Tour de France 1970
| 57th Tour de France 1970 - final result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Route length | 23 stages, 4,369.8 km | |
| Tour winner | Eddy Merckx | 119: 31: 49 h (36.558 km / h) |
| Second | Joop Zoetemelk | + 12:41 min |
| Third | Gosta Pettersson | + 15:54 min |
| Fourth | Martin Van Den Bossche | + 18:53 min |
| fifth | Marinus Wagtmans | + 19:54 min |
| Sixth | Lucien Van Impe | + 20:34 min |
| seventh | Raymond Poulidor | + 20:35 min |
| Eighth | Tony Houbrechts | + 21:34 min |
| Ninth | Francisco Galdós | + 21:45 min |
| Tenth | Georges Pintens | + 23:23 min |
| Green jersey | Walter Godefroot | 212 P. |
| Second | Eddy Merckx | 207 P. |
| Third | Marino Basso | 161 P. |
| Mountain scoring | Eddy Merckx | 128 P. |
| Second | Andres Gandarias | 94 P. |
| Third | Martin Van Den Bossche | 85 p. |
| Team evaluation | Salvarani | |
The 57th Tour de France took place from June 26th to July 19th, 1970 and ran over 4,366 km in 23 stages. 150 racing drivers took part in the tour, 100 of which were classified.
Race course
After winning the prologue , last year's winner Eddy Merckx took over the overall lead, but passed it on to his team-mate Italo Zilioli before the team time trial . On the sixth stage, Merckx took back the yellow jersey and defended it until the finish in Paris. As in the previous year, he celebrated an undisputed victory, this time with over 12 minutes ahead of the runner-up, the Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk .
In addition to the overall classification, Merckx also won the combined and mountain classification by a clear margin. In addition, Merckx was able to achieve eight stage wins, including three time trials, stages in the mountains and on the flat. In Grenoble the Belgian crossed the finish line with a lead of 1:35, at Mont Ventoux also over a minute before the second stage.
Merckx's Belgian compatriot Walter Godefroot won two stages and the points standings just ahead of Merckx and thus prevented a repeat of Merckx's triumph from the previous year, when he had won all important ratings. Merckx achieved the double with his Tour victory after he had already finished the Giro d'Italia with a victory before the Tour de France .
The 18th stage to La Mongie was won by Bernard Thévenet , who was just 22 years old . On the stage he already seemed left behind, but fought his way back on the Col du Tourmalet and won his first tour stage with a margin of 49 seconds.
The tour from 1970 was the last one that was ridden without any rest days .
The stages
| Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prolog | June 26th | Limoges | 7.4 ( EZF ) | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 1st stage | June 27th | Limoges - La Rochelle | 224.5 | Cyrille Guimard | Eddy Merckx |
| 2nd stage | June 28th | La Rochelle - Angers | 200 | Italo Zilioli | Italo Zilioli |
| 3rd stage (a) | June 29th | Angers - Angers | 10.7 ( MZF ) | Faema | Italo Zilioli |
| 3rd stage (b) | Angers - Rennes | 140 | Marino Basso | Italo Zilioli | |
| 4th stage | June 30th | Rennes - Lisieux | 229 | Walter Godefroot | Italo Zilioli |
| 5th stage (a) | July 1 | Lisieux - Rouen | 94.5 | Walter Godefroot | Italo Zilioli |
| 5th stage (b) | Rouen - Amiens | 113 | Jozef Spruyt | Italo Zilioli | |
| 6th stage | 2nd July | Amiens - Valenciennes | 135.5 | Roger De Vlaeminck | Eddy Merckx |
| 7th stage (a) | 3rd of July | Valenciennes - Forest / Vorst ( BEL ) | 119 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 7th stage (b) | Vorst (BEL) - Vorst (BEL) | 7.2 (EZF) | José-Antonio Gonzalez-Linares | Eddy Merckx | |
| 8th stage | July 4th | Ciney (BEL) - Felsberg ( DE ) | 232.5 | Alain Vasseur | Eddy Merckx |
| 9th stage | 5th July | Saarlouis (DE) - Mulhouse | 269.5 | Frey in the morning | Eddy Merckx |
| 10th stage | July 6th | Belfort - Divonne-les-Bains | 241 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 11th stage (a) | 7th of July | Divonne-les-Bains - Divonne-les-Bains | 8.8 (EZF) | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 11th stage (b) | Divonne-les-Bains - Thonon-les-Bains | 139.5 | Marino Basso | Eddy Merckx | |
| 12th stage | 8th of July | Thonon-les-Bains - Grenoble | 194 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 13th stage | July 9 | Grenoble - Gap | 195.5 | Primo Mori | Eddy Merckx |
| 14th stage | 10th of July | Gap - Mont Ventoux | 170 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 15th stage | July 11th | Carpentras - Montpellier | 144.5 | Marinus Wagtmans | Eddy Merckx |
| 16th stage | July 12 | Montpellier - Toulouse | 259.5 | Albert Van Vlierberghe | Eddy Merckx |
| 17th stage | July 13th | Toulouse - Saint-Gaudens | 190 | Luis Ocaña Pernía | Eddy Merckx |
| 18th stage | July 14th | Saint-Gaudens - La Mongie | 135.5 | Bernard Thévenet | Eddy Merckx |
| 19th stage | 15th of July | Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Mourenx-Ville Nouvelle | 185.5 | Christian Raymond | Eddy Merckx |
| 20th stage (a) | 16th of July | Mourenx - Bordeaux | 231 | Rolf Wolfshohl | Eddy Merckx |
| 20th stage (b) | Bordeaux - Bordeaux | 8.2 (EZF) | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx | |
| 21st stage | 17th July | Ruffec - Tours | 191.5 | Marino Basso | Eddy Merckx |
| 22nd stage | July 18th | Tours - Versailles | 238.5 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume | Eddy Merckx |
| 23rd stage | July 19 | Versailles - Paris | 54 (EZF) | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
Web links
- Tour de France 1970 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1970 tour