2000 Tour de France

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2000 final standings
Overall	Lance Armstrong	92h 33' 08"
Second	Jan Ullrich	+6' 02"
Third	Joseba Beloki	+10' 04"
Points	Erik Zabel	321 points
Second	Robbie McEwen	203 points
Third	Romāns Vainšteins	184 points
Climber	Santiago Botero	347 points
Second	Javier Otxoa	283 points
Third	Richard Virenque	267 points
Youth	Francisco Mancebo	92h 51' 17"
Second	Guido Trentin	+17' 48"
Third	Grischa Niermann	+33' 57"
Teams	Kelme-Costa Blanca	278h 10' 47"
Second	Festina	+13' 42"
Third	Banesto	+18' 21"

The 2000 Tour de France was the 87th Tour de France, and took place from July 1 to July 23, 2000. It was won by American cyclist Lance Armstrong. The Tour started with an individual time trial in Futuroscope (not an official prologue because it was longer than 8km)^[1] and ended traditionally in Paris. The distance travelled was 3630 km (counter-clockwise around France). The Tour passed through Switzerland and Germany.

Before the race started, there were a few favourites for the victory.^[2]. Lance Armstrong was of course one of the favourites, after his 1999 Tour de France victory. Jan Ullrich was also one of the favourites, having won the 1997 Tour de France, finishing second in the 1996 and 1998 tours, and not entering the 1999 Tour due to an injury. 1998 Tour winner Marco Pantani was also considered a favourite. Richard Virenque finished 8th place in the 1999 Tour despite a bad preparation, and for the 2000 year he was considered an important player. Also Fernando Escartin, Bobby Julich, Alexander Vinokourov and Alex Zülle were considered contenders.

1 Results
2 Stages
- 2.1 Jersey progress
3 Results
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Results

The first stage was won by British cyclist David Millar, with Lance Armstrong only 2 seconds behind in second place. Of the other pre-race favorites, Laurent Jalabert, Jan Ullrich and Alex Zülle all lost less than 20 seconds. Virenque, Vinokourov and Escartin lost around 1:30 on Armstrong, while Marco Pantani lost more than 2 minutes. The next two stages were sprinter stages, both won by Tom Steels, not changing much in the overall classification. Stage 4, a team time trial, was won by the ONCE-team, and after that stage the top 10 included 8 ONCE-cyclists, including leader Laurent Jalabert. In stage 6, 12 cyclists broke away and kept a 7:49 minute lead, which shook up the classification. Alberto Elli, one of the breakaways, took over the yellow jersey. In stage 10, the Tour entered the mountains. The stage was won by Spaniard Javier Otxoa, but Lance Armstrong finished second and took the yellow jersey, with Ullrich in second place, more than 4 minutes behind. The 12th stage, finishing on Mont Ventoux, was won by Marco Pantani, but Lance Armstrong finished second with the same time, so Armstrong increased his lead. Stage 15 was also won by Pantani, but again Armstrong gained time on second-place Ullrich, who was 7:26 behind. On the 16th stage, Armstrong had a bad day and lost time after not eating enough. Ullrich's gap shrunk to 5:37. On stage 17, Erik Dekker won his third stage of the Tour. Stage 19, an individual time trial, was the last chance to change the general classification, although it was very unlikely that time trial specialist Armstrong would lose his 5:37 lead. Armstrong eventually went on to win the stage, and secured his Tour win. He maintained his lead in the final two stages.

[edit] Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date
1	Futuroscope	16.5 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 1
2	Futuroscope - Loudun	194 km		Sunday, July 2
3	Loudun - Nantes	161.5 km		Monday, July 3
4	Nantes - Saint-Nazaire	70 km	Team time trial	Tuesday, July 4
5	Vannes - Vitré	202 km		Wednesday, July 5
6	Vitré - Tours	198.5 km		Thursday, July 6
7	Tours - Limoges	205.5 km		Friday, July 7
8	Limoges - Villeneuve-sur-Lot	203.5 km		Saturday, July 8
9	Agen - Dax	181 km		Sunday, July 9
10	Dax - Hautacam	205 km	Mountain stage	Monday, July 10
11	Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Revel	218.5 km		Tuesday, July 11
Rest day				Wednesday, July 12
12	Carpentras - Mont Ventoux	149 km	Mountain stage	Thursday, July 13
13	Avignon - Draguignan	185.5 km		Friday, July 14
14	Draguignan - Briançon	249 km	Mountain stage	Saturday, July 15
15	Briançon - Courchevel	173.5 km	Mountain stage	Sunday, July 16
Rest day				Monday, July 17
16	Courchevel - Morzine	196 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 18
17	Évian-les-Bains - Lausanne	155 km		Wednesday, July 19
18	Lausanne - Fribourg-en-Brisgau	246.5 km		Thursday, July 20
19	Fribourg-en-Brisgau - Mulhouse	58.5 km	Individual time trial	Friday, July 21
20	Belfort - Troyes	254.5 km		Saturday, July 22
21	Paris - Paris Champs-Élysées	138 km		Sunday, July 23
Total		3630 km

[edit] Jersey progress

Notes

(1) = In Stage 2, David Millar (the winner of Stage 1) wore the yellow jersey, and Lance Armstrong wore the green jersey.

[edit] Results

[edit] General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Lance Armstrong	United States	U.S. Postal Service	92h 33'08"
2	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Team Telekom	6' 02"
3	Joseba Beloki	Spain	Festina	10' 02"
4	Christophe Moreau	France	Festina	10' 34"
5	Roberto Heras	Spain	Kelme-Costa Blanca	11' 50"
6	Richard Virenque	France	Polti	13' 26"
7	Santiago Botero	Colombia	Kelme-Costa Blanca	14' 18"
8	Fernando Escartín	Spain	Kelme-Costa Blanca	17' 21"
9	Francisco Mancebo	Spain	Banesto	18' 09"
10	Daniele Nardello	Italy	Mapei-Quick Step	18' 25"