1970 Tour de France
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The 1970 Tour de France was the 57th Tour de France
, taking place June 27 to July 19, 1970. It consisted of 23 stages over 4366 km, ridden at an average speed of 35.589 km/h.
It was the second victory for Belgian Eddy Merckx
, who also won the mountains classification, and finished second in the points classification behind Walter Godefroot
.
and Bernard Thevenet
. Early in the race, 86 journalists predicted who would be in the top five of the Tour. 85 of them expected Merckx to be in the top five; Ocana was named by 78, Poulidor by 73. Merckx had already won important races in 1970, including Paris-Roubaix
, Paris-Nice
, the Giro d'Italia
and the Belgian national road championship.
Luis Ocana, who had won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Vuelta a España
, suffered from bronchitis, but still started the Tour, unable to seriously challenge Merckx.
The Tour de France started with 15 teams, of 10 cyclists each, from five different countries:
French:
Italian:
Belgian:
Dutch:
Spanish:
A few days before the Tour started, it became known that Paul Gutty had failed a doping test when he won the French national road championship. Gutty was removed from his Frimatic team, and replaced by Rene Grelin.
and Georges Vandenberghe
, joined the escape. Merckx' team mate Zilioli was ranked highest amongst the escaped cyclists, and none of them were considered competitors for the general classification, so Guillaume Driessens, Merckx's team leader, allowed the escape to work, and told Zilioli and Vandenberghe to give their best. Merckx however chased his own team mates. The group stayed away, Zilioli won the sprint and became the new leader, 4 seconds ahead of Merckx. After the stage, Merckx was angry at his team leader, because he had allowed Zilioli to "steal" Merckx' yellow jersey, but Driessens explained him that the other teams had spent energy to chase Zilioli, and the argument was over. Merckx team won the team time trial, and controlled the next stages, keeping Zilioli the leader with Merckx in second place.
In the sixth stage, Zilioli had a flat tire. Normally, if the leader in the Tour de France suffers a flat tire, a team mate would offer his wheel, and some team mates would stay with him to help him get back into the peloton. However, this time Merckx was considered more important, and Zilioli was given no help. Zilioli finished the stage one minute behind, and Merckx was the new leader.
The seventh stage was split in two. Merckx won the first stage with a solo break, and finished second in the second part, a time trial. In that time trial, run during the rain, Roger de Vlaeminck
, third in the general classification, took too much risk, fell down and left the race in an ambulance. Merckx saw De Vlaeminck lying on the street during his race, and decided to take less risks, allowing José Antonio Gonzalez Linares to win the stage by three seconds.
Because Roger de Vlaeminck had left the race, his team Mars needed a new captain. Debutant Joop Zoetemelk
was the highest ranked cyclist, and became the new captain.
In the ninth stage, Mogens Frey
and Joaquim Agostinho
, team mates, broke away together. They worked together to stay away, but near the end of the stage Frey stopped working and had Agostinho do all the work, even after his team manager told him to help. In the sprint, Agostinho expected his team mate to give him the victory because he had done all the work, but to his surprise Frey started to come around him. Agostinho then grabbed Frey's handlebars, and crossed the finish line first. The race jury did not allow this, and gave the victory to Frey, putting Agostinho in second place.
In the tenth stage, when the first medium mountains showed up, Merckx won the stage, and only three cyclists were able to stay with him, including Zoetemelk. Zoetemelk then rose to the second place, and he became the most imporant rival for Merckx. Zoetemelk said that he would focus on defending his second place, because he thought Merckx was better than the rest of the world.
After the thirteenth stage, Merckx heard that Vicenze Giacotto, who started the Faema team around Merckx, had died of a heart attack.
Merkcx increased his lead steadily in the mountain stages in the Alps. After he won the stage to the Mont Ventoux, Merckx briefly lost consciousness.
In the two Pyrenéan stages, Merckx did not win. He was suffering from stomach problems, and changed bicycles several times. The young Bernard Thévenet
won the first, showing his potential as a future Tour winner.
Merckx was the third cyclist to win the Tour-Giro double in one year; Fausto Coppi
and Jacques Anquetil
had done it before. Coppi and Anquetil were over thirty years old at their doubles, Merckx was only 25. The margin with the second placed cyclist was less than the year before; according to J.B. Wadley, the difference was that Merckx stopped attacking in 1970 after the Mont Ventoux; had he been inclined to win more time, he probably would have been able to.
announced that rule changes were considered to break the power of Merckx's team, that he was considering to return to national teams, and to reduce the number of time trials in the Tour. The 1971 Tour did not see major changes in rules, but the number of individual time trials decreased from five to two.
During the stages when Merckx was leading the general classification and the points classification, Merckx wore the yellow jersey and the number two of the points classification was wearing a black/green jersey. When Merckx was leading the general classification and the combination classification, the number two of the combination classification wore a black/white jersey.
Schiavon did not finish the race, but left the race after the last mountain stage. In 1970, the rules were such that Schiavon was still listed in the mountains classification.
was given to Roger Pingeon.
The new rider classification was first calculated in 1970.
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 27 to July 19, 1970. It consisted of 23 stages over 4366 km, ridden at an average speed of 35.589 km/h.
It was the second victory for Belgian 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...
, who also won the mountains classification, and finished second in the points classification behind Walter Godefroot
Walter Godefroot
Walter Godefroot is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of , later known as T-Mobile Team, professional team....
.
Changes from the 1969 Tour de France
After the financial success of the split stages in the 1969 Tour de France, even more split stages were used in the 1970 Tour.Participants
After his dominating victory in the previous year, Merckx was the major favourite. The main competition was expected from Luis OcanaLuis Ocaña
Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía was a Spanish road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1973 and the Vuelta a España in 1970.- Early professional career :...
and Bernard Thevenet
Bernard Thévenet
Bernard Thévenet, born 10 January 1948, in Saint-Julien-de-Civry, Saône-et-Loire, is a retired French bicycle racer. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx...
. Early in the race, 86 journalists predicted who would be in the top five of the Tour. 85 of them expected Merckx to be in the top five; Ocana was named by 78, Poulidor by 73. Merckx had already won important races in 1970, including Paris-Roubaix
Paris-Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France near the Belgian frontier. Since its beginning in 1896 until 1967 it started in Paris and ended in Roubaix ; since 1968 the start city is Compiègne , whilst the finish is still in Roubaix...
, Paris-Nice
Paris-Nice
Paris–Nice, "the race to the sun", is a professional cycling stage race held each March.The first Paris–Nice was in 1933, and was won by Alfons Schepers from Belgium. The most successful cyclist in Paris–Nice was Sean Kelly from Ireland, who won seven consecutive titles from 1982 to 1988.Although...
, the Giro d'Italia
1970 Giro d'Italia
The 1970 Giro d'Italia of cycling, 53rd edition of the Corsa Rosa, was held from 18 May to 7 June 1970. It consisted of 20 stages and was won by Eddy Merckx.-General classification:The top ten of the general classification:- Pink jersey holders:...
and the Belgian national road championship.
Luis Ocana, who had won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Vuelta a España
1970 Vuelta a España
The 1970 Vuelta a España was the 25th Vuelta a España, taking place from April 23 to May 12, 1970. It consisted of 19 stages over 3568 km, ridden at an average speed of 39.85 km/h...
, suffered from bronchitis, but still started the Tour, unable to seriously challenge Merckx.
The Tour de France started with 15 teams, of 10 cyclists each, from five different countries:
French:
- Bic
- Fagor-Mercier
- Frimatic
- Peugeot-BP
- Sonolor-Lejeune
Italian:
- Salvarani
- Molteni
- Scic
- Ferretti
Belgian:
- Faemino
- Mars-Flandria
- Mann-Grundig
Dutch:
- Caballero-Laurens
- Willem II
Spanish:
- KAS
A few days before the Tour started, it became known that Paul Gutty had failed a doping test when he won the French national road championship. Gutty was removed from his Frimatic team, and replaced by Rene Grelin.
Race details
The big favourite Merckx won the opening prologue, but he decided not to try to keep this leading position during the entire race. In the next stage, Merckx' team chased back all the escapes, so the stage ended in a bunch sprint, and Merckx kept the lead. In the second stage, a few cyclists escaped, and two of Merckx' team mates, Italo ZilioliItalo Zilioli
Italo Zilioli is an Italian former professional cyclist.Born in Turin, as a professional he won 58 races, including the 1966 Züri-Metzgete...
and Georges Vandenberghe
Georges Vandenberghe
Georges Vandenberghe was a professional Belgian cyclist.Vandenberghe participated in 7 Tours de France between 1965 and 1971...
, joined the escape. Merckx' team mate Zilioli was ranked highest amongst the escaped cyclists, and none of them were considered competitors for the general classification, so Guillaume Driessens, Merckx's team leader, allowed the escape to work, and told Zilioli and Vandenberghe to give their best. Merckx however chased his own team mates. The group stayed away, Zilioli won the sprint and became the new leader, 4 seconds ahead of Merckx. After the stage, Merckx was angry at his team leader, because he had allowed Zilioli to "steal" Merckx' yellow jersey, but Driessens explained him that the other teams had spent energy to chase Zilioli, and the argument was over. Merckx team won the team time trial, and controlled the next stages, keeping Zilioli the leader with Merckx in second place.
In the sixth stage, Zilioli had a flat tire. Normally, if the leader in the Tour de France suffers a flat tire, a team mate would offer his wheel, and some team mates would stay with him to help him get back into the peloton. However, this time Merckx was considered more important, and Zilioli was given no help. Zilioli finished the stage one minute behind, and Merckx was the new leader.
The seventh stage was split in two. Merckx won the first stage with a solo break, and finished second in the second part, a time trial. In that time trial, run during the rain, Roger de Vlaeminck
Roger De Vlaeminck
Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as '"The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation"...
, third in the general classification, took too much risk, fell down and left the race in an ambulance. Merckx saw De Vlaeminck lying on the street during his race, and decided to take less risks, allowing José Antonio Gonzalez Linares to win the stage by three seconds.
Because Roger de Vlaeminck had left the race, his team Mars needed a new captain. Debutant Joop Zoetemelk
Joop Zoetemelk
Hendrik Gerardus Jozef "Joop" Zoetemelk is a retired professional racing cyclist from the Netherlands who has emigrated to France. He started the Tour de France 16 times and finished every time, a record. He won the race in 1980 and also came eighth, fifth, fourth and second...
was the highest ranked cyclist, and became the new captain.
In the ninth stage, Mogens Frey
Mogens Frey
Mogens Frey Jensen is a retired Danish road bicycle racer. Frey won, along with Gunnar Asmussen, Per Lyngemark, and Reno Olsen the gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in 4 km team pursuit. However, he is more famous for the way he won stage 9 in the 1970 Tour de France. Here, he defeated...
and Joaquim Agostinho
Joaquim Agostinho
Joaquim Fernandes Agostinho, OIH was a Portuguese professional bicycle racer. He was champion of Portugal in six successive years. He rode the Tour de France 13 times and finished all but once, winning on Alpe d'Huez in 1979, and finishing 3rd twice...
, team mates, broke away together. They worked together to stay away, but near the end of the stage Frey stopped working and had Agostinho do all the work, even after his team manager told him to help. In the sprint, Agostinho expected his team mate to give him the victory because he had done all the work, but to his surprise Frey started to come around him. Agostinho then grabbed Frey's handlebars, and crossed the finish line first. The race jury did not allow this, and gave the victory to Frey, putting Agostinho in second place.
In the tenth stage, when the first medium mountains showed up, Merckx won the stage, and only three cyclists were able to stay with him, including Zoetemelk. Zoetemelk then rose to the second place, and he became the most imporant rival for Merckx. Zoetemelk said that he would focus on defending his second place, because he thought Merckx was better than the rest of the world.
After the thirteenth stage, Merckx heard that Vicenze Giacotto, who started the Faema team around Merckx, had died of a heart attack.
Merkcx increased his lead steadily in the mountain stages in the Alps. After he won the stage to the Mont Ventoux, Merckx briefly lost consciousness.
In the two Pyrenéan stages, Merckx did not win. He was suffering from stomach problems, and changed bicycles several times. The young Bernard Thévenet
Bernard Thévenet
Bernard Thévenet, born 10 January 1948, in Saint-Julien-de-Civry, Saône-et-Loire, is a retired French bicycle racer. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx...
won the first, showing his potential as a future Tour winner.
Merckx was the third cyclist to win the Tour-Giro double in one year; 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...
and Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964...
had done it before. Coppi and Anquetil were over thirty years old at their doubles, Merckx was only 25. The margin with the second placed cyclist was less than the year before; according to J.B. Wadley, the difference was that Merckx stopped attacking in 1970 after the Mont Ventoux; had he been inclined to win more time, he probably would have been able to.
Aftermath
Merckx had been so dominant during the entire Tour, that the organisation was afraid the race would become dull. The director Felix LevitanFélix Lévitan
Félix Lévitan was the third organiser of the Tour de France, a role he shared for much of the time with Jacques Goddet...
announced that rule changes were considered to break the power of Merckx's team, that he was considering to return to national teams, and to reduce the number of time trials in the Tour. The 1971 Tour did not see major changes in rules, but the number of individual time trials decreased from five to two.
Stages
The 1970 Tour de France started on 27 June, and had no rest days.| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 27 June | Limoges Limoges Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France.... |
 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... |
7.4 km (4.6 mi) | |
| 1 | 27 June | Limoges – La Rochelle La Rochelle La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988... |
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224.5 km (139.5 mi) | |
| 2 | 28 June | La Rochelle – Angers Angers Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins.... |
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200 km (124.3 mi) | |
| 3a | 29 June | Angers | 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... |
10.7 km (6.6 mi) | Faema-Faemino |
| 3b | Angers – 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:... |
|
140 km (87 mi) | ||
| 4 | 30 June | Rennes – 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... |
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229 km (142.3 mi) | |
| 5a | 1 July | Lisieux – Rouen Rouen Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages... |
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94.5 km (58.7 mi) | |
| 5b | Rouen – 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... |
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223 km (138.6 mi) | ||
| 6 | 2 July | Amiens – Valenciennes Valenciennes Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded... |
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135.5 km (84.2 mi) | |
| 7a | 3 July | Valenciennes – Forest/Vorst | |
120 km (74.6 mi) | |
| 7b | Forest/Vorst | 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... |
7.2 km (4.5 mi) | ||
| 8 | 4 July | Ciney Ciney Ciney is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On January 1, 2006 Ciney had a total population of 14,958. The total area is 147.56 km² which gives a population density of 101 inhabitants per km².... – Felsberg Felsberg, Germany - Geography :The landscape around Felsberg is marked by hills and small lakes, as well as the remains of gravel quarrying. As part of the West Hesse Basin, it lies in a sunken area formed by volcanic activity in the Tertiary subera. The change from partly basaltic hills to smooth river valleys is... |
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232.5 km (144.5 mi) | |
| 9 | 5 July | Saarlouis Saarlouis Saarlouis is a city in the Saarland, Germany, capital of the district of Saarlouis. In 2006, the town had a population of 38,327. Saarlouis, as the name implies, is located at the river Saar.... – 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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269.5 km (167.5 mi) | |
| 10 | 6 July | Belfort Belfort Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-... – 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) | |
| 11a | 7 July | 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... |
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... |
8.8 km (5.5 mi) | |
| 11b | 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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139.5 km (86.7 mi) | ||
| 12 | 8 July | Thonon-les-Bains – Grenoble Grenoble Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère... |
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194 km (120.5 mi) | |
| 13 | 9 July | Grenoble – Gap Gap, Hautes-Alpes Gap is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the Hautes-Alpes department.-Geography:An Alpine crossroads at the intersection of D994 and Route nationale 85 the Route Napoléon, Gap lies above sea level along the right bank of the Luye River... |
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194.5 km (120.9 mi) | |
| 14 | 10 July | Gap – Mont Ventoux Mont Ventoux Mont Ventoux is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some 20 km northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the Drôme département. It is the largest mountain in the region and has been nicknamed the "Giant of Provence", or "The Bald... |
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170 km (105.6 mi) | |
| 15 | 11 July | Carpentras Carpentras Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It stands on the banks of the Auzon... – 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.... |
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144.5 km (89.8 mi) | |
| 16 | 12 July | Montpellier – 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... |
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160 km (99.4 mi) | |
| 17 | 13 July | Toulouse – Saint-Gaudens | |
190 km (118.1 mi) | |
| 18 | 14 July | Saint-Gaudens – La Mongie La Mongie The village of La Mongie is at 1800 metres altitude. There are also residences at 1850 and the Tourmalet building at 1900. It lies below the Col du Tourmalet . It is in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France and around 20 km from the Spanish border... |
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135.5 km (84.2 mi) | |
| 19 | 15 July | Bagnères de Bigorre – Mourenx Mourenx Mourenx is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*... |
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185.5 km (115.3 mi) | |
| 20a | 16 July | Mourenx Mourenx Mourenx is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*... – 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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160 km (99.4 mi) | |
| 20b | Bordeaux | 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... |
8.2 km (5.1 mi) | ||
| 21 | 17 July | Ruffec Ruffec, Charente Ruffec is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.-Population:... – Tours Tours Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the... |
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191.5 km (119 mi) | |
| 22 | 18 July | Tours – 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... |
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238.5 km (148.2 mi) | |
| 23 | 19 July | 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... Champs-Élysées Champs-Élysées The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a prestigious avenue in Paris, France. With its cinemas, cafés, luxury specialty shops and clipped horse-chestnut trees, the Avenue des Champs-Élysées is one of the most famous streets and one of the most expensive strip of real estate in the world. The name is... |
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... |
54 km (33.6 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:... |
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| P | no award | Bic | ||
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| 3a | Faemino | |||
| 3b | ||||
| 4 | ||||
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| 6 | ||||
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| 8 | ||||
| 9 | ||||
| 10 | ||||
| 11a | ||||
| 11b | ||||
| 12 | Mann | |||
| 13 | Faemino | |||
| 14 | KAS | |||
| 15 | ||||
| 16 | ||||
| 17 | ||||
| 18 | ||||
| 19 | ||||
| 20a | ||||
| 20b | ||||
| 21 | ||||
| 22 | ||||
| 23 | Salvarani | |||
| Final | Salvarani |
During the stages when Merckx was leading the general classification and the points classification, Merckx wore the yellow jersey and the number two of the points classification was wearing a black/green jersey. When Merckx was leading the general classification and the combination classification, the number two of the combination classification wore a black/white jersey.
General classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faema | 119h 31' 49" | |
| 2 | Flandria | +12' 41" | |
| 3 | Ferretti | +15' 54" | |
| 4 | Molteni | +18' 53" | |
| 5 | Willem II | +19' 54" | |
| 6 | Sonolor | +20' 34" | |
| 7 | Fagor | +20' 35" | |
| 8 | Salvarani | +21' 34" | |
| 9 | Kas | +21' 45" | |
| 10 | Mann | +23' 23" |
| Final general classification (11–100) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
| 11 | Peugeot | +23' 59" | |
| 12 | Salvarani | +25' 10" | |
| 13 | Faema | +26' 17" | |
| 14 | Frimatic | +26' 52" | |
| 15 | Kas | +28' 11" | |
| 16 | Mann | +29' 17" | |
| 17 | Sonolor | +29' 22" | |
| 18 | Salvarani | +31' 02" | |
| 19 | Bic | +32' 19" | |
| 20 | Kas | +35' 22" | |
| 21 | Peugeot | +47' 28" | |
| 22 | Frimatic | +50' 05" | |
| 23 | Kas | +50' 18" | |
| 24 | Faema | +52' 56" | |
| 25 | Kas | +55' 57" | |
| 26 | Bic | +56' 29" | |
| 27 | Fagor | +58' 47" | |
| 28 | Salvarani | +59' 39" | |
| 29 | Salvarani | +1h 02' 36" | |
| 30 | Faema | +1h 05' 24" | |
| 31 | Bic | +1h 06' 59" | |
| 32 | Willem II | +1h 10' 19" | |
| 33 | Fagor | +1h 11' 22" | |
| 34 | Kas | +1h 12' 21" | |
| 35 | Peugeot | +1h 13' 25" | |
| 36 | Ferretti | +1h 13' 28" | |
| 37 | Fagor | +1h 15' 38" | |
| 38 | Molteni | +1h 16' 05" | |
| 39 | Molteni | +1h 16' 43" | |
| 40 | Bic | +1h 17' 24" | |
| 41 | Peugeot | +1h 18' 21" | |
| 42 | Frimatic | +1h 18' 34" | |
| 43 | Mann | +1h 19' 56" | |
| 44 | Willem II | +1h 22' 46" | |
| 45 | Caballero | +1h 23' 21" | |
| 46 | Faema | +1h 26' 30" | |
| 47 | Caballero | +1h 27' 04" | |
| 48 | Ferretti | +1h 31' 05" | |
| 49 | Molteni | +1h 33' 53" | |
| 50 | Faema | +1h 34' 12" | |
| 51 | Sonolor | +1h 35' 59" | |
| 52 | Peugeot | +1h 36' 27" | |
| 53 | Molteni | +1h 37' 12" | |
| 54 | Mann | +1h 38' 27" | |
| 55 | Molteni | +1h 38' 49" | |
| 56 | Kas | +1h 39' 01" | |
| 57 | Mann | +1h 40' 17" | |
| 58 | Peugeot | +1h 41' 07" | |
| 59 | Frimatic | +1h 41' 10" | |
| 60 | Scic | +1h 45' 31" | |
| 61 | Frimatic | +1h 47' 26" | |
| 62 | Fagor | +1h 50' 11" | |
| 63 | Molteni | +1h 52' 35" | |
| 64 | Peugeot | +1h 53' 01" | |
| 65 | Mann | +1h 55' 12" | |
| 66 | Kas | +1h 55' 18" | |
| 67 | Mann | +1h 56' 44" | |
| 68 | Faema | +2h 00' 04" | |
| 69 | Flandria | +2h 02' 55" | |
| 70 | Sonolor | +2h 09' 34" | |
| 71 | Salvarani | +2h 10' 07" | |
| 72 | Sonolor | +2h 10' 54" | |
| 73 | Scic | +2h 11' 57" | |
| 74 | Kas | +2h 12' 26" | |
| 75 | Faema | +2h 13' 15" | |
| 76 | Peugeot | +2h 19' 59" | |
| 77 | Bic | +2h 20' 28" | |
| 78 | Willem II | +2h 20' 52" | |
| 79 | Fagor | +2h 21' 33" | |
| 80 | Willem II | +2h 22' 06" | |
| 81 | Flandria | +2h 22' 50" | |
| 82 | Fagor | +2h 26' 22" | |
| 83 | Bic | +2h 28' 03" | |
| 84 | Fagor | +2h 30' 30" | |
| 85 | Flandria | +2h 31' 35" | |
| 86 | Caballero | +2h 32' 26" | |
| 87 | Faema | +2h 33' 05" | |
| 88 | Flandria | +2h 33' 17" | |
| 89 | Mann | +2h 34'27" | |
| 90 | Fagor | +2h 41' 57" | |
| 91 | Flandria | +2h 44' 52" | |
| 92 | Caballero | +2h 47' 07" | |
| 93 | Ferretti | +2h 50' 40" | |
| 94 | Mann | +2h 58' 50" | |
| 95 | Bic | +3h 02' 01" | |
| 96 | Salvarani | +3h 19' 56" | |
| 97 | Frimatic | +3h 21' 49" | |
| 98 | Flandria | +3h 22' 04" | |
| 99 | Scic | +3h 29' 47" | |
| 100 | Willem II | +3h 52' 12" | |
Points classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvarani | 212 | |
| 2 | Faema | 207 | |
| 3 | Molteni | 161 | |
| 4 | Bic | 151 | |
| 5 | Fagor | 138 | |
| 6 | Willem II | 116 | |
| 7 | Mann | 100 | |
| 8 | Caballero | 77.5 | |
| 9 | Bic | 75 | |
| 10 | Frimatic | 73 |
Mountains classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faema | 128 | |
| 2 | Kas | 94 | |
| 3 | Molteni | 85 | |
| 4 | Salvarani | 68 | |
| 5 | Sonolor | 65 | |
| 6 | Salvarani | 64 | |
| 7 | Ferretti | 59 | |
| 8 | Peugeot | 57 | |
| 9 | Kas | 52 | |
| 10 | Molteni | 32 |
Schiavon did not finish the race, but left the race after the last mountain stage. In 1970, the rules were such that Schiavon was still listed in the mountains classification.
Team classification
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvarani | 354h 22' 56" |
| 2 | Kas-Kaskol | +1' 14" |
| 3 | Faema-Faemino | +9' 45" |
| 4 | Sonolor-Lejeune | +29' 21" |
| 5 | Mann-Grundig | +34' 23" |
| 6 | Peugeot-BP-Michelin | +35' 35" |
| 7 | Molteni | +45' 35" |
| 8 | Bic | +51' 17" |
| 9 | Fagor-Mercier-Hutchinson | +59' 39" |
| 10 | Frimatic-De Gribaldy-Wolber | +1h 04' 11" |
| 11 | Willem II-Gazelle | +1h 28' 23" |
| 12 | Ferretti | +1h 58' 15" |
| 13 | Mars-Flandria | +2h 41' 51" |
| 14 | Caballero-Laurens | +3h 34' 14" |
| 15 | Scic | +4h 58' 24" |
Combination classification
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faema | 4 | |
| 2 | Molteni | 21.5 | |
| 3 | Willem II | 23 | |
| 4 | Sonolor | 25.5 | |
| 5 | Flandria | 32.5 |
Sprints classification
The sprints classification, sponsored by Miko, was also named "hot spot".| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fagor | 67 | |
| 2 | Scic | 48 | |
| 3 | Flandria | 22 | |
| 4 | Flandria | 20 |
Other classifications
The combativity awardCombativity award
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was given to Roger Pingeon.
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faema | 366 | |
| 2 | Frimatic | 340 | |
| 3 | Peugeot | 273 | |
| 4 | Peugeot | 252 | |
| 5 | Kas | 176 | |
The new rider classification was first calculated in 1970.
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frimatic | 77 | |
| 2 | Flandria | 67 | |
| 3 | Sonolor | 36 |