Tour de France 1984
71st Tour de France 1984 - final result | ||
Route length | 23 stages, 4020.9 km | |
Tour winner | Laurent Fignon | 112: 03: 40 h (35.881 km / h) |
Second | Bernard Hinault | + 10:32 min |
Third | Greg Lemond | + 11:46 min |
Fourth | Robert Millar | + 14:42 min |
fifth | Sean Kelly | + 16:35 min |
Sixth | Ángel Arroyo | + 19:22 min |
seventh | Pascal Simon | + 21:17 min |
Eighth | Pedro Muñoz | + 26:17 min |
Ninth | Claude Criquielion | + 29:12 min |
Tenth | Phil Anderson | + 29:16 min |
Green jersey | Frank Hoste | 322 P. |
Second | Sean Kelly | 318 P. |
Third | Eric Vanderaerden | 247 P. |
Dotted jersey | Robert Millar | 284 P. |
Second | Laurent Fignon | 212 P. |
Third | Ángel Arroyo | 140 p. |
White jersey | Greg LeMond | 112: 15: 26 h |
Second | Pedro Muñoz | + 14:31 min |
Third | Niki Rüttimann | + 19:12 min |
Team evaluation | Renault Elf |
The 71st Tour de France took place from June 29 to July 22, 1984. On 23 stages over 4021 km, the 170 riders who started fought for victory. 124 drivers were classified in the end. The tour developed into a generation duel between Bernard Hinault and his compatriot Laurent Fignon . Hinault, who had already won the tour four times and was unable to take part in the previous year due to an injury, met the 1983 winner, Fignon, who was six years his junior and who also won the tour.
Race course
After Hinault had won the prologue , the yellow jersey changed carriers several times on the first stages before it landed on Vincent Barteau's shoulders . Fignon's team-mate kept the overall lead up into the mountains, where he had to give it up after the stage to L'Alpe d'Huez . At this stage, Fignon was second behind Luis Herrera , who was the first Colombian to win a tour stage. Fignon had already taken time from Hinault in the first two time trials . At the end of the tour, Fignon had five stage wins, including victories in all three longer individual time trials.
In Paris, Hinault was more than 10 minutes behind his compatriot, who was able to repeat his success from the previous year. Third place on the podium went to the American Greg Lemond , who in the following years also intervened in the direct battle for the Tour victory. Although weak from a cold, Lemond was the first American to get a place on the podium.
The fight for the green jersey was much closer than in previous years, the Belgian Frank Hoste only secured the jersey on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in front of Sean Kelly . The Scotsman Robert Millar won the mountain classification .
The longest stage was in 1984 over 338 km from Nantes to Bordeaux , the 21st stage was also over 320 km long. For the first time since 1969 there was a stage that was longer than 300 km. The winner in Bordeaux was Jan Raas from the Netherlands , who needed more than 9.5 hours for the route.
On the 19th stage from La Plagne to Morzine, the Italian driver Carlo Tonon collided with a spectator, he fell and suffered a fractured skull base . Tonon remained after the accident, severely disabled and committed 1996 suicide .
The stages
Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
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prolog | June 29th | Montreuil - Noisy-le-Sec | 5.4 ( EZF ) | Bernard Hinault | Bernard Hinault |
1st stage | June 30th | Bondy - Saint-Denis | 148.5 | Frank Hoste | Ludo Peeters |
2nd stage | July 1 | Bobigny - Louvroil | 249.5 | Marc Madiot | Jacques Hanegraaf |
3rd stage | 2nd July | Louvroil - Valenciennes | 51 ( MZF ) | Renault Elf | |
4th stage | 2nd July | Valenciennes - Béthune | 83 | Ferdi Van Den Haute | Adrie van der Poel |
5th stage | 3rd of July | Béthune - Cergy-Pontoise | 207 | Paulo Ferreira | Vincent Barteau |
6th stage | July 4th | Cergy-Pontoise - Alençon | 202 | Frank Hoste | |
7th stage | 5th July | Alençon - Le Mans | 67 (EZF) | Laurent Fignon | |
8th stage | July 6th | Le Mans - Nantes | 192 | Pascal Jules | |
9th stage | 7th of July | Nantes - Bordeaux | 338 | Jan Raas | |
10th stage | 8th of July | Langon - Pau | 198 | Eric Vanderaerden | |
11th stage | July 9 | Pau - Guzet-neige | 226.5 | Robert Millar | |
12th stage | 10th of July | Saint-Girons - Blagnac | 111 | Pascal Poisson | |
Rest day | |||||
13th stage | July 12 | Blagnac - Rodez | 220.5 | Pierre-Henri Mentheour | Vincent Barteau |
14th stage | July 13th | Rodez - Domaine du Rouret | 227.5 | Alfons De Wolf | |
15th stage | July 14th | Domaine du Rouret - Grenoble | 241.5 | Frédéric Vichot | |
16th stage | 15th of July | Les Echelles - La Ruchère | 22 (EZF) | Laurent Fignon | |
17th stage | 16th of July | Grenoble - L'Alpe d'Huez | 151 | Luis Herrera | Laurent Fignon |
18th stage | 17th July | Le Bourg-d'Oisans - La Plagne | 185 | Laurent Fignon | |
19th stage | July 18th | La Plagne - Morzine | 186 | Ángel Arroyo | |
20th stage | July 19 | Morzine - Crans-Montana ( CH ) | 140.5 | Laurent Fignon | |
21st stage | 20th of July | Crans-Montana (CH) - Villefranche-en-Beaujolais | 320.5 | Frank Hoste | |
22nd stage | 21 July | Villié-Morgon - Villefranche-en-Beaujolais | 51 (EZF) | Laurent Fignon | |
23rd stage | 22nd of July | Pantin - Paris | 196.5 | Eric Vanderaerden |
Web links
- Tour de France 1984 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1984 tour
Individual evidence
- ^ Italian Cyclist in Coma After Collision. In: The New York Times . July 19, 1984, accessed May 8, 2019 .
- ^ Storia di Carlo Tonon. In: museociclismo.it. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .