Indurain was the first racer to win five sequential Tours, a feat later exceeded by Lance Armstrong, who won 7 Tours in a row. Ce Tour est endeuillé par la mort du coureur Fabio Casartelli à la suite d'une chute dans une descente.
The last riders off had very wet, slippery streets. You have to finish the race to win it.During stage 2 Laurent Jalabert won an intermediate sprint and acquired enough bonus time to take the Yellow Jersey from Durand. Alex Zülle took off alone on a ride that gave him the stage win and second place in the Overall.
The chickens had flown the coop. Miguel Indurain remporte l'épreuve pour la cinquième fois consécutive. The core of Indurain's dominance was his time trialing ability.
View full results of Tour de France 1995, won by Miguel Indurain before Alex Zülle (2nd) and Bjarne Riis (3rd). Lance Armstrong, dropping his breakaway companions, came in alone to Limoges. Should have been, but wasn't. With both a broken ankle and wrist, Boardman's Tour was over almost before it began.The prologue winner was Jacky Durand, who had the good fortune to ride before the rain started. He had been away for 198 kilometers.Back in the field, Pantani jetted up the mountain but eased to let Indurain and Riis join him. He sprinted ahead to beat them at the end. Only owning the Yellow Jersey in Paris mattered and nothing could distract him from that goal.The final 1995 Tour de France General Classification: By the time the breakaway riders made it to the final climb their lead was still over 7 minutes.After being led up the hill by his teammate Mauri, Jalabert took off for the solo win. This was the first carbon bicycle frame to win the Tour De France. In 1999 Armstrong rode a Trek 5500. Tonkov, Pantani, Gotti, Virenque and the rest were scattered 4 minutes and more behind.The new General Classification. He kept it until stage 4 when he lost almost a minute in a crash near the finish.Stage 3: Gewiss wins the 67-kilometer team time trialThe Tour's first real drama wasn't in the mountains and it wasn't in a time trial. Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Le 82e Tour de France a lieu du 1er au 23 juillet 1995 sur 20 étapes pour 3 653 km. Organisateur : Société du Tour de France. Tony Rominger, Laurent Jalabert et Bjarne Riis tentent leur chance, mais c'est Marco Pantani qui s'échappe et s'impose à Guzet-neige dans le brouillard. As Lance Armstrong explained, the rest of the peloton could only watch him ride away. Of course, now we know those seven Armstrong Tour victories were annuled because of Armstrong's doping.Richard Virenque was first to the top of all 6 passes.Fabio Casartelli died after crashing on the descent of the Portet d'Aspet.The stage was neutralized in homage to Fabio Casartelli, who died during stage 15.Indurain skipped the 1995 Giro. Indurain, calmly chasing Zülle during most of the latter part of the stage decided to rocket up the climb to La Plagne. Just before the end of the stage the Motorola team rode together across the line.On stage 18, a small break got away. DNF=Did not finish / DNS=Did not start / OTL = Outside time limit / DF=Did finish, no result DNF=Did not finish / DNS=Did not start / OTL = Outside time limit / DF=Did finish, no result DNF=Did not finish / DNS=Did not start / OTL = Outside time limit / DF=Did finish, no result DNF=Did not finish / DNS=Did not start / OTL = Outside time limit / DF=Did finish, no result DNF=Did not finish / DNS=Did not start / OTL = Outside time limit / DF=Did finish, no result DNF=Did not finish / DNS=Did not start / OTL = Outside time limit / DF=Did finish, no result