lance armstrong won the tour de france in 1999.
who won the tour de france in 1999?
lance armstrong
the 1999 tour de france was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 3 to 25 july, and the 86th edition of the tour de france. it has no overall winner—although american cyclist lance armstrong originally won the event, the united states anti-doping agency announced in august 2012 that they had disqualified armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven consecutive tour de france wins from 1999 to 2005 (which were, originally, the most wins in the event's history); the union cycliste internationale confirmed the result. there were no french stage winners for the first time since the 1926 tour de france. additionally, mario cipollini won 4 stages in a row, setting the post-world war ii record for consecutive stage wins (breaking the record of three, set by gino bartali in 1948.)
1999 tour de france
bullet::::- 1949 tour de france : gino bartali italy





















































bullet::::- 1952 tour de france : fausto coppi italy





















































bullet::::- 1956 tour de france : valentin huot france





















































bullet::::- 1966 tour de france : julio jiménez spain





















































bullet::::- 1976 tour de france : joop zoetemelk netherlands





















































bullet::::- 1992 tour de france : richard virenque france





















































bullet::::- 1996 tour de france : bjarne riis denmark





















































bullet::::- 1997 tour de france : richard virenque france





















































bullet::::- 1999 tour de france : richard virenque france





















































bullet::::- 2011 tour de france : sylvain chavanel france





















































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