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The 1995 Tour de France
The 1995 Tour de France was the 82nd Tour de France, taking place from 1 to 23 July. It was Miguel Indurain's fifth and final victory in the Tour. On the fifteenth stage Italian rider Fabio Casartelli died after an accident on the Col de Portet ...
was the 82nd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the ''Grand Tours'', and all three races are similar in ...
. The Tour began in Saint-Brieuc with a prologue individual time trial
An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' " stopwatch stage"). There are also track ...
on 1 July and Stage 11 occurred on 13 July with a hilly stage from Le Bourg-d'Oisans
Le Bourg-d'Oisans () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
It is located in the Oisans region of the French Alps. Le Bourg-d'Oisans is located in the valley of the Romanche river, on the road from Grenoble to Brianç ...
. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (, ; ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is l ...
in Paris on 23 July.
Stage 11
13 July 1995 —Le Bourg-d'Oisans
Le Bourg-d'Oisans () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
It is located in the Oisans region of the French Alps. Le Bourg-d'Oisans is located in the valley of the Romanche river, on the road from Grenoble to Brianç ...
to Saint-Étienne,
Stage 12
14 July 1995 — Saint-Étienne to Mende,Stage 13
15 July 1995 — Mende to Revel,Stage 14
16 July 1995 —Saint-Orens-de-Gameville
Saint-Orens-de-Gameville (, oc, Sent Orenç de Gamevila), also referred to as Saint-Orens, is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department, administrative region of Occitania, southwestern France.
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are kn ...
to Guzet-Neige
Guzet-Neige is a ski resort situated in the Haute-Ariège area of the Ariège department in the French Pyrénées. The climb to the ski station has been used three times as a stage finish in the Tour de France.
Location
Guzet is located between ...
,
Stage 15
18 July 1995 — Saint-Girons toCauterets
Cauterets (; in Occitan ''Cautarés'', in Catalan ''Cautarés'', in Aragonese ''Cautarès'') is a spa town, a ski resort and a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department and the region of Occitanie in south-western France.
Geography
Caute ...
,
On the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet, Fabio Casartelli
Fabio Casartelli (16 August 1970 – 18 July 1995) was an Italian cyclist and an Olympic gold medalist. He was killed in a crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet, France, during the 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France.
Amateur ...
crashed into concrete blocks at the roadside, suffering a head injury which caused a loss of consciousness. Whilst being airlifted to hospital, he stopped breathing and was declared dead after undergoing numerous resuscitation attempts.
Stage 16
19 July 1995 —Tarbes
Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba ...
to Pau,
The stage was neutralised in memory of Fabio Casartelli
Fabio Casartelli (16 August 1970 – 18 July 1995) was an Italian cyclist and an Olympic gold medalist. He was killed in a crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet, France, during the 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France.
Amateur ...
. The route was ridden by the peloton, with Casartelli's Motorola
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teammates leading the way into Pau.
Stage 17
20 July 1995 — Pau toBordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
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Stage 18
21 July 1995 — Montpon-Ménestérol to Limoges,Stage 19
22 July 1995 —Lac de Vassivière
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The ''lac de Vassivière'' or Vassivière Lake (; Vacivièra in Occitan), one of France's largest artificial lakes, is a large man-made reservoir of ...
, (individual time trial
An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' " stopwatch stage"). There are also track ...
)
Stage 20
23 July 1995 — Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois to ParisChamps-Élysées
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (, ; ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is l ...
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References
{{Cycling stage recaps, 1995 Tour de France, P, 10, 11, 20 1995 Tour de France Tour de France stages