Tour de France 1974
| 61st Tour de France 1974 - final result | ||
| Route length | 22 stages, 4104.2 km | |
| Tour winner | Eddy Merckx | 116: 16: 58 h (35.295 km / h) |
| Second | Raymond Poulidor | + 8:04 min |
| Third | Vicente Lopez-Carril | + 8:09 min |
| Fourth | Wladimiro Panizza | + 10:59 min |
| fifth | Gonzalo Aja | + 11:24 min |
| Sixth | Joaquim Agostinho | + 14:24 min |
| seventh | Michel Pollentier | + 16:34 min |
| Eighth | Mariano Martinez | + 18:33 min |
| Ninth | Alain Santy | + 19:55 min |
| Tenth | Herman Van Springel | + 24:11 min |
| Green jersey | Patrick Sercu | 283 P. |
| Second | Eddy Merckx | 270 p. |
| Third | Barry Hoban | 170 p. |
| Mountain scoring | Domingo Perurena | 161 P. |
| Second | Eddy Merckx | 118 P. |
| Third | José-Luis Abilleira | 109 p. |
| Team evaluation | CHEESE | |
The 61st Tour de France took place from June 27 to July 21, 1974 and ran over 4098 km on 22 stages. While Luis Ocaña Pernía and Joop Zoetemelk did not start, Eddy Merckx , who had suspended last year , was the big favorite. For the first time a stage of the Tour de France took place in Great Britain. 130 racers took part in the tour, of which 105 were classified.
Race course
Merckx prevailed at the prologue in Brest , but initially gave up the yellow jersey after a day.
The Frenchman Raymond Poulidor won the stage to Pla d'Adet at the age of 38 after a solo escape and finished second in the overall standings, just ahead of the Spaniard Vicente Lopez-Carril , who had also won a stage. It was only during the last time trial, the penultimate stage, that Poulidor, who was two minutes behind Lopez-Carril, pushed past the Spaniard by one second.
On the last stage, which ended for the last time in 1974 at the Velodrome La Cipale in Paris, Merckx was able to prevail in the sprint after surprisingly not winning the time trial the day before.
Patrick Sercu , who had won three stages and wore the yellow jersey for one day, won the green jersey , Domingo Perurena from Spain prevailed against Eddy Merckx in the mountain classification.
In his fifth participation, Merckx won the Tour de France for the fifth time, winning eight stages. Nevertheless, Merckx's victory was not as confident as in his first Tour victories: In the Pyrenees and in the last time trial, the Belgian showed unexpected weaknesses that did not endanger his victory.
The stages
| Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prolog | June 27th | Brest | 7.1 ( EZF ) | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 1st stage | June 28th | Brest - Saint-Pol-de-Léon | 144 | Ercole Gualazzini | Joseph Briar |
| 2nd stage | June 29th | Plymouth ( GB ) - Plymouth (GB) | 163.7 | Henk Poppe | Joseph Briar |
| 3rd stage | June 30th | Morlaix - Saint Malo | 190 | Patrick Sercu | Joseph Briar |
| 4th stage | July 1 | Saint-Malo - Caen | 184.5 | Patrick Sercu | Eddy Merckx |
| 5th stage | 2nd July | Caen - Dieppe | 165 | Ronald De Witte | Karstens tanning |
| 6th stage (a) | 3rd of July | Dieppe - Harelbeke ( BEL ) | 239 | Jean-Luc Molineris | Patrick Sercu |
| 6th stage (b) | 3rd of July | Harelbeke (BEL) - Harelbeke (BEL) | 9 ( MZF ) | Molteni | Karstens tanning |
| 7th stage | July 4th | Mons (BEL) - Chalons-sur-Marne | 221.5 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 8th stage (a) | 5th July | Chalons-sur-Marne - Chaumont | 136 | Cyrille Guimard | Eddy Merckx |
| 8th stage (b) | 5th July | Chaumont - Besançon | 152 | Patrick Sercu | Eddy Merckx |
| 9th stage | July 6th | Besançon - Gaillard | 241 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 10th stage | 7th of July | Gaillard - Aix-les-Bains | 131.5 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 11th stage | 8th of July | Aix-les-Bains - Serre Chevalier | 199 | Vicente Lopez-Carril | Eddy Merckx |
| Rest day | |||||
| 12th stage | 10th of July | Savines-le-Lac - Orange | 231 | Jozef Spruyt | Eddy Merckx |
| 13th stage | July 11th | Avignon - Montpellier | 126 | Barry Hoban | Eddy Merckx |
| 14th stage | July 12 | Lodève - Colomiers | 248.5 | Jean-Pierre Genet | Eddy Merckx |
| 15th stage | July 13th | Colomiers - La Seu d'Urgell ( ESP ) | 225 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 16th stage | July 14th | La Seu d'Urgell (ESP) - Pla d'Adet | 209 | Raymond Poulidor | Eddy Merckx |
| 17th stage | 15th of July | Saint-Lary-Soulan - Col du Tourmalet | 119 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume | Eddy Merckx |
| 18th stage | 16th of July | Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Pau | 141.5 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume | Eddy Merckx |
| 19th stage (a) | 17th July | Pau - Bordeaux | 195.5 | Francis Campaner | Eddy Merckx |
| 19th stage (b) | July 18th | Bordeaux - Bordeaux | 12.4 (EZF) | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 20th stage | July 19 | Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie - Nantes | 117 | Gérard Vianen | Eddy Merckx |
| 21st stage (a) | 20th of July | Vouvray - Orléans | 112.5 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
| 21st stage (b) | 20th of July | Orléans - Orléans | 37.5 (EZF) | Michel Pollentier | Eddy Merckx |
| 22nd stage | 21 July | Orléans - Paris | 146 | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
Web links
- Tour de France 1974 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de on the 1974 tour
- Video of Eddy Merckx at the 1974 Tour de France on the Cipale