Tour de France 1973
| 60th Tour de France 1973 - Final result | ||
| Route length | 20 stages, 4150.2 km | |
| Tour winner | Luis Ocaña Pernía | 122: 25: 34 h (33.900 km / h) |
| Second | Bernard Thévenet | + 15:51 min |
| Third | José Manuel Fuente | + 17:15 min |
| Fourth | Joop Zoetemelk | + 26:22 min |
| fifth | Lucien Van Impe | + 30:20 min |
| Sixth | Herman Van Springel | + 32:01 min |
| seventh | Michel Périn | + 33:02 min |
| Eighth | Joaquim Agostinho | + 35:51 min |
| Ninth | Vicente Lopez-Carril | + 36:18 min |
| Tenth | Regis Ovion | + 36:59 min |
| Green jersey | Herman Van Springel | 187 P. |
| Second | Joop Zoetemelk | 168 P. |
| Third | Luis Ocaña Pernia | 145 P. |
| Mountain scoring | Pedro Torres | 225 p. |
| Second | José Manuel Fuente | 216 P. |
| Third | Luis Ocaña Pernia | 192 p. |
| Team evaluation | BIC | |
The 60th Tour de France took place from June 30th to July 22nd 1973 and ran over 4140 km in 20 stages. The four-time winner Eddy Merckx had not started, the favorite was Luis Ocaña Pernía , who had to retire after falling in the two years before. 132 racing drivers took part in the tour, of which 87 were classified.
Race course
The prologue was won by Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk with less than a second ahead of Raymond Poulidor . The Frenchman, who was never allowed to wear the yellow jersey during his entire career , came closer to the jersey this time than ever before.
With a victory on the seventh stage to Gaillard , Luis Ocaña Pernia took over the yellow jersey after a solo escape. The next day, Ocaña and the Spaniard José Manuel Fuente pulled away on the stage to Les Orres . Already at the Col du Galibier , the two had left all other favorites behind, at the finish Ocaña had pulled away from Fuente and gained a lead of seven minutes on Bernard Thévenet and over 20 minutes on Zoetemelk, Herman Van Springel , Lucien Van Impe and Poulidor. Ocaña's lead in the overall standings was now safe, in Paris, after further stage wins in the Pyrenees, the Alps and in the last individual time trial, he had a 15-minute lead over second-placed Thévenet, who achieved two stage wins.
On the 13th stage to Luchon , Poulidor fell, on a similar stage on which Ocaña fell and retired in 1971 . After his fall, Poulidor was admitted to the same hospital as the Spaniard two years earlier, and allegedly he even had the same bed.
In the end, Ocaña was able to achieve a clear tour victory after six stage wins. In the Tour de France, he rode a bike with a frame made of titanium for the first time , a material that had previously only been used in space and aircraft technology. The mountain stage won Pedro Torres , in the scoring sat Herman Van Springel , the beginning of the tour for a short time had the yellow jersey by.
The stages
| Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prolog | June 30th | Scheveningen ( NL ) | 7.1 ( EZF ) | Joop Zoetemelk | Joop Zoetemelk |
| 1st stage (a) | July 1 | Scheveningen (NL) - Rotterdam (NL) | 84 | Willy Teirlinck | Willy Teirlinck |
| 1st stage (b) | 2nd July | Rotterdam (NL) - Sint-Niklaas ( BEL ) | 137.5 | José Catieau | Herman Van Springel |
| 2nd stage (a) | 3rd of July | Sint-Niklaas (BEL) - Sint-Niklaas (BEL) | 12.4 ( MZF ) | Watney Maes | Herman Van Springel |
| 2nd stage (b) | 3rd of July | Sint-Niklaas (BEL) - Roubaix | 138 | Eddy Verstraeten | Herman Van Springel |
| 3rd stage | July 4th | Roubaix - Reims | 226 | Cyrille Guimard | José Catieau |
| 4th stage | 5th July | Reims - Nancy | 214 | Joop Zoetemelk | José Catieau |
| 5th stage | July 6th | Nancy - Mulhouse | 188 | Walter Godefroot | José Catieau |
| 6th stage | 7th of July | Belfort - Divonne-les-Bains | 244.5 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume | José Catieau |
| 7th stage (a) | 8th of July | Divonne-les-Bains - Gaillard | 86.5 | Luis Ocaña Pernía | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 7th stage (b) | 8th of July | Gaillard - Méribel | 150.5 | Bernard Thévenet | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 8th stage | July 9 | Moûtiers - Les Orres | 237.5 | Luis Ocaña Pernia | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 9th stage | 10th of July | Embrun - Nice | 234.5 | Vicente Lopez-Carril | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 10th stage | July 11th | Nice - Aubagne | 222.5 | Michael Wright | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| Rest day | |||||
| 11th stage | July 13th | Montpellier - Argelès-sur-Mer | 238 | Barry Hoban | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 12th stage (a) | July 14th | Perpignan - Thuir | 28.3 | Luis Ocaña Pernia | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 12th stage (b) | July 14th | Thuir - Pyrénées 2000 | 76 | Lucien Van Impe | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 13th stage | 15th of July | Bourg-Madame - Luchon | 235 | Luis Ocaña Pernia | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 14th stage | 16th of July | Luchon - Pau | 227.5 | Pedro Torres | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 15th stage | 17th July | Pau - Fleurance | 137 | Wilfried David | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 16. Stage (a) | July 18th | Fleurance - Bordeaux | 210 | Walter Godefroot | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 16th stage (b) | July 18th | Bordeaux - Bordeaux | 12.4 (EZF) | Joaquim Agostinho | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 17th stage | July 19 | Sainte-Foy-la-Grande - Brive-la-Gaillarde | 248 | Claude Tollet | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 18th stage | 20th of July | Brive-la-Gaillarde - Puy de Dôme | 216.5 | Luis Ocaña Pernia | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 19th stage | 21 July | Bourges - Versailles | 233.5 | Barry Hoban | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 20th stage (a) | 22nd of July | Versailles - Versailles | 16 (EZF) | Luis Ocaña Pernia | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
| 20th stage (b) | 22nd of July | Versailles - Paris | 89 | Bernard Thévenet | Luis Ocaña Pernia |
Web links
- Tour de France 1973 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1973 tour