1969 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall	Eddy Merckx	116h 16' 02"
Second	Roger Pingeon	+17' 54"
Third	Raymond Poulidor	+22' 13"
Points	Eddy Merckx	244 points
Second	Jan Janssen	149 points
Third	Marinus Wagtmans	136 points
Climber	Eddy Merckx	155 points
Second	Roger Pingeon	94 points
Third	Joaquim Galera	80 points
Teams	FAEMA
Second
Third

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 Maillot jaune, but the Maillot vert and Polka dot jersey as well. Eddy Merckx rode on the winning team, FAEMA, won the Combination jersey and the Combativity award, and had the Young Riders' Maillot blanc have existed at the time he was young enough to win that as well.

[edit] Results

[edit] Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	116h 16' 02"
2	Roger Pingeon	France	17' 54"
3	Raymond Poulidor	France	22' 13"
4	Felice Gimondi	Italy	29' 24"
5	Andres Gandarias	Spain	33' 04"
6	Rini Wagtmans	Netherlands	33' 57"
7	Pierfranco Vianelli	Italy	42' 40"
8	Joaquim Agostinho	Portugal	51' 24"
9	Désiré Letort	France	51' 41"
10	Jan Janssen	Netherlands	52' 56"