1972 Tour de France: results and classification

Start: July 1st 1972
End: July 23rd 1972
Number of stages : 20
Number of participants : 132
Number of finishers : 88
Distance : 3847 km
Average speed : 35.371 km/h

General classification of the 1972 Tour de France

RiderTime
1Eddy Merckx (Bel)108h17'18"
2Felice Gimondi (Ita)+ 10'41"
3Raymond Poulidor (Fra)+ 11'34"
4Lucien Van Impe (Bel)+ 16'45"
5Joop Zoetemelk (Nld)+ 19'09"
6Mariano Martinez (Fra)+ 21'31"
7Yves Hézard (Fra)+ 21'52"
8Joaquim Agostinho (Prt)+ 34'16"
9Bernard Thévenet (Fra)+ 37'11"
10Edward Janssens (Bel)+ 42'33"

Jerseys of the 1972 Tour de France

Yellow jersey (winner of the Tour de France) : Eddy Merckx in 108h17'18"
Polka dot jersey (best climber) : Lucien Van Impe with 229 points
Green jersey (best sprinter) : Eddy Merckx with 196 points

Stages of the 1972 Tour de France

Prologue (Angers - Angers, 7.2 km in Individual Time Trial)

1. Eddy Merckx in 8'51"
2. Swerts + 11"
3. Raymond Poulidor + 12"
4. Joop Zoetemelk + 13"
5. Duyndam + 15"
6. Ocana + 15"
7. Leif Mortensen + 17"
8. Cyrille Guimard + 19"
9. Bellone + 20"
10. Yves Hézard + 21"

Stage 1 (Angers - St Brieuc, 235.5 km)

1. Cyrille Guimard in 6h00'31"
2. Wright + 0"
3. Gerben Karstens + 0"
4. Rik Van Linden + 0"
5. Eddy Merckx + 0"
6. Marino Basso + 0"
7. Nassen + 0"
8. Rolf Wolfshohl + 0"
9. Frans Verbeeck + 0"
10. Vianen + 0"

Stage 2 (St Brieuc - La Baule, 206.5 km)

1. Rik Van Linden in 5h09'43"
2. Walter Godefroot + 0"
3. Van Rijckeghem + 0"
4. Marino Basso + 0"
5. Delépine + 0"
6. Cyrille Guimard + 0"
7. Peffgen + 0"
8. Guido Reybrouck + 0"
9. Gerben Karstens + 0"
10. Leif Mortensen + 0"

Stage 3a (Pornichet - St Jean de Monts, 161 km)

1. Ercole Gualazzini in 3h56'33"
2. Van Clooster + 0"
3. Beysens + 0"
4. Tschan + 0"
5. Guyot + 0"
6. Moneyron + 0"
7. Deschoenmaecker + 0"
8. Marino Basso + 7"
9. Rik Van Linden + 7"
10. Cyrille Guimard + 7"

Stage 3b (Merlin Plage - Merlin Plage, 16.2 km in Team Time Trial)

1. Molteni in 1h37'03"
2. Peugeot-BP + 1'39"
3. Bic + 2'17"
4. Gan-Mercier + 3'14"
5. Sonolor + 3'41"

Stage 4 (Merlin Plage - Royan, 236 km)

1. Cyrille Guimard in 5h22'43"
2. Van Marcke + 0"
3. Frans Verbeeck + 0"
4. Walter Godefroot + 0"
5. Koeken + 0"
6. Italo Zilioli + 0"
7. Eddy Merckx + 0"
8. Van Staeyen + 0"
9. Beysens + 0"
10. Swerts + 0"

Stage 5a (Royan - Bordeaux, 133.5 km)

1. Walter Godefroot in 2h59'33"
2. Marino Basso + 0"
3. Cyrille Guimard + 0"
4. Van Rijckeghem + 0"
5. Gerben Karstens + 0"
6. Rik Van Linden + 0"
7. Frans Verbeeck + 0"
8. Marinus Wagtmans + 0"
9. Vianen + 0"
10. Nassen + 0"

Stage 5b (Bordeaux - Circuit du Lac, 12.7 km in Individual Time Trial)

1. Eddy Merckx in 16'05"
2. Swerts + 2"
3. Ocana + 15"
4. Raymond Poulidor + 20"
5. Yves Hézard + 23"
6. Cyrille Guimard + 24"
7. Joaquim Agostinho + 24"
8. Bernard Thévenet + 32"
9. Leif Mortensen + 40"
10. Felice Gimondi + 41"

Stage 6 (Bordeaux - Bayonne, 205 km)

1. Leo Duyndam in 5h44'10"
2. Castelletti + 0"
3. Guy Santy + 0"
4. Grelin + 0"
5. Willy Van Neste + 0"
6. Joseph Bruyère + 42"
7. Gualazzini + 1'29"
8. Delépine + 1'29"
9. Eddy Merckx + 1'33"
10. Rik Van Linden + 1'33"

Stage 7 (Bayonne - Pau, 220.5 km)

1. Yves Hézard in 6h02'19"
2. Cyrille Guimard + 0"
3. Felice Gimondi + 0"
4. Joop Zoetemelk + 0"
5. Eddy Merckx + 0"
6. Raymond Poulidor + 0"
7. Ocana + 1'49"
8. Edward Janssens + 3'09"
9. Lucien Van Impe + 5'03"
10. Roger Pingeon + 6'06"

Stage 8 (Pau - Bagnères-de-Luchon, 163.5 km)

1. Eddy Merckx in 4h54'48"
2. Lucien Van Impe + 1"
3. Ocana + 8"
4. Joop Zoetemelk + 2'15"
5. Mariano Martinez + 2'15"
6. Raymond Poulidor + 2'15"
7. Felice Gimondi + 2'44"
8. Cyrille Guimard + 2'44"
9. Bernard Thévenet + 2'44"
10. Joaquim Agostinho + 3'31"

Stage 9 (Bagnères-de-Luchon - Colomiers, 179 km)

1. Jozef Huysmans in 4h43'01"
2. Wright + 0"
3. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume + 0"
4. Rolf Wolfshohl + 0"
5. Cadiou + 0"
6. Vianen + 0"
7. Antoon Houbrechts + 0"
8. Ricci + 0"
9. Harings + 0"
10. Spruyt + 0"

Stage 10 (Castres - La Grande Motte, 210 km)

1. Willy Teirlinck in 6h08'19"
2. Barry Hoban + 3"
3. Frans Verbeeck + 3"
4. Guido Reybrouck + 3"
5. Cyrille Guimard + 3"
6. Marinus Wagtmans + 3"
7. Nassen + 3"
8. Marino Basso + 3"
9. Swerts + 3"
10. Rik Van Linden + 3"

Stage 11 (Carnon Plage - Mont Ventoux, 207 km)

1. Bernard Thévenet in 7h13'45"
2. Eddy Merckx + 34"
3. Ocana + 39"
4. Raymond Poulidor + 51"
5. Mariano Martinez + 1'01"
6. Joaquim Agostinho + 1'18"
7. Lucien Van Impe + 1'25"
8. Felice Gimondi + 1'46"
9. Joop Zoetemelk + 1'55"
10. Edward Janssens + 1'58"

Stage 12 (Carpentras - Orcières Merlette, 192 km)

1. Lucien Van Impe in 5h38'33"
2. Joaquim Agostinho + 3"
3. Eddy Merckx + 1'17"
4. Ocana + 1'18"
5. Joop Zoetemelk + 1'20"
6. Mariano Martinez + 1'20"
7. Cyrille Guimard + 1'20"
8. Raymond Poulidor + 1'20"
9. Yves Hézard + 1'20"
10. Felice Gimondi + 1'24"

Stage 13 (Orcières Merlette - Briançon, 201 km)

1. Eddy Merckx in 6h26'12"
2. Felice Gimondi + 1'31"
3. Cyrille Guimard + 1'31"
4. Lucien Van Impe + 1'31"
5. Raymond Poulidor + 1'31"
6. Joaquim Agostinho + 1'34"
7. Mariano Martinez + 1'37"
8. Yves Hézard + 1'40"
9. Ocana + 1'41"
10. Martin Vandenbossche + 6'05"

Stage 14a (Briançon - Valloire/Galibier, 51 km)

1. Eddy Merckx in 1h32'02"
2. Joop Zoetemelk + 0"
3. Joaquim Agostinho + 24"
4. Edward Janssens + 24"
5. Cyrille Guimard + 56"
6. Felice Gimondi + 56"
7. Mariano Martinez + 56"
8. Antoon Houbrechts + 56"
9. Leif Mortensen + 58"
10. Raymond Delisle + 1'00"

Stage 14b (Valloire/Galibier - Aix-les-Bains, 151 km)

1. Cyrille Guimard in 4h48'53"
2. Eddy Merckx + 0"
3. Felice Gimondi + 0"
4. Joop Zoetemelk + 0"
5. Lucien Van Impe + 0"
6. Joaquim Agostinho + 0"
7. Raymond Poulidor + 0"
8. Mariano Martinez + 0"
9. Raymond Delisle + 4"
10. Mourioux + 3'26"

Stage 15 (Aix-les-Bains - Le Revard, 28 km)

1. Cyrille Guimard in 1h09'49"
2. Eddy Merckx + 0"
3. Lucien Van Impe + 0"
4. Raymond Poulidor + 0"
5. Joop Zoetemelk + 3"
6. Joaquim Agostinho + 4"
7. Mariano Martinez + 6"
8. Raymond Delisle + 15"
9. Edward Janssens + 43"
10. Yves Hézard + 1'28"

Stage 16 (Aix-les-Bains - Pontarlier, 198.5 km)

1. Willy Teirlinck in 6h08'17"
2. Leif Mortensen + 0"
3. Frans Verbeeck + 45"
4. Verstraeten + 46"
5. Krekels + 56"
6. Rik Van Linden + 56"
7. Gerben Karstens + 56"
8. Marino Basso + 56"
9. Peffgen + 56"
10. Cyrille Guimard + 56"

Stage 17 (Pontarlier - Ballon d'Alsace, 213 km)

1. Bernard Thévenet in 5h59'08"
2. Joop Zoetemelk + 4"
3. Mariano Martinez + 7"
4. Eddy Merckx + 30"
5. Lucien Van Impe + 32"
6. Yves Hézard + 36"
7. Felice Gimondi + 36"
8. Karl-Heinz Kunde + 36"
9. Raymond Poulidor + 39"
10. Leif Mortensen + 42"

Stage 18 (Belfort - Auxerre, 257.5 km)

1. Marinus Wagtmans in 7h38'21"
2. Rik Van Linden + 20"
3. Frans Verbeeck + 20"
4. Teirlinck + 20"
5. Joop Zoetemelk + 20"
6. Van Staeyen + 20"
7. Marino Basso + 20"
8. Krekels + 20"
9. Lucien Van Impe + 20"
10. Vianen + 20"

Stage 19 (Auxerre - Versailles, 230 km)

1. Joseph Bruyère in 6h41'55"
2. Santambrogio + 0"
3. Guy Santy + 1"
4. Gerben Karstens + 10"
5. Rik Van Linden + 11"
6. Frans Verbeeck + 11"
7. Marino Basso + 11"
8. Krekels + 11"
9. Dolman + 11"
10. Marinus Wagtmans + 11"

Stage 20a (Versailles - Versailles, 42 km in Individual Time Trial)

1. Eddy Merckx in 55'27"
2. Felice Gimondi + 34"
3. Yves Hézard + 1'10"
4. Raymond Poulidor + 1'31"
5. Leif Mortensen + 2'16"
6. Joseph Bruyère + 2'18"
7. Lucien Van Impe + 2'40"
8. Moneyron + 2'52"
9. Bernard Thévenet + 3'05"
10. Swerts + 3'11"

Stage 20b (Versailles - Paris/Vincennes, 89 km)

1. Willy Teirlinck in 2h32'14"
2. Marino Basso + 6"
3. Rik Van Linden + 6"
4. Walter Godefroot + 6"
5. Gerben Karstens + 6"
6. Krekels + 6"
7. Nassen + 6"
8. Mourioux + 6"
9. Marinus Wagtmans + 6"
10. Frans Verbeeck + 6"
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