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1996 Monaco Grand Prix
1996 Monaco Grand Prix, 19 May 1996, Circuit de Monaco: Olivier Panis won from 14th on the grid in a Ligier Mugen-Honda JS43 in rain; only three cars were running at the finish, Ligier's first win since 1981 and last ever.
1997 Argentine Grand Prix
1997 Argentine Grand Prix (Gran Premio de Argentina), Round 3 of the 1997 F1 season, held 13 April 1997 at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires; F1's 600th championship race, won by Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Renault) from Eddie Irvine by 0.979s.
1997 Formula One World Championship
1997 FIA Formula One World Championship, 48th F1 season, 17 races. Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Renault) won the drivers' title with 81 points; Michael Schumacher (Ferrari, 78 points) was disqualified after ramming Villeneuve at Jerez; Williams took the constructors' title.
1998 Belgian Grand Prix
1998 Belgian Grand Prix, held 30 August 1998 at Spa-Francorchamps: Damon Hill gave Jordan its first F1 win after a 13-car first-lap pile-up and the Schumacher–Coulthard collision.
1998 Formula One World Championship
1998 FIA Formula One World Championship: 16-race F1 season won by Mika Hakkinen (McLaren Mercedes, 100 points) over Michael Schumacher (Ferrari, 86); McLaren took the constructors' title in the first year of narrow cars and grooved tyres.
1998 Tour de France
1998 Tour de France, the Festina Affair edition: 21 stages, 3,728.1 km, Dublin start, Marco Pantani winner over Jan Ullrich; Festina expelled after Willy Voet's EPO seizure, triggering raids, protests, and WADA's 1999 creation.
1999 Formula One World Championship
1999 FIA Formula One World Championship, the 50th F1 season: Mika Hakkinen (McLaren) beat Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) 76-74 for the drivers' title at the final race, while Ferrari won the constructors' championship 128-124 after Michael Schumacher's Silverstone leg break.
1999 Tour de France
1999 Tour de France, 86th edition, the "Tour of Renewal"; Lance Armstrong of US Postal won by 7:37 over Alex Zülle at record 40.273 kph, first cancer survivor to win; victory annulled in 2012 for doping, no winner reallocated.
1999 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1999 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 20 to 24 October 1999, with twelve events and France winning seven titles.
2000 Formula One World Championship
2000 Formula One World Championship (FIA season, 17 races, 12 March–22 October 2000). Michael Schumacher won his third drivers' title with 108 points and 9 wins, giving Ferrari its first drivers' crown since 1979; Ferrari also took the constructors' title.
2001 Formula One World Championship
The 2001 Formula One World Championship was the FIA Formula One season won by Michael Schumacher of Ferrari, who took his fourth title with nine wins in 17 races.
2002 Formula One World Championship
2002 Formula One World Championship, 53rd FIA F1 season, 17 rounds March-October. Michael Schumacher and Ferrari won 15 of 17 races; Schumacher took his fifth title with 144 points, earliest championship win then on record.
2002 Tour de France
2002 Tour de France, 89th edition, 3,272 km from Luxembourg; Lance Armstrong won a fourth consecutive Tour on 28 July 2002 with Jan Ullrich absent through knee injury; result later annulled for doping.
2003 Formula One World Championship
2003 Formula One World Championship, 54th FIA F1 season, 16 races; Michael Schumacher won his sixth title by two points over Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari took the constructors' crown.
2004 Formula One World Championship
The 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship: Ferrari and Michael Schumacher's dominant season, 13 wins from 18 races, seventh title, Barrichello runner-up, BAR Honda second among constructors.
2004 Monaco Grand Prix
2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Formula One round 6, 23 May 2004, Monte Carlo. Jarno Trulli's maiden win for Renault from pole; Button second; Michael Schumacher crashed from the lead behind the safety car with Montoya.
2005 Formula One World Championship
2005 Formula One World Championship, 56th F1 season over 19 rounds. Fernando Alonso and Renault ended Ferrari's dominance, winning both titles; the US GP ran with only six cars after Michelin teams withdrew.
2005 Tour de France
The 2005 Tour de France was the 92nd edition of the professional road race from Noirmoutier to Paris, won by Lance Armstrong, whose results were later annulled in 2012.
2005 United States Grand Prix
2005 United States Grand Prix, June 19, 2005, Indianapolis; the six-car F1 race after all 14 Michelin teams withdrew over tyre failures; Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari.
2006 Formula One World Championship
2006 FIA Formula One World Championship, 57th F1 season, 18 races. Fernando Alonso (Renault) won the drivers' title with 134 points over Michael Schumacher (Ferrari, 121); Renault took the constructors' title, 206-201, in the first 2.4-litre V8 season.
2006 Tour de France
2006 Tour de France, 93rd edition, July 1-23, 3,600 km. Floyd Landis won on the road but was disqualified for testosterone; Óscar Pereiro was awarded the title on October 16, 2007.
2007 Formula One espionage controversy
2007 Formula One espionage controversy (Spygate, Stepneygate): Ferrari mechanic Nigel Stepney leaked 780 pages of F2007 documents to McLaren designer Mike Coughlan; McLaren was fined $100 million and excluded from the 2007 Constructors' Championship.
2007 Formula One World Championship
The 2007 Formula One World Championship, the 58th F1 season, was won by Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) by one point over McLaren's Hamilton and Alonso; Ferrari took the constructors' title after McLaren's Spygate exclusion and $100m fine.
2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
2008 Brazilian Grand Prix (Grande Prêmio do Brasil), Interlagos, 2 November 2008; Felipe Massa won the race but Lewis Hamilton took fifth by passing Timo Glock on the last corner, winning the F1 title by one point.
2008 Formula One World Championship
2008 Formula One World Championship: 18-race F1 season won by Lewis Hamilton (98 points) over Felipe Massa (97) on the final corner in Brazil; includes first night race in Singapore and the Crashgate scandal and ensuing Massa litigation.
2008 Tour de France
The 2008 Tour de France, 95th edition, ran 5–27 July from Brest to Paris over 3,559.5 km. Carlos Sastre won via a solo Alpe d'Huez break; Astana was excluded, Cavendish took four stages, and Kohl was later stripped for EPO.
2009 Dakar Rally
2009 Dakar Rally, 31st edition and first held in South America (Argentina and Chile), January 3-18, 2009, Buenos Aires loop, 9,574 km; winners Coma, Machacek, De Villiers, Kabirov.
2009 Formula One World Championship
The 2009 Formula One World Championship was the 60th F1 season, won by Jenson Button and Brawn GP, a team formed weeks before the first race.
2009 Rally Finland
2009 Rally Finland, round 9 of the 2009 WRC (July 31-August 2, Jyväskylä): Mikko Hirvonen took his first home win in a Ford Focus, beating Sébastien Loeb by 25.1 seconds and extending his championship lead to three points.
2009 Tour de France
2009 Tour de France (4–26 July, Monaco start): Alberto Contador won his second Tour in 85h48'35" after a decisive Verbier attack, beating Astana teammate Lance Armstrong, third in his comeback, with Mark Cavendish taking six stages.