General Information
Distance
4017 km
Stages
22
Finishers / Starters
87 / 130
Dates
24 June 1976 — 18 July 1976
Jerseys
Yellow Jersey
Lucien Van Impe (Bel)
116h 22' 23"
Green Jersey
Freddy Maertens (Bel)
293 pts
Polka Dot Jersey
Giancarlo Bellini (Ita)
170 pts
White Jersey
Enrique Martínez Heredia (Esp)
117h 07' 13"
Top 10 GC
| # | Rider | Time / Gap |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucien Van Impe (Bel) | 116h 22' 23" |
| 2 | Joop Zoetemelk (Nld) | + 04' 14" |
| 3 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | + 12' 08" |
| 4 | Raymond Delisle (Fra) | + 12' 17" |
| 5 | Walter Riccomi (Ita) | + 12' 39" |
| 6 | Francisco Galdós (Esp) | + 14' 50" |
| 7 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | + 14' 59" |
| 8 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | + 16' 09" |
| 9 | Fausto Bertoglio (Ita) | + 16' 36" |
| 10 | Vicente López Carril (Esp) | + 19' 28" |
Stage Results
Stage Prologue
St Jean de Monts → St Jean de Monts 8 km
| 1 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 11' 03" |
| 2 | Jesús Manzaneque (Esp) | 17" |
| 3 | Bernard Thévenet (Fra) | 20" |
| 4 | Pronk | 20" |
| 5 | Gerrie Knetemann (Nld) | 21" |
| 6 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 21" |
| 7 | Joop Zoetemelk (Nld) | 22" |
| 8 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 27" |
| 9 | Giancarlo Bellini (Ita) | 28" |
| 10 | Yves Hézard (Fra) | 28" |
Stage 1a
St Jean de Monts → Angers 173 km
| 1 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 4h 43' 37" |
| 2 | Delépine | 00" |
| 3 | Gualazzini | 00" |
| 4 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 00" |
| 5 | J. Van Katwijk | 00" |
| 6 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 7 | Gavazzi | 00" |
| 8 | P. Van Katwijk | 00" |
| 9 | Mintkiewicz | 00" |
| 10 | Borgognoni | 00" |
Stage 2
Angers → Caen 236.5 km
| 1 | Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) | 6h 43' 49" |
| 2 | Gavazzi | 10" |
| 3 | Jan Raas (Nld) | 10" |
| 4 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 10" |
| 5 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 10" |
| 6 | Delépine | 10" |
| 7 | Borgognoni | 10" |
| 8 | Gualazzini | 10" |
| 9 | Mintkiewicz | 10" |
| 10 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 10" |
Stage 3
Le Touquet → Le Touquet 37 km
| 1 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 47' 08" |
| 2 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 01' 37" |
| 3 | Schuiten | 02' 01" |
| 4 | Jesús Manzaneque (Esp) | 02' 12" |
| 5 | Ferdinand Bracke (Bel) | 02' 23" |
| 6 | Pronk | 02' 26" |
| 7 | J. P Danguillaume | 02' 39" |
| 8 | Dewitte | 02' 41" |
| 9 | Hennie Kuiper (Nld) | 02' 57" |
| 10 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 02' 58" |
Stage 4
Le Touquet → Bornem 258 km
| 1 | Hennie Kuiper (Nld) | 7h 31' 25" |
| 2 | Loder | 00" |
| 3 | Gavazzi | 09" |
| 4 | Sibille | 09" |
| 5 | Vianen | 09" |
| 6 | Jan Raas (Nld) | 11" |
| 7 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 11" |
| 8 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 14" |
| 9 | Gualazzini | 14" |
| 10 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 14" |
Stage 5a
Louvain → Louvain 4.3 km
| 1 | TI-Raleigh | 26' 49" |
| 2 | Velda-Flandria | 05" |
| 3 | Peugeot | 20" |
| 4 | Gan-Mercier | 28" |
| 5 | Jollyceramica | 52" |
Stage 5b
Louvain → Verviers 144 km
| 1 | Miguel-Maria Lasa | 3h 51' 17" |
| 2 | Sibille | 00" |
| 3 | Michel Périn (Fra) | 08" |
| 4 | Martos | 08" |
| 5 | Béon | 08" |
| 6 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 33" |
| 7 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 33" |
| 8 | Dewitte | 33" |
| 9 | Hennie Kuiper (Nld) | 33" |
| 10 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | 33" |
Stage 6
Bastogne → Nancy 209 km
| 1 | Aldo Parecchini | 5h 22' 32" |
| 2 | Enrico Paolini (Ita) | 04' 29" |
| 3 | Gerrie Knetemann (Nld) | 04' 29" |
| 4 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | 04' 31" |
| 5 | Talbourdet | 04' 31" |
| 6 | Raymond Delisle (Fra) | 04' 31" |
| 7 | Viejo | 04' 38" |
| 8 | Menendez | 04' 41" |
| 9 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 04' 41" |
| 10 | Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) | 04' 41" |
Stage 7
Nancy → Mulhouse 205.5 km
| 1 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 5h 41' 12" |
| 2 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 3 | Gavazzi | 00" |
| 4 | Hennie Kuiper (Nld) | 00" |
| 5 | Le Demmat | 00" |
| 6 | Walter Riccomi (Ita) | 00" |
| 7 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 00" |
| 8 | Michel Périn (Fra) | 00" |
| 9 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 00" |
| 10 | Le Guilloux | 00" |
Stage 8
Valentigney → Divonne les Bains 220.5 km
| 1 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 5h 54' 11" |
| 2 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 00" |
| 3 | Gavazzi | 00" |
| 4 | Enrico Paolini (Ita) | 00" |
| 5 | Lasa | 00" |
| 6 | Mintkiewicz | 00" |
| 7 | Yves Hézard (Fra) | 00" |
| 8 | Borgognoni | 00" |
| 9 | Dewitte | 00" |
| 10 | Van der Slagmolen | 00" |
Stage 9
Divonne les Bains → Alpe d'Huez 258 km
| 1 | Joop Zoetemelk (Nld) | 8h 31' 49" |
| 2 | Lucien Van Impe (Bel) | 03" |
| 3 | Galdos | 58" |
| 4 | Romero | 01' 38" |
| 5 | Fausto Bertoglio (Ita) | 01' 45" |
| 6 | Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) | 01' 45" |
| 7 | Martins | 01' 50" |
| 8 | Bernard Thévenet (Fra) | 01' 50" |
| 9 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 01' 50" |
| 10 | Walter Riccomi (Ita) | 02' 00" |
Stage 10
Le Bourg-d'Oisans → Montgenèvre 166 km
| 1 | Joop Zoetemelk (Nld) | 5h 02' 20" |
| 2 | Bernard Thévenet (Fra) | 01" |
| 3 | Lucien Van Impe (Bel) | 01" |
| 4 | Galdos | 10" |
| 5 | Fausto Bertoglio (Ita) | 13" |
| 6 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 13" |
| 7 | Hennie Kuiper (Nld) | 27" |
| 8 | Raymond Delisle (Fra) | 31" |
| 9 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 01' 05" |
| 10 | Bergamo | 01' 27" |
Stage 11
Montgenèvre → Manosque 224 km
| 1 | José-Luis Viejo | 5h 42' 34" |
| 2 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 22' 50" |
| 3 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 23' 07" |
| 4 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 23' 07" |
| 5 | Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) | 23' 07" |
| 6 | Raymond Delisle (Fra) | 23' 07" |
| 7 | Hennie Kuiper (Nld) | 23' 07" |
| 8 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 23' 07" |
| 9 | Sibille | 23' 07" |
| 10 | Martins | 23' 07" |
Stage 12
Port Barcares → Pyrénées 2000 205.5 km
| 1 | Raymond Delisle (Fra) | 6h 47' 32" |
| 2 | Menendez | 04' 59" |
| 3 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 05' 14" |
| 4 | Pronk | 06' 24" |
| 5 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 06' 26" |
| 6 | Conati | 06' 47" |
| 7 | Joop Zoetemelk (Nld) | 06' 57" |
| 8 | Viejo | 06' 57" |
| 9 | Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) | 06' 58" |
| 10 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 06' 58" |
Stage 13
Font Romeu → St Gaudens 188 km
| 1 | Willy Teirlinck | 4h 57' 23" |
| 2 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 00" |
| 3 | Régis Ovion (Fra) | 00" |
| 4 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | 00" |
| 5 | Chalmel | 00" |
| 6 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 00" |
| 7 | Hennie Kuiper (Nld) | 00" |
| 8 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 07" |
| 9 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 07" |
| 10 | Viejo | 07" |
Stage 14
St Gaudens → St Lary Soulan 139 km
| 1 | Lucien Van Impe (Bel) | 4h 20' 50" |
| 2 | Joop Zoetemelk (Nld) | 03' 12" |
| 3 | Walter Riccomi (Ita) | 03' 45" |
| 4 | Ocana | 03' 50" |
| 5 | Pedro Torres (Esp) | 07' 01" |
| 6 | José Pesarrodona (Esp) | 07' 40" |
| 7 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 07' 48" |
| 8 | Régis Ovion (Fra) | 09' 09" |
| 9 | Romero | 09' 58" |
| 10 | Dewitte | 10' 07" |
Stage 15
St Lary Soulan → Pau 195 km
| 1 | Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) | 6h 01' 37" |
| 2 | Enrico Paolini (Ita) | 02' 16" |
| 3 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 02' 16" |
| 4 | Caverzasi | 02' 16" |
| 5 | Giuliani | 02' 16" |
| 6 | Menendez | 02' 16" |
| 7 | Talbourdet | 02' 16" |
| 8 | Melero | 02' 16" |
| 9 | Martins | 02' 16" |
| 10 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 05' 44" |
Stage 16
Pau → Fleurance 152 km
| 1 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 4h 38' 33" |
| 2 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 16" |
| 3 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 16" |
| 4 | Gavazzi | 16" |
| 5 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 16" |
| 6 | Enrico Paolini (Ita) | 16" |
| 7 | Osler | 16" |
| 8 | Antonini | 16" |
| 9 | Teirlinck | 16" |
| 10 | Mintkiewicz | 16" |
Stage 17
Fleurance → Auch 38.75 km
| 1 | Ferdinand Bracke (Bel) | 52' 41" |
| 2 | Knut Knudsen (Nor) | 08" |
| 3 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 11" |
| 4 | Lucien Van Impe (Bel) | 51" |
| 5 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 01' 01" |
| 6 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 01' 04" |
| 7 | Pronk | 01' 25" |
| 8 | Fausto Bertoglio (Ita) | 01' 49" |
| 9 | José Pesarrodona (Esp) | 01' 52" |
| 10 | Joop Zoetemelk (Nld) | 02' 08" |
Stage 18a
Auch → Langon 86 km
| 1 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 2h 34' 37" |
| 2 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 00" |
| 3 | Gavazzi | 00" |
| 4 | Vianen | 00" |
| 5 | Delépine | 00" |
| 6 | Antonini | 00" |
| 7 | Dewitte | 00" |
| 8 | Lasa | 00" |
| 9 | H. Van der Slagmolen | 00" |
| 10 | Béon | 00" |
Stage 18b
Langon → Lacanau océan 123 km
| 1 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 3h 27' 00" |
| 2 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 3 | Enrico Paolini (Ita) | 00" |
| 4 | De Cauwer | 00" |
| 5 | Jan Raas (Nld) | 00" |
| 6 | H. Van der Slagmolen | 00" |
| 7 | Legeay | 00" |
| 8 | Teirlinck | 00" |
| 9 | Régis Ovion (Fra) | 00" |
| 10 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | 00" |
Stage 18c
Lacanau océan → Bordeaux 70.5 km
| 1 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 1h 42' 13" |
| 2 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 00" |
| 3 | Enrico Paolini (Ita) | 00" |
| 4 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 5 | Vianen | 00" |
| 6 | Sibille | 00" |
| 7 | R. Delépine | 00" |
| 8 | H. Van der Slagmolen | 00" |
| 9 | Dewitte | 00" |
| 10 | Mintkiewicz | 00" |
Stage 19
Ste Foy la Grande → Tulle 219.5 km
| 1 | Hubert Mathis | 6h 46' 00" |
| 2 | Enrico Paolini (Ita) | 07" |
| 3 | Vianen | 07" |
| 4 | Passuello | 07" |
| 5 | Giuliani | 07" |
| 6 | Menendez | 07" |
| 7 | Martos | 07" |
| 8 | Genet | 07" |
| 9 | Pedro Torres (Esp) | 07" |
| 10 | Julien | 07' 06" |
Stage 20
Tulle → Puy de Dôme 220 km
| 1 | Joop Zoetemelk (Nld) | 6h 52' 52" |
| 2 | Lucien Van Impe (Bel) | 12" |
| 3 | Galdos | 25" |
| 4 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 32" |
| 5 | Walter Riccomi (Ita) | 42" |
| 6 | Raymond Delisle (Fra) | 01' 02" |
| 7 | Raymond Martin (Fra) | 01' 16" |
| 8 | Martos | 01' 22" |
| 9 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | 01' 43" |
| 10 | Lopez-Carril | 01' 48" |
Stage 21
Montargis → Versailles 145.5 km
| 1 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 4h 16' 07" |
| 2 | Gavazzi | 00" |
| 3 | Enrico Paolini (Ita) | 00" |
| 4 | Delépine | 00" |
| 5 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 6 | Mintkiewicz | 00" |
| 7 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 00" |
| 8 | Mariano Martinez (Fra) | 00" |
| 9 | De Meyer | 00" |
| 10 | Le Demmat | 00" |
Stage 22a
Paris → Paris/Champs Elysées 6 km
| 1 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 07' 46" |
| 2 | Joop Zoetemelk (Nld) | 11" |
| 3 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) | 11" |
| 4 | Michel Pollentier (Bel) | 12" |
| 5 | Lucien Van Impe (Bel) | 18" |
| 6 | Raymond Delisle (Fra) | 20" |
| 7 | José Pesarrodona (Esp) | 23" |
| 8 | Fausto Bertoglio (Ita) | 24" |
| 9 | Knut Knudsen (Nor) | 25" |
| 10 | Pronk | 25" |
Stage 22b
Paris → Paris/Champs Elysées 90.7 km
| 1 | Gerben Karstens (Nld) | 1h 58' 48" |
| 2 | Freddy Maertens (Bel) | 00" |
| 3 | Gavazzi | 00" |
| 4 | Delépine | 00" |
| 5 | Teirlinck | 00" |
| 6 | H. Van der Slagmolen | 00" |
| 7 | Vianen | 00" |
| 8 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) | 00" |
| 9 | Mintkiewicz | 00" |
| 10 | Osler | 00" |