1988 Tour de France, Prelude to Stage 11 explained
The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour officially began in Pontchâteau (stage 1 to Machecoul) on 4 July, and Stage 11 occurred on 13 July with a mountainous stage to Morzine. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 24 July.
Prelude
A prelude (also called preface) took place one day before the start of the Tour de France. It was a short unofficial race, mixing team time trial and individual time trial.
3 July 1988 — Pornichet to La Baule, 3.8km (02.4miles) (team time trial) and 1km (01miles) (individual time trial)[1]
Prelude result, unofficial| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | | | 2 | | PDM | + 1.89" | | 3 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 2.81" | | 4 | | Sigma–Fina–Diamant | + 3.26" | | 5 | | Z–Peugeot | + 3.58" | | 6 | | Fagor | + 4.65" | | 7 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | + 5.35" | | 8 | | Chateau d'Ax | + 5.55" | | 9 | | Système U | + 6.39" | | 10 | | Kelme | + 6.42" | |
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Stage 1
4 July 1988 — Pontchâteau to Machecoul, 91.5km (56.9miles)[2]
Stage 1 result[3] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | | | 2 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 8" | | 3 | | ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC | s.t. | | 4 | | 7 Eleven–Hoonved | s.t. | | 5 | | Hitachi–Bosal–BCE | s.t. | | 6 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | s.t. | | 7 | | Sigma–Fina–Diamant | s.t. | | 8 | | BH | s.t. | | 9 | | Chateau d'Ax | s.t. | | 10 | | PDM | s.t. | |
| | General classification after stage 1[4] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | 2h 16' 28" | | 2 | | Sigma–Fina–Diamant | s.t. | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 4 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 6" | | 5 | | Sigma–Fina–Diamant | + 8" | | 6 | | PDM | + 10" | | 7 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | s.t. | | 8 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 12" | | 9 | | Reynolds | s.t. | | 10 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 14" | |
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Stage 2
4 July 1988 — La Haye-Fouassière to Ancenis, 48km (30miles) (team time trial)
Stage 2 result[5] | Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Panasonic–Isostar | | | 2 | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 24" | | 3 | Hitachi–Bosal–BCE | + 36" | | 4 | Z–Peugeot | s.t. | | 5 | BH | + 55" | | 6 | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 1' 01" | | 7 | Reynolds | + 1' 02" | | 8 | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | + 1' 14" | | 9 | Toshiba | s.t. | | 10 | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 1' 15" | |
| | General classification after stage 2| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Panasonic–Isostar | | | 2 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 14" | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 4 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 5 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 6 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 7 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 8 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 9 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 24" | | 10 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 38" | |
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Stage 3
5 July 1988 — Nantes to Le Mans, 213km (132miles)[6]
Stage 3 result| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | | | 2 | | Caja Rural–Orbea | s.t. | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 4 | | ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC | s.t. | | 5 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | s.t. | | 6 | | PDM | s.t. | | 7 | | Sigma–Fina–Diamant | s.t. | | 8 | | Fagor | s.t. | | 9 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | s.t. | | 10 | | Hitachi–Bosal–BCE | s.t. | |
| | General classification after stage 3[7] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Panasonic–Isostar | | | 2 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 18" | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 22" | | 4 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 5 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 6 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 7 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 8 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 9 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 32" | | 10 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 46" | |
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Stage 4
6 July 1988 — Le Mans to Évreux, 158km (98miles)[8]
Stage 4 result| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | | | 2 | | PDM | s.t. | | 3 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | s.t. | | 4 | | Sigma–Fina–Diamant | s.t. | | 5 | | ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC | s.t. | | 6 | | Caja Rural–Orbea | s.t. | | 7 | | Hitachi–Bosal–BCE | s.t. | | 8 | | Z–Peugeot | s.t. | | 9 | | Kelme | s.t. | | 10 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | |
| | General classification after stage 4[9] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Panasonic–Isostar | | | 2 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 18" | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 22" | | 4 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 5 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 6 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 7 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 8 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 9 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 32" | | 10 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 46" | |
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Stage 5
7 July 1988 — Neufchâtel-en-Bray to Liévin, 147.5km (91.7miles)[10]
Stage 5 result| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | | | 2 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 8" | | 3 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | + 13" | | 4 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | s.t. | | 5 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 6 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | s.t. | | 7 | | Sigma–Fina–Diamant | s.t. | | 8 | | PDM | s.t. | | 9 | | 7 Eleven–Hoonved | s.t. | | 10 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | |
| | General classification after stage 5[11] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Panasonic–Isostar | | | 2 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 4 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 10" | | 5 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 31" | | 6 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 38" | | 7 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 41" | | 8 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 43" | | 9 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 10 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 44" | |
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Stage 6
8 July 1988 — Liévin to Wasquehal, 52km (32miles) (individual time trial)[12]
Stage 6 result| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Fagor | | | 2 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 14" | | 3 | | Chateau d'Ax | + 23" | | 4 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 41" | | 5 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 49" | | 6 | | Chateau d'Ax | + 1' 04" | | 7 | | Chateau d'Ax | + 1' 06" | | 8 | | Système U | + 1' 08" | | 9 | | Toshiba | + 1' 14" | | 10 | | Système U | + 1' 16" | |
| | General classification after stage 6[13] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | | | 2 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 1" | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 21" | | 4 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 45" | | 5 | | Toshiba | + 1' 03" | | 6 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 1' 04" | | 7 | | Système U | s.t. | | 8 | | Z–Peugeot | + 1' 27" | | 9 | | Z–Peugeot | + 1' 30" | | 10 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 1' 37" | |
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Stage 7
9 July 1988 — Wasquehal to Reims, 225.5km (140.1miles)[14]
Stage 7 result| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Chateau d'Ax | | | 2 | | Z–Peugeot | + 6" | | 3 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 1' 47" | | 4 | | ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC | s.t. | | 5 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | s.t. | | 6 | | PDM | s.t. | | 7 | | 7 Eleven–Hoonved | s.t. | | 8 | | Hitachi–Bosal–BCE | s.t. | | 9 | | Hitachi–Bosal–BCE | s.t. | | 10 | | RMO–Liberia–Mavic | s.t. | |
| | General classification after stage 7[15] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | | | 2 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 9" | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 29" | | 4 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 50" | | 5 | | Toshiba | + 1' 11" | | 6 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 1' 12" | | 7 | | Système U | s.t. | | 8 | | Z–Peugeot | + 1' 35" | | 9 | | Z–Peugeot | + 1' 38" | | 10 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 1' 45" | |
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Stage 8
10 July 1988 — Reims to Nancy, 219km (136miles)[16]
Stage 8 result| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | | | 2 | | Sigma–Fina–Diamant | s.t. | | 3 | | Chateau d'Ax | s.t. | | 4 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | s.t. | | 5 | | 7 Eleven–Hoonved | s.t. | | 6 | | Z–Peugeot | s.t. | | 7 | | Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 8 | | Reynolds | s.t. | | 9 | | Système U | s.t. | | 10 | | Système U | s.t. | |
| | General classification after stage 8[17] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | | | 2 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 10" | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 43" | | 4 | | Système U | + 1' 01" | | 5 | | Toshiba | + 1' 02" | | 6 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 1' 03" | | 7 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | + 1' 36" | | 8 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | + 1' 44" | | 9 | | Z–Peugeot | + 1' 49" | | 10 | | Z–Peugeot | + 1' 52" | |
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Stage 9
11 July 1988 — Nancy to Strasbourg, 160.5km (99.7miles)[18]
Stage 9 result| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Z–Peugeot | | | 2 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 7" | | 3 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 9" | | 4 | | BH | + 14" | | 5 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | s.t. | | 6 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | s.t. | | 7 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 8 | | Fagor | s.t. | | 9 | | Système U | + 18" | | 10 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | + 1' 56" | |
| | General classification after stage 9[19] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | | | 2 | | Z–Peugeot | + 14" | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 43" | | 4 | | Fagor | + 59" | | 5 | | Système U | + 1' 01" | | 6 | | Toshiba | + 1' 02" | | 7 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 1' 03" | | 8 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 1' 29" | | 9 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | + 1' 44" | | 10 | | Z–Peugeot | + 1' 49" | |
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Stage 10
12 July 1988 — Belfort to Besançon, 149.5km (92.9miles)[20]
Stage 10 result| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel | | | 2 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | s.t. | | 3 | | ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC | s.t. | | 4 | | BH | s.t. | | 5 | | Fagor | s.t. | | 6 | | 7 Eleven–Hoonved | s.t. | | 7 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | s.t. | | 8 | | PDM | s.t. | | 9 | | Chateau d'Ax | s.t. | | 10 | | PDM | s.t. | |
| | General classification after stage 10[21] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | | | 2 | | Z–Peugeot | + 14" | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 43" | | 4 | | Fagor | + 59" | | 5 | | Système U | + 1' 01" | | 6 | | Toshiba | + 1' 02" | | 7 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 1' 03" | | 8 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 1' 29" | | 9 | | KAS–Canal 10–Mavic | + 1' 44" | | 10 | | Z–Peugeot | + 1' 49" | |
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Stage 11
13 July 1988 — Besançon to Morzine, 232km (144miles)[22]
Stage 11 result| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Kelme | | | 2 | | RMO–Liberia–Mavic | + 20" | | 3 | | PDM | s.t. | | 4 | | Z–Peugeot | s.t. | | 5 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | + 23" | | 6 | | 7 Eleven–Hoonved | s.t. | | 7 | | Panasonic–Isostar | s.t. | | 8 | | BH | s.t. | | 9 | | Hitachi–Bosal–BCE | s.t. | | 10 | | Système U | s.t. | |
| | General classification after stage 11[23] | Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster | | | 2 | | Z–Peugeot | + 11" | | 3 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 43" | | 4 | | Système U | + 1' 01" | | 5 | | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | + 1' 03" | | 6 | | Reynolds | + 1' 52" | | 7 | | Hitachi–Bosal–BCE | + 2' 03" | | 8 | | ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC | + 2' 43" | | 9 | | 7 Eleven–Hoonved | + 2' 59" | | 10 | | Panasonic–Isostar | + 3' 04" | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Clasificaciones. Spanish. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 48. 4 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: Clasificaciones. Spanish. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 43. 5 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120102122943/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988.php. 2 January 2012.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 1ère étape . Memoire du cyclisme . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315101849/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_1.php . 15 March 2012 . bot: unknown .
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 2ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315101920/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_2.php. 15 March 2012.
- Web site: La etapa de hoy. Spanish. Today's stage. El Mundo Deportivo. 41. 5 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 3ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315101936/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_3.php. 15 March 2012.
- Web site: La etapa de hoy. Spanish. Today's stage. El Mundo Deportivo. 38. 6 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 4ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315102249/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_4.php. 15 March 2012.
- Web site: La etapa de hoy. Spanish. Today's stage. El Mundo Deportivo. 36. 7 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 5ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315102254/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_5.php. 15 March 2012.
- Web site: La etapa de hoy. Spanish. Today's stage. El Mundo Deportivo. 33. 8 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 6ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315102259/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_6.php. 15 March 2012.
- Web site: La etapa de hoy. Spanish. Today's stage. El Mundo Deportivo. 35. 9 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 7ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315102304/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_7.php. 15 March 2012.
- Web site: La etapa de hoy. Spanish. Today's stage. El Mundo Deportivo. 43. 10 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 8ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315101941/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_8.php. 15 March 2012.
- Web site: La etapa de hoy. Spanish. Today's stage. El Mundo Deportivo. 37. 11 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 9ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315101946/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_9.php. 15 March 2012.
- Web site: La etapa de hoy. Spanish. Today's stage. El Mundo Deportivo. 36. 12 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 10ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315102220/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_10.php. 15 March 2012.
- Web site: La etapa de hoy. Spanish. Today's stage. El Mundo Deportivo. 38. 13 July 1988. 17 August 2016.
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988 - 11ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315102226/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1988_11.php. 15 March 2012.
