1969 Tour de France
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The 1969 Tour de France was the 56th Tour de France
, taking place June 28 to July 20, 1969. It consisted of 22 stages over 4110 km (2553.83 mi), ridden at an average speed of 35.409 km/h (22.002 mph). The participant teams were no longer national teams, but were once more commercially sponsored.
The 1969 race is unique in that it is the only time that a single cyclist has won not only the general classification, but the points classification
and mountains classification as well. Eddy Merckx
rode on the winning team, FAEMA, won the combination classification and the combativity award
.
had been removed from the 1969 Giro d'Italia
in leading position because of a positive doping result, and was initially not allowed to join the 1969 Tour de France, but his suspension was later lifted.
The Tour started with the following 13 teams, each with 10 cyclists:
won the prologue, where Merckx finished second. In the team time trial in the second part of the first stage, Merckx's team won, and this gave Merckx the lead.
In the second stage, a group escaped, with Merckx's team mate Julien Stevens
as highest-ranked cyclist. There were no dangerous competitors in the escape, so Merckx did not chase them. The group stayed away, and Stevens took over the lead, with Merckx in second place.
In the fourth stage, Rik Van Looy
escaped, because he wanted to show himself, such that he would be selected for the Belgian squad for the 1969 UCI Road World Championships
. Van Looy quickly took several minutes, and became the virtual leader of the race. With less than 40 km to go, Stevens tried to defend his lead by attacking. He was followed by a group of cyclists, including René Pijnen
, one of Van Looy's team mates. Pijnen was trying to stop the chase, and this angered the other cyclists in the group. The group nonetheless was able to reduce the margin to less than a minute, and Stevens conserved his lead.
In the fifth stage, Stevens was not able to stay in the first group. Désiré Letort
, who had joined Stevens in the chase the previous stage, became the new leader, 9 seconds ahead of Merckx.
The first mountains showed up in the sixth stage, with a mountain finish on the Ballon d'Alsace
. Merckx won convincingly: Galera was second after 55 seconds, Altig after almost two minutes, and the next cyclist came after more than four minutes. Because Letort was more than seven minutes behind, Merckx was now the leader, with Altig in second place, more than two minutes behind.
Merckx won the short time trial in stage 8, but only gained two seconds on Altig.
In the ninth stage, Roger Pingeon
and Merckx were away, with Pingeon winning the sprint. Altig lost almost eight minutes, and was out of contention. The second place was now taken by Pingeon, more than five minutes behind.
Merckx added some time in the eleventh stage, which he won, and the twelfth stage, where he finished in the first group. After the twelfth stage, Merckx was leading by more than seven minutes. After he won the time trial in stage fifteen, it was more than eight minutes.
By then, his victory was almost sure, he just had to make sure that he stayed with his competitors. But in the seventeenth stage, Merckx did more than that, and got away alone, going solo for more than 140 km. By the finish, he had a margin of almost eight minutes on a group of seven cyclists, and the next cyclists where almost fifteen minutes away. Merckx had increased his margin to more than sixteen minutes. By winning the final time trial, he increased it to almost eighteen minutes.
was given to Eddy Merckx.
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 28 to July 20, 1969. It consisted of 22 stages over 4110 km (2553.83 mi), ridden at an average speed of 35.409 km/h (22.002 mph). The participant teams were no longer national teams, but were once more commercially sponsored.
The 1969 race is unique in that it is the only time that a single cyclist has won not only the general classification, but 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...
and mountains classification as well. Eddy Merckx
Eddy Merckx
Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx , better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Vélo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all...
rode on the winning team, FAEMA, won the combination classification and the combativity award
Combativity award
The combativity award, , is a prize given in the Tour de France. It favours constant attackers and since 1981 the winner of the award has not won the whole Tour.- History :...
.
Changes from the 1968 Tour de France
In 1967 and 1968, the Tour was contested by national teams, but in 1969 the commercially sponsored teams were back.Participants
Eddy MerckxEddy Merckx
Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx , better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Vélo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all...
had been removed from the 1969 Giro d'Italia
1969 Giro d'Italia
The 1969 Giro d'Italia of cycling, 52nd edition of the Corsa Rosa, was held from 16 May to 8 June 1969. It consisted of 23 stages and was won by Felice Gimondi....
in leading position because of a positive doping result, and was initially not allowed to join the 1969 Tour de France, but his suspension was later lifted.
The Tour started with the following 13 teams, each with 10 cyclists:
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Race details
Rudi AltigRudi Altig
Rudi Altig is a former professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. He is now a television commentator.-Amateur career:...
won the prologue, where Merckx finished second. In the team time trial in the second part of the first stage, Merckx's team won, and this gave Merckx the lead.
In the second stage, a group escaped, with Merckx's team mate Julien Stevens
Julien Stevens
Julien Stevens is a retired Belgian cyclist who raced from 1963 to 1977. Stevens spent most part of his career employed to help other riders, such as Rik van Steenbergen, Rik van Looy and Eddy Merckx...
as highest-ranked cyclist. There were no dangerous competitors in the escape, so Merckx did not chase them. The group stayed away, and Stevens took over the lead, with Merckx in second place.
In the fourth stage, Rik Van Looy
Rik Van Looy
Henri van Looy is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post-war period, nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals...
escaped, because he wanted to show himself, such that he would be selected for the Belgian squad for the 1969 UCI Road World Championships
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
. Van Looy quickly took several minutes, and became the virtual leader of the race. With less than 40 km to go, Stevens tried to defend his lead by attacking. He was followed by a group of cyclists, including René Pijnen
René Pijnen
Marinus "René" Augustinus Josephus Pijnen is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He became Olympic champion in the 100k team time-trial in the 1968 Summer Olympics with Joop Zoetemelk, Fedor den Hertog and Jan Krekels.A professional from 1969 to 1987, Pijnen was a capable track cyclist winning the...
, one of Van Looy's team mates. Pijnen was trying to stop the chase, and this angered the other cyclists in the group. The group nonetheless was able to reduce the margin to less than a minute, and Stevens conserved his lead.
In the fifth stage, Stevens was not able to stay in the first group. Désiré Letort
Désiré Letort
- Biography :Letort won the French national road race championship in 1967, but after the race failed the doping tests.Letort raced in eight Tour de Frances. He the yellow jersey in the 1969 Tour de France for one day after stage 5.- Palmarès :1963* 1969 : 9...
, who had joined Stevens in the chase the previous stage, became the new leader, 9 seconds ahead of Merckx.
The first mountains showed up in the sixth stage, with a mountain finish on the Ballon d'Alsace
Ballon d'Alsace
Ballon d'Alsace is a mountain at the border of Alsace, Lorraine, and Franche-Comté. From its top, views include the Vosges, the Rhine valley, and the Black Forest.A road leads over a pass near the peak at ....
. Merckx won convincingly: Galera was second after 55 seconds, Altig after almost two minutes, and the next cyclist came after more than four minutes. Because Letort was more than seven minutes behind, Merckx was now the leader, with Altig in second place, more than two minutes behind.
Merckx won the short time trial in stage 8, but only gained two seconds on Altig.
In the ninth stage, Roger Pingeon
Roger Pingeon
Roger Pingeon is a retired professional road bicycle racer from France. He raced as a professional from 1964 to 1974. In 1967, Pingeon won the Tour de France. In 1969, Pingeon won the Vuelta a España and came second behind Eddy Merckx in the Tour de France.-Major achievements:19641965...
and Merckx were away, with Pingeon winning the sprint. Altig lost almost eight minutes, and was out of contention. The second place was now taken by Pingeon, more than five minutes behind.
Merckx added some time in the eleventh stage, which he won, and the twelfth stage, where he finished in the first group. After the twelfth stage, Merckx was leading by more than seven minutes. After he won the time trial in stage fifteen, it was more than eight minutes.
By then, his victory was almost sure, he just had to make sure that he stayed with his competitors. But in the seventeenth stage, Merckx did more than that, and got away alone, going solo for more than 140 km. By the finish, he had a margin of almost eight minutes on a group of seven cyclists, and the next cyclists where almost fifteen minutes away. Merckx had increased his margin to more than sixteen minutes. By winning the final time trial, he increased it to almost eighteen minutes.
Stages
The 1969 Tour de France started on 28 June, and had no rest days.| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner |
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| P | 28 June | Roubaix Roubaix Roubaix is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located between the cities of Lille and Tourcoing.The Gare de Roubaix railway station offers connections to Lille, Tourcoing, Antwerp, Ostend and Paris.-Culture:... |
 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... |
10 km (6.2 mi) | |
| 1A | 29 June | Roubaix – Sint-Pieters-Woluwe |  |
147 km (91.3 mi) | |
| 1B | Sint-Pieters-Woluwe – Sint-Pieters-Woluwe | 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... |
16 km (9.9 mi) | Faema Faema FAEMA primarily engaged in the production of espresso machines, was founded in 1945 by Carlo Ernesto Valente, in Milan, Italy.... |
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| 2 | 30 June | Sint-Pieters-Woluwe – Maastricht Maastricht Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border... |
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182 km (113.1 mi) | |
| 3 | 1 July | Maastricht – Charleville-Mézières Charleville-Mézières Charleville-Mézières is a commune in northern France, capital of the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the Meuse River.-History:... |
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213 km (132.4 mi) | |
| 4 | 2 July | Charleville-Mézières – Nancy | |
214 km (133 mi) | |
| 5 | 3 July | Nancy – Mulhouse Mulhouse Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after... |
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194 km (120.5 mi) | |
| 6 | 4 July | Mulhouse – Ballon d'Alsace Ballon d'Alsace Ballon d'Alsace is a mountain at the border of Alsace, Lorraine, and Franche-Comté. From its top, views include the Vosges, the Rhine valley, and the Black Forest.A road leads over a pass near the peak at .... |
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133 km (82.6 mi) | |
| 7 | 5 July | Belfort – Divonne-les-Bains Divonne-les-Bains Divonne-les-Bains, is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.It is a popular spa town.Divonne lies on the border with French-speaking Switzerland, between the foot of the Jura mountains and Lake Geneva. Geneva itself is 20 minutes away on the Swiss autoroute to the south-west... |
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241 km (149.8 mi) | |
| 8A | 6 July | Divonne-les-Bains | 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... |
9 km (5.6 mi) | |
| 8B | Divonne-les-Bains – 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:... |
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137 km (85.1 mi) | ||
| 9 | 7 July | Thonon-les-Bains – Chamonix Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics... |
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111 km (69 mi) | |
| 10 | 8 July | Chamonix – 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.... |
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221 km (137.3 mi) | |
| 11 | 9 July | Briançon – Digne Digne-les-Bains Digne-les-Bains or simply and historically Digne is a commune of France, capital of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department.-History:... |
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198 km (123 mi) | |
| 12 | 10 July | Digne – Aubagne Aubagne Aubagne is a commune located east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.The French Foreign Legion has its headquarters there... |
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161 km (100 mi) | |
| 13 | 11 July | Aubagne – La Grande-Motte La Grande-Motte La Grande-Motte is a commune in the Hérault département in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France. It is a popular seaside resort and port, built in the 1960s and 1970s on a greenfield site, La Grande-Motte is characterized by a homogeneous architecture, the most visible are the buildings in the... |
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196 km (121.8 mi) | |
| 14 | 12 July | La Grande-Motte – Revel Revel, Haute-Garonne Revel is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Location:Revel is situated about 35 miles east of Toulouse... |
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234 km (145.4 mi) | |
| 15 | 13 July | Revel – Revel Revel, Haute-Garonne Revel is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Location:Revel is situated about 35 miles east of Toulouse... |
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... |
19 km (11.8 mi) | |
| 16 | 14 July | Castelnaudary – 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:... |
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199 km (123.7 mi) | |
| 17 | 15 July | Luchon – Mourenx Mourenx Mourenx is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*... /Ville Nouvelle |
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214 km (133 mi) | |
| 18 | 16 July | Mourenx – 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... |
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201 km (124.9 mi) | |
| 19 | 17 July | Bordeaux – Brive | |
193 km (119.9 mi) | |
| 20 | 18 July | Brive – Le Puy de 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... |
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198 km (123 mi) | |
| 21 | 19 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... – Montargis Montargis Montargis is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The town is located about south of Paris and east of Orléans in the Gâtinais.... |
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329 km (204.4 mi) | |
| 22A | 20 July | Montargis – Créteil Créteil -Health:As of 1 January 2006, 27 pharmacies, about 60 dentists, about 60 general practitioners, 10 pediatricians, and a half-dozen ophthalmologists and dermatologists constitute the general medical staff of the city.Health facilities include:... |
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111 km (69 mi) | |
| 22B | Créteil – 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 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... |
37 km (23 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 | Combination 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:... |
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| P | no award | no award | Salvarani | ||
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| 1b | Faema | ||||
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| 5 | Salvarani | ||||
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| 10 | Faema | ||||
| 11 | Fagor | ||||
| 12 | KAS | ||||
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| 15 | Faema | ||||
| 16 | KAS | ||||
| 17 | Faema | ||||
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| Final | FAEMA |
General classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faema | 116h 16' 02" | |
| 2 | Peugeot | +17' 54" | |
| 3 | Mercier | +22' 13" | |
| 4 | Salvarani | +29' 24" | |
| 5 | Kas | +33' 04" | |
| 6 | Willem II | +33' 57" | |
| 7 | Molteni | +42' 40" | |
| 8 | Frimatic | +51' 24" | |
| 9 | Peugeot | +51' 41" | |
| 10 | Bic | +52' 56" |
| Final general classification (11–86) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
| 11 | Fagor | +54' 47" | |
| 12 | Sonolor | +56' 17" | |
| 13 | Sonolor | +1h 04' 58" | |
| 14 | Salvarani | +1h 05' 16" | |
| 15 | Molteni | +1h 06' 58" | |
| 16 | Peugeot | +1h 07' 25" | |
| 17 | Frimatic | +1h 08' 05" | |
| 18 | Mann | +1h 10' 11" | |
| 19 | Kas | +1h 14' 04" | |
| 20 | Molteni | +1h 17' 36" | |
| 21 | Kas | +1h 17' 44" | |
| 22 | Fagor | +1h 21' 20" | |
| 23 | Faema | +1h 22' 08" | |
| 24 | Fagor | +1h 28' 19" | |
| 25 | Mercier | +1h 30' 03" | |
| 26 | Sonolor | +1h 33' 56" | |
| 27 | Flandria | +1h 36' 31" | |
| 28 | Faema | +1h 42' 08" | |
| 29 | Faema | +1h 49' 08" | |
| 30 | Bic | +1h 52' 57" | |
| 31 | Peugeot | +1h 57' 58" | |
| 32 | Frimatic | +1h 58' 24" | |
| 33 | Mann | +1h 59' 59" | |
| 34 | Sonolor | +2h 01' 36" | |
| 35 | Frimatic | +2h 04' 56" | |
| 36 | Salvarani | +2h 07' 28" | |
| 37 | Peugeot | +2h 08' 57" | |
| 38 | Fagor | +2h 15' 13" | |
| 39 | Salvarani | +2h 15' 25" | |
| 40 | Mercier | +2h 15' 49" | |
| 41 | Kas | +2h 17' 33" | |
| 42 | Peugeot | +2h 18' 16" | |
| 43 | Salvarani | +2h 24' 29" | |
| 44 | Faema | +2h 26' 19" | |
| 45 | Bic | +2h 26' 22" | |
| 46 | Frimatic | +2h 30' 09" | |
| 47 | Fagor | +2h 31' 22" | |
| 48 | Mercier | +2h 33' 17" | |
| 49 | Willem II | +2h 33' 37" | |
| 50 | Sonolor | +2h 40' 41" | |
| 51 | Salvarani | +2h 41' 17" | |
| 52 | Salvarani | +2h 42' 50" | |
| 53 | Bic | +2h 43' 47" | |
| 54 | Frimatic | +2h 44' 05" | |
| 55 | Peugeot | +2h 44' 17" | |
| 56 | Faema | +2h 44' 17" | |
| 57 | Peugeot | +2h 45' 28" | |
| 58 | Kas | +2h 46' 12" | |
| 59 | Faema | +2h 46' 42" | |
| 60 | Flandria | +2h 47' 11" | |
| 61 | Kas | +2h 47' 59" | |
| 62 | Frimatic | +2h 49' 32" | |
| 63 | Willem II | +2h 51' 09" | |
| 64 | Willem II | +2h 51' 44" | |
| 65 | Peugeot | +2h 52' 17" | |
| 66 | Sonolor | +2h 53' 46" | |
| 67 | Mercier | +2h 54' 02" | |
| 68 | Mercier | +2h 54' 15" | |
| 69 | Molteni | +2h 54' 18" | |
| 70 | Sonolor | +2h 55' 58" | |
| 71 | Bic | +2h 56' 47" | |
| 72 | Faema | +2h 59' 38" | |
| 73 | Molteni | +3h 01' 27" | |
| 74 | Flandria | +3h 06' 01" | |
| 75 | Mann | +3h 06'02" | |
| 76 | Faema | +3h 07' 06" | |
| 77 | Faema | +3h 08' 00" | |
| 78 | Willem II | +3h 08' 10" | |
| 79 | Flandria | +3h 12' 13" | |
| 80 | Mercier | +3h 12' 37" | |
| 81 | Salvarani | +3h 15' 53" | |
| 82 | Flandria | +3h 21' 15" | |
| 83 | Mercier | +3h 21' 52" | |
| 84 | Mann | +3h 34' 37" | |
| 85 | Frimatic | +3h 45' 23" | |
| 86 | Sonolor | +3h 51' 53" | |
Points classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faema | 244 | |
| 2 | Bic | 150 | |
| 3 | Willem II | 136 | |
| 4 | Peugeot | 131 | |
| 5 | Salvarani | 108 | |
| 6 | Mercier | 99 | |
| 7 | Molteni | 95 | |
| 8 | Frimatic | 91 | |
| 9 | Kas | 89 | |
| 10 | Willem II | 82 |
Mountains classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faema | 155 | |
| 2 | Peugeot | 94 | |
| 3 | Fagor | 80 | |
| 4 | Frimatic | 68 | |
| 5 | Kas | 54 | |
| 6 | Salvarani | 51 | |
| 7 | Mercier | 48 | |
| 8 | Faema | 36 | |
| 9 | Peugeot | 29 | |
| 10 | Salvarani | 28 |
Team classification
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faema | 351h 50' 56" |
| 2 | Peugeot | +14' 53" |
| 3 | Kas | +1h 01' 42" |
| 4 | Fagor | +1h 17' 46" |
| 5 | Frimatic | +1h 28' 20" |
| 6 | Salvarani | +1h 32' 30" |
| 7 | Mercier | +1h 38' 03" |
| 8 | Molteni | +1h 41' 38" |
| 9 | Sonolor | +1h 41' 41" |
| 10 | Bic | +3h 07' 22" |
| 11 | Flandria | +3h 54' 37" |
| 12 | Willem II | +3h 59' 35" |
| 13 | Mann | +4h 22' 56" |
Combination classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faema | 3 | |
| 2 | Peugeot | 8 | |
| 3 | Salvarani | 15 | |
| 4 | Mercier | 16 | |
| 5 | Kas | 19 |
Other classifications
The combativity awardCombativity award
The combativity award, , is a prize given in the Tour de France. It favours constant attackers and since 1981 the winner of the award has not won the whole Tour.- History :...
was given to Eddy Merckx.
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faema | 419 | |
| 2 | Frimatic | 320 | |
| 3 | Molteni | 178 | |
| 3 | Salvarani | 178 | |
| 5 | Kas | 159 |