1994 Tour de France
Rank Team Time
1 Festina-Lotus 311h 28 ' 53
2 Gewiss-Ballan + 42 ' 57
3 Gewiss-Ballan + 44 ' 38
4 Mapei-CLAS + 48 ' 25
5 Carrera Jeans-Tassoni + 50 ' 55
6 GB-MG Maglificio + 1h 06 ' 06
7 ONCE + 1h 20 ' 47
8 Team Telekom + 1h 51 ' 04
9 Kelme-Avianca-Gios + 1h 55 ' 47
10 Castorama + 2h 14 ' 58
Team classification
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 Indurain of the Banesto team. Second and third respectively were the Latvian Piotr Ugrumov and the Italian rider, Marco Pantani. Miguel Indurain 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.