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Race details
Dates		July 1–July 23, 2000
Stages		21
Distance		3,662 km (2,275 mi)
Winning time		92h 33' 08"[1] (39.556 km/h/24.579 mph)
Palmarès
	Winner	Lance Armstrong	(US Postal)
	Second	Jan Ullrich	(Team Telekom)
	Third	Joseba Beloki	(Festina)
	Points	Erik Zabel	(Team Telekom)
	Mountains	Santiago Botero	(Kelme-Costa Blanca)
	Youth	Francisco Mancebo	(Banesto)
	Team	Kelme-Costa Blanca

The 2000 Tour de France was the 87th Tour de France, and took place from July 1 to July 23, 2000. It was won by American cyclist Lance Armstrong. The Tour started with an individual time trial in Futuroscope (not an official prologue because it was longer than 8 km)^[2] and ended traditionally in Paris. The distance travelled was 3630 km (counter-clockwise around France). The Tour passed through Switzerland and Germany.

Before the race started, there were a few favourites for the victory.^[3]. Lance Armstrong was of course one of the favourites, after his 1999 Tour de France victory. Jan Ullrich was also one of the favourites, having won the 1997 Tour de France, finishing second in the 1996 and 1998 tours, and not entering the 1999 Tour due to an injury. 1998 Tour winner Marco Pantani was also considered a favourite. Richard Virenque finished 8th place in the 1999 Tour despite a bad preparation, and for the 2000 year he was considered an important player. Also Fernando Escartin, Bobby Julich, Alexander Vinokourov and Alex Zülle were considered contenders.

Contents 1 Results 2 Stages 2.1 Jersey progress 3 Results 3.1 General classification 3.2 Points classification 3.3 King of the Mountains classification 3.4 Young Riders' Classification 3.5 Teams Classification 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Results

The first stage was won by British cyclist David Millar, with Lance Armstrong only 2 seconds behind in second place. Of the other pre-race favorites, Laurent Jalabert, Jan Ullrich and Alex Zülle all lost less than 20 seconds. Virenque, Vinokourov and Escartin lost around 1:30 on Armstrong, while Marco Pantani lost more than 2 minutes. The next two stages were sprinter stages, both won by Tom Steels, not changing much in the overall classification. Stage 4, a team time trial, was won by the ONCE cycling team, and after that stage the top 10 included 8 ONCE cyclists, including leader Laurent Jalabert.

In stage 6, 12 cyclists broke away and kept a 7:49 minute lead, which shook up the classification. Alberto Elli, one of the breakaways, took over the yellow jersey.

In stage 10, the Tour entered the mountains. The stage, which finished at Hautacam, was won by Spaniard Javier Otxoa, but Lance Armstrong finished second and took the yellow jersey, with Ullrich in second place, more than 4 minutes behind. The 12th stage, finishing on Mont Ventoux, was won by Marco Pantani, but Lance Armstrong finished second with the same time, so Armstrong increased his lead. Stage 15 was also won by Pantani, but again Armstrong gained time on second-place Ullrich, who was 7:26 behind. On the 16th stage, Armstrong had a bad day and lost time after not eating enough. Ullrich's gap shrunk to 5:37.

On stage 17, Erik Dekker won his third stage of the Tour. Stage 19, an individual time trial, was the last chance to change the general classification, although it was very unlikely that time trial specialist Armstrong would lose his 5:37 lead. Armstrong eventually went on to win the stage, and secured his Tour win. He maintained his lead in the final two stages.

[edit] Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date
1	Futuroscope	16.5 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 1
2	Futuroscope - Loudun	194 km		Sunday, July 2
3	Loudun - Nantes	161.5 km		Monday, July 3
4	Nantes - Saint-Nazaire	70 km	Team time trial	Tuesday, July 4
5	Vannes - Vitré	202 km		Wednesday, July 5
6	Vitré - Tours	198.5 km		Thursday, July 6
7	Tours - Limoges	205.5 km		Friday, July 7
8	Limoges - Villeneuve-sur-Lot	203.5 km		Saturday, July 8
9	Agen - Dax	181 km		Sunday, July 9
10	Dax - Hautacam	205 km	Mountain stage	Monday, July 10
11	Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Revel	218.5 km		Tuesday, July 11
Rest day				Wednesday, July 12
12	Carpentras - Mont Ventoux	149 km	Mountain stage	Thursday, July 13
13	Avignon - Draguignan	185.5 km		Friday, July 14
14	Draguignan - Briançon	249 km	Mountain stage	Saturday, July 15
15	Briançon - Courchevel	173.5 km	Mountain stage	Sunday, July 16
Rest day				Monday, July 17
16	Courchevel - Morzine	196 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 18
17	Évian-les-Bains - Lausanne	155 km		Wednesday, July 19
18	Lausanne - Fribourg-en-Brisgau	246.5 km		Thursday, July 20
19	Fribourg-en-Brisgau - Mulhouse	58.5 km	Individual time trial	Friday, July 21
20	Belfort - Troyes	254.5 km		Saturday, July 22
21	Paris - Paris Champs-Élysées	138 km		Sunday, July 23
Total		3630 km

[edit] Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General classification Maillot jaune	Mountains classification Maillot à pois rouges	Points classification Maillot vert	Young rider classification Maillot blanc	Team classification	Combativity award Prix de combativité
1	David Millar	David Millar	Marcel Wüst	David Millar	David Millar	US Postal
2	Tom Steels			Tom Steels
3	Tom Steels
4	ONCE	Laurent Jalabert			David Cañada	ONCE
5	Marcel Wüst		Paolo Bettini
6	Leon van Bon	Alberto Elli			Salvatore Commesso	Rabobank
7	Christophe Agnolutto			Marcel Wüst
8	Erik Dekker		Erik Dekker
9	Paolo Bettini			Erik Zabel
10	Javier Otxoa	Lance Armstrong	Javier Otxoa		Francisco Mancebo
11	Erik Dekker
12	Marco Pantani					Banesto
13	José Vicente García
14	Santiago Botero		Santiago Botero
15	Marco Pantani
16	Richard Virenque					Kelme-Costa Blanca
17	Erik Dekker
18	Salvatore Commesso
19	Lance Armstrong
20	Erik Zabel
21	Stefano Zanini
Final		Lance Armstrong	Santiago Botero	Erik Zabel	Francisco Mancebo	Kelme-Costa Blanca	Erik Dekker

Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions

• In stage 2, Lance Armstrong wore the green jersey.
• In stages 2 through 4, David Cañada wore the white jersey.

[edit] Results

[edit] General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Lance Armstrong	United States	US Postal	92h 33'08"
2	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Team Telekom	6'02"
3	Joseba Beloki	Spain	Festina	10'02"
4	Christophe Moreau	France	Festina	10'34"
5	Roberto Heras	Spain	Kelme – Costa Blanca	11'50"
6	Richard Virenque	France	Team Polti	13'26"
7	Santiago Botero	Colombia	Kelme – Costa Blanca	14'18"
8	Fernando Escartín	Spain	Kelme – Costa Blanca	17'21"
9	Francisco Mancebo	Spain	Banesto	18'09"
10	Daniele Nardello	Italy	Mapei – Quick Step	18'25"

[edit] Points classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	Erik Zabel	Germany	Team Telekom	321
2	Robbie McEwen	Australia	Farm Frites	203
3	Romāns Vainšteins	Latvia	Vini Caldirola – Sidermec	184

[edit] King of the Mountains classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	Santiago Botero	Colombia	Kelme – Costa Blanca	347
2	Javier Otxoa	Spain	Kelme – Costa Blanca	283
3	Richard Virenque	France	Team Polti	267

[edit] Young Riders' Classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Francisco Mancebo	Spain	Banesto	92h 51'17"
2	Guido Trentin	Italy	Vini Caldirola – Sidermec	17'48"
3	Grischa Niermann	Germany	Rabobank	33'57"

[edit] Teams Classification

Rank	Team	Country	Time
1	Kelme – Costa Blanca	Spain	278h 10'47"
2	Festina	France	13'42"
3	Banesto	Spain	18'21"

[edit] See also

• List of doping cases in cycling

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 2000 Tour de France comprehensive results
• BBC - 2000 Tour de France results

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