1998 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11
Rank Rider Team Time
1 Chris Boardman ( GBR ) GAN 6 ' 12
2 Abraham Olano ( ESP ) Banesto + 4
3 Laurent Jalabert ( FRA ) ONCE + 5
4 Bobby Julich ( USA ) Cofidis + 5
5 Christophe Moreau ( FRA ) Festina + 5
6 Jan Ullrich ( GER ) Team Telekom + 5
7 Alex Zülle ( SWI ) Festina + 7
8 Laurent Dufaux ( SWI ) Festina + 9
9 Andreï Tchmil ( BEL ) Lotto + 10
10 Vjatceslav Ekimov ( RUS ) US Postal + 11
General Classification after Prologue
The 1998 Tour de France was the 85th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Dublin, Ireland with a prologue individual time trial on 11 July and Stage 11 occurred on 22 July with a mountainous stage to Plateau de Beille. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 2 August.