Tour de France 1981
68th Tour de France 1981 - final result | ||
Route length | 22 stages, 3759.1 km | |
Tour winner | Bernard Hinault | 96:19:38 h (39.024 km / h) |
Second | Lucien Van Impe | + 14:34 min |
Third | Robert Alban | + 17:04 min |
Fourth | Joop Zoetemelk | + 18:21 min |
fifth | Peter Winnen | + 20:26 min |
Sixth | Jean-René Bernaudeau | + 23:02 min |
seventh | Johan De Muynck | + 24:25 min |
Eighth | Sven-Åke Nilsson | + 24:37 min |
Ninth | Claude Criquielion | + 26:18 min |
Tenth | Phil Anderson | + 27:00 min |
Green jersey | Freddy Maertens | 428 P. |
Second | William Tackaert | 222 P. |
Third | Bernard Hinault | 184 P. |
Dotted jersey | Lucien Van Impe | 284 P. |
Second | Bernard Hinault | 222 P. |
Third | Jean-René Bernaudeau | 168 P. |
White jersey | Peter Winnen | 96:40:04 h |
Second | Claude Criquielion | + 5:52 min |
Third | Phil Anderson | + 6:45 min |
Team evaluation | Peugeot-Esso |
The 68th Tour de France took place from June 25 to July 19, 1981 and ran over 3756 km in 22 stages. The tour ended with a relatively clear victory for Frenchman Bernard Hinault . 150 racers took part in the tour, of which 121 were classified.
Race course
The reigning world champion Hinault took over the overall lead after the prologue . The Dutchman Gerrie Knetemann benefited from the two team time trials , who was allowed to wear the yellow jersey for a few days after the two victories of his team TI-Raleigh .
The Belgian Lucien Van Impe won the first stage in the Pyrenees, but with his second place in this stage, Hinault took over the overall lead again and defended it until the finish in Paris. In the three individual time trials, all of which he won, he even extended his lead and won his third Tour de France after 1978 and 1979 . Van Impe was second, almost a quarter of an hour behind, while last year's winner Joop Zoetemelk was fourth.
The green jersey secured Freddy Maertens , who after his six stage wins in the sprint almost twice as many points as its nearest rival achieved. The dotted jersey also went to a Belgian with Van Impe.
The stages
Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
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prolog | 25th June | Nice | 5.8 ( EZF ) | Bernard Hinault | Bernard Hinault |
1st stage (a) | June 26th | Nice - Nice | 97 | Freddy Maertens | |
1st stage (b) | June 26th | Nice - Nice | 40 ( MZF ) | TI-Raleigh | Gerrie Knetemann |
2nd stage | June 27th | Nice - Martigues | 254 | Johan van der Velde | |
3rd stage | June 28th | Martigues - Narbonne | 232 | Freddy Maertens | |
4th stage | June 29th | Narbonne - Carcassonne | 77.2 (MZF) | TI-Raleigh | |
5th stage | June 30th | Saint-Gaudens - Saint-Lary-Soulan | 117.5 | Lucien Van Impe | Phil Anderson |
6th stage | July 1 | Nay - Pau | 26.7 (EZF) | Bernard Hinault | Bernard Hinault |
7th stage | 2nd July | Pau - Bordeaux | 227 | Urs Freuler | |
8th stage | 3rd of July | Rochefort - Nantes | 182 | Ad Wijnands | |
Rest day | |||||
9th stage | 5th July | Nantes - Le Mans | 196.5 | Freddy Maertens | Bernard Hinault |
10th stage | July 6th | Le Mans - Aulnay-sous-Bois | 264 | Ad Wijnands | |
11th stage | 7th of July | Compiègne - Roubaix | 246 | Daniel Willems | |
12th stage (a) | 8th of July | Roubaix - Brussels ( BEL ) | 107.3 | Freddy Maertens | |
12th stage (b) | 8th of July | Brussels (Bel) - Zolder (BEL) | 137.8 | Eddy Planckaert | |
13th stage | July 9 | Beringen (BEL) - Hasselt (BEL) | 157 | Freddy Maertens | |
Rest day | |||||
14th stage | July 11th | Mulhouse - Mulhouse | 38.5 (EZF) | Bernard Hinault | Bernard Hinault |
15th stage | July 12 | Besançon - Thonon-les-Bains | 231 | Sean Kelly | |
16th stage | July 13th | Thonon-les-Bains - Morzine | 199.5 | Robert Alban | |
17th stage | July 14th | Morzine - L'Alpe d'Huez | 230.5 | Peter Winnen | |
18th stage | 15th of July | Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Le Pleynet | 134 | Bernard Hinault | |
19th stage | 16th of July | Veurey-Voroize - Saint-Priest | 117.5 | Daniel Willems | |
20th stage | 17th July | Saint-Priest - Saint-Priest | 46.5 (EZF) | Bernard Hinault | |
21st stage | July 18th | Auxerre - Fontenay-sous-Bois | 207 | Johan van der Velde | |
22nd stage | July 19 | Fontenay-sous-Bois - Paris | 186.8 | Freddy Maertens |
Web links
- Tour de France 1981 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1981 tour