Start: June 26th 1971
End: July 18th 1971
Number of stages : 20
Number of participants : 130
Number of finishers : 94
Distance : 3689 km
Average speed : 36.925 km/h
General classification of the 1971 Tour de France
Jerseys of the 1971 Tour de France
Yellow jersey (winner of the Tour de France) :
Eddy Merckx in 96h45'14"
Polka dot jersey (best climber) :
Lucien Van Impe with 228 points
Green jersey (best sprinter) :
Eddy Merckx with 202 points
Stages of the 1971 Tour de France
Prologue (Mulhouse - Mulhouse, 11 km in Team Time Trial)
1. Molteni in 1h05'16"
2. Ferretti + 1'48"
3. Flandria-Mars + 2'16"
4. Bic + 2'23"
5. Peugeot + 3'02"
Stage 1a (Mulhouse - Bâle, 59.5 km)
1. Eric Leman in 1h24'36"
2.
Walter Godefroot + 0"
3. Guido Reybrouck + 0"
4.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
5.
Roger De Vlaeminck + 0"
6.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
7. Krekels + 0"
8. Swerts + 0"
9. Nassen + 0"
10. Van Vlierberghe + 0"
Stage 1b (Bâle - Fribourg, 90 km)
1.
Gerben Karstens in 2h28'26"
2.
Roger De Vlaeminck + 0"
3.
Walter Godefroot + 0"
4.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
5. Jozef Huysmans + 0"
6. Enrico Paolini + 0"
7. Gomez-Lucas + 0"
8. Tabak + 0"
9. Rolf Wolfshohl + 0"
10. Krekels + 0"
Stage 1c (Fribourg - Mulhouse, 74 km)
1. Albert Van Vlierberghe in 1h43'32"
2. Eric De Vlaeminck + 0"
3. Enrico Paolini + 0"
4.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
5.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
6. Guido Reybrouck + 0"
7.
Roger De Vlaeminck + 0"
8. Krekels + 0"
9.
Walter Godefroot + 0"
10. Fritz + 0"
Stage 2 (Mulhouse - Strasbourg, 144 km)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 3h05'27"
2.
Roger De Vlaeminck + 0"
3. Herman Van Springel + 0"
4.
Joop Zoetemelk + 0"
5. Gianni Motta + 0"
6. Tabak + 0"
7. Enrico Paolini + 0"
8. Raymond + 0"
9. G. Pettersson + 0"
10. Ocana + 0"
Stage 3 (Strasbourg - Nancy, 165.5 km)
1. Marinus Wagtmans in 4h14'21"
2.
Barry Hoban + 0"
3. Nemesio Jiménez + 0"
4. Genet + 0"
5. Willy Van Neste + 0"
6. Pietro Guerra + 0"
7. Van Schil + 0"
8. Wilfried David + 0"
9. Simonetti + 0"
10. Genty + 0"
Stage 4 (Nancy - Marche en Famenne, 242 km)
1. Jean-Pierre Genet in 6h45'03"
2. Gomez-Lucas + 1"
3.
Cyrille Guimard + 5"
4.
Roger De Vlaeminck + 5"
5. Guido Reybrouck + 5"
6.
Gerben Karstens + 5"
7.
Walter Godefroot + 5"
8. Harings + 5"
9.
Eddy Merckx + 5"
10. Krekels + 5"
Stage 5 (Dinant - Roubaix, 208.5 km)
1. Pietro Guerra in 5h13'56"
2. Stevens + 0"
3. Bouloux + 3"
4. Willy Van Neste + 3"
5. Catieau + 3"
6. Van Vlierberghe + 3"
7. Riotte + 22"
8.
Roger De Vlaeminck + 1'16"
9. Eric De Vlaeminck + 1'16"
10.
Eddy Merckx + 1'16"
Stage 6a (Roubaix - Amiens, 127.5 km)
1. Eric Leman in 3h03'19"
2.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
3.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
4. Peelman + 0"
5.
Roger De Vlaeminck + 0"
6.
Walter Godefroot + 0"
7. Marinus Wagtmans + 0"
8. Fritz + 0"
9. Eric De Vlaeminck + 0"
10. Guido Reybrouck + 0"
Stage 6b (Amiens - Le Touquet, 133.5 km)
1. Mauro Simonetti in 3h47'56"
2. Francioni + 3"
3. Mintjens + 5"
4. Van der Vleuten + 5"
5. Rolf Wolfshohl + 5"
6. Diaz + 5"
7. Genty + 5"
8.
Roger De Vlaeminck + 5"
9.
Gerben Karstens + 5"
10. Guido Reybrouck + 5"
Stage 7 (Rungis - Nevers, 257.5 km)
1. Eric Leman in 6h45'33"
2.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
3.
Walter Godefroot + 0"
4.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
5. Gianni Motta + 0"
6. Gualazzini + 0"
7. Georges Vandenberghe + 0"
8.
Mariano Martinez + 0"
9. Van Katwijk + 0"
10. Pietro Guerra + 0"
Stage 8 (Nevers - Puy de Dôme, 221 km)
1. Luis Ocaña in 6h21'10"
2.
Joop Zoetemelk + 7"
3.
Joaquim Agostinho + 13"
4.
Eddy Merckx + 15"
5. G. Petterson + 49"
6. Agustín Tamames + 1'10"
7.
Cyrille Guimard + 1'15"
8.
Bernard Thévenet + 1'21"
9. Gianni Motta + 1'37"
10. Enrico Paolini + 1'52"
Stage 9 (Clermont Ferrand - St Etienne, 153 km)
1.
Walter Godefroot in 4h02'18"
2. Francioni + 0"
3. Spruyt + 0"
4. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume + 0"
5. Marinus Wagtmans + 0"
6. Genet + 32"
7. Lopez-Carril + 32"
8. Genty + 32"
9. Lucien Aimar + 32"
10. Gianni Motta + 6'08"
Stage 10 (St Etienne - Grenoble, 188.5 km)
1.
Bernard Thévenet in 5h24'33"
2. G. Petterson + 0"
3.
Joop Zoetemelk + 0"
4. Ocana + 0"
5.
Cyrille Guimard + 1'09"
6.
Lucien Van Impe + 1'09"
7.
Eddy Merckx + 1'36"
8. Zubero + 1'36"
9. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume + 1'52"
10. Lopez-Carril + 1'52"
Stage 11 (Grenoble - Orcières Merlette, 134 km)
1. Luis Ocaña in 4h02'49"
2.
Lucien Van Impe + 5'52"
3.
Eddy Merckx + 8'42"
4.
Joop Zoetemelk + 8'42"
5. G. Petterson + 8'42"
6.
Bernard Thévenet + 8'42"
7. Bernard Labourdette + 8'42"
8.
Cyrille Guimard + 8'46"
9. T. Petterson + 8'46"
10.
Joaquim Agostinho + 8'50"
Stage 12 (Orcières Melette - Marseille, 251 km)
1. Luciano Armani in 5h25'28"
2.
Eddy Merckx + 0"
3. Lucien Aimar + 0"
4. Van der Vleuten + 0"
5. Enrico Paolini + 0"
6. Désiré Letort + 0"
7. Bouloux + 0"
8. Marinus Wagtmans + 2"
9. Jozef Huysmans + 2"
10.
Cyrille Guimard + 1'56"
Stage 13 (Albi - Albi, 16.3 km in Individual Time Trial)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 22'57"
2. Ocana + 11"
3. Grosskost + 11"
4.
Cyrille Guimard + 26"
5. Ferdinand Bracke + 26"
6. Simonetti + 41"
7. T. Petterson + 42"
8.
Bernard Thévenet + 42"
9.
Joaquim Agostinho + 50"
10. Désiré Letort + 55"
Stage 14 (Revel - Bagnères-de-Luchon, 214.5 km)
1. José Manuel Fuente in 6h11'54"
2.
Eddy Merckx + 6'21"
3.
Lucien Van Impe + 6'21"
4. Lopez-Carril + 6'21"
5. Lucien Aimar + 6'21"
6.
Joop Zoetemelk + 6'21"
7.
Cyrille Guimard + 7'15"
8. Martos + 7'26"
9. Bernard Labourdette + 7'34"
10.
Joaquim Agostinho + 7'35"
Stage 15 (Bagnères-de-Luchon - Superbagnères, 19.6 km)
1. José Manuel Fuente in 47'42"
2.
Lucien Van Impe + 26"
3.
Bernard Thévenet + 28"
4.
Eddy Merckx + 1'00"
5.
Joop Zoetemelk + 1'00"
6. Galdos + 1'02"
7. Van Schil + 1'04"
8.
Joaquim Agostinho + 1'06"
9.
Cyrille Guimard + 1'09"
10. Raymond Delisle + 1'09"
Stage 16a (Bagnères-de-Luchon - Gourette, 145 km)
1. Bernard Labourdette in 5h08'36"
2.
Eddy Merckx + 1'32"
3.
Lucien Van Impe + 1'34"
4.
Joop Zoetemelk + 1'35"
5.
Cyrille Guimard + 1'39"
6. Lopez-Carril + 1'44"
7. Désiré Letort + 1'49"
8.
Joaquim Agostinho + 1'51"
9. Leif Mortensen + 2'20"
10. Marinus Wagtmans + 2'57"
Stage 16b (Gourette - Pau, 57.5 km)
1. Herman Van Springel in 1h17'58"
2. Willy Van Neste + 0"
3.
Cyrille Guimard + 24"
4.
Eddy Merckx + 24"
5. Enrico Paolini + 24"
6.
Joop Zoetemelk + 24"
7.
Lucien Van Impe + 24"
8.
Joaquim Agostinho + 24"
9. Leif Mortensen + 24"
10. Agustín Tamames + 24"
Stage 17 (Mont de Marsan - Bordeaux, 188 km)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 5h32'31"
2. Georges Vandenberghe + 0"
3. Swerts + 0"
4. Van der Vleuten + 0"
5. Riotte + 0"
6.
Barry Hoban + 2'26"
7. Lopez-Rodriguez + 2'26"
8. Nemesio Jiménez + 2'26"
9. Stevens + 3'01"
10.
Gerben Karstens + 3'05"
Stage 18 (Bordeaux - Poitiers, 244 km)
1. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume in 6h30'33"
2. Krekels + 0"
3. Guyot + 0"
4. Crepaldi + 0"
5. Catieau + 0"
6. Spruyt + 0"
7. Vidament + 0"
8. Enrico Paolini + 0"
9. Rolf Wolfshohl + 0"
10. Johny Schleck + 0"
Stage 19 (Blois - Versailles, 185 km)
1. Jan Krekels in 5h21'06"
2.
Cyrille Guimard + 0"
3. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume + 0"
4. Francioni + 0"
5. Marinus Wagtmans + 0"
6. Herman Van Springel + 0"
7. Armani + 0"
8. Stevens + 0"
9. Van Schil + 0"
10.
Joaquim Agostinho + 0"
Stage 20 (Versailles - Paris, 53.8 km in Individual Time Trial)
1.
Eddy Merckx in 1h10'32"
2.
Joaquim Agostinho + 2'36"
3. Marinus Wagtmans + 2'52"
4. Ferdinand Bracke + 3'04"
5. Swerts + 3'15"
6. Herman Van Springel + 3'26"
7. Van Schil + 4'03"
8.
Joop Zoetemelk + 4'06"
9.
Cyrille Guimard + 4'09"
10. Nemesio Jiménez + 4'12"