1994 Tour de France

1994 Tour de France

Route of the 1994 Tour de France
Race details
Dates	2–24 July 1994
Stages	21 + Prologue
Distance	3,978 km (2,472 mi)
Winning time	103h 38' 38"
Results
Winner  Miguel Induráin (ESP) (Banesto)   Second  Piotr Ugrumov (LAT) (Gewiss–Ballan)   Third  Marco Pantani (ITA) (Carrera Jeans–Tassoni) Points  Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB) (Team Polti–Vaporetto) Mountains  Richard Virenque (FRA) (Festina–Lotus)   Youth  Marco Pantani (ITA) (Carrera Jeans–Tassoni)   Combativity  Eros Poli (ITA) (Mercatone Uno–Medeghini)   Team Festina–Lotus
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The 1994 Tour de France was the 81st edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began on 2 July with a 7.2 km (4.5 mi) prologue around the French city Lille. After 21 more days of racing, the Tour came to a close on the street of the Champs-Élysées. Twenty-one teams entered the race that was won by Miguel Induráin of the Banesto team.^[1] Second and third respectively were the Latvian Piotr Ugrumov and the Italian rider, Marco Pantani.

Miguel Induráin first captured the lead after the stage 9 individual time trial. Chris Boardman was the first rider to wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification after winning the opening prologue. Boardman lost the lead to Johan Museeuw after Museeuw's GB–MG Maglificio team won the stage three team time trial. Flavio Vanzella took the lead away from Museeuw the next day as the Tour made its way into Great Britain. Vanzella lost the lead to Sean Yates after the race's sixth stage. Yates led the race for a single day before losing it to Museeuw after the conclusion of stage 7. Museeuw lost the lead to Indurain after the stage 9 individual time trial, who then successfully defended the lead through the Alps and Pyrenees and to the Tour's finish in Paris.

Indurain became the third rider to win four consecutive Tours de France. In the race's other classifications, Team Polti–Vaporetto rider Djamolidine Abdoujaparov won the points classification, Richard Virenque of the Festina–Lotus team won the mountains classification, Carrera Jeans–Tassoni rider Marco Pantani won the youth classification for the best rider aged 26 or under in the general classification after having finished third overall, and Eros Poli of the Mercatone Uno–Medeghini team won the combativity classification. Festina–Lotus won the team classification, which ranked each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.