Tour de France 1975
62nd Tour de France 1975 - final result | ||
Route length | 22 stages, 3,999.15 km | |
Tour winner | Bernard Thévenet | 114: 35: 31 h (34.899 km / h) |
Second | Eddy Merckx | + 2:47 min |
Third | Lucien Van Impe | + 5:01 min |
Fourth | Joop Zoetemelk | + 6:42 min |
fifth | Felice Gimondi | + 19:29 min |
Sixth | Vicente Lopez-Carril | + 23:05 min |
seventh | Francesco Moser | + 24:13 min |
Eighth | Josef Fuchs | + 25:51 min |
Ninth | Ward Janssens | + 32:01 min |
Tenth | Pedro Torres | + 35:36 min |
Green jersey | Rik Van Linden | 342 P. |
Second | Eddy Merckx | 240 p. |
Third | Francesco Moser | 199 P. |
Dotted jersey | Lucien Van Impe | 285 P. |
Second | Eddy Merckx | 206 P. |
Third | Joop Zoetemelk | 171 P. |
White jersey | Francesco Moser | 114: 59: 44 h |
Team evaluation | GAN-Mercier |
The 62nd Tour de France took place from June 26th to July 20th, 1975 and covered 22 stages over 3999 km. Five-time tour winner Eddy Merckx started as the favorite, but couldn't win the tour. 140 racers took part in the tour, of which 86 were classified.
Race course
The Italian Francesco Moser won the prologue and was able to defend his lead in the overall standings up to the fifth stage. In the first individual time trial on the sixth stage, Merckx won and took over the yellow jersey . The Belgian was also successful in the second time trial and defended his lead, even though he lost a few seconds to Bernard Thévenet , Joop Zoetemelk , Lucien Van Impe and Felice Gimondi in the Pyrenees .
After the stage on the Puy de Dôme , won by Belgian Van Impe, Merckx was around a minute ahead of Bernard Thévenet, who was behind him in the overall standings. On this stage, Merckx was hit in the kidneys by a spectator on the last climb. On the next stage to Pra-Loup, Merckx attacked first and was able to drop it on the last pass of the day, the Col d'Allos . But before the final climb to Pra-Loup he was caught again. When Gimondi attacked, Merckx could not follow, but Thévenet was able to keep up with the Italian and later break away from him. Merckx, who had suffered a slump in weakness, lost over three minutes in the last six kilometers to the winner of the day Thévenet, who also took over the yellow jersey from Merckx. After Thévenet's attack on the Col d'Izoard and the associated stage win the next day, the Tour win could not be taken away from him, Merckx finished second overall ahead of Van Impe.
In 1975 the ratings of the tour were changed: The combination rating was abolished, but from 1975 the best in the mountain rating (Meillieur Grimpeur) had its own rating jersey , the dotted jersey . For the third time, the best climber was Lucien Van Impe, who started with a frame made of carbon and fiberglass. Francesco Moser finished seventh overall on his only tour participation and won the newly introduced white jersey for the best young professional. The three-time stage winner Rik Van Linden won the points.
Since 1975, the last stage of the Tour de France has ended on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées . Walter Godefroot won the premiere on this home straight in the mass sprint.
The stages
Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
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prolog | June 26th | Charleroi ( BEL ) | 6.25 ( EZF ) | Francesco Moser | Francesco Moser |
1st stage (a) | June 27th | Charleroi (BEL) - Molenbeek (BEL) | 94 | Cees Priem | |
1st stage (b) | June 27th | Molenbeek (BEL) - Roubaix | 108.5 | Rik Van Linden | |
2nd stage | June 28th | Roubaix - Amiens | 121.5 | Ronald De Witte | |
3rd stage | June 29th | Amiens - Versailles | 169.5 | Karel Rottiers | |
4th stage | June 30th | Versailles - Le Mans | 223 | Jacques Esclassan | |
5th stage | July 1 | Sablé-sur-Sarthe - Merlin-Plage | 222.5 | Theo Smit | |
6th stage | 2nd July | Merlin Plage - Merlin Plage | 16 (EZF) | Eddy Merckx | Eddy Merckx |
7th stage | 3rd of July | Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie - Angoulême | 235.5 | Francesco Moser | |
8th stage | July 4th | Angoulême - Bordeaux | 134 | Barry Hoban | |
Rest day | |||||
9th stage (a) | July 6th | Langon - Fleurance | 131 | Theo Smit | Eddy Merckx |
9th stage (b) | 7th of July | Fleurance - too | 37.4 (EZF) | Eddy Merckx | |
10th stage | 8th of July | Also - Pau | 206 | Felice Gimondi | |
11th stage | July 9 | Pau - Saint-Lary-Soulan | 160 | Joop Zoetemelk | |
12th stage | 10th of July | Tarbes - Albi | 242 | Gerrie Knetemann | |
13th stage | July 11th | Albi - Super Lioran | 260 | Michel Pollentier | |
14th stage | July 12 | Aurillac - Puy de Dôme | 173.5 | Lucien Van Impe | |
Rest day | |||||
15th stage | July 14th | Nice - Pra-Loup | 217.5 | Bernard Thévenet | Bernard Thévenet |
16th stage | 15th of July | Barcelonnette - Serre Chevalier | 107 | Bernard Thévenet | |
17th stage | 16th of July | Valloire - Avoriaz | 225 | Vicente Lopez-Carril | |
18th stage | 17th July | Morzine - Châtel | 40 (EZF) | Lucien Van Impe | |
19th stage | July 18th | Thonon-les-Bains - Chalon-sur-Saône | 229 | Rik Van Linden | |
20th stage | July 19 | Pouilly-en-Auxois - Melun | 256 | Giacinto Santambrogio | |
21st stage | 20th of July | Melun - Senlis | 220.5 | Rik Van Linden | |
22nd stage | 20th of July | Paris - Paris | 163.5 | Walter Godefroot |
Web links
- Tour de France 1975 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1975 tour