The 1964 Tour de France was the 51st Tour de France

Tour de France

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

, taking place June 22 to July 14, 1964. The total race distance was 22 stages over 4504 km, with riders averaging 35.419 km/h. Stages 3, 10 and 22 were all two part stages with one the first half being a regular stage and the second half being a team

Team time trial

A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...

 or individual time trial

Individual time trial

An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

. It was the only Tour de France to include a mid-stage climb to the L'Alpe D'Huez ski resort. The race was eventually won by Jacques Anquetil following an epic shoulder to shoulder battle with Raymond Poulidor during Stage 20.

Participants

Jacques Anquetil had won the 1964 Giro d'Italia

1964 Giro d'Italia

The 1964 Giro d'Italia of cycling, 47th edition of the Corsa Rosa, was held from 16 May to 7 June 1964. It consisted of 22 stages and was won by Jacques Anquetil.- Final placings:- Maglia rosa holders:...

 earlier that year, and was trying to win a Tour-Giro double, which at that moment had only been done by Fausto Coppi

Fausto Coppi

Angelo Fausto Coppi, , was the dominant international cyclist of the years each side of the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo, or champion of champions...

.

Race details

Anquetil, who was looking for his fifth Tour victory, was superior in the time trials, which he both won. But Raymond Poulidor

Raymond Poulidor

Raymond Poulidor , is a former professional bicycle racer. He was known as the eternal second, because he finished the Tour de France in second place three times, and in third place five times, including his final Tour at the age of 40...

 dominated in the mountains, and Anquetil was close to losing.

In the second part of the tenth stage, the time trial, Anquetil won, but he was helped by Poulidor flatting.

In the rest day between the thirteenth and the fourteenth stage, Anquetil had joined a lamb barbecue, and in the fourteenth stage he was immediately dropped. His team director gave him a bottle of champagne, which washed away the indigestion, and then Anquetil was able to get back to Poulidor.

In the twentieth stage, Poulidor did not have the right bicycle for the climb, but did not tell it to his team director. Poulidor dropped Anquetil in the climb, but the margin was not big enough for him to take over the lead, and Anquetil remained leader of the race by 14 seconds. In the final time trial, Anquetil improved that margin some more, and won the Tour by only 55 seconds, which was at that moment the smallest margin in history.

Stages

The 1964 Tour de France started on 22 June, and had one rest day in Andorra.

Stage results

Stage	Date	Route	Terrain	Length	Winner
1	22 June	Rennes Rennes Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...  – Lisieux Lisieux Lisieux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.Lisieux is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland...	Plain stage	215 km (133.6 mi)
2	23 June	Lisieux – Amiens Amiens Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...	Plain stage	208 km (129.2 mi)
3A	24 June	Amiens – Forest Forest, Belgium Forest or Vorst is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.The town is commonly known for its concert hall...	Plain stage	197 km (122.4 mi)
3B		Forest – Forest Forest, Belgium Forest or Vorst is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.The town is commonly known for its concert hall...	Team time trial Team time trial A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...	21 km (13 mi)	Kas-Kaskol Kas (cycling team) Kas was a professional cycling team of the 1960s and 1970s, one of the strongest Spanish teams. It was sponsored by a soft drinks manufacturer, Kas. The team was from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It wore team a yellow jersey with Kas written in blue...
4	25 June	Forest – Metz Metz Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...	Plain stage	292 km (181.4 mi)
5	26 June	Metz – Freiburg	Plain stage	161 km (100 mi)
6	27 June	Freiburg – Besançon Besançon Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...	Plain stage	200 km (124.3 mi)
7	28 June	Besançon – Thonon-les-Bains Thonon-les-Bains Thonon-les-Bains is a town in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-History:...	Plain stage	195 km (121.2 mi)
8	29 June	Thonon-les-Bains – Briançon Briançon Briançon a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department....	Stage with mountain(s)	249 km (154.7 mi)
9	30 June	Briançon – Monaco Monaco Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...	Stage with mountain(s)	239 km (148.5 mi)
10A	1 July	Monaco – Hyères Hyères Hyères , Provençal Occitan: Ieras in classical norm or Iero in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France....	Plain stage	187 km (116.2 mi)
10B		Hyères – Toulon Toulon Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....	Individual time trial Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	21 km (13 mi)
11	2 July	Toulon – Montpellier Montpellier -Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....	Plain stage	250 km (155.3 mi)
12	3 July	Montpellier – Perpignan Perpignan -Sport:Perpignan is a rugby stronghold: their rugby union side, USA Perpignan, is a regular competitor in the Heineken Cup and seven times champion of the Top 14 , while their rugby league side plays in the engage Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.-Culture:Since 2004, every year in the...	Plain stage	174 km (108.1 mi)
13	4 July	Perpignan – Andorra Andorra Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...	Stage with mountain(s)	170 km (105.6 mi)
14	6 July	Andorra – Toulouse Toulouse Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...	Stage with mountain(s)	186 km (115.6 mi)
15	7 July	Toulouse – Luchon Bagnères-de-Luchon Bagnères-de-Luchon , also referred to as Luchon, is a spa town and a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Geography:...	Stage with mountain(s)	203 km (126.1 mi)
16	8 July	Luchon – Pau	Stage with mountain(s)	197 km (122.4 mi)
17	9 July	Peyrehorade – Bayonne Bayonne Bayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture...	Individual time trial Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	43 km (26.7 mi)
18	10 July	Bayonne – Bordeaux Bordeaux Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...	Plain stage	187 km (116.2 mi)
19	11 July	Bordeaux – Brive Brive-la-Gaillarde Brive-la-Gaillarde is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Corrèze department. The population of the urban area was 89,260 as of 1999. Although it is by far the biggest commune in Corrèze, the capital is Tulle.-History:...	Plain stage	215 km (133.6 mi)
20	12 July	Brive – Puy du Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (mountain) Puy de Dôme is a large lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central in south-central France. This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes, and maars is located far from the edge of any tectonic plate. Puy de Dôme is located...	Stage with mountain(s)	217 km (134.8 mi)
21	13 July	Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...  – Orléans Orléans -Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...	Plain stage	311 km (193.2 mi)
22A	14 July	Orléans – Versailles Versailles Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...	Plain stage	119 km (73.9 mi)
22B		Versailles – Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...	Individual time trial Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	27 km (16.8 mi)

Classification leadership

Stage	General classification	Points classification Points classification in the Tour de France The points classification in the Tour de France is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1953. Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints, and these are recorded in a points classification. It is considered a sprinters' competition...	Mountains classification	Team classification Team classification The team classification is a prize given in the Tour de France to the best team in the race. It has been awarded since 1930, and the calculation has changed throughout the years.-Calculation:...
1				Wiel's
2
3a				Solo
3b				KAS
4				Pelforth
5
6
7
8
9
10a
10b
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22a
22b
Final				Pelforth

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1		Saint Raphael	127h 09' 44"
2		Mercier	+55"
3		Margnat	+4' 44"
4		Pelforth	+6' 42"
5		Pelforth	+10' 34"
6		Pelforth	+10' 36"
7		KAS	+12' 13"
8		Wiel's	+12' 17"
9		Wiel's	+14' 02"
10		Salvarani	+14' 19"

Final general classification (11–81)
Rank	Name	Team	Time
11		Margnat	+25' 11"
12		Ferrys	+32' 09"
13		KAS	+41' 47"
14		Peugeot	+41' 50"
15		Saint Raphael	+42' 08"
16		Wiel's	+42' 16"
17		KAS	+43' 47"
18		Peugeot	+46' 16"
19		Margnat	+48' 49"
20		Margnat	+50' 02"
21		Salvarani	+52' 00"
22		Saint Raphael	+55' 06"
23		KAS	+55' 14"
24		Pelforth	+59' 31"
25		Salvarani	+1h 05' 24"
26		Ferrys	+1h 08' 16"
27		Margnat	+1h 13' 45"
28		Peugeot	+1h 16' 34"
29		Mercier	+1h 18' 50"
30		Pelforth	+1h 23' 26"
31		Mercier	+1h 28' 20"
32		Mercier	+1h 30' 13"
33		Solo	+1h 31' 35"
34		Pelforth	+1h 33' 12"
35		Saint Raphael	+1h 34' 10"
36		Saint Raphael	+1h 37' 52"
37		Flandria	+1h 41' 30"
38		Saint Raphael	+1h 46' 24"
39		Televizier	+1h 47' 44"
40		Wiel's	+1h 48' 12"
41		KAS	+1h 49' 33"
42		Flandria	+2h 00' 17"
43		Saint Raphael	+2h 00' 23"
44		Ferrys	+2h 01' 11"
45		Margnat	+2h 01' 34"
46		Salvarani	+2h 03' 28"
47		Mercier	+2h 06' 26"
48		Salvarani	+2h 06' 35"
49		Wiel's	+2h 08' 07"
50		Salvarani	+2h 08' 08"
51		Pelforth	+2h 09' 40"
52		KAS	+2h 11' 03"
53		Flandria	+2h 15' 34"
54		Pelforth	+2h 15' 59"
55		Ferrys	+2h 18' 38"
56		Wiel's	+2h 19' 08"
57		Solo	+2h 21' 29"
58		Solo	+2h 21' 57"
59		Mercier	+2h 24' 21"
60		Televizier	+2h 25' 47"
61		Solo	+2h 30' 22"
62		Salvarani	+2h 31' 29"
63		Saint Raphael	+2h 32' 09"
64		Televizier	+2h 34' 06"
65		Mercier	+2h 38' 48"
66		Televizier	+2h 41' 02"
67		Margnat	+2h 41' 09"
68		Solo	+2h 42' 09"
69		Peugeot	+2h 47' 36"
70		Flandria	+2h 48' 28"
71		Peugeot	+2h 50' 23"
72		Solo	+2h 57' 23"
73		KAS	+2h 57' 57"
74		Pelforth	+2h 59' 28"
75		Mercier	+3h 03' 06"
76		Margnat	+3h 04' 21"
77		Margnat	+3h 07' 07"
78		Mercier	+3h 12' 55"
79		Wiel's	+3h 12' 57"
80		Ferrys	+3h 17' 07"
81		Saint Raphael	+3h 19' 02"

Points classification

The points classification

Points classification in the Tour de France

The points classification in the Tour de France is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1953. Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints, and these are recorded in a points classification. It is considered a sprinters' competition...

 was won by Jan Janssen.

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1		Pelforth	208
2		Solo	199
3		Saint Raphael	165
4		Wiel's	147
5		Mercier	133
6		Saint Raphael	111
7		Wiel's	103
7		Televizier	103
9		Salvarani	83
10		Margnat	78

Mountains classification

The Mountains classification was won by Federico Bahamontes.

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1		Margnat	173
2		KAS	167
3		Mercier	90
4		Wiel's	47
5		Pelforth	44
6		Saint Raphael	34
7		Pelforth	33
8		Wiel's	27
9		Salvarani	26
10		KAS	23

Team classification

The team classification

Team classification

The team classification is a prize given in the Tour de France to the best team in the race. It has been awarded since 1930, and the calculation has changed throughout the years.-Calculation:...

was won by Pelforth.

Final team classification

Rank	Team	Time
1	Pelforth	381h 33' 36"
2	Wiel's	+30' 24"
3	Saint Raphaël	+30' 52"
4	Margnat	+53' 09"
5	KAS	+1h 07' 34"
6	Salvarani	+1h 50' 42"
7	Mercier	+2h 02' 53"
8	Ferrys	+2h 11' 22"
9	Peugeot	+2h 27' 35"
10	Flandria	+4h 32' 17"
11	Solo	+4h 39' 05"
12	Televizier	+5h 35' 10"