classification 

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	'	Team Polti	99h 55' 56"
2			3' 35"
3		Ballan-Alessio	3' 36"
4		ONCE-Deutsche Bank	5' 16"
5			7' 47"
6		Navigare-Gaerne	9' 38"
7			12' 07"
8		Amica Chips-Costa Almeria	14' 20"
9			15' 53"
10		Cantina Tollo-Alexia	17' 31"

Points classification 

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	'	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	175 points
2		Team Polti Team Polti Team Polti is a former Italian professional cycling team. Polti became an independent team back in 1994, after the separation of Lampre-Polti, and was active until 2000. Team Polti began in 1994 with Gianluigi Stanga as directeur sportif and Vittorio Algeri and Claudio Corti as managers. The team...	170 points
3		Mobilvetta-Northwave	126 points

Mountains classification

Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia

The mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia is a secondary classification. In this classification, points are awarded to the leading riders over designated climbs. Most climbs are sorted into one of three scales based on difficulty and its position on that day's stage...

 

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	'		61 points
2		Lampre-Daikin Lampre-Fondital Lampre-ISD is an Italian road bicycle racing team. It was known in 2005 as Lampre-Caffita, a fusion of the previous Lampre and teams. Lampre is an Italian manufacturer of prefinished steel sheet materials. ISD is a Ukrainian steel manufacturer. The team is a member of the UCI ProTour, and has...	45 points
3			44 points

Team classification

Rank	Country	Team
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External links

• Cyclingnews.com: 1999 Giro d'Italia