Tour de France 1966
| 53rd Tour de France 1966 - final result | ||
| Route length | 22 stages, 4,329.1 km | |
| Tour winner | Lucien Aimar | 117: 34: 21 h (36.821 km / h) |
| Second | Jan Janssen | + 1:07 min |
| Third | Raymond Poulidor | + 2:02 min |
| Fourth | José-Antonio Momene | + 5:19 min |
| fifth | Marcello Mugnaini | + 5:27 min |
| Sixth | Herman Van Springel | + 5:44 min |
| seventh | Francisco Gabica | + 6:25 min |
| Eighth | Roger Pingeon | + 8:22 min |
| Ninth | Karl-Heinz customer | + 9:06 min |
| Tenth | Martin Van Den Bossche | + 9:57 min |
| Green jersey | Willy Planckaert | 211 P. |
| Second | Karstens tanning | 189 P. |
| Third | Edward Sels | 178 P. |
| Mountain scoring | Julio Jiménez | 123 P. |
| Second | Joaquim Galera | 98 P. |
| Third | Aurelio Gonzalez | 51 P. |
| Team evaluation | CHEESE | |
The 53rd Tour de France took place from June 21 to July 14, 1966 and covered 22 stages over 4,303 km. Again, Frenchman Raymond Poulidor , who started as the favorite, was unable to prevail. 130 racers took part in the tour, of which 82 were classified.
Race course
The German Rudi Altig won the first stage with a 47-second lead and took over the yellow jersey that he could defend up to the foot of the Pyrenees. Altig achieved another victory during the 12th stage to Revel . On this stage, the Cologne-based Karl-Heinz Kunde took over the overall lead and was able to drive in yellow for five days. At the end of the tour, Kunde achieved his only top 10 position in the overall ranking of the Tour de France with 9th place. Rudi Altig won the overall ranking of the most combative driver .
After his victory in the second time trial in Vals-les-Bains, Raymond Poulidor could hope for overall victory, after all, he had beaten the strong time trial driver Jacques Anquetil for the first time in his special discipline. But after the time trial, Poulidor was already almost five minutes behind the Dutchman Jan Janssen and the largely unknown Frenchman Lucien Aimar .
On the first difficult stage in the Alps to Briançon , the Spaniard Julio Jiménez won , who at the end of the tour also won the mountain classification. The favorites Anquetil and Poulidor eyed each other and drove to the finish at the same time, just like the next day on the stage to Turin . On this stage, Aimar had a sufficient lead over the two French and Dutch Janssen that he could not be overtaken until Paris.
Poulidor realized the danger posed by his compatriot too late, he could only reduce his deficit and finished third overall. With Janssen in second place on the tour, a Dutchman stood on the podium for the first time. Anquetil got out on the 19th stage of his last tour participation weakened by an illness. He was still able to contribute to the victory of his team, because Poulidor was distracted by him when Anquetil's teammate Aimar drove the decisive minutes out on Poulidor.
In Bordeaux , the drivers went on strike after an unannounced doping test by the French judiciary. The drivers stopped five kilometers after the start and Rik Van Looy , as the driver's spokesman, demanded that no more nighttime checks be carried out. When controls took place again on the 13th stage, six drivers tested positive.
The stages
| Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | June 21st | Nancy - Charleville-Mezieres | 208.5 | Rudi Altig | Rudi Altig |
| 2nd stage | June 22 | Charleville-Mézières - Tournai ( BEL ) | 198 | Guido Reybrouck | Rudi Altig |
| 3rd stage (a) | 23rd June | Tournai (BEL) - Tournai (BEL) | 20.8 ( MZF ) | Televizier | Rudi Altig |
| 3rd stage (b) | 23rd June | Tournai (BEL) - Dunkerque | 131.5 | Karstens tanning | Rudi Altig |
| 4th stage | June 24th | Dunkerque - Dieppe | 205 | Willy Planckaert | Rudi Altig |
| 5th stage | 25th June | Dieppe - Caen | 178.5 | Franco Bitossi | Rudi Altig |
| 6th stage | June 26th | Caen - Angers | 216.5 | Edward Sels | Rudi Altig |
| 7th stage | June 27th | Angers - Royan | 252.5 | Albert Van Vlierberghe | Rudi Altig |
| 8th stage | June 28th | Royan - Bordeaux | 137.5 | Willy Planckaert | Rudi Altig |
| 9th stage | June 29th | Bordeaux - Bayonne | 201 | Karstens tanning | Rudi Altig |
| Rest day | |||||
| 10th stage | July 1 | Bayonne - Pau | 234.5 | Tommaso De Pra | Tommaso De Pra |
| 11th stage | 2nd July | Pau - Luchon | 188 | Marcello Mugnaini | Jean-Claude Lebaube |
| 12th stage | 3rd of July | Luchon - Revel | 218.5 | Rudi Altig | Karl-Heinz customer |
| 13th stage | July 4th | Revel - Sète | 191.5 | Georges Vandenberghe | Karl-Heinz customer |
| 14th stage (a) | 5th July | Montpellier - Vals-les-Bains | 144 | Jo de Roo | Karl-Heinz customer |
| 14th stage (b) | 5th July | Vals-les-Bains - Vals-les-Bains | 20 (EZF) | Raymond Poulidor | Karl-Heinz customer |
| 15th stage | July 6th | Privas - Le Bourg-d'Oisans | 203.5 | Luis Otano | Karl-Heinz customer |
| 16th stage | 7th of July | Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Briançon | 148.5 | Julio Jiménez | Jan Janssen |
| 17th stage | 8th of July | Briançon - Turin ( ITA ) | 160 | Franco Bitossi | Lucien Aimar |
| Rest day | |||||
| 18th stage | 10th of July | Ivrea (ITA) - Chamonix | 188 | Edy protection | Lucien Aimar |
| 19th stage | July 11th | Chamonix - Saint-Etienne | 264.5 | Ferdinand Bracke | Lucien Aimar |
| 20th stage | July 12 | Saint-Etienne - Montluçon | 223.5 | Henk Nijdam | Lucien Aimar |
| 21st stage | July 13th | Montluçon - Orléans | 232.5 | Pierre Beuffeuil | Lucien Aimar |
| 22nd stage (a) | July 14th | Orléans - Rambouillet | 111 | Edward Sels | Lucien Aimar |
| 22nd stage (b) | July 14th | Rambouillet - Paris | 51.3 (EZF) | Rudi Altig | Lucien Aimar |
Web links
- Tour de France 1966 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1966 tour