1998 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

Race details
Dates	March 19 – March 29
Stages	10
Distance	1,495.8 km (929.4 mi)
Winning time	33h 42' 18"
Results
Winner  José Ramón Uriarte (ESP) (Festina-Lotus)   Second  Andrei Kivilev (KAZ) (Festina-Lotus)   Third  Marcel Wüst (GER) (Festina-Lotus)   Mountains   (BRA) (Caloí-Parana)   Team Aix-en-Provence
← 1997 1999 →

The 21st edition of the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile was held from March 19 to March 29, 1998, in Southern Chile over a distance of 1519 km.

Stages[]

1999-03-19: — Puerto Montt (4.2 km)[]

Place	Prologue
	Name	Time
1.	(FRA)	4.56.21
2.	Marcel Wüst (GER)	5.01.47
3.	(URU)	5.03.49

: Puerto Montt — Osorno (137.4 km)[]

Place	Stage 1
	Name	Time
3:00.52
2.	Bert Grabsch (GER)	+0.04
3.	Gonzalo Garrido (CHI)	+0.06

: Osorno — Valdivia (137.4 km)[]

Place	Stage 1
	Name	Time
1.	Richard Rodríguez (CHI)

: Valdivia — Temuco (172.6 km)[]

Place	Stage 3
	Name	Time
1.	(ARG)	4:11.12
2.	Olaf Pollack (GER)	+0.04
3.	Marcel Wüst (GER)	+0.06

: Temuco — Los Angeles (201.2 km)[]

Place	Stage 4
	Name	Time
1.	Danilo Hondo (GER)	4:26.01
2.	(BRA)	+0.04
3.	(ARG)	+0.06

: Los Angeles — Concepción (143.6 km)[]

Place	Stage 5
	Name	Time
1.	(CHI)	3:04.58
2.	Marcel Wüst (GER)	+0.04
3.	Luciano Pagliarini (BRA)	+0.06

: Concepción — Chillán (164.6 km)[]

Place	Stage 6
	Name	Time
1.	Marcel Wüst (GER)	4:04.23
2.	Olaf Pollack (GER)	+0.04
3.	(CHI)	+0.05

: Chillán — Talca (161.6 km)[]

Place	Stage 7
	Name	Time
1.	(ARG)	3:36.11
2.	(CHI)	+0.04
3.	Víctor Garrido (CHI)	+0.06

: San Clemente — Curicó (100.7 km)[]

Place	Stage 8-A
	Name	Time
1.	Marcel Wüst (GER)	1:52.03
2.	Danilo Hondo (GER)	+0.02
3.	Luciano Pagliarini (BRA)	+0.04

: — Curicó (15.3 km)[]

Place	Stage 8-B
	Name	Time
1.	Luis Fernando Sepúlveda (CHI)	20.10
2.	(URU)	—
3.	Márcio May (BRA)	+0.02

: Curicó — Rancagua (188 km)[]

Place	Stage 9
	Name	Time
1.	Marcel Wüst (GER)

: Santiago (Circuito "Providencia") (71.4 km)[]

Place	Stage 10
	Name	Time
1.	(ARG)	1:38.21
2.	Danilo Hondo (GER)	+0.04
3.	José Ramón Uriarte (ESP)	+0.06

Final Classification[]

RANK	CYCLIST	TEAM	TIME
1.	José Ramón Uriarte (ESP)	Festina-Lotus	33:42.18
2.	Andrei Kivilev (KAZ)	Festina-Lotus	+0.15
3.	Marcel Wüst (GER)	Festina-Lotus	+0.44
4.	Thierry Laurent (FRA)	Festina-Lotus	??
5.	Laurent Lefèvre (FRA)	Festina-Lotus	??
6.	(ARG)	Giant	??
7.	(BRA)	Caloí	??
8.	(BRA)	Caloí	??
9.	Bert Grabsch (GER)	Agro - Adler	??
10.	(FRA)	Festina-Lotus	??

References[]

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