Route of the 1989 Tour de France
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]
[3]
General classification after stage 11
[4]
Stage 12
13 July 1989 —
Toulouse to
Montpellier , 242 km (150 mi)
[5]
Stage 12 result
[2]
[6]
General classification after stage 12
[7]
Stage 13
14 July 1989 —
Montpellier to
Marseille , 179 km (111 mi)
Stage 13 result
[2]
[8]
General classification after stage 13
[9]
Stage 14
15 July 1989 —
Marseille to
Gap , 238 km (148 mi)
[10]
Stage 14 result
[2]
[11]
General classification after stage 14
[12]
Stage 15
16 July 1989 —
Gap to
Orcières-Merlette , 39 km (24 mi) (
ITT )
[13]
Stage 15 result
[2]
[14]
General classification after stage 15
[15]
Stage 16
18 July 1989 —
Gap to
Briançon , 174 km (108 mi)
[16]
Stage 16 result
[2]
[17]
General classification after stage 16
[18]
Stage 17
19 July 1989 —
Briançon to
Alpe d'Huez , 161.5 km (100.4 mi)
[19]
Stage 17 result
[2]
[20]
General classification after stage 17
[21]
Stage 18
20 July 1989 —
Le Bourg-d'Oisans to
Villard-de-Lans , 91.5 km (56.9 mi)
[22]
Stage 18 result
[2]
[23]
General classification after stage 18
[24]
Stage 19
21 July 1989 —
Villard-de-Lans to
Aix-les-Bains , 125 km (78 mi)
[25]
Stage 19 result
[2]
[26]
General classification after stage 19
[27]
Stage 20
22 July 1989 —
Aix-les-Bains to
L'Isle-d'Abeau , 127 km (79 mi)
[28]
Stage 20 result
[2]
[29]
General classification after stage 20
[30]
Stage 21
23 July 1989 —
Versailles to Paris
Champs-Élysées , 24.5 km (15.2 mi) (
ITT )
[31]
LeMond starting the final time trial
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 down the other side, just before the
Arc de Triomphe .
[31]
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 ,
[32] as well as the
triathlon bars he had used in the
Stage 5 and Stage 15 time trials, and a rear
Mavic disc wheel.
[33] Meanwhile, Fignon rode with the same rear gear, but a 55-tooth front ring,
[32] 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 .
[33] Fignon also had a
saddle sore and had little sleep the night before.
[34]
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.
[32] 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.
[35] By the 11.5 km (7.1 mi) timecheck, LeMond was 21 seconds up on Fignon, for the stage.
[32] LeMond averaged 33.8 mph (54.4 km/h) along the course, which was a Tour de France time trial record at the time.
[36]
Stage 21 result
[2]
General classification after stage 21
[2]
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