The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th Tour de France

Tour de France

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

, taking place June 30 to July 22, 1990. The total race distance was 21 stages over 3504 km, with riders averaging 38.62 km/h. American Greg LeMond repeated his 1989 victory in the overall competition, becoming a three-time winner.

Differences from the 1989 Tour de France

The 1989 Tour de France

1989 Tour de France

The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th Tour de France, a race of 21 stages and a prologue, over 3285 km in total. In the closest tour in history, Greg LeMond was behind by 50 seconds at the start of the final stage, a time trial into Paris. LeMond rode for an average speed of 54.55 km/h ,...

 included the Combination classification and the Intermediate sprints classification

Intermediate sprints classification in the Tour de France

The red jersey was awarded to the leader of the intermediate sprints classification in the Tour de France. The competition was first calculated in 1971, but the jersey was only awarded from 1984...

. The 1990 Tour, however, did not feature these classifications. The unusual last-stage time trial of 1989 was of course not repeated.

Stages

The 1990 Tour de France started on 1 July, and had two rest days. On the first rest day, the cyclists were transferred from Rouen to Strasbourg, on the second rest day the cyclists were in Villard-de-Lans.

Stage results

Stage	Date	Route	Terrain	Length	Winner
P	30 June	Futuroscope Futuroscope Futuroscope, or Parc du Futuroscope is a French theme park based upon multimedia, cinematographic futuroscope and audio-visual techniques...	Individual time trial Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	6 km (3.7 mi)
1	1 July	Futuroscope	Plain stage	139 km (86.4 mi)
2	1 July	Futuroscope	Team time trial Team time trial A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...	45 km (28 mi)	Panasonic
3	2 July	Poitiers Poitiers Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...  – Nantes Nantes Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....	Plain stage	228 km (141.7 mi)
4	3 July	Nantes – Mont St Michel	Plain stage	203 km (126.1 mi)
5	4 July	Avranches Avranches Avranches is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. The inhabitants are called Avranchinais.-History:...  – Rouen Rouen Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...	Plain stage	301 km (187 mi)
6	6 July	Sarrebourg Sarrebourg Sarrebourg is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. It lies in on the upper course of the river Sarre.It should not be confused with Saarburg in Germany....  – Vittel Vittel Vittel is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.Mineral water is bottled and sold here by Nestlé Waters France, under the Vittel brand.-History:...	Plain stage	203 km (126.1 mi)
7	7 July	Vittel – Epinal Épinal Épinal is a commune in northeastern France and the capital of the Vosges department. Inhabitants are known as Spinaliens.-Geography:The commune has a land area of 59.24 km²...	Individual time trial Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	62 km (38.5 mi)
8	8 July	Epinal – Besancon Besançon Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...	Plain stage	182 km (113.1 mi)
9	9 July	Besancon – Geneve	Hilly stage	196 km (121.8 mi)
10	10 July	Geneve – Mont Blanc Mont Blanc Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco , meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence...	Stage with mountain(s)	119 km (73.9 mi)
11	11 July	St Gervais Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The village is best known for tourism, and has been a popular holiday destination because of its beauty and location since the Early 1900's....  – L'Alpe d'Huez	Stage with mountain(s)	183 km (113.7 mi)
12	12 July	Fontaine Fontaine, Isère Fontaine is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Grenoble, and is adjacent to it on the west. In the 1999 census, Fontaine had a population of 23,323. The commune has a land area of 6.74 km² .-External links:*...  – Villard de Lans	Individual time trial Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	34 km (21.1 mi)
13	14 July	Villard de Lans – St Etienne	Stage with mountain(s)	149 km (92.6 mi)
14	15 July	Le Puy en Velay – Millau Millau Millau is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. It is located at the confluence of the Tarn and Dourbie rivers.-History:...	Stage with mountain(s)	205 km (127.4 mi)
15	16 July	Millau – Revel Revel, Haute-Garonne Revel is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Location:Revel is situated about 35 miles east of Toulouse...	Hilly stage	170 km (105.6 mi)
16	17 July	Blagnac Blagnac Blagnac is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, although governed by a separate council, and is adjacent to it on the northwest side. It is a member of the Urban community of Greater Toulouse...  – Luz Ardiden Luz Ardiden Luz Ardiden is a ski resort in the Pyrenees. It is situated in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in the Midi-Pyrénées. The ski resort, which lies at a height of 1720 meters, opened on January 16, 1975...	Stage with mountain(s)	215 km (133.6 mi)
17	18 July	Lourdes Lourdes Lourdes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in south-western France.Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous...  – Pau	Stage with mountain(s)	150 km (93.2 mi)
18	19 July	Pau – Bordeaux Bordeaux Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...	Plain stage	202 km (125.5 mi)
19	20 July	Castillon la Bataille – Limoges Limoges Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....	Plain stage	183 km (113.7 mi)
20	21 July	Lac de Vassiviere Lac de Vassivière The lac de Vassivière or Vassivière Lake is one of France's largest lakes, in fact a large reservoir, about 10 square kilometres in area, situated on the Plateau de Millevaches, in the départements of Creuse and Haute-Vienne. It is the largest area of water in the Limousin region of France...	Individual time trial Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	46 km (28.6 mi)
21	22 July	Bretigny sur Orge – Parijs	Hilly stage	183 km (113.7 mi)

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1		Z	90h 43' 20"
2		Carrera Jeans-Vagabond	+2' 16"
3		PDM	+2' 29"
4		Banesto	+5' 01"
5		ONCE	+5' 05"
6		ONCE	+9' 14"
7		Chateau d'Ax	+9' 39"
8		PDM	+11' 14"
9		Lotto-Superclub	+12' 04"
10		Banesto	+12' 47"

Final general classification (11–156)
Rank	Name	Team	Time
11		Seven-Eleven-Hoonved	+12' 54"
12		ONCE	+13' 39"
13		Kelme-IBexpress	+14' 35"
14		Castorama-Raleigh	+15' 49"
15		Helvetia	+16' 57"
16		Ryalco-Postobon	+19' 43"
17		Lotto-Superclub	+20' 24"
18		Ariostea	+20' 43"
19		Z	+22' 09"
20		Z	+22' 54"
21		RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+23' 33"
22		Z	+27' 23"
23		RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+30' 38"
24		ONCE	+31' 18"
25		Alfa Lum	+31' 21"
26		Z	+32' 03"
27		Seven-Eleven-Hoonved	+34' 05"
28		Banesto	+35' 37"
29		ONCE	+38' 39"
30		PDM	+38' 42"
31		TVM-Yoko	+39' 50"
32		Kelme-IBexpress	+39' 56"
33		Panasonic	+42' 09"
34		ONCE	+44' 22"
35		Castorama-Raleigh	+45' 47"
36		Weinmann-SMM-Uster	+46' 59"
37		Ryalco-Postobon	+50' 16"
38		Ryalco-Postobon	+52' 11"
39		Z	+53' 00"
40		Ryalco-Postobon	+53' 36"
41		Banesto	+53' 44"
42		Weinmann-SMM-Uster	+59' 13"
43		PDM	+59' 51"
44		Histor-Sigma	+1h 00' 07"
45		Alfa Lum	+1h 01' 42"
46		Ryalco-Postobon	+1h 02' 46"
47		Toshiba	+1h 03' 18"
48		Ryalco-Postobon	+1h 05' 04"
49		RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+1h 06' 57"
50		RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+1h 08' 31"
51		Toshiba	+1h 09' 37"
52		RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+1h 10' 21"
53		Ryalco-Postobon	+1h 10' 47"
54		Panasonic	+1h 10' 53"
55		Panasonic	+1h 14' 32"
56		Seven-Eleven-Hoonved	+1h 15' 25"
57		Chateau d'Ax	+1h 15' 51"
58		Weinmann-SMM-Uster	+1h 17' 44"
59		Banesto	+1h 18' 28"
60		Histor-Sigma	+1h 20' 54"
61		Helvetia	+1h 21' 06"
62		Panasonic	+1h 21' 26"
63		Seur	+1h 21' 38"
64		Buckler	+1h 22' 14"
65		Z	+1h 22' 34"
66		TVM-Yoko	+1h 23' 38"
67		Buckler	+1h 23' 54"
68		Lotto-Superclub	+1h 25' 04"
69		Carrera Jeans-Vagabond	+1h 25' 12"
70		Ryalco-Postobon	+1h 29' 36"
71		TVM-Yoko	+1h 30' 01"
72		Ariostea	+1h 30' 40"
73		Castorama-Raleigh	+1h 31' 13"
74		Chateau d'Ax	+1h 31' 19"
75		Ariostea	+1h 33' 12"
76		Chateau d'Ax	+1h 33' 16"
77		Toshiba	+1h 33' 30"
78		ONCE	+1h 33' 40"
79		Ryalco-Postobon	+1h 34' 19"
80		Ariostea	+1h 34' 21"
81		Lotto-Superclub	+1h 35' 10"
82		Histor-Sigma	+1h 35' 49"
83		Seven-Eleven-Hoonved	+1h 39' 11"
84		Toshiba	+1h 39' 28"
85		Histor-Sigma	+1h 40' 11"
86		Kelme-IBexpress	+1h 40' 50"
87		PDM	+1h 41' 05"
88		Chateau d'Ax	+1h 42' 38"
89		Seur	+1h 42' 53"
90		ONCE	+1h 43' 18"
91		RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+1h 43' 52"
92		Seur	+1h 44' 16"
93		Lotto-Superclub	+1h 45' 22"
94		Weinmann-SMM-Uster	+1h 45' 44"
95		Carrera Jeans-Vagabond	+1h 46' 57"
96		Banesto	+1h 47' 19"
97		Lotto-Superclub	+1h 47' 48"
98		Banesto	+1h 48' 34"
99		Carrera Jeans-Vagabond	+1h 49' 17"
100		Panasonic	+1h 50' 11"
101		Buckler	+1h 53' 05"
102		Ariostea	+1h 53' 46"
103		Histor-Sigma	+1h 53' 58"
104		Z	+1h 54' 12"
105		Chateau d'Ax	+1h 54' 13"
106		Histor-Sigma	+1h 54' 29"
107		RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+1h 55' 43"
108		Carrera Jeans-Vagabond	+1h 56' 25"
109		Ariostea	+1h 57' 31"
110		Weinmann-SMM-Uster	+1h 58' 24"
111		Weinmann-SMM-Uster	+1h 58' 31"
112		Weinmann-SMM-Uster	+1h 59' 03"
113		Helvetia	+1h 59' 15"
114		Weinmann-SMM-Uster	+2h 01' 19"
115		Buckler	+2h 02' 28"
116		Seven-Eleven-Hoonved	+2h 03' 10"
117		Buckler	+2h 04' 50"
118		Chateau d'Ax	+2h 04' 51"
119		Seven-Eleven-Hoonved	+2h 05' 43"
120		Histor-Sigma	+2h 05' 43"
121		Castorama-Raleigh	+2h 06' 58"
122		Carrera Jeans-Vagabond	+2h 08' 05"
123		Buckler	+2h 08' 10"
124		Seur	+2h 08' 58"
125		PDM	+2h 09' 31"
126		Alfa Lum	+2h 11' 01"
127		Buckler	+2h 11' 12"
128		TVM-Yoko	+2h 12' 32"
129		Lotto-Superclub	+2h 13' 06"
130		Carrera Jeans-Vagabond	+2h 13' 58"
131		Chateau d'Ax	+2h 14' 45"
132		Seven-Eleven-Hoonved	+2h 14' 50"
133		Castorama-Raleigh	+2h 17' 41"
134		Ariostea	+2h 18' 39"
135		Kelme-IBexpress	+2h 20' 22"
136		Toshiba	+2h 20' 55"
137		Lotto-Superclub	+2h 21' 26"
138		Kelme-IBexpress	+2h 22' 37"
139		Helvetia	+2h 23' 36"
140		PDM	+2h 24' 04"
141		Panasonic	+2h 26' 33"
142		Seven-Eleven-Hoonved	+2h 26' 41"
143		TVM-Yoko	+2h 27' 30"
144		RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+2h 32' 12"
145		Alfa Lum	+2h 32' 48"
146		Panasonic	+2h 34' 55"
147		Chateau d'Ax	+2h 35' 11"
148		Alfa Lum	+2h 42' 53"
149		Toshiba	+2h 43' 40"
150		Lotto-Superclub	+2h 47' 53"
151		Alfa Lum	+2h 49' 08"
152		Kelme-IBexpress	+2h 56' 11"
153		Seven-Eleven-Hoonved	+2h 59' 29"
154		Carrera Jeans-Vagabond	+3h 00' 11"
155		Kelme-IBexpress	+3h 13' 27"
156		Ariostea	+3h 16' 26"

External links

• 1990 Tour de France results
• Official 1990 Tour de France results