1989 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 21
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The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Luxembourg with a prologue individual time trial on 1 July and Stage 10 occurred on 11 July with a mountain stage to Superbagnères. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 23 July, with a further individual time trial.
Stage 11
12 July 1989 — Luchon to Blagnac, 154.5 km (96.0 mi)[1]
Stage 11 result[2]
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General classification after stage 11[3]
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Stage 12
13 July 1989 — Toulouse to Montpellier, 242 km (150 mi)[4]
Stage 13
14 July 1989 — Montpellier to Marseille, 179 km (111 mi)
Stage 13 result[2]
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General classification after stage 13[6]
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Stage 14
15 July 1989 — Marseille to Gap, 238 km (148 mi)[7]
Stage 14 result[2]
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General classification after stage 14[8]
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Stage 15
16 July 1989 — Gap to Orcières Merlette, 39 km (24 mi) (ITT)[9]
Stage 15 result[2]
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General classification after stage 15[10]
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Stage 16
18 July 1989 — Gap to Briançon, 174 km (108 mi)[11]
Stage 16 result[2]
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General classification after stage 16[12]
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Stage 17
19 July 1989 — Briançon to Alpe d'Huez, 161.5 km (100.4 mi)[13]
Stage 17 result[2]
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General classification after stage 17[14]
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Stage 18
20 July 1989 — Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Villard-de-Lans, 91.5 km (56.9 mi)[15]
Stage 18 result[2]
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General classification after stage 18[16]
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Stage 19
21 July 1989 — Villard-de-Lans to Aix-les-Bains, 125 km (78 mi)[17]
Stage 19 result[2]
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General classification after stage 19[18]
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Stage 20
22 July 1989 — Aix-les-Bains to L'Isle-d'Abeau, 127 km (79 mi)[19]
Stage 20 result[2]
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General classification after stage 20[20]
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Stage 21
23 July 1989 — Versailles to Paris Champs-Élysées, 24.5 km (15.2 mi) (ITT)[21]
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Departing from Versailles, the route passed through Chaville, Sèvres and Issy-les-Moulineaux, before the intermediate timecheck and then entering Paris and crossing to the Rive Droite. The route entered the Champs-Élysées via the Cours-la-Reine and the Place de la Concorde, heading up the Champs-Élysées and returning back down the other side, just before the Arc de Triomphe.[21]
The time trial was the first and, so far, only to have ever finished on the Champs-Élysées at the end of a Tour de France.
LeMond's time trial bike was set up with a 54-tooth chainring on the front and a 12-tooth gear as the fastest on the rear cogset,[22] as well as the triathlon bars he had used in the Stage 5 and Stage 15 time trials, and a rear Mavic disc wheel.[23] Meanwhile, Fignon rode with the same rear gear, but a 55-tooth front ring,[22] no triathlon bars, and with front and rear disc wheels. LeMond used an aerodynamic helmet, whilst Fignon rode without a helmet and wore a long ponytail.[23] Fignon also had a saddle sore and had little sleep the night before.[24]
With the weather hot, dry and still, LeMond departed from the starthouse in Versailles at 4:12 p.m. CEST, and Fignon two minutes later.[22] LeMond requested that his support crew did not provide him with his intermediate times, or details of Fignon's progress, so that he could give total concentration to his own ride.[25] By the 11.5 km (7.1 mi) timecheck, LeMond was 21 seconds up on Fignon, for the stage.[22] LeMond averaged 33.8 mph (54.4 km/h) along the course, which was a Tour de France time trial record at the time.[26]
Stage 21 result[2]
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General classification after stage 21[2]
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References
- ↑ "La Etapa De Hoy" [Today's Stage]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 July 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "76ème Tour de France 1989". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ "76ème Tour de France 1989 - 11ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "La Etapa De Hoy" [Today's Stage]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 July 1989. p. 33. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "76ème Tour de France 1989 - 12ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "76ème Tour de France 1989 - 13ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "La Etapa De Hoy" [Today's Stage]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 15 July 1989. p. 33. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "76ème Tour de France 1989 - 14ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "La Etapa De Hoy" [Today's Stage]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 July 1989. p. 39. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "76ème Tour de France 1989 - 15ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "La Etapa De Hoy" [Today's Stage]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 July 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "76ème Tour de France 1989 - 16ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "La Etapa De Hoy" [Today's Stage]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 19 July 1989. p. 8. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "76ème Tour de France 1989 - 17ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "La Etapa De Hoy" [Today's Stage]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 July 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "76ème Tour de France 1989 - 18ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "La Etapa De Hoy" [Today's Stage]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 July 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "76ème Tour de France 1989 - 19ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "La Etapa De Hoy" [Today's Stage]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 July 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "76ème Tour de France 1989 - 20ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- 1 2 "La Etapa De Hoy" [Today's Stage]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 23 July 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Bingham, Keith (13 July 2009). "1989 Tour de France stage 21: LeMond crushes Fignon". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- 1 2 MacLeary, John (20 June 2010). "Tour de France great moments: Greg LeMond beats Laurent Fignon by eight seconds". Telegraph. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ↑ Maume, Chris (1 September 2010). "Laurent Fignon: Cyclist remembered for losing the Tour de France by eight seconds". Independent. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ↑ Lidz, Franz (31 July 1989). "Vive LeMond!". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ↑ Litsky, Frank; Abt, Samuel (31 August 2010). "Laurent Fignon, Gruff French Cyclist, Dies at 50". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 September 2017.