1973 Tour de France
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Final Standings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overall | Luis Ocaña | 122h 25' 34" |
| Second | Bernard Thévenet | +15' 51" |
| Third | José-Manuel Fuente | +17' 15" |
| Points | Herman Van Springel | 187 points |
| Second | Joop Zoetemelk | 168 points |
| Third | Luis Ocaña | 145 points |
| Climber | Pedro Torres | 225 points |
| Second | José-Manuel Fuente | 216 points |
| Third | Luis Ocaña | 192 points |
| Teams | BIC | |
| Second | KAS | |
| Third | Peugeot - BP | |
The 1973 Tour de France was the 60th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 22, 1974. It consisted of 20 stages over 4140.4 km, ridden at an average speed of 33.918 km/h. After winning the 1973 Vuelta a Espana and the 1973 Giro d'Italia, Eddy Merckx did not participate in the Tour to avoid angry French fans.
Contents |
[edit] Results
[edit] Overall standings
| Rank | Name | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Ocaña |  Spain |
Bic | 122h 25' 34" |
| 2 | Bernard Thévenet |  France |
Peugeot-BP-Michelin | 15' 51" |
| 3 | José-Manuel Fuente | Spain |
Kas-Kaskol | 17' 15" |
| 4 | Joop Zoetemelk |  Netherlands |
Gitane-Frigecreme | 26' 22" |
| 5 | Lucien Van Impe | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
Sonolar | 30' 20" |
| 6 | Herman Van Springel | Belgium |
Rokado | 32' 01" |
| 7 | Michel Périn | France |
Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson | 33' 02" |
| 8 | Joaquim Agostinho |  Portugal |
Bic | 35' 51" |
| 9 | Vicente Lopez-Carril | Spain |
Kas-Kaskol | 36' 18" |
| 10 | Régis Ovion | France |
Peugeot-BP-Michelin | 36' 59" |
[edit] Stage winners
| Stage | Description (From > To) | Stage Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prologue | Scheveningen | Joop Zoetemelk | Netherlands |
| Stage 1.01 | Scheveningen > Rotterdam | Willy Teirlinck | Belgium |
| Stage 1.02 | Rotterdam > St Nicolas | José Catieau | France |
| Stage 2.01 | St Nicolas > St Nicolas (TTT) | Watney-Maes | - |
| Stage 2.02 | St Nicolas > Roubaix | Eddy Verstraeten | Belgium |
| Stage 3 | Roubaix > Reims | Cyrille Guimard | France |
| Stage 4 | Reims > Nancy | Joop Zoetemelk | Netherlands |
| Stage 5 | Nancy > Mulhouse | Walter Godefroot | Belgium |
| Stage 6 | Belfort > Divonne-les-Bains | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume | France |
| Stage 7.01 | Divonne-les-Bains > Aspro-Gaillard | Luis Ocaña | Spain |
| Stage 7.02 | Aspro-Gaillard > Méribel-les-Allues | Bernard Thévenet | France |
| Stage 8 | Méribel-les-Allues > Les Orres | Luis Ocaña | Spain |
| Stage 9 | Embrun > Nice | Vicente Lopez-Carril | Spain |
| Stage 10 | Nice > Aubagne | Michael Wright |  United Kingdom |
| Stage 11 | Montpellier > Argelès-sur-Mer | Barry Hoban | United Kingdom |
| Stage 12.01 | Perpignan > Thuir (TT) | Luis Ocaña | Spain |
| Stage 12.02 | Thuir > Pyrénées 2000 | Lucien Van Impe | Belgium |
| Stage 13 | Bourg-Madame > Luchon | Luis Ocaña | Spain |
| Stage 14 | Luchon > Pau | Pedro Torres | Spain |
| Stage 15 | Pau > Fleurance | Wilfried David | Belgium |
| Stage 16.01 | Fleurance > Bordeaux | Walter Godefroot | Belgium |
| Stage 16.02 | Bordeaux-le-Lac (TT) | Joaquim Agostinho | Portugal |
| Stage 17 | Sainte-Foix-la-Grande > Brive | Claude Tollet | France |
| Stage 18 | Brive > Puy de Dôme | Luis Ocaña | Spain |
| Stage 19 | Bourges > Versailles | Barry Hoban | United Kingdom |
| Stage 20.01 | Versailles (TT) | Luis Ocaña | Spain |
| Stage 20.02 | Versailles > Paris | Bernard Thévenet | France |
[edit] Sources
|
||||||||||||||||||
