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1971 | June 26 - July 18
Mulhouse - Paris

total distance: 3608.0 km
number of stages: 20

money for winner: 20 000 F
money total: 470 600 F

Eddy Merckx | Molteni | Belgium | age: 26
time: 96hr 45min 14sec | average speed: 38.084 km/h
2nd place: Joop Zoetemelk (+ 9min 51sec)
3rd place: Lucien Van Impe (+ 11min 6sec)
winning team: Bic
number of participants: 130
finished: 94
not finished: 36
Jerseys winners:

 Eddy Merckx
 Eddy Merckx
 Lucien van Impe


Tour de France start:

Statistic of the riders:
Route length:
(compared with longest route in 1926 - 5745 km)

 3 608 / 5 745 
 62,8%


Stages

number of stages in this year*: 25 | display finish towns on map
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage

STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed
PMulhouse -Mulhouse  11.0 km  ITA  Molteni  0:13:24  49.3 km/h
1aMulhouse -Basel  59.5 km  BEL  Eric LEMAN  1:24:36  42.2 km/h
1bBasel -Fribourg  90.0 km  NED  Gerben KARSTENS  2:28:26  36.4 km/h
1cFribourg -Mulhouse  74.5 km  BEL  Albert VAN VLIERBERGHE  1:43:32  43.2 km/h
2Mulhouse -Strasbourg  144.0 km  BEL  Eddy MERCKX  3:05:27  46.6 km/h
3Strasbourg -Nancy  165.5 km  NED  Marinus "Rini" WAGTMANS  4:14:21  39.0 km/h
4Nancy -Marche en Famenne  242.0 km  FRA  Jean-Pierre GENET  6:45:03  35.8 km/h
5Dinant -Roubaix  208.5 km  ITA  Pietro GUERRA  5:13:56  39.8 km/h
6aRoubaix -Amiens  127.5 km  BEL  Eric LEMAN  3:03:19  41.7 km/h
6bAmiens -Le Touquet  133.5 km  ITA  Mauro SIMONETTI  3:47:56  35.1 km/h
7Rungis -Nevers  257.5 km  BEL  Eric LEMAN  6:45:33  38.1 km/h
8Nevers -Puy-de-Dôme  221.0 km  ESP  Luis OCAÑA  6:21:10  34.8 km/h
9Clermont-Ferrand -Saint-Étienne  153.0 km  BEL  Walter GODEFROOT  4:02:18  37.9 km/h
10Saint-Étienne -Grenoble  188.5 km  FRA  Bernard THÉVENET  5:24:33  34.8 km/h
11Grenoble -Orcières-Merlette  134.0 km  ESP  Luis OCAÑA  4:02:49  33.1 km/h
12Orcières-Merlette -Marseille  251.0 km  ITA  Luciano ARMANI  5:25:28  46.3 km/h
13Albi -Albi  16.3 km  BEL  Eddy MERCKX  0:22:57  42.6 km/h
14Revel -Luchon  214.5 km  ESP  Jose-Manuel FUENTE  6:11:54  34.6 km/h
15Luchon -Superbagnères  19.6 km  ESP  Jose-Manuel FUENTE  0:47:42  24.7 km/h
16aLuchon -Gourette  145.0 km  FRA  Bernard LABOURDETTE  5:08:36  28.2 km/h
16bGourette -Pau  57.5 km  BEL  Herman VAN SPRINGEL  1:17:58  44.2 km/h
17Mont-de-Marsan -Bordeaux  188.0 km  BEL  Eddy MERCKX  5:32:31  33.9 km/h
18Bordeaux -Poitiers  244.0 km  FRA  Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME  6:30:33  37.5 km/h
19Blois -Versailles  185.0 km  NED  Jan KREKELS  5:21:04  34.6 km/h
20Versailles -Paris  53.8 km  BEL  Eddy MERCKX  1:10:32  45.8 km/h


Winners of stages in 1971 by nations (5):

 nation  No.wins share (%)
 BEL  10 
 40,00% 
 ITA  4 
 16,00% 
 FRA  4 
 16,00% 
 ESP  4 
 16,00% 
 NED  3 
 12,00% 



Winners of stages in 1971 by cyclists (18):

 name  No.wins share (%)
 Eddy MERCKX  4 
 16,00% 
 Eric LEMAN  3 
 12,00% 
 Jose-Manuel FUENTE  2 
 8,00% 
 Luis OCAÑA  2 
 8,00% 
 Gerben KARSTENS  1 
 4,00% 
 Pietro GUERRA  1 
 4,00% 
 Luciano ARMANI  1 
 4,00% 
 Jan KREKELS  1 
 4,00% 
 Molteni  1 
 4,00% 
 Marinus "Rini" WAGTMANS  1 
 4,00% 
 Walter GODEFROOT  1 
 4,00% 
 Herman VAN SPRINGEL  1 
 4,00% 
 Albert VAN VLIERBERGHE  1 
 4,00% 
 Mauro SIMONETTI  1 
 4,00% 
 Jean-Pierre GENET  1 
 4,00% 
 Bernard THÉVENET  1 
 4,00% 
 Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME  1 
 4,00% 
 Bernard LABOURDETTE  1 
 4,00% 



Ascents

number of ascents in this year*: 21 | display ascents on map
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category

THE ALPES [5]
Col de Porte (1326 m):  ESP  Luis OCANA
Col du Noyer (1664 m):  ESP  Luis OCANA
Cote de Laffrey (900 m):  POR  Joaquim AGOSTINHO
Cucheron (1139 m):  FRA  Désiré LETORT
Orcières-Merlette (1838 m):  ESP  Luis OCANA
THE PYRENEES [8]
Aspin (1490 m):  BEL  Lucien VAN IMPE
Aubisque (1709 m):  FRA  Bernard LABOURDETTE
Col de Menté (1349 m):  ESP  Jose-Manuel FUENTE
Peyresourde (1569 m):  BEL  Lucien VAN IMPE
Portet d’Aspet (1069 m):  ESP  Jose-Manuel FUENTE
Portillon (1298 m):  ESP  Jose-Manuel FUENTE
Superbagnères (1804 m):  ESP  Jose-Manuel FUENTE
Tourmalet (2115 m):  BEL  Lucien VAN IMPE
Other mountains [8]
Col de la République (Grand Bois) (1161 m):  FRA  Cyrille GUIMARD
Col des Fourches (970 m):  FRA  Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME
Col des Pradeaux (1196 m):  FRA  Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME
Col du Firstplan (722 m):  NED  Joop ZOETEMELK
Donon (727 m):  NED  Joop ZOETEMELK
Happach (1040 m):  NED  Joop ZOETEMELK
Notschrei (1120 m):  NED  Joop ZOETEMELK
Puy de Dôme (1415 m):  ESP  Luis OCANA


Winners of ascents in 1971 by nations (5):

 nation  No. wins share (%)
 ESP  8 
 38,10% 
 FRA  5 
 23,81% 
 NED  4 
 19,05% 
 BEL  3 
 14,29% 
 POR  1 
 4,76% 



Winners of ascents in 1971 by cyclists (9):

 name  No. wins share (%)
 Joop ZOETEMELK  4 
 19,05% 
 Luis OCANA  4 
 19,05% 
 Jose-Manuel FUENTE  4 
 19,05% 
 Lucien VAN IMPE  3 
 14,29% 
 Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME  2 
 9,52% 
 Joaquim AGOSTINHO  1 
 4,76% 
 Cyrille GUIMARD  1 
 4,76% 
 Désiré LETORT  1 
 4,76% 
 Bernard LABOURDETTE  1 
 4,76% 



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