1990 Tour de France
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The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 30 June and 22 July 1990. The 3,403.8 km race consisted of 21 stages and a prolo
The lakeside arena at the Futuroscope theme park hosted the team presentation ceremony.
The Col du Tourmalet mountain pass was the highest point of elevation in the race, at 2,115 m (6,939 ft).
Thierry Marie (pictured in 1993) won the prologue time trial.
Raúl Alcalá (pictured at the 1993 Tour de France) won the time trial on stage 7.
1989 Tour de France
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The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race consisted of 21 stages and a prologue, over 3,285 km. It started on 1 July 1989 in Luxembourg
1990 Tour de France
…focusing their season around the Tour. The leading favourite was two-time Tour winner LeMond, who returned to defend his title. After winning the Tour in 1989 and the World Championship road race, LeMond had not taken another victory. He had finished Paris–Nice more than eight minutes behind the winner and…
Defending champion Pedro Delgado (pictured in 2016) was considered the strongest favourite for victory.
Greg LeMond after stage 1 in Luxembourg City
Laurent Fignon (pictured winning stage 20 of the 1989 Giro d'Italia) captured the yellow jersey from Greg LeMond on stage 10
The final straight of Alpe d'Huez, which hosted the finish of stage 17