1991 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11 explained

The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Lyon with a prologue individual time trial on 6 July and Stage 11 occurred on 16 July with a flat stage to Saint-Herblain. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 28 July.

Prologue

6 July 1991 — Lyon, 5.4km (03.4miles) (ITT)^[1]

Prologue result and general classification after prologue

Rank	Team	Time
1	Castorama-Raleigh
2		+ 2"
3		+ 3"
4	Tonton Tapis-Corona	+ 7"
5		+ 8"
6		s.t.
7		+ 9"
8		s.t.
9		+ 10"
10		s.t.

Stage 1

7 July 1991 — Lyon to Lyon, 114.5km (71.1miles)

Stage 1 result

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5	RMO-Mavic-Liberia	s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+ 5"
10		s.t.

General classification after stage 1^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 11"
3			+ 23"
4			s.t.
5			+ 25"
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 2

7 July 1991 — Bron to Chassieu, 36.5km (22.7miles) (TTT)

Stage 2 result^[3]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Castorama-Raleigh	+ 8"
3		+ 35"
4		+ 40"
5	Clas-Cajastur	+ 45"
6		+ 49"
7		s.t.
8		+ 59"
9	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.
10		+ 1' 05"

General classification after stage 2^[4]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 10"
3		+ 12"
4		+ 26"
5		+ 33"
6		+ 50"
7		+ 53"
8		+ 1' 02"
9	RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+ 1' 12"
10	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+ 1' 18"

Stage 3

8 July 1991 — Villeurbanne to Dijon, 210.5km (130.8miles)

Stage 3 result

Rank	Team	Time
1	Histor-Sigma
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.

General classification after stage 3^[5]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 10"
3		+ 12"
4		+ 22"
5		+ 33"
6		+ 47"
7		+ 50"
8		+ 1' 02"
9	RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+ 1' 12"
10	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+ 1' 18"

Stage 4

9 July 1991 — Dijon to Reims, 286km (178miles)

Stage 4 result

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9	Histor-Sigma	s.t.
10	Histor-Sigma	s.t.

General classification after stage 4^[6]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 10"
3		+ 12"
4		+ 14"
5		+ 23"
6		+ 33"
7		+ 50"
8		+ 1' 02"
9	RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+ 1' 12"
10	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+ 1' 18"

Stage 5

10 July 1991 — Reims to Valenciennes, 149.5km (92.9miles)

Stage 5 result

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Histor-Sigma	+ 1"
3		s.t.
4	Histor-Sigma	s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after stage 5^[7]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 9"
3		+ 10"
4		+ 16"
5		+ 27"
6		+ 37"
7		+ 49"
8	RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+ 58"
9		+ 1' 06"
10	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+ 1' 22"

Stage 6

11 July 1991 — Arras to Le Havre, 259km (161miles)

Stage 6 result

Rank	Team	Time
1	Castorama-Raleigh
2	Histor-Sigma	+ 1' 54"
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5	Histor-Sigma	s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.

General classification after stage 6^[8]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Castorama-Raleigh
2		+ 1' 04"
3		+ 1' 07"
4		s.t.
5		+ 1' 14"
6		+ 1' 35"
7		+ 1' 47"
8	RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+ 1' 56"
9		+ 2' 04"
10		+ 2' 17"

Stage 7

12 July 1991 — Le Havre to Argentan, 167km (104miles)

Stage 7 result

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.
4		s.t.
5	Histor-Sigma	s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8	Histor-Sigma	s.t.
9	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after stage 7^[9]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Castorama-Raleigh
2		+ 59"
3		+ 1' 04"
4		+ 1' 07"
5		+ 1' 14"
6		+ 1' 35"
7		+ 1' 47"
8	RMO-Mavic-Liberia	+ 1' 56"
9		+ 2' 04"
10		+ 2' 17"

Stage 8

13 July 1991 — Argentan to Alençon, 73km (45miles) (ITT)

Stage 8 result

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 8"
3		+ 53"
4		+ 1' 14"
5	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	+ 1' 31"
6		+ 1' 33"
7		+ 1' 37"
8		+ 2' 05"
9		+ 2' 16"
10		+ 2' 18"

General classification after stage 8^[10]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 1' 13"
3		+ 1' 21"
4		+ 2' 17"
5		+ 3' 11"
6		+ 3' 51"
7	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.
8	Castorama-Raleigh	+ 4' 10"
9		+ 4' 14"
10	Castorama-Raleigh	+ 4' 20"

Stage 9

14 July 1991 — Alençon to Rennes, 161km (100miles)

Stage 9 result

Rank	Team	Time
1	RMO-Mavic-Liberia
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		+ 2"
8		+ 4"
9		s.t.
10		+ 18"

General classification after stage 9^[11]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 1' 13"
3		+ 1' 15"
4		+ 2' 17"
5		+ 3' 11"
6		+ 3' 51"
7	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.
8	Castorama-Raleigh	+ 4' 10"
9		+ 4' 14"
10	Castorama-Raleigh	+ 4' 20"

Stage 10

15 July 1991 — Rennes to Quimper, 207.5km (128.9miles)

Stage 10 result

Rank	Team	Time
1
2	Clas-Cajastur	s.t.
3	Histor-Sigma	s.t.
4	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	s.t.
5		+ 6"
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		+ 4"
9	Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	s.t.
10	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.

General classification after stage 10^[12]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 1' 09"
3		+ 1' 13"
4		+ 2' 17"
5		+ 3' 11"
6		+ 3' 51"
7	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	s.t.
8	Castorama-Raleigh	+ 4' 10"
9		+ 4' 14"
10	Castorama-Raleigh	+ 4' 20"

Stage 11

16 July 1991 — Quimper to Saint-Herblain, 246km (153miles)

Stage 11 result

Rank	Team	Time
1	RMO-Mavic-Liberia
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7	Histor-Sigma	s.t.
8		s.t.
9	Histor-Sigma	s.t.
10	Histor-Sigma	s.t.

General classification after stage 11^[13]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 51"
3		+ 2' 17"
4		+ 3' 11"
5	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	+ 3' 51"
6	Castorama-Raleigh	+ 4' 20"
7	Castorama-Raleigh	+ 4' 22"
8		+ 4' 30"
9		+ 4' 36"
10		+ 4' 53"

Notes and References

Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20111124052833/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991.php. 24 November 2011.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 1ère étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021603/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_1.php. 8 September 2012.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 2ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021532/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_2.php. 8 September 2012.
Web site: Clasificaciones. El Mundo Deportivo. Spanish. Classifications. 10. 8 July 1991. 14 October 2016.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 3ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021804/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_3.php. 8 September 2012.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 4ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021747/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_4.php. 8 September 2012.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 5ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120910170820/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_5.php. 10 September 2012.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 6ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021731/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_6.php. 8 September 2012.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 7ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021639/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_7.php. 8 September 2012.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 8ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021700/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_8.php. 8 September 2012.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 9ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021612/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_9.php. 8 September 2012.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 10ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021633/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_10.php. 8 September 2012.
Web site: 78ème Tour de France 1991 - 11ème étape. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021710/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1991_11.php. 8 September 2012.