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1999 PruTour

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{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 1999 PruTour

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size =

| series =

| race_no =

| season_no =

| date = 23–29 May 1999

| stages = 7

| distance =

| unit = km

| time = 29h 32' 26"

| first = Marc Wauters

| first_nat = BEL

| first_team = {{UCI team code|RAB|1999}}

| second = Benoît Joachim

| second_nat = LUX

| second_team = {{UCI team code|USP|1999}}

| third = Bjørnar Vestøl

| third_nat = NOR

| third_team = Acceptcard

| previous = 1998

| next = 2004

}}

The 1999 PruTour was the second edition of the Prudential Tour of Britain cycle race and was held from 23 May to 29 May 1999. The race started in Westminster and finished in Edinburgh.{{cite web |title=Tour of the United Kingdom, Cat. 2.4 |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/may99/uktour99.html |accessdate=1 March 2018 |work=Cycling News}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=3025|title=Prudential Tour 1999|work=Cycling Archives|accessdate=1 March 2018}} The race was won by Marc Wauters of the {{UCI team code|RAB|1999}} team.

Teams

Eighteen teams of up to six riders started the race:{{cite news|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/may99/uktour99.html#teams|title=Teams|work=Cycling News|accessdate=16 February 2020}}

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  • {{UCI team code|GAN|1999}}
  • {{UCI team code|RAB|1999}}
  • {{UCI team code|USP|1999}}
  • {{UCI team code|AUB|1999}}
  • {{UCI team code|POS|1999}}
  • Acceptcard
  • {{UCI team code|LIN|1999}}
  • {{UCI team code|MRO|1999}}
  • {{UCI team code|AMO|1999}}
  • Team Men's Health
  • Harrods
  • {{UCI team code|CSC|1999}}
  • Great Britain
  • Australia
  • China
  • Denmark
  • Ireland
  • South Africa

{{div col end}}

Route

class="wikitable"

|+Stage characteristics and winners

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type

! scope="col" | Winner

scope="row" | 1

| style="text-align:right;" | 23 May

| Westminster to Westminster

| {{convert|81|km|1|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Léon van Bon|NED}}

scope="row" | 2a

| style="text-align:right;" rowspan=2 | 24 May

| Medway to Portsmouth

| {{convert|179|km|1|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Julian Dean|NZL}}

scope="row" | 2b

| Portsmouth

| {{convert|6.7|km|1|abbr=on}}

| File:Time Trial.svg

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Chris Boardman|GBR}}

scope="row" | 3

| style="text-align:right;" | 25 May

| Winchester to Bristol

| {{convert|167|km|1|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Benoît Joachim|LUX}}

scope="row" | 4

| style="text-align:right;" | 26 May

| Bristol to Swansea

| {{convert|172|km|1|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Raimondas Rumšas|LTU}}

scope="row" | 5

| style="text-align:right;" | 27 May

| Swansea to Birmingham

| {{convert|214|km|1|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Stuart O'Grady|AUS}}

scope="row" | 6

| style="text-align:right;" | 28 May

| Liverpool to Blackpool

| {{convert|158|km|1|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|George Hincapie|USA}}

scope="row" | 7a

| style="text-align:right;" rowspan=2 | 29 May

| Carlisle to Edinburgh

| {{convert|147.5|km|1|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Rob Hayles|GBR}}

scope="row" | 7b

| Edinburgh to Edinburgh

| {{convert|40|km|1|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Julian Dean|NZL}}

General classification

Final general classification{{cite news|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/may99/uktour997.html|title=Tour of Britain, Cat 2.4 - Final GC after Stage 7b|work=Cycling News|accessdate=1 March 2018}}

{| class="wikitable"

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Time

style="text-align:center;" | 1

| {{flagathlete|Marc Wauters|BEL}}

| {{UCI team code|RAB|1999}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|29h 32' 26"}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2

| {{flagathlete|Benoît Joachim|LUX}}

| {{UCI team code|USP|1999}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 2"

style="text-align:center;" | 3

| {{flagathlete|Bjørnar Vestøl|NOR}}

| Acceptcard

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 22"

style="text-align:center;" | 4

| {{flagathlete|Jens Voigt|GER}}

| {{UCI team code|C.A|1999}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 37"

style="text-align:center;" | 5

| {{flagathlete|Raimondas Rumšas|LTU}}

| {{UCI team code|MRO|1999}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 42"

style="text-align:center;" | 6

| {{flagathlete|Patrick Jonker|NED}}

| {{UCI team code|RAB|1999}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 57"

style="text-align:center;" | 7

| {{flagathlete|Jonathan Vaughters|USA}}

| {{UCI team code|USP|1999}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 59"

style="text-align:center;" | 8

| {{flagathlete|Nicolaj Bo Larsen|DEN}}

| {{UCI team code|CSC|1999}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 29"

style="text-align:center;" | 9

| {{flagathlete|Lylian Lebreton|FRA}}

| {{UCI team code|AUB|1999}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 34"

style="text-align:center;" | 10

| {{flagathlete|Massimo Gimondi|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|AMO|1999}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 3' 15"

|}

References

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