Last year Armstrong's team won this stage, beating Ullrich's team by 43 seconds.

Despite that, Loomis won the 400 m hurdles final easily in a new world record of 54.0, beating Norton to second place by 0.6 seconds.

In the concluding 1500m event, Huffins ran a hard race, beating his previous best time by almost 13 seconds.

He completed the 30.8 km course in 38:35.29, beating his nearest rival by nearly 20 seconds.

The following week she placed 1st, beating her competition by 10 seconds.

In the seventh stage, Fignon won the time trial, beating Hinault by 49 seconds.

He held this lead until the finish, beating Matete by 0.42 seconds.

De Lima was able to hold off Jon Brown, beating him by 15 seconds for the bronze.

In doing so, she set a new course record, beating the previous one by 18 seconds.

Jansen prevented Zhelezovsky from sweeping the men's 500-meter events, beating him by 0.12 seconds in 37.12.