Tour de France 1998

Stage 21

Melun → Paris

Race Report

Stage 21 of the 1998 Tour de France, held on August 1, 1998, covered 53.0 km from Melun to Paris. Tom Steels won the stage via time trial. Classified as a flat stage suited for sprinters. The riders faced 790 meters of total elevation gain. The stage was completed at an average speed of 49.8 km/h, which was 7.9 km/h faster than the edition average of 41.9 km/h, ranking as the 2nd fastest stage of the race. At 53.0 km, this was one of the shortest stages in the edition. This was an individual time trial, where riders raced alone against the clock.

IttFlat53.0 km1 Aug 1998

Melun → Paris

Stage 20 (ITT) | Montceau-les-Mines - Le Creusot

Stage Winner

Tom Steels

Yellow Jersey

Marco Pantani

Avg Speed

49.8 km/h

Elevation

790 m

Difficulty

Win Type

Time trial

Won How

Time trial

Startlist Quality

1,692

Jersey Classifications

Yellow Jersey

Marco Pantani

Green Jersey

Erik Zabel

Polka-Dot Jersey

Christophe Rinero

White Jersey

Jan Ullrich

Edition Difficulty Profile

General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
01	MP Marco Pantani IT	MERCATONE UNO - BIANCHI	92h 49' 46''
02	JU Jan Ullrich DE	TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM	92h 53' 07''
03	BJ Bobby Julich US	COFIDIS . LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE	92h 53' 54''
04	CR Christophe Rinero FR	COFIDIS . LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE	92h 59' 02''
05	MB Michael Boogerd NL	RABOBANK	93h 01' 12''
06	JR Jean-Cyril Robin FR	US POSTAL SERVICE	93h 04' 43''
07	RM Roland Meier CH	COFIDIS . LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE	93h 04' 59''
08	DN Daniele Nardello IT	MAPEI - BRICOBI	93h 05' 53''
09	GD Giuseppe Di Grande IT	MAPEI - BRICOBI	93h 07' 21''
10	AM Axel Merckx BE	TEAM POLTI	93h 07' 25''
11	BR Bjarne Riis DK	TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM	93h 08' 56''
12	DB Dariusz Baranowski PL	US POSTAL SERVICE	93h 09' 44''
13	SH Stéphane Heulot FR	LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX	93h 10' 43''
14	LP Leonardo Piepoli IT	SAECO MACCHINE DA CAFFE - CANNONDALE	93h 12' 31''
15	BH Bo Hamburger DK	CASINO	93h 16' 25''
16	KV Kurt Van De Wouwer BE	LOTTO - MOBISTAR	93h 17' 06''
17	KL Kevin Livingston US	COFIDIS . LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE	93h 23' 49''
18	JJ Jörg Jaksche DE	TEAM POLTI	93h 25' 27''
19	PF Peter Farazijn BE	LOTTO - MOBISTAR	93h 25' 56''
20	AT Andrej Teteriouk	LOTTO - MOBISTAR	93h 26' 49''
21	UB Udo Bölts DE	TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM	93h 27' 11''
22	LM Laurent Madouas FR	LOTTO - MOBISTAR	93h 29' 40''
23	GV Geert Verheyen BE	LOTTO - MOBISTAR	93h 31' 09''
24	CV Cédric Vasseur FR	GAN	93h 32' 00''
25	EB Evgueni Berzin	LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX	93h 32' 37''
26	TB Thierry Bourguignon FR	BIG.MAT - AUBER 93	93h 33' 39''
27	GT Georg Totschnig AT	TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM	93h 39' 59''
28	BS Benoit Salmon FR	CASINO	93h 41' 04''
29	AE Alberto Elli IT	CASINO	93h 49' 59''
30	PB Philippe Bordenave FR	BIG.MAT - AUBER 93	93h 55' 41''
31	CA Christophe Agnolutto FR	CASINO	94h 00' 49''
32	OP Oscar Pozzi	ASICS - CGA	94h 04' 40''
33	MD Maarten Den Bakker NL	RABOBANK	94h 06' 07''
34	PJ Patrick Jonker AU	RABOBANK	94h 06' 35''
35	PC Pascal Chanteur FR	CASINO	94h 09' 18''
36	ML Massimiliano Lelli IT	COFIDIS . LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE	94h 10' 01''
37	MP Massimo Podenzana	MERCATONE UNO - BIANCHI	94h 10' 33''
38	VE Vjatceslav Ekimov RU	US POSTAL SERVICE	94h 12' 26''
39	DL Denis Leproux	BIG.MAT - AUBER 93	94h 14' 51''
40	BZ Beat Zberg CH	RABOBANK	94h 15' 54''
41	LL Lylian Lebreton	BIG.MAT - AUBER 93	94h 18' 05''
42	AT Andrea Tafi IT	MAPEI - BRICOBI	94h 19' 08''
43	RA Rolf Aldag DE	TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM	94h 19' 13''
44	KM Koos Moerenhout NL	RABOBANK	94h 19' 23''
45	PM Peter Meinert-Nielsen DK	US POSTAL SERVICE	94h 19' 38''
46	RF Riccardo Forconi IT	MERCATONE UNO - BIANCHI	94h 20' 19''
47	FS Fabio Sacchi IT	TEAM POLTI	94h 21' 39''
48	MJ Marty Jemison US	US POSTAL SERVICE	94h 24' 13''
49	NJ Nicolas Jalabert FR	COFIDIS . LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE	94h 28' 31''
50	MD Massimo Donati IT	SAECO MACCHINE DA CAFFE - CANNONDALE	94h 28' 45''