1999 Tour de Suisse

The 1999 Tour de Suisse was the 63rd edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 15 June to 24 June 1999. The race started in Solothurn and finished in Winterthur.^[2] The race was won by Francesco Casagrande of the Vini Caldirola team.

1999 Tour de Suisse

Race details
Dates	15–24 June 1999
Stages	9 + Prologue
Distance	1,401[1] km (870.5 mi)
Winning time	35h 22' 40"
Results
Winner  Francesco Casagrande (ITA) (Vini Caldirola)   Second  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (ONCE–Deutsche Bank)   Third  Gilberto Simoni (ITA) (Ballan–Alessio)
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Teams

Seventeen teams of up to nine riders started the race:^[2][3]

• Lampre–Daikin
• Mapei–Quick-Step
• Rabobank
• ONCE–Deutsche Bank
• Team Polti
• Cofidis
• Saeco–Cannondale
• Team Telekom
• Française des Jeux
• Vini Caldirola
• Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio
• Ballan–Alessio
• Mobilvetta Design–Northwave
• Amica Chips–Costa de Almeria
• Post Swiss Team
• Amore & Vita–Giubileo 2000–Beretta
• Ericsson–Villiger

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2][4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	15 June	Solothurn	6 km (3.7 mi)		Individual time trial	Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
1	16 June	Solothurn to Lausanne	200 km (124.3 mi)			Pascal Richard (SUI)
2	17 June	Lausanne to Küssnacht am Rigi	220.6 km (137.1 mi)			Silvio Martinello (ITA)
3	18 June	Bellinzona to Chiasso	167.5 km (104.1 mi)			Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)
4	19 June	Bellinzona to Grindelwald	171.4 km (106.5 mi)			Gilberto Simoni (ITA)
5	20 June	Meiringen to Meiringen	29.5 km (18.3 mi)		Individual time trial	Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)
6	21 June	Küssnacht am Rigi to Mauren (Liechtenstein)	162 km (100.7 mi)			Matthew White (AUS)
7	22 June	Landeck (Austria) to Nauders am Reschenpass (Austria)	47.5 km (29.5 mi)[nb 1]			Oscar Camenzind (SUI)
8	23 June	Nauders am Reschenpass to Arosa	168.6 km (104.8 mi)			Francesco Casagrande (ITA)
9	24 June	Chur to Winterthur	225.2 km (139.9 mi)			Maurizio De Pasquale (ITA)

General classification

Final general classification[2][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Francesco Casagrande (ITA) Vini Caldirola 35h 22' 40" 2  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) ONCE–Deutsche Bank + 1' 04" 3  Gilberto Simoni (ITA) Ballan–Alessio + 1' 11" 4  Laurent Dufaux (SUI) Saeco–Cannondale + 1' 16" 5  Oscar Camenzind (SUI) Lampre–Daikin + 1' 45" 6  Sven Montgomery (SUI) Post Swiss Team + 3' 57" 7  Roberto Sgambelluri (ITA) Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio + 4' 21" 8  Giuseppe Guerini (ITA) Team Telekom + 4' 21" 9  Mikel Zarrabeitia (ESP) ONCE–Deutsche Bank + 4' 29" 10  Pavel Tonkov (RUS) Mapei–Quick-Step + 4' 32"

Notes

1. The stage was planned to be 163.9 km (101.8 mi), starting from Mauren, but was shortened due to bad weather.^[5]