Start: June 27th 1974
End: July 21st 1974
Number of stages : 22
Number of participants : 130
Number of finishers : 105
Distance : 4098 km
Average speed : 35.241 km/h
General classification of the 1974 Tour de France
Jerseys of the 1974 Tour de France
Yellow jersey (winner of the Tour de France) :
Eddy Merckx in 116h16'58"
Polka dot jersey (best climber) : Domingo Perurena with 161 points
Green jersey (best sprinter) : Patrick Sercu with 283 points
Stages of the 1974 Tour de France
Prologue (Brest - Brest, 7.1 km in Individual Time Trial)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 8'54"
2. Jesús Manzaneque + 6"
3. Joseph Bruyère + 8"
4.
Joaquim Agostinho + 13"
5. Baert + 17"
6.
Gerben Karstens + 20"
7. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume + 20"
8.
Bernard Thévenet + 23"
9.
Michel Pollentier + 23"
10. Herman Van Springel + 24"
Stage 1 (Brest - St Pol de Leon, 144 km)
1. Ercole Gualazzini in 3h25'30"
2. Joseph Bruyère + 1"
3. Herman Van Springel + 4"
4.
Gerben Karstens + 25"
5. Frans Van Looy + 25"
6.
Eddy Merckx + 25"
7. Patrick Sercu + 25"
8. Van Katwijk + 25"
9.
Barry Hoban + 25"
10. Priem + 25"
Stage 2 (Plymouth - Plymouth, 163.7 km)
1. Henk Poppe in 3h53'44"
2.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
3. Patrick Sercu + 0"
4.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
5. Herman Van Springel + 0"
6. Van Katwijk + 0"
7. Priem + 0"
8. Lasa + 0"
9.
Barry Hoban + 0"
10. Van Roosbroeck + 0"
Stage 3 (Morlaix - St Malo, 190 km)
1. Patrick Sercu in 4h45'57"
2. Delépine + 0"
3. Van Katwijk + 0"
4.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
5. Van Roosbroeck + 0"
6.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
7. Mourioux + 0"
8.
Barry Hoban + 0"
9. Priem + 0"
10. Mintkiewicz + 0"
Stage 4 (St Malo - Caen, 184.5 km)
1. Patrick Sercu in 4h48'54"
2.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
3. Gualazzini + 0"
4.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
5. Van Katwijk + 0"
6. Lasa + 0"
7. Van Roosbroeck + 0"
8. Mourioux + 0"
9.
Barry Hoban + 0"
10. Régis Ovion + 0"
Stage 5 (Caen - Dieppe, 165 km)
1. Ronald De Witte in 4h15'34"
2. Patrick Sercu + 0"
3.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
4. Gualazzini + 0"
5.
Barry Hoban + 0"
6.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
7. Lasa + 0"
8. Marc Demeyer + 0"
9.
Michel Pollentier + 0"
10. Wesemael + 0"
Stage 6a (Dieppe - Harelbeke, 239 km)
1. Jean-Luc Molinéris in 6h18'56"
2.
Michel Pollentier + 1"
3. Bal + 22"
4. Patrick Sercu + 22"
5.
Gerben Karstens + 22"
6. Marc Demeyer + 22"
7. Baert + 22"
8. Wesemael + 22"
9.
Barry Hoban + 22"
10. Lasa + 22"
Stage 6b (Harelbeke - Harelbeke, 9 km in Team Time Trial)
1. Molteni in 54'05"
2. Kas + 1'15"
3. Bic + 1'26"
4. Mic - De Gribaldy - Ludo + 1'35"
5. Carpenter-Confortluxe + 1'57"
Stage 7 (Mons - Chalons sur Marne, 221.5 km)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 6h38'37"
2. Patrick Sercu + 0"
3.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
4.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
5. Herman Van Springel + 0"
6. Van Katwijk P. + 0"
7. Teirlinck + 0"
8. Vianen + 0"
9. Mourioux + 0"
10. Wesemael + 0"
Stage 8a (Chalons sur Marne - Chaumont, 136 km)
1.
Cyrille Guimard in 3h44'08"
2. Dewitte + 0"
3. Oliva + 0"
4. Vianen + 0"
5. Georges Pintens + 0"
6. Wladimiro Panizza + 0"
7.
Eddy Merckx + 0"
8.
Raymond Poulidor + 0"
9.
Bernard Thévenet + 0"
10.
Michel Pollentier + 0"
Stage 8b (Chaumont - Besançon, 152 km)
1. Patrick Sercu in 4h25'04"
2.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
3.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
4.
Eddy Merckx + 0"
5.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
6. Baert + 0"
7.
Barry Hoban + 0"
8. Rouxel + 0"
9. Vianen + 0"
10. Van Katwijk + 0"
Stage 9 (Besançon - Gaillard, 241 km)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 7h09'58"
2. Wladimiro Panizza + 0"
3.
Raymond Poulidor + 0"
4.
Joaquim Agostinho + 0"
5. Gonzalo Aja + 0"
6. Lopez-Carril + 18"
7. Herman Van Springel + 2'27"
8. Lasa + 2'27"
9. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume + 2'27"
10. Alain Santy + 2'27"
Stage 10 (Gaillard - Aix-les-Bains, 131.5 km)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 3h46'44"
2.
Mariano Martinez + 0"
3.
Raymond Poulidor + 0"
4. Gonzalo Aja + 0"
5. Fausto Bertoglio + 1'02"
6. Wladimiro Panizza + 1'02"
7.
Joaquim Agostinho + 1'02"
8. Lopez-Carril + 1'02"
9.
Michel Pollentier + 1'02"
10. Michel Périn + 1'57"
Stage 11 (Aix-les-Bains - Serre Chevalier, 199 km)
1. Vicente López Carril in 6h55'36"
2.
Eddy Merckx + 54"
3. Galdos + 54"
4. Gonzalo Aja + 54"
5. Roger Pingeon + 2'23"
6. Wladimiro Panizza + 2'23"
7. Alain Santy + 2'23"
8. Herman Van Springel + 3'46"
9.
Joaquim Agostinho + 3'46"
10.
Raymond Poulidor + 6'17"
Stage 12 (Savines le Lac - Orange, 231 km)
1. Jozef Spruyt in 7h15'12"
2. Den Hertog + 0"
3. Edward Janssens + 0"
4. Riotte + 0"
5. Galdos + 0"
6.
Jacques Esclassan + 41"
7.
Cyrille Guimard + 41"
8. Van Roosbroeck + 41"
9.
Barry Hoban + 41"
10.
Gerben Karstens + 41"
Stage 13 (Avignon - Montpellier, 126 km)
1.
Barry Hoban in 3h15'42"
2.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
3. Patrick Sercu + 0"
4. Van Roosbroeck + 0"
5.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
6. Domingo Perurena + 0"
7. Van Katwijk + 0"
8. Mintkiewicz + 0"
9. Marc Demeyer + 0"
10. Mourioux + 0"
Stage 14 (Lodève - Colomiers, 248.5 km)
1. Jean-Pierre Genet in 7h12'50"
2. Delcroix + 20"
3. Di Lorenzo + 20"
4. Martos + 20"
5. Marc Demeyer + 26"
6. Baert + 26"
7. André Dierickx + 26"
8. Molineris + 26"
9. Zurano + 26"
10. Botherel + 26"
Stage 15 (Colomiers - Seo de Urgel, 225 km)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 6h42'29"
2.
Mariano Martinez + 0"
3.
Michel Pollentier + 0"
4. Wladimiro Panizza + 0"
5. Lopez-Carril + 0"
6. Gonzalo Aja + 0"
7.
Lucien Van Impe + 0"
8. Lualdi + 0"
9. Raymond Delisle + 0"
10.
Joaquim Agostinho + 0"
Stage 16 (Seo de Urgel - St Lary Soulan, 209 km)
1.
Raymond Poulidor in 7h53'29"
2. Lopez-Carril + 41"
3.
Michel Pollentier + 1'02"
4. Alain Santy + 1'17"
5.
Eddy Merckx + 1'49"
6. Wladimiro Panizza + 2'05"
7. Roger Pingeon + 2'34"
8. Romero + 3'31"
9. Michel Périn + 3'45"
10. Vanneste + 3'48"
Stage 17 (St Lary Soulan - La Mongie, 119 km)
1. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume in 3h58'44"
2.
Raymond Poulidor + 2'26"
3.
Mariano Martinez + 2'32"
4. Alain Santy + 2'33"
5. Wladimiro Panizza + 2'49"
6.
Lucien Van Impe + 2'51"
7.
Eddy Merckx + 3'08"
8. Lopez-Carril + 3'09"
9. Raymond Delisle + 3'25"
10.
Joaquim Agostinho + 3'38"
Stage 18 (Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Pau, 141.5 km)
1. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume in 4h19'20"
2. Dewitte + 0"
3. Oliva + 0"
4. Zurano + 0"
5.
Barry Hoban + 3'14"
6. Rouxel + 3'14"
7. Herman Van Springel + 3'14"
8. Teirlinck + 3'14"
9. Wesemael + 3'14"
10. Régis Ovion + 3'14"
Stage 19a (Pau - Bordeaux, 195.5 km)
1. Francis Campaner in 4h51'56"
2. Patrick Sercu + 0"
3.
Barry Hoban + 0"
4.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
5.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
6. Van Katwijk + 0"
7.
Eddy Merckx + 0"
8. Rouxel + 0"
9. Vianen + 0"
10. Baert + 0"
Stage 19b (Bordeaux - Bordeaux, 12.4 km in Individual Time Trial)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 16'15"
2.
Michel Pollentier + 2"
3.
Gerrie Knetemann + 13"
4. Vianen + 18"
5.
Raymond Poulidor + 20"
6.
Joaquim Agostinho + 21"
7. Joseph Bruyère + 24"
8. José Pesarrodona + 26"
9. Baert + 26"
10. Wesemael + 29"
Stage 20 (St Gilles Croix de Vie - Nantes, 117 km)
1. Gérard Vianen in 2h53'21"
2. Patrick Sercu + 20"
3. Marc Demeyer + 20"
4.
Barry Hoban + 20"
5.
Gerben Karstens + 20"
6. Baert + 20"
7.
Eddy Merckx + 20"
8. Herman Van Springel + 20"
9. Van Katwijk + 20"
10. Mintkiewicz + 20"
Stage 21a (Vouvray - Orléans, 112.5 km)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 2h19'05"
2. Patrick Sercu + 1'25"
3.
Barry Hoban + 1'25"
4.
Jacques Esclassan + 1'25"
5. Marc Demeyer + 1'25"
6. Baert + 1'25"
7. Julien + 1'25"
8. Allan + 1'25"
9. Régis Ovion + 1'25"
10. Herman Van Springel + 1'25"
Stage 21b (Orléans - Orléans, 37.5 km in Individual Time Trial)
1.
Michel Pollentier in 48'23"
2.
Eddy Merckx + 10"
3. Jesús Manzaneque + 27"
4. Baert + 27"
5.
Raymond Poulidor + 29"
6.
Joaquim Agostinho + 38"
7. Joseph Bruyère + 41"
8. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume + 1'03"
9. Bernard Labourdette + 1'50"
10.
Mariano Martinez + 2'04"
Stage 22 (Orléans - Paris, 146 km)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 3h49'29"
2. Van Roosbroeck + 0"
3. Patrick Sercu + 0"
4. Parecchini + 0"
5.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
6. Régis Ovion + 0"
7. Herman Van Springel + 0"
8.
Barry Hoban + 0"
9.
Gerrie Knetemann + 0"
10. Marc Demeyer + 0"