General Information
Distance
4098 km
Stages
22
Finishers / Starters
105 / 130
Dates
27 June 1974 — 21 July 1974
Jerseys
Yellow Jersey
Eddy Merckx (Bel)
116h 16' 58"
Green Jersey
Patrick Sercu (Bel)
283 pts
Polka Dot Jersey
Domingo Perurena (Esp)
161 pts
Top 10 GC
| # | Rider | Time / Gap |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 116h 16' 58" |
| 2 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | + 08' 04" |
| 3 | Vicente López Carril (Esp) | + 08' 09" |
| 4 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | + 10' 59" |
| 5 | Gonzalo Aja (Esp) | + 11' 24" |
| 6 | Joaquim Agostinho (Prt) | + 14' 24" |
| 7 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | + 16' 34" |
| 8 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | + 18' 33" |
| 9 | Alain Santy (Fra) | + 19' 55" |
| 10 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | + 24' 11" |
Stage Results
Stage Prologue
Brest → Brest 7.1 km
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 08' 54" |
| 2 | Jesús Manzaneque (Esp) | 06" |
| 3 | Joseph Bruyère (Bel) | 08" |
| 4 | Joaquim Agostinho (Prt) | 13" |
| 5 | Baert | 17" |
| 6 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 20" |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra) | 20" |
| 8 | Bernard Thévenet (Fra) | 23" |
| 9 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 23" |
| 10 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | 24" |
Stage 1
Brest → St Pol de Leon 144 km
| 1 | Ercole Gualazzini | 3h 25' 30" |
| 2 | Joseph Bruyère (Bel) | 01" |
| 3 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | 04" |
| 4 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 25" |
| 5 | Frans Van Looy (Bel) | 25" |
| 6 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 25" |
| 7 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 25" |
| 8 | Van Katwijk | 25" |
| 9 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 25" |
| 10 | Priem | 25" |
Stage 2
Plymouth → Plymouth 163.7 km
| 1 | Henk Poppe | 3h 53' 44" |
| 2 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 3 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 00" |
| 4 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 00" |
| 5 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | 00" |
| 6 | Van Katwijk | 00" |
| 7 | Priem | 00" |
| 8 | Lasa | 00" |
| 9 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 00" |
| 10 | Van Roosbroeck | 00" |
Stage 3
Morlaix → St Malo 190 km
| 1 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 4h 45' 57" |
| 2 | Delépine | 00" |
| 3 | Van Katwijk | 00" |
| 4 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 00" |
| 5 | Van Roosbroeck | 00" |
| 6 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 7 | Mourioux | 00" |
| 8 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 00" |
| 9 | Priem | 00" |
| 10 | Mintkiewicz | 00" |
Stage 4
St Malo → Caen 184.5 km
| 1 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 4h 48' 54" |
| 2 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 00" |
| 3 | Gualazzini | 00" |
| 4 | Cyrille Guimard (Fra) | 00" |
| 5 | Van Katwijk | 00" |
| 6 | Lasa | 00" |
| 7 | Van Roosbroeck | 00" |
| 8 | Mourioux | 00" |
| 9 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 00" |
| 10 | Régis Ovion (Fra) | 00" |
Stage 5
Caen → Dieppe 165 km
| 1 | Ronald De Witte (Bel) | 4h 15' 34" |
| 2 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 00" |
| 3 | Cyrille Guimard (Fra) | 00" |
| 4 | Gualazzini | 00" |
| 5 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 00" |
| 6 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 7 | Lasa | 00" |
| 8 | Marc Demeyer (Bel) | 00" |
| 9 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 00" |
| 10 | Wesemael | 00" |
Stage 6a
Dieppe → Harelbeke 239 km
| 1 | Jean-Luc Molinéris | 6h 18' 56" |
| 2 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 01" |
| 3 | Bal | 22" |
| 4 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 22" |
| 5 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 22" |
| 6 | Marc Demeyer (Bel) | 22" |
| 7 | Baert | 22" |
| 8 | Wesemael | 22" |
| 9 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 22" |
| 10 | Lasa | 22" |
Stage 6b
Harelbeke → Harelbeke 9 km
| 1 | Molteni | 54' 05" |
| 2 | Kas | 01' 15" |
| 3 | Bic | 01' 26" |
| 4 | Mic - De Gribaldy - Ludo | 01' 35" |
| 5 | Carpenter-Confortluxe | 01' 57" |
Stage 7
Mons → Chalons sur Marne 221.5 km
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 6h 38' 37" |
| 2 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 00" |
| 3 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 4 | Cyrille Guimard (Fra) | 00" |
| 5 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | 00" |
| 6 | Van Katwijk P. | 00" |
| 7 | Teirlinck | 00" |
| 8 | Vianen | 00" |
| 9 | Mourioux | 00" |
| 10 | Wesemael | 00" |
Stage 8a
Chalons sur Marne → Chaumont 136 km
| 1 | Cyrille Guimard (Fra) | 3h 44' 08" |
| 2 | Dewitte | 00" |
| 3 | Oliva | 00" |
| 4 | Vianen | 00" |
| 5 | Georges Pintens (Bel) | 00" |
| 6 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 00" |
| 7 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 00" |
| 8 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 00" |
| 9 | Bernard Thévenet (Fra) | 00" |
| 10 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 00" |
Stage 8b
Chaumont → Besançon 152 km
| 1 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 4h 25' 04" |
| 2 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 3 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 00" |
| 4 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 00" |
| 5 | Cyrille Guimard (Fra) | 00" |
| 6 | Baert | 00" |
| 7 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 00" |
| 8 | Rouxel | 00" |
| 9 | Vianen | 00" |
| 10 | Van Katwijk | 00" |
Stage 9
Besançon → Gaillard 241 km
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 7h 09' 58" |
| 2 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 00" |
| 3 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 00" |
| 4 | Joaquim Agostinho (Prt) | 00" |
| 5 | Gonzalo Aja (Esp) | 00" |
| 6 | Lopez-Carril | 18" |
| 7 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | 02' 27" |
| 8 | Lasa | 02' 27" |
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra) | 02' 27" |
| 10 | Alain Santy (Fra) | 02' 27" |
Stage 10
Gaillard → Aix-les-Bains 131.5 km
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 3h 46' 44" |
| 2 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | 00" |
| 3 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 00" |
| 4 | Gonzalo Aja (Esp) | 00" |
| 5 | Fausto Bertoglio (Ita) | 01' 02" |
| 6 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 01' 02" |
| 7 | Joaquim Agostinho (Prt) | 01' 02" |
| 8 | Lopez-Carril | 01' 02" |
| 9 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 01' 02" |
| 10 | Michel Périn (Fra) | 01' 57" |
Stage 11
Aix-les-Bains → Serre Chevalier 199 km
| 1 | Vicente López Carril (Esp) | 6h 55' 36" |
| 2 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 54" |
| 3 | Galdos | 54" |
| 4 | Gonzalo Aja (Esp) | 54" |
| 5 | Roger Pingeon (Fra) | 02' 23" |
| 6 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 02' 23" |
| 7 | Alain Santy (Fra) | 02' 23" |
| 8 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | 03' 46" |
| 9 | Joaquim Agostinho (Prt) | 03' 46" |
| 10 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 06' 17" |
Stage 12
Savines le Lac → Orange 231 km
| 1 | Jozef Spruyt | 7h 15' 12" |
| 2 | Den Hertog | 00" |
| 3 | Edward Janssens (Bel) | 00" |
| 4 | Riotte | 00" |
| 5 | Galdos | 00" |
| 6 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 41" |
| 7 | Cyrille Guimard (Fra) | 41" |
| 8 | Van Roosbroeck | 41" |
| 9 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 41" |
| 10 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 41" |
Stage 13
Avignon → Montpellier 126 km
| 1 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 3h 15' 42" |
| 2 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 3 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 00" |
| 4 | Van Roosbroeck | 00" |
| 5 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 00" |
| 6 | Domingo Perurena (Esp) | 00" |
| 7 | Van Katwijk | 00" |
| 8 | Mintkiewicz | 00" |
| 9 | Marc Demeyer (Bel) | 00" |
| 10 | Mourioux | 00" |
Stage 14
Lodève → Colomiers 248.5 km
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Genet | 7h 12' 50" |
| 2 | Delcroix | 20" |
| 3 | Di Lorenzo | 20" |
| 4 | Martos | 20" |
| 5 | Marc Demeyer (Bel) | 26" |
| 6 | Baert | 26" |
| 7 | André Dierickx (Bel) | 26" |
| 8 | Molineris | 26" |
| 9 | Zurano | 26" |
| 10 | Botherel | 26" |
Stage 15
Colomiers → Seo de Urgel 225 km
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 6h 42' 29" |
| 2 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | 00" |
| 3 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 00" |
| 4 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 00" |
| 5 | Lopez-Carril | 00" |
| 6 | Gonzalo Aja (Esp) | 00" |
| 7 | Lucien Van Impe (Bel) | 00" |
| 8 | Lualdi | 00" |
| 9 | Raymond Delisle (Fra) | 00" |
| 10 | Joaquim Agostinho (Prt) | 00" |
Stage 16
Seo de Urgel → St Lary Soulan 209 km
| 1 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 7h 53' 29" |
| 2 | Lopez-Carril | 41" |
| 3 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 01' 02" |
| 4 | Alain Santy (Fra) | 01' 17" |
| 5 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 01' 49" |
| 6 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 02' 05" |
| 7 | Roger Pingeon (Fra) | 02' 34" |
| 8 | Romero | 03' 31" |
| 9 | Michel Périn (Fra) | 03' 45" |
| 10 | Vanneste | 03' 48" |
Stage 17
St Lary Soulan → La Mongie 119 km
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra) | 3h 58' 44" |
| 2 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 02' 26" |
| 3 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | 02' 32" |
| 4 | Alain Santy (Fra) | 02' 33" |
| 5 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 02' 49" |
| 6 | Lucien Van Impe (Bel) | 02' 51" |
| 7 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 03' 08" |
| 8 | Lopez-Carril | 03' 09" |
| 9 | Raymond Delisle (Fra) | 03' 25" |
| 10 | Joaquim Agostinho (Prt) | 03' 38" |
Stage 18
Bagnères-de-Bigorre → Pau 141.5 km
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra) | 4h 19' 20" |
| 2 | Dewitte | 00" |
| 3 | Oliva | 00" |
| 4 | Zurano | 00" |
| 5 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 03' 14" |
| 6 | Rouxel | 03' 14" |
| 7 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | 03' 14" |
| 8 | Teirlinck | 03' 14" |
| 9 | Wesemael | 03' 14" |
| 10 | Régis Ovion (Fra) | 03' 14" |
Stage 19a
Pau → Bordeaux 195.5 km
| 1 | Francis Campaner | 4h 51' 56" |
| 2 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 00" |
| 3 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 00" |
| 4 | Cyrille Guimard (Fra) | 00" |
| 5 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 00" |
| 6 | Van Katwijk | 00" |
| 7 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 00" |
| 8 | Rouxel | 00" |
| 9 | Vianen | 00" |
| 10 | Baert | 00" |
Stage 19b
Bordeaux → Bordeaux 12.4 km
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 16' 15" |
| 2 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 02" |
| 3 | Gerrie Knetemann (Nld) | 13" |
| 4 | Vianen | 18" |
| 5 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 20" |
| 6 | Joaquim Agostinho (Prt) | 21" |
| 7 | Joseph Bruyère (Bel) | 24" |
| 8 | José Pesarrodona (Esp) | 26" |
| 9 | Baert | 26" |
| 10 | Wesemael | 29" |
Stage 20
St Gilles Croix de Vie → Nantes 117 km
| 1 | Gérard Vianen | 2h 53' 21" |
| 2 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 20" |
| 3 | Marc Demeyer (Bel) | 20" |
| 4 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 20" |
| 5 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 20" |
| 6 | Baert | 20" |
| 7 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 20" |
| 8 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | 20" |
| 9 | Van Katwijk | 20" |
| 10 | Mintkiewicz | 20" |
Stage 21a
Vouvray → Orléans 112.5 km
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 2h 19' 05" |
| 2 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 01' 25" |
| 3 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 01' 25" |
| 4 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 01' 25" |
| 5 | Marc Demeyer (Bel) | 01' 25" |
| 6 | Baert | 01' 25" |
| 7 | Julien | 01' 25" |
| 8 | Allan | 01' 25" |
| 9 | Régis Ovion (Fra) | 01' 25" |
| 10 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | 01' 25" |
Stage 21b
Orléans → Orléans 37.5 km
| 1 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 48' 23" |
| 2 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 10" |
| 3 | Jesús Manzaneque (Esp) | 27" |
| 4 | Baert | 27" |
| 5 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 29" |
| 6 | Joaquim Agostinho (Prt) | 38" |
| 7 | Joseph Bruyère (Bel) | 41" |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra) | 01' 03" |
| 9 | Bernard Labourdette (Fra) | 01' 50" |
| 10 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | 02' 04" |
Stage 22
Orléans → Paris 146 km
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) | 3h 49' 29" |
| 2 | Van Roosbroeck | 00" |
| 3 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) | 00" |
| 4 | Parecchini | 00" |
| 5 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 6 | Régis Ovion (Fra) | 00" |
| 7 | Herman Van Springel (Bel) | 00" |
| 8 | Barry Hoban (Gbr) | 00" |
| 9 | Gerrie Knetemann (Nld) | 00" |
| 10 | Marc Demeyer (Bel) | 00" |