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1971 Tour de France

Winner

BelgiumEddy Merckx
  • Dates26 June - 18 July 1971
  • Stages203689 km
  • Winning margin+ 9' 51"Joop Zoetemelk

General Information

Distance
3689 km
Stages
20
Finishers / Starters
94 / 130
Dates
26 June 1971 - 18 July 1971

Jerseys

Yellow Jersey
BelgiumEddy Merckx
96h 45' 14"
Green Jersey
BelgiumEddy Merckx
202 pts
Polka Dot Jersey
BelgiumLucien Van Impe
228 pts

Top 10 GC

# Rider Time / Gap
1 BelgiumEddy Merckx 96h 45' 14"
2 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk + 9' 51"
3 BelgiumLucien Van Impe + 11' 06"
4 FranceBernard Thévenet + 14' 50"
5 PortugalJoaquim Agostinho + 21' 00"
6 DenmarkLeif Mortensen + 21' 38"
7 FranceCyrille Guimard + 22' 58"
8 FranceBernard Labourdette + 30' 07"
9 FranceLucien Aimar + 32' 45"
10 SpainVicente López Carril + 36' 00"

Stage Results

Stage Prologue
Mulhouse → Mulhouse 11 km
1 Molteni 1h 05' 16"
2 Ferretti + 1' 48"
3 Flandria-Mars + 2' 16"
4 Bic + 2' 23"
5 Peugeot + 3' 02"
Stage 1a
Mulhouse → Basel 59.5 km
1 BelgiumEric Leman 1h 24' 36"
2 BelgiumWalter Godefroot + 0"
3 BelgiumGuido Reybrouck + 0"
4 NetherlandsGerben Karstens + 0"
5 BelgiumRoger De Vlaeminck + 0"
6 FranceCyrille Guimard + 0"
7 Jan Krekels + 0"
8 Roger Swerts + 0"
9 Pieter Nassen + 0"
10 Albert Van Vlierberghe + 0"
Stage 1b
Basel → Fribourg 90 km
1 NetherlandsGerben Karstens 2h 28' 26"
2 BelgiumRoger De Vlaeminck + 0"
3 BelgiumWalter Godefroot + 0"
4 FranceCyrille Guimard + 0"
5 BelgiumJozef Huysmans + 0"
6 ItalyEnrico Paolini + 0"
7 José Gómez Lucas + 0"
8 Tino Tabak + 0"
9 GermanyRolf Wolfshohl + 0"
10 Jan Krekels + 0"
Stage 1c
Fribourg → Mulhouse 74 km
1 Albert Van Vlierberghe 1h 43' 32"
2 BelgiumEric De Vlaeminck + 0"
3 ItalyEnrico Paolini + 0"
4 FranceCyrille Guimard + 0"
5 NetherlandsGerben Karstens + 0"
6 BelgiumGuido Reybrouck + 0"
7 BelgiumRoger De Vlaeminck + 0"
8 Jan Krekels + 0"
9 BelgiumWalter Godefroot + 0"
10 Albert Fritz + 0"
Stage 2
Mulhouse → Strasbourg 144 km
1 BelgiumEddy Merckx 3h 05' 27"
2 BelgiumRoger De Vlaeminck + 0"
3 BelgiumHerman Van Springel + 0"
4 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk + 0"
5 ItalyGianni Motta + 0"
6 Tino Tabak + 0"
7 ItalyEnrico Paolini + 0"
8 Christian Raymond + 0"
9 G. Pettersson + 0"
10 SpainLuis Ocaña + 0"
Stage 3
Strasbourg → Nancy 165.5 km
1 NetherlandsMarinus Wagtmans 4h 14' 21"
2 United KingdomBarry Hoban + 0"
3 Nemesio Jiménez + 0"
4 Jean-Pierre Genet + 0"
5 BelgiumWilly Van Neste + 0"
6 Pietro Guerra + 0"
7 Victor Van Schil + 0"
8 BelgiumWilfried David + 0"
9 Mauro Simonetti + 0"
10 Jean-Claude Genty + 0"
Stage 4
Nancy → Marche-en-Famenne 242 km
1 Jean-Pierre Genet 6h 45' 03"
2 José Gómez Lucas + 1"
3 FranceCyrille Guimard + 5"
4 BelgiumRoger De Vlaeminck + 5"
5 BelgiumGuido Reybrouck + 5"
6 NetherlandsGerben Karstens + 5"
7 BelgiumWalter Godefroot + 5"
8 Ger Harings + 5"
9 BelgiumEddy Merckx + 5"
10 Jan Krekels + 5"
Stage 5
Dinant → Roubaix 208.5 km
1 Pietro Guerra 5h 13' 56"
2 Julien Stevens + 0"
3 Robert Bouloux + 3"
4 BelgiumWilly Van Neste + 3"
5 José Catieau + 3"
6 Albert Van Vlierberghe + 3"
7 Raymond Riotte + 22"
8 BelgiumRoger De Vlaeminck + 1' 16"
9 BelgiumEric De Vlaeminck + 1' 16"
10 BelgiumEddy Merckx + 1' 16"
Stage 6a
Roubaix → Amiens 127.5 km
1 BelgiumEric Leman 3h 03' 19"
2 NetherlandsGerben Karstens + 0"
3 FranceCyrille Guimard + 0"
4 Eddy Peelman + 0"
5 BelgiumRoger De Vlaeminck + 0"
6 BelgiumWalter Godefroot + 0"
7 NetherlandsMarinus Wagtmans + 0"
8 Albert Fritz + 0"
9 BelgiumEric De Vlaeminck + 0"
10 BelgiumGuido Reybrouck + 0"
Stage 6b
Amiens → Le Touquet 133.5 km
1 Mauro Simonetti 3h 47' 56"
2 Wilmo Francioni + 3"
3 Frans Mintjens + 5"
4 Jos van der Vleuten + 5"
5 GermanyRolf Wolfshohl + 5"
6 Ventura Díaz + 5"
7 Jean-Claude Genty + 5"
8 BelgiumRoger De Vlaeminck + 5"
9 NetherlandsGerben Karstens + 5"
10 BelgiumGuido Reybrouck + 5"
Stage 7
Rungis → Nevers 257.5 km
1 BelgiumEric Leman 6h 45' 33"
2 NetherlandsGerben Karstens + 0"
3 BelgiumWalter Godefroot + 0"
4 FranceCyrille Guimard + 0"
5 ItalyGianni Motta + 0"
6 Ercole Gualazzini + 0"
7 BelgiumGeorges Vandenberghe + 0"
8 FranceMariano Martinez + 0"
9 Jan van Katwijk + 0"
10 Pietro Guerra + 0"
Stage 8
Nevers → Puy de Dôme 221 km
1 SpainLuis Ocaña 6h 21' 10"
2 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk + 7"
3 PortugalJoaquim Agostinho + 13"
4 BelgiumEddy Merckx + 15"
5 G. Petterson + 49"
6 SpainAgustín Tamames + 1' 10"
7 FranceCyrille Guimard + 1' 15"
8 FranceBernard Thévenet + 1' 21"
9 ItalyGianni Motta + 1' 37"
10 ItalyEnrico Paolini + 1' 52"
Stage 9
Clermont-Ferrand → Saint-Étienne 153 km
1 BelgiumWalter Godefroot 4h 02' 18"
2 Wilmo Francioni + 0"
3 Jozef Spruyt + 0"
4 FranceJean-Pierre Danguillaume + 0"
5 NetherlandsMarinus Wagtmans + 0"
6 Jean-Pierre Genet + 32"
7 SpainVicente López Carril + 32"
8 Jean-Claude Genty + 32"
9 FranceLucien Aimar + 32"
10 ItalyGianni Motta + 6' 08"
Stage 10
Saint-Étienne → Grenoble 188.5 km
1 FranceBernard Thévenet 5h 24' 33"
2 G. Petterson + 0"
3 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk + 0"
4 SpainLuis Ocaña + 0"
5 FranceCyrille Guimard + 1' 09"
6 BelgiumLucien Van Impe + 1' 09"
7 BelgiumEddy Merckx + 1' 36"
8 Luis Zubero + 1' 36"
9 FranceJean-Pierre Danguillaume + 1' 52"
10 SpainVicente López Carril + 1' 52"
Stage 11
Grenoble → Orcières-Merlette 134 km
1 SpainLuis Ocaña 4h 02' 49"
2 BelgiumLucien Van Impe + 5' 52"
3 BelgiumEddy Merckx + 8' 42"
4 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk + 8' 42"
5 G. Petterson + 8' 42"
6 FranceBernard Thévenet + 8' 42"
7 FranceBernard Labourdette + 8' 42"
8 FranceCyrille Guimard + 8' 46"
9 T. Petterson + 8' 46"
10 PortugalJoaquim Agostinho + 8' 50"
Stage 12
Orcières-Merlette → Marseille 251 km
1 Luciano Armani 5h 25' 28"
2 BelgiumEddy Merckx + 0"
3 FranceLucien Aimar + 0"
4 Jos van der Vleuten + 0"
5 ItalyEnrico Paolini + 0"
6 FranceDésiré Letort + 0"
7 Robert Bouloux + 0"
8 NetherlandsMarinus Wagtmans + 2"
9 BelgiumJozef Huysmans + 2"
10 FranceCyrille Guimard + 1' 56"
Stage 13
Albi → Albi 16.3 km
1 BelgiumEddy Merckx 22' 57"
2 SpainLuis Ocaña + 11"
3 Charly Grosskost + 11"
4 FranceCyrille Guimard + 26"
5 BelgiumFerdinand Bracke + 26"
6 Mauro Simonetti + 41"
7 T. Petterson + 42"
8 FranceBernard Thévenet + 42"
9 PortugalJoaquim Agostinho + 50"
10 FranceDésiré Letort + 55"
Stage 14
Revel → Bagnères-de-Luchon 214.5 km
1 SpainJosé Manuel Fuente 6h 11' 54"
2 BelgiumEddy Merckx + 6' 21"
3 BelgiumLucien Van Impe + 6' 21"
4 SpainVicente López Carril + 6' 21"
5 FranceLucien Aimar + 6' 21"
6 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk + 6' 21"
7 FranceCyrille Guimard + 7' 15"
8 Antonio Martos + 7' 26"
9 FranceBernard Labourdette + 7' 34"
10 PortugalJoaquim Agostinho + 7' 35"
Stage 15
Bagnères-de-Luchon → Superbagnères 19.6 km
1 SpainJosé Manuel Fuente 47' 42"
2 BelgiumLucien Van Impe + 26"
3 FranceBernard Thévenet + 28"
4 BelgiumEddy Merckx + 1' 00"
5 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk + 1' 00"
6 SpainFrancisco Galdós + 1' 02"
7 Victor Van Schil + 1' 04"
8 PortugalJoaquim Agostinho + 1' 06"
9 FranceCyrille Guimard + 1' 09"
10 FranceRaymond Delisle + 1' 09"
Stage 16a
Bagnères-de-Luchon → Gourette 145 km
1 FranceBernard Labourdette 5h 08' 36"
2 BelgiumEddy Merckx + 1' 32"
3 BelgiumLucien Van Impe + 1' 34"
4 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk + 1' 35"
5 FranceCyrille Guimard + 1' 39"
6 SpainVicente López Carril + 1' 44"
7 FranceDésiré Letort + 1' 49"
8 PortugalJoaquim Agostinho + 1' 51"
9 DenmarkLeif Mortensen + 2' 20"
10 NetherlandsMarinus Wagtmans + 2' 57"
Stage 16b
Gourette → Pau 57.5 km
1 BelgiumHerman Van Springel 1h 17' 58"
2 BelgiumWilly Van Neste + 0"
3 FranceCyrille Guimard + 24"
4 BelgiumEddy Merckx + 24"
5 ItalyEnrico Paolini + 24"
6 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk + 24"
7 BelgiumLucien Van Impe + 24"
8 PortugalJoaquim Agostinho + 24"
9 DenmarkLeif Mortensen + 24"
10 SpainAgustín Tamames + 24"
Stage 17
Mont-de-Marsan → Bordeaux 188 km
1 BelgiumEddy Merckx 5h 32' 31"
2 BelgiumGeorges Vandenberghe + 0"
3 Roger Swerts + 0"
4 Jos van der Vleuten + 0"
5 Raymond Riotte + 0"
6 United KingdomBarry Hoban + 2' 26"
7 José Manuel López Rodríguez + 2' 26"
8 Nemesio Jiménez + 2' 26"
9 Julien Stevens + 3' 01"
10 NetherlandsGerben Karstens + 3' 05"
Stage 18
Bordeaux → Poitiers 244 km
1 FranceJean-Pierre Danguillaume 6h 30' 33"
2 Jan Krekels + 0"
3 Bernard Guyot + 0"
4 Ottavio Crepaldi + 0"
5 José Catieau + 0"
6 Jozef Spruyt + 0"
7 Jean Vidament + 0"
8 ItalyEnrico Paolini + 0"
9 GermanyRolf Wolfshohl + 0"
10 Johny Schleck + 0"
Stage 19
Blois → Versailles 185 km
1 Jan Krekels 5h 21' 06"
2 FranceCyrille Guimard + 0"
3 FranceJean-Pierre Danguillaume + 0"
4 Wilmo Francioni + 0"
5 NetherlandsMarinus Wagtmans + 0"
6 BelgiumHerman Van Springel + 0"
7 Luciano Armani + 0"
8 Julien Stevens + 0"
9 Victor Van Schil + 0"
10 PortugalJoaquim Agostinho + 0"
Stage 20
Versailles → Paris 53.8 km
1 BelgiumEddy Merckx 1h 10' 32"
2 PortugalJoaquim Agostinho + 2' 36"
3 NetherlandsMarinus Wagtmans + 2' 52"
4 BelgiumFerdinand Bracke + 3' 04"
5 Roger Swerts + 3' 15"
6 BelgiumHerman Van Springel + 3' 26"
7 Victor Van Schil + 4' 03"
8 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk + 4' 06"
9 FranceCyrille Guimard + 4' 09"
10 Nemesio Jiménez + 4' 12"

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