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Eddy Merckx wins the Tour de France for the second time – archive

20 July 1970 : Merckx’s victory makes him only the third man in cycling history to have won the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France in the same season

Paris, July 19 Eddy Merckx , of Belgium, crushed all opposition to win the Tour de France cycle race today for the second time in two years. Merckx won by almost 13 minutes from Joop Zoetemelk, of Holland, and more than a quarter of an hour clear of Sweden’s Gosta Petterson, who was third.

Merckx emphasised the authority he has shown throughout the 23 days of the Tour with an astonishing win in the last stage, a 33.5 mile time trial from Versailles to the Vincennes Velodrome here. Merckx finished in 1hr. 9min, 39sec., 1min. 47sec. faster than Luis Ocana, of Spain, covering the course at more than 29 miles an hour.

Merckx’s victory made him only the third man in cycling history to have won the Tour of Italy and the Tour de France in the same season. The feat was done twice by Fausto Coppi, of Italy, in 1949 and 1952 and once by Jacques Anquetil, of France, in 1964. His stage win today was the eighth of the Tour, equalling a record that has stood since 1937 by Guy Lapebie, of France. Merckx also shared in the win by his Italian supported team, Faemino, in the team trial stage.

Merckx said after the race that the last stage had been particularly dangerous because of the numerous sharp bends and the often wet road. “I was trembling at the start because I was so worried I was frightened of falling - frightened of losing,” Merckx said. Perhaps it was this fear which forced him into such an amazing performance in the last leg.

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Tour de France Through The Decades: The 70’s!

Sunday July 20th 1969; that’s 40 years ago now but I remember it clearly as the day that I first became aware of professional bicycle racing – I was 14 years-old. I walked in to the living room of our little flat in Kirkcaldy, Scotland and glanced at the black and white TV in the corner; the evening news had just begun and the picture was of a cycling track with the stands crammed to capacity.

“What’s this?” I thought to myself; suddenly a rider banked right from out of nowhere, into the finishing straight, raised himself from the saddle and pumped at the pedals before sitting down and settling into a powerful rhythm around the concrete. The instant he appeared, the crowd went crazy, hats, programmes and whatever else was in their hands flew into the air and the chant went up; “Ed-dy! Ed-dy! Ed-dy!” I was transfixed by this tall man, sprawled along the top tube of his white bicycle; “Eddy Merckx has become the first Belgian rider for 30 years to win the Tour de France,” said the BBC announcer.

Right there, I knew there was no other sport for me. Merckx won that Tour by almost 18 minutes from the classy but eccentric Roger Pingeon (France), the man who won the ill fated1967 Tour where Tom Simpson died. This was the start of the Merckx era; six stages plus the team time trial fell to him, that year.

In 1970 he won again, this time by nearly 13 minutes from that year’s victim – Joop Zoetemelk (Holland); Eddy took eight stages and the TTT, just in case we thought that ’69 had been a fluke.

We were confirmed Merckx fans, and in 1971 it looked like our man was well on the way to his hat trick; but Luis Ocana (Spain) had other ideas. As virulent Big Ted fans we could have admiration for no other GC riders; albeit the likes of Belgians Patrick Sercu and Roger De Vlaeminck – not forgetting our own Barry Hoban – were also objects of our pagan idolatry.

But it wasn’t until I few years later, when Eddy was in his twilight and I’d actually seen Ocana race that I realised how classy the Spaniard was. He took two mountain stages on his way to prizing loose Merckx’s grip on the yellow jersey and despite Merckx’s remorseless attacks in the days that followed, it didn’t look good for us – or Eddy.

It was Mother Nature who intervened on the Belgian’s behalf; Ocana crashed in a thunderstorm on the descent of the Col de Mente, his brakes rendered useless by rivers of mud washing off the mountain. Eventual second overall, Joop Zoetemelk cannoned into the Spaniard as he lay on the tarmac – and the dream was over. We consoled ourselves that Eddy would have attacked to the end and Ocana would have cracked, eventually (maybe!).

Eddy made it four in 1972 with Ocana going out due to a lung infection, despite having been in top form, confirmed by wins in the Dauphine and Spanish championships. The closest that runner up Felice Gimondi – Tour winner in 1965 – could get to Eddy, was 10 minutes.

With Merckx completing a Vuelta (it was in the Spring back then) and Giro double in 1973 he ‘passed’ on le Tour, leaving the road clear for Ocana to take six stages and the GC by 15 minutes from Bernard Thevenet (France).

And if you think that the pursuit of excellence and light weight in bicycles is a new phenomenon, be aware that Ocana rode a British made Speedwell titanium frame to victory.

The following year, 1974, Eddy returned; eight stages and the GC by the same number of minutes from Raymond Poulidor (France) confirmed that he was back in business.

The Merckx era ended on stage 15 of the 1975 Tour de France when genial Frenchman Bernard Thevenet caught and dropped the Master on the climb to Pra Loup. A crazy fan’s hard punch to the Belgians kidney on the Puy de Dome stage hadn’t helped Eddy’s condition and there was speculation that the medication he took to ease the pain played a part in his collapse.

An ‘on cam’ Merckx might have pulled it back, but a crash at the start of stage 17 left him with a broken jaw, unable to ingest solid food. A lesser man would have gone home; but he wasn’t a lesser man – he was Eddy Merckx. That was the Tour where the French finally learned to love le Cannibal, as he refused to retire and devalue Thevenet’s win.

Interviewed before the start of the ceremonial last stage into Paris and asked if he would attack Thevenet, he replied; “yes of course!” but added with a wry smile; “but just a little.”

Never again would I admire a rider as much as I admired Eddy.

It was the year of the long hot summer in 1976; Merckx didn’t start, Thevenet went out with illness, Maertens was rampant with eight stage wins but tiny Belgian Lucien Van Impe climbed to glory – it would be more than 20 years before another ‘pure’ climber sampled the best view in Paris.

Van Impe might have won for a second time in ’77 but for a badly timed crash and it was Thevenet who again topped the podium ahead of Hennie Kuiper (Holland), amid rumours of yellow jerseyed riders failing dope tests and the organisers covering it up; the Tour couldn’t have such scandals – if only they’d had a crystal ball.

Thevenet would tell me years later that he owed his win to that rare thing; a mistake by Kuiper’s Raleigh manager, Peter Post who kept the team riding in support of German ‘Golden Boy’ Dietrich Thurau, who won the prologue and held the jersey for the first 15 stages, but was never going to conquer the high mountains.

If Post had burned out less Raleigh candles in support of ‘Didi’ and thought more about the Dutchman, it might well have been a different ending.

We first heard of Bernard Hinault in 1977 when he won Liege – Bastogne – Liege and Gent – Wevelgem.

The Spring of ’78 saw him win the Vuelta – but, le Tour?

It was the ‘D word’ that propelled Hinault in the direction of yellow; Belgium’s Michel Pollentier (who still manages amateur teams in Belgium) was caught trying to beat the testers at the top of l’Alpe d’Huez with a piece of rubber tube and a flask of ‘clean’ urine – crazy, but true!

The Belgian headed home, Zoetemelk pulled on the maillot jaune but Hinault blasted the field in the 72 K chrono a few days later to run out winner in Paris by just under four minutes from Zoetemelk.

The last Tour of the 70’s also went to ‘le blaireau’ – ‘the badger’ as he was now known (the French habit of nicknaming every single rider is one of the few things that I dislike about our wonderful sport) won seven stages, including the last one, on the Champs Elysees with Zoetemelk again second.

And if you’re a ‘techie’ – this was the first year of the seven speed freewheel.

The 80’s – Dallas, shoulder pads, Campag C Record, an eternal second comes first and . . . . an American winner!

Talk to you tomorrow.

It was November 2005 when Ed Hood first penned a piece for PEZ, on US legend Mike Neel. Since then he's covered all of the Grand Tours and Monuments for PEZ and has an article count in excess of 2,150 in the archive. He was a Scottish champion cyclist himself - many years and kilograms ago - and still owns a Klein Attitude, Dura Ace carbon Giant and a Fixie. He and fellow Scot and PEZ contributor Martin Williamson run the Scottish site www.veloveritas.co.uk where more of his musings on our sport can be found.

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Tour de France

UCI, Grand Tour, 27th June-19th July 1970, France

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58th edition: june 26 - july 18, 1971, results, stages with running gc, video and photos.

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1971 Tour de France quick facts:

The 1971 Tour was 3,689 km long and ridden at an average speed of 36.925 km/hr

There were 130 starters and 94 classified finishers.

Eddy Merckx seemed to be cruising to his third consecutive Tour victory, but in stage eight, Luis Ocaña showed his cards, winning the climb to the top of Puy de Dôme.

Then in stage eleven Ocaña left Merckx almost nine minutes behind, making the Spaniard look the likely winner.

In stage 14 Ocaña crashed in the rain while descending the Mente, forcing him to abandon.

From there, the race belonged to Merckx.

Complete Final 1971 Tour de France General Classification:

• Joop Zoetemelk (Mars-Flandria) @ 9min 51sec
• Lucien van Impe (Sonolor-Lejeune) @ 11min 6sec
• Bernard Thévenet (Peugeot-BP) @ 14min 50sec
• Joaquim Agostinho (Hoover-De Gribaldy) @ 21min
• Leif Mortensen (Bic) @ 21min 38sec
• Cyrille Guimard (Fagor-Mercier) @ 22min 58sec
• Bernard Labourdette (Bic) @ 30min 7sec
• Lucien Aimar (Sonolor-Lejeune) @ 32min 45sec
• Vicente López-Carril (KAS) @ 36min
• Francisco Galdós (KAS) @ 41min 59sec
• Primo Mori (Salvarani) @ 47min 44sec
• Antonio Martos (Werner) @ 48min 13sec
• Herman Van Springel (Molteni) @ 48min 20sec
• Agustin Tamames (Werner) @ 49min 19sec
• Marinus Wagtmans (Molteni) @ 52min 50sec
• Désiré Letort (Bic) @ 57min 53sec
• Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Peugeot-BP) @ 59min 10sec
• Mauro Simonetti (Ferretti) @ 1hr 3min 6sec
• Jean Dumont (Peugeot-BP) @ 1hr 3min 49sec
• Victor Van Schil (Molteni) @ 1hr 8min 28sec
• Johnny Schleck (Bic) @ 1hr 9min 35sec
• Michel Périn (Fagor-Mercier) @ 1hr 10min 19sec
• Luis-Pedro Santamaria (Werner) @ 1hr 10min 28sec
• Ottavio Crepaldi (Salvarani) @ 1hr 12min 0sec
• Jean-Pierre Genet (Fagor-Mercier) @ 1hr 14min 52sec
• Joseph Huysmans (Molteni) @ 1hr 15min 41sec
• Bernard Guyot (Sonolor-Lejeune) 2 1hr 16min 41sec
• Albert Van Vlierberghe (Ferretti) @ 1hr 17min 47sec
• Jos Van Der Vleuten (Goudsmit) @ 1hr 17min 48sec
• Mariano Martinez (Hoover) @ 1hr 19min 31sec
• Christian Raymond (Peugeot-BP) @ 1hr 23min 24sec
• Ventura Diaz (Werner) @ 1hr 25min 30sec
• Raymond Riotte (Sonolor) @ 1hr 26min 13sec
• Roger Swerts (Molteni) @ 1hr 27min 52sec
• Francis Ducreux (Bic) @ 1hr 28min 41sec
• Roland Berland (Bic) @ 1hr 30min 57sec
• Gabriel Mascaro (KAS) @ 1hr 33min 8sec
• Jean-Claude Genty (Bic) @ 1hr 33min 57sec
• Barry Hoban (Sonolor-Lejeune) @ 1hr 33min 59sec
• Robert Bouloux (Peugeot-BP) @ 1hr 35min 19sec
• Georges Vandenberghe (Salvarani) @ 1hr 35min 42sec
• José Catieau (Sonolor-Lejeune) @ 1hr 36min 12sec
• Joseph Spruyt (Molteni) @ 1hr 36min 36sec
• Luis Balague (Werner) @ 1hr 37min 15sec
• Jean-Claude Daunat (Hoover) @ 1hr 38min 38sec
• Kurt Rub (Hoover) @ 1hr 40min 41sec
• Charly Grosskost (Bic) @ 1hr 41min 26sec
• José-Luis Uribezubia (KAS) @ 1hr 42min 5sec
• Jan Krekels (Goudsmit) @ 1hr 42min 47sec
• Jean Vidament (Hoover) @ 1hr 43min 37sec
• José-Manuel Lopez-Roderiguez (Werner) @ 1hr 43min 57sec
• Jesus Manzaneque (KAS) @ 1hr 44min 14sec
• Jean-Jacques Sanquer (Sonolor-Lejeune) @ 1hr 44min 35sec
• Edy Schutz (Mars-Flandria) @ 1hr 44min 51sec
• François Cocquery (Fagor-Mercier) @ 1hr 46min 5sec
• Frans Mintjens (Molteni) @ 1hr 47min 19sec
• Ferdinand Bracke (Peugeot-BP) @ 1hr 47min 40sec
• Wim Prinsen (Goudsmit) @ 1hr 49min 26sec
• Joseph Bruyère (Molteni) @ 1hr 49min 35sec
• Nemesio Jiménez (KAS) @ 1hr 49min 46sec
• Eric De Vlaeminck (Mars-Flandria) @ 1hr 50min 9sec
• Gerben Karstens (Goudsmit) @ 1hr 51min 51sec
• Wilmo Franconi (Ferretti) @ 1hr 52min 14sec
• Alain Vasseur (Bic) @ 1hr 57min 14sec
• Luciano Armani (SCIC) @ 1hr 58min 14sec
• Francisco Julia (Werner) @ 1hr 59min 58sec
• Pietro Guerra (Salvarani) @ 1hr 2min 34sec
• Yves Ravaleu (Hoover) @ 2hr 4min 6sec
• Willy Vanneste (Mars-Flandria) @ 2hr 5min 10sec
• Rolf Wolhshohl (Fagor-Mercier) @ 2hr 5min 36sec
• José-Manuel Fuente (KAS) @ 2hr 5min 47sec
• Francisco Galdeano (KAS) @ 2hr 6min 21sec
• Willy Teirlinck (Sonolor-Lejeune) @ 2hr 8min 7sec
• Edouard Jannsens (Mars-Flandria) @ 2hr 8min 38sec
• Mat De Koning (Goudsmit) @ 2hr 8min 48sec
• Raymond Delisle (Peugeot-BP) @ 2hr 9min 24sec
• Adriano Pella (SCIC) @ 2hr 13min 18sec
• Pierre Ghisellini (Hoover) @ 2hr 13min 52sec
• Henk Benjamins (Goudsmit) @ 2hr 14min 46sec
• René Grelin (Fagor-Mercier) @ 2hr 18min 14sec
• Gert Harings (Goudsmit) @ 2hr 25min 12sec
• Celestino Vercelli (SCIC) @ 2hr 29min 26sec
• Robert Mintkiewicz (Sonolor-Lejeune) @ 2hr 35min 40sec
• Sandro Quintarelli (Sonolor-Lejeune) @ 2hr 36min 19sec
• Silvano Davo (Salvarani) @ 2hr 37min 51sec
• Jan Van Katwijk (Goudsmit) @ 2hr 41min 37sec
• Eddy Peelman (Fagor-Mercier) @ 2hr 41min 50sec
• Pierre Martelozzo (Peugeot-BP) @ 2hr 45min 45sec
• Julien Stevens (Molteni) @ 2hr 47min 21sec
• Eric Leman (Mars-Flandria) @ 2hr 51min 38sec
• Roberto Ballini (Ferratti) @ 2hr 52min 26sec
• Pieter Nassan (Mars-Flandria) @ 2hr 57min 48sec
• Georges Chappe (Fagor-Mercier) @ 3hr 4min 54sec

Climbers' Competition:

• Joop Zoetemelk (Mars-Flandria: 179
• Eddy Merckx (Molteni): 136
• José-Manuel Fuente (KAS): 89
• Cyrille Guimard (Fagor-Mercier): 74
• Joaquim Agostinho (Hoover): 68
• Bernard Thévenet (Peugeot-BP): 48
• Vicente Lopez-Carril (KAS): 47
• Désiré Letort (Bic): 38
• Lucien Aimar (Sonolor-Lejeune): 37

Points Competition:

• Cyrille Guimard (Fagor-Mercier): 186
• Gerben Karstens (Goudsmit): 107
• Marinus Wagtmans (Molteni): 97
• Joop Zoetemelk (Mars-Flandria): 93
• Eric Leman (Mars-Flandria): 82
• Jan Krekels (Goudsmit): 81
• Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Peugeot-BP): 71
• Lucien Van Impe (Sonolor-Lejeune): 64
• Joaquim Agostinho (Hoover): 64

Team Classification:

• Bic: 292hr 1min 40sec
• Molteni @ 20min 20sec
• Peugeot-BP @ 31min 39sec
• Sonolor-Lejeune @ 56min 32sec
• Ferretti @ 1hr 22min 31sec
• KAS @ 1hr 35min 39sec
• Werner @ 1hr 51min 43sec
• Fagor-Mercier @ 1hr 56min 8sec
• Mars-Flandria @ 2hr 10min 32sec
• Hoover-De Gribaldy @ 2hr 13min 11sec
• Salvarani @ 2hr 36min 36sec
• Goudsmit @ 3hr 28min 45sec
• SCIC @ 3hr 40min 51sec

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Stage results with running GC:

Prologue: Saturday, June 26, Mulhouse 11 km Team Time Trial

The prologue times were calculated by adding up the times of the first five riders of each team and did not apply to the riders' individual GC, but did count towards the Team GC competition:

• Molteni: 1hr 5min 16sec
• Ferretti @ 1min 48sec
• Flandria-Mars @ 2min 16sec
• Bic @ 2min 23sec
• Peugeot @ 3min 2sec
• Salvarani @ 3min 11sec
• Goudsmit @ 3min 15sec
• Sonolor-Lejeune @ 3min 24sec
• SCIC @ 3min 42sec
• KAS @ 3min 44sec
• Hoover-De Gribaldy @ 4min 34sec
• Fagor-Mercier @ 4min 45sec
• Werner @ 5min 12sec

GC after the prologue: Merckx (Molteni) is awarded the Yellow Jersey

Stage 1A: Sunday, June 27, Mulhouse - Bâle, 59.5 km

• Eric Leman: 1hr 24min 36sec
• Walter Godefroot s.t.
• Guido Reybrouck s.t.
• Gerben Karstens s.t.
• Roger De Vlaeminck s.t.
• Cyrille Guimard s.t.
• Jan Krekels s.t.
• Roger Swerts s.t.
• Pieter Nassan s.t.
• Albert Van Vlierberghe s.t.

GC after Stage 1A:

• Marinus Wagtmans: 1hr 24min 16sec
• Jozef Huysmans s.t.
• Eddy Merckx s.t.
• Victor Van Schil s.t.
• Frans Mintjens s.t.
• Julien Stevens s.t.
• Edouard Janssens @ 7sec
• Albert Van Vlierberghe @ 10sec
• Gösta Pettersson s.t.
• Pietro Campagnari s.t.

Stage 1B: Sunday, June 27, Bâle - Fribourg, 90 km

• Gerben Karstens: 2hr 28min 26sec
• Josef Huysmans s.t.
• Enrico Paolini s.t.
• José Gomez-Lucas s.t.
• Tino Tabak s.t.
• Rolf Wolfschohl s.t.

GC after Stage 1B:

• Eddy Merckx: 3hr 52min 37sec
• Herman Van Springel @ 4sec
• Josef Huysmans @ 5min
• Albert Van Vlierberghe @ 15sec
• Roger De Vlaeminck @ 20sec
• Eric De Vlaeminck s.t.

Stage 1C: Sunday, June 27, Fribourg - Mulhouse, 74 km

• Albert Van Vlierberghe: 1hr 43min 32sec
• Albert Fritz s.t.

GC after Stage 1C:

• Eddy Merckx: 5hr 36min 10sec
• Herman Van Springel @ 5sec
• Albert Van Vlierberghe @ 6sec
• Eric De Vlaeminck @ 13sec
• Gösta Pettersson @ 16sec
• Barry Hoban @ 21sec

Stage 2: Monday, June 28, Mulhouse - Strasbourg, 144 km

• Eddy Merckx: 3hr 5min 27sec
• Herman Van Springel s.t.
• Joop Zoetemelk s.t.
• Gianni Motta s.t.
• Christian Raymond s.t.
• Luis Ocaña s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

• Eddy Merckx: 8hr 41min 16sec
• Herman Van Springel @ 21sec
• Roger De Vlaeminck @ 32sec
• Gösta Pettersson @ 37sec
• Tino Tabak @ 42sec
• Gianni Motta @ 44sec
• Leif Mortenson @ 47sec

Stage 3: Tuesday, June 29, Strasbourg - Nancy, 165.5 km

• Marinus Wagtmans: 4hr 14min 21sec
• Barry Hoban s.t.
• Nemesio Jimenez s.t.
• Jean-Pierre Genet s.t.
• Willy Van Neste s.t.
• Pietro Guerra s.t.
• Wilfried David s.t.
• Mauro Simonetti s.t.
• Jean-Claude Genty s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

• Eddy Merckx: 12hr 58min 6sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 47sec

Stage 4: Wednesday, June 30, Nancy - Marche en Famenne, 242 km

• Jean-Pierre Genet: 6hr 45min 3sec
• José Gomez-Lucas @ 1sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 5sec
• Gert Harings s.t.

GC after stage 4:

• Eddy Merckx: 19hr 43min 14sec

Stage 5: Thursday, July 1, Dinant - Roubaix, 208.5 km

• Pietro Guerra: 5hr 13min 56sec
• Robert Bouloux @ 3sec
• José Catieau s.t.
• Raymond Riotte @ 22sec
• Roger DeVlaeminck @ 1min 16sec

GC after Stage 5:

• Eddy Merckx: 24hr 58min 21sec
• Herman Van Springel @ 26sec
• Roger De Vlaeminck @ 37sec
• Gösta Petterson @ 42sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 44sec
• Tino Tabak @ 47sec
• Enrico Paolini @ 49sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 51sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 52sec

Stage 6A: Friday, July 2, Roubaix - Amiens, 127.5 km

• Eric Leman: 3hr 3min 19sec
• Eddy Peelman s.t.
• Marinus Wagtmans s.t.

GC after Stage 6A:

• Eddy Merckx: 28hr 1min 40sec
• Gösta Pettersson @ 42sec

Stage 6B: Friday, July 2, Amiens - Le Touquet, 133.5 km

• Mauro Simonetti: 3hr 47min 56sec
• Wilmo Francioni @ 3sec
• Frans Mintjens @ 5sec
• Jos Van der Vleuten s.t.
• Rolf Wolfshohl s.t.
• Ventura Diaz s.t.

GC after Stage 6B:

• Eddy Merckx: 31hr 49min 41sec
• Gianni Motta @ 43sec
• Enrico Paolini @ 47sec

Stage 7: Sunday, July 4, Rungis - Nevers, 257.5 km

• Eric Leman: 6hr 45min 33sec
• Ercole Gualazzini s.t.
• Vendenberghe s.t.
• Mariano Martinez s.t.
• Jan Van Katwijk s.t.

GC after Stage 7:

• Eddy Merckx: 38hr 35min 14sec
• Gianni Motta @ 40sec

Stage 8: Monday, July 5, Nevers - Puy de Dôme, 221 km

• Luis Ocaña: 6hr 21min 10sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 7sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 13sec
• Eddy Merckx @ 15sec
• Gösta Pettersson @ 49sec
• Agustin Tamames @ 1min 10sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 1min 15sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 1min 21sec
• Gianni Motta @ 1min 37sec
• Enrico Paolini @ 1min 52sec

GC after Stage 8:

• Eddy Merckx: 44hr 56min 39sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 36sec
• Luis Ocaña @ 37sec
• Gösta Pettersson @ 1min 16sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 1mn 58sec
• Gianni Motta @ 2min 2sec
• Enrico Paolini @ 2min 24sec
• Thomas Pettersson @ 2min 48sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 2mn 51sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 3min 12sec

Stage 9: Tueday, July 6, Clermont Ferrand - St. Etienne, 153 km

• Walter Godefroot: 4hr 2min 18sec
• Wilmo Francioni s.t.
• Jozef Spruyt s.t.
• Jean-Pierre Danguillaume s.t.
• Jean-Pierre Genet @ 32sec
• Vicente López-Carril s.t.
• Lucien Aimar s.t.
• Gianni Motta @ 6min 8sec

GC after Stage 9:

• Eddy Merckx: 49hr 5min 6sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 1min 58sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 2min 51sec

Stage 10: Wednesday, July 7, St. Etienne - Grenoble, 188.5 km

• Bernard Thévenet: 5hr 24min 33sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 1min 9sec
• Lucien van Impe s.t.
• Eddy Merckx @ 1min 36sec
• Luis Zubero s.t.
• Jean-Pierre Danguillaume @ 1min 52sec

GC after stage 10:

• Joop Zoetemelk: 54hr 30min 15sec
• Luis Ocaña @ 1sec
• Gösta Pettersson @ 40sec
• Eddy Merckx @ 1min
• Bernard Thévenet @ 1min 22sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 3min 24sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 4min 28sec
• Gianni Motta @ 5min 13sec
• Enrico Paolini @ 5min 36sec
• Thomas Pettersson @ 6min

Stage 11: Thursday, July 8, Grenoble - Orcières Merlette, 134 km

• Luis Ocaña: 4hr 2min 49sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 5min 52sec
• Eddy Merckx @ 8min 42sec
• Bernard Thévenet s.t.
• Bernard Labourdette s.t.
• Cyrille Guimard @ 8min 45sec
• Thomas Pettersson s.t.
• Joaquim Agostinho s.t.

GC after stage 11:

• Luis Ocaña: 58hr 33min 0sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 8min 43sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 9min 20sec
• Gösta Pettersson @ 9min 26sec
• Eddy Merckx @ 9min 46sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 10min 8sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 13min 22sec
• Thomas Pettersson @ 14min 50sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 20min 31sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 21min 35sec

Stage 12: Saturday, July 10, Orcières Merlette - Marseille, 251 km

• Luciano Armani: 5hr 25min 28sec
• Jos Van Der Vleuten s.t.
• Désiré Letort s.t.
• Robert Bouloux s.t.
• Marinus Wagtmans @ 2sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 1min 56sec

GC after Stage 12:

• Luis Ocana: 64hr 24sec
• Eddy Merckx @ 7min 34sec
• Leif Mortenson @ 13min 22sec

Stage 13: Sunday, July 11, Albi 16.3 km Individual Time Trial

• Eddy Merckx: 22min 57sec
• Luis Ocaña @ 11sec
• Charly Grosskost s.t.
• Cyrille Guimard @ 26sec
• Ferdi Bracke s.t.
• Mauro Simonetti @ 41sec
• Thomas Pettersson @ 42sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 50sec
• Désiré Letort @ 55sec

GC after Stage 13:

• Luis Ocaña: 64hr 23min 32sec
• Eddy Merckx @ 7min 23sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 9min 34sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 10min 14sec
• Gösta Pettersson @ 10min 30sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 10min 39sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 14min 31sec
• Thomas Pettersson @ 15min 21sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 21min 10sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 21min 50sec

Stage 14: Monday, July 12, Revel - Luchon, 214.5 km

In a terrible storm, Ocaña crashed out of the race. Video at the bottom of the page

• José-Manuel Fuente: 6hr 11min 54sec
• Eddy Merckx @ 6min 21sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 7min 15sec
• Antonio Martos @ 7min 26sec
• Bernard Labourdette @ 7min 34sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 7min 35sec

GC after Stage 14:

• Eddy Merckx: 70hr 49min 10sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 2min 21sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 4min 46sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 11min 24sec
• Thomas Pettersson @ 14min 56sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 15min 1sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 15min 21sec
• Lucien Aimar @ 19min 41sec
• Bernard Labourdette @ 20min

Stage 15: Tuesday, July 13, Luchon - Superbagnères, 19.6 km

• José-Manuel Fuente: 47min 42sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 26sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 28sec
• Francisco Galdos @ 1min 2sec
• Victor Van Schil @ 1min 4sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 1min 6sec
• Raymond Delisle s.t.

GC after Stage 15:

• Eddy Merckx: 71hr 37min 52sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 2min 17sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 4min 14sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 12min 16sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 15min 7sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 15min 30sec
• Thomas Pettersson @ 16min 42sec
• Lucien Aimar @ 21min 49sec
• Bernard Labourdette @ 22min 28sec

Stage 16A: Wednesday, July 14, Luchon - Gourett Ski Station at Les Eaux Bonnes, 145 km

• Bernard Labourdette: 5hr 8min 36sec
• Eddy Merckx @ 1min 32sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 1min 34sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 1min 35sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 1min 39sec
• Vicente López-Carril @ 1min 44sec
• Désiré Letort @ 1min 49sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 1min 51sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 2min 20sec
• Marinus Wagtmans @ 2min 57sec

GC after Stage 16A:

• Eddy Merckx: 76hr 47min 57sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 2min 26sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 6min 36sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 13min 7sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 15min 29sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 15min 40sec
• Bernard Labourdette @ 20min 59sec
• Lucien Aimar @ 23min 41sec
• Vicente López-Carril @ 24min 7sec

Stage 16B: Wednesday, July 14, Gourette - Pau, 57.5 km

• Herman Van Springel: 1hr 17min 58sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 24sec
• Joop Zoetemelk s,t,
• Leif Mortensen s.t.
• Agustin Tamames s.t.

GC after Stage 16B:

• Eddy Merckx: 78hr 6min 19sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 6min 49sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 15min 34sec
• Bernard Labourdette @ 21min 12sec
• Lucien Aimar @ 23min 54sec
• Vicente López-Carril @ 24min 20sec

Stage 17: Thursday, July 15, Mont de Marsan - Bordeaux, 188 km

• Eddy Merckx: 5hr 32min 31sec
• Georges Vandenberghe s.t.
• Raymond Riotte s.t.
• Barry Hoban @ 2min 26sec
• José-Manuel Lopez-Rodriguez s.t.
• Julien Stevens @ 3min 1sec
• Gerben Karstens @ 3min 5sec

GC after Stage 17:

• Eddy Merckx: 83hr 38min 30sec
• Lucien van Impe @ 5min 38sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 5min 46sec
• Bernard Thévenet @ 10min 14sec
• Leif Mortensen @ 16min 32sec
• Joaquim Agosntiho @ 18min 54sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 19min 29sec
• Bernard Labourdette @ 24min 37sec
• Lucien Aimar @ 27min 19sec
• Vicente López-Carril @ 27min 45sec

Stage 18: Friday, July 16, Bordeaux - Poitier, 244 km

• Jean-Pierre Danguillaume: 6hr 30min 33sec
• Bernard Guyot s.t.
• Ottavio Crepaldi s.t.
• Jean Vidament s.t.
• Johnny Schleck s.t.

GC after Stage 18:

• Eddy Merckx: 90hr 13min 6sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 5min 45sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 18min 54sec
• Bernard Labourdette @ 24min 30sec
• Lucien Aimar @ 26min 22sec
• Vicente López-Carril @ 28min 13sec

Stage 19: Saturday, July 17, Blois - Versailles, 185 km

• Jan Krekels: 5hr 21min 6sec
• Marinus Wagtmans
• Luciano Armani s.t.
• Julien Stevens (5hr 21min 4sec)

GC after Stage 19:

• Eddy Merckx: 95hr 34min 42sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 18min 24sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 18min 49sec

Stage 20 (final stage): Sunday, July 18, Versailles - Piste de Vincennes (Hippodrome), 53.8 km Individual Time Trial

• Eddy Merckx: 1hr 10min 32sec
• Joaquim Agostinho @ 2min 36sec
• Marinus Wagtmans @ 2min 52sec
• Ferdi Bracke @ 3min 4sec
• Roger Swerts @ 3min 15sec
• Herman Van Springel @ 3min 26sec
• Victor Van Schil @ 4min 3sec
• Joop Zoetemelk @ 4min 6sec
• Cyrille Guimard @ 4min 9sec
• Nemesio Jimenez @ 4min 12sec

Final 1971 Tour de France General Classification

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Video of the 1971 Tour de France, stage 14

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