Tour de France 1969
56th Tour de France 1969 - final result | ||
Route length | 22 stages, 4117.6 km | |
Tour winner | Eddy Merckx | 116: 16: 02 h (35.415 km / h) |
Second | Roger Pingeon | + 17:54 min |
Third | Raymond Poulidor | + 22:13 min |
Fourth | Felice Gimondi | + 29:24 min |
fifth | Andres Gandarias | + 33:04 min |
Sixth | Marinus Wagtmans | + 33:57 min |
seventh | Pierfranco Vianelli | + 42:40 min |
Eighth | Joaquim Agostinho | + 51:24 min |
Ninth | Desiré Letort | + 51:41 min |
Tenth | Jan Janssen | + 52:56 min |
Green jersey | Eddy Merckx | 244 P. |
Second | Jan Janssen | 149 P. |
Third | Marinus Wagtmans | 136 P. |
Mountain scoring | Eddy Merckx | 155 P. |
Second | Roger Pingeon | 94 P. |
Third | Joaquim Galera | 80 p. |
Team evaluation | FAEMA |
The 56th Tour de France took place from June 28th to July 20th, 1969. 130 racing drivers took part in the tour , of which 86 were classified. The move away from the national teams has continued to this day, Eddy Merckx won the tour , which was again carried out with branded teams .
Race course
When it first took part, Merckx not only won the overall ratings, but also all the other important ratings of the tour: the green jersey , the mountain rating , and the combined rating introduced last year.
Rudi Altig won the prologue , so the German was able to drive you the following stage in the yellow jersey .
On the sixth stage of the Ballon d'Alsace , Merckx was able to win his first tour stage and take the overall lead. He won five more stages in the course of the tour: one in the Alps , one in the Pyrenees , the shorter time trials at Revel and Divonne-les-Bains, and the final time trial to Paris. In the Pyrenees stage he won, Merckx attacked the Col du Tourmalet and, after a solo escape of more than 130 km, was the stage winner with an advantage of around eight minutes.
In Paris, Merckx was almost 18 minutes ahead of runner-up Roger Pingeon , the 1967 winner , who won a stage. His compatriot Raymond Poulidor took third place overall.
After the tour, Merckx's dominance was dubbed “Merckxissimo” by Tour Director Jacques Goddet , while Merckx's team-mate Christian Raymond called him a “cannibal”.
The stages
Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
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prolog | June 28th | Roubaix | 10.4 ( EZF ) | Rudi Altig | Rudi Altig |
1st stage (a) | June 29th | Roubaix - Woluwe-Saint-Pierre ( BEL ) | 147 | Marino Basso | Rudi Altig |
1st stage (b) | June 29th | Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (BEL) - Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (BEL) | 15.6 ( MZF ) | FAEMA | Eddy Merckx |
2nd stage | June 30th | Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (BEL) - Maastricht ( NL ) | 181.5 | Julien Stevens | Julien Stevens |
3rd stage | July 1 | Maastricht (NL) - Charleville-Mézières | 213.5 | Eric Leman | |
4th stage | 2nd July | Charleville-Mézières - Nancy | 214 | Rik Van Looy | |
5th stage | 3rd of July | Nancy - Mulhouse | 193.5 | Joaquim Agostinho | Desiré Letort |
6th stage | July 4th | Mulhouse - Ballon d'Alsace | 133.5 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
7th stage | 5th July | Belfort - Divonne-les-Bains | 241 | Mariano Díaz | |
8th stage (a) | July 6th | Divonne-les-Bains - Divonne-les-Bains | 8.8 (EZF) | Eddy Merckx | |
8th stage (b) | July 6th | Divonne-les-Bains - Thonon-les-Bains | 136.5 | Michele Dancelli | |
9th stage | 7th of July | Thonon-les-Bains - Chamonix | 111 | Roger Pingeon | |
10th stage | 8th of July | Chamonix - Briançon | 220.5 | Herman Van Springel | |
11th stage | July 9 | Briançon - Digne-les-Bains | 198 | Eddy Merckx | |
12th stage | 10th of July | Digne-les-Bains - Aubagne | 161.5 | Felice Gimondi | |
13th stage | July 11th | Aubagne - La Grande-Motte | 195.5 | Guido Reybrouck | |
14th stage | July 12 | La Grande Motte - Revel | 234.5 | Joaquim Agostinho | |
15th stage | July 13th | Revel - Revel | 18.5 (EZF) | Eddy Merckx | |
16th stage | July 14th | Castelnaudary - Luchon | 199 | Raymond Delisle | |
17th stage | 15th of July | Luchon - Mourenx-Ville Nouvelle | 214.5 | Eddy Merckx | |
18th stage | 16th of July | Mourenx - Bordeaux | 201 | Barry Hoban | |
19th stage | 17th July | Bordeaux - Brive-la-Gaillarde | 192.5 | Barry Hoban | |
20th stage | July 18th | Brive-la-Gaillarde - Puy de Dôme | 198 | Pierre Matignon | |
21st stage | July 19 | Clermont-Ferrand - Montargis | 329.5 | Herman Van Springel | |
22nd stage (a) | 20th of July | Montargis - Créteil | 111.5 | Joseph Spruyt | |
22nd stage (b) | 20th of July | Créteil - Paris | 36.8 (EZF) | Eddy Merckx |
Web links
- Tour de France 1969 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1969 tour