1999 Tour de Suisse

Cycling race

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.

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

General classification

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]

References

1. "Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) - Tour of Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
2. "63ème Tour de Suisse 1999". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 28 October 2004.
3. "Complete Starting List". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
4. "63rd Tour de Suisse, Cat HC". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
5. "63rd Tour de Suisse, Cat HC: Stage 8, Landeck - Nauders (Austria), 47.5 kms". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
6. "1999 Tour de Suisse". First Cycling. Retrieved 13 November 2017.