Start: June 24th 1976
End: July 18th 1976
Number of stages : 22
Number of participants : 130
Number of finishers : 87
Distance : 4017 km
Average speed : 34.518 km/h
General classification of the 1976 Tour de France
Jerseys of the 1976 Tour de France
Yellow jersey (winner of the Tour de France) :
Lucien Van Impe in 116h22'23"
Polka dot jersey (best climber) : Giancarlo Bellini with 170 points
Green jersey (best sprinter) :
Freddy Maertens with 293 points
White jersey (best young rider) : Enrique Martínez Heredia in 117h07'13"
Stages of the 1976 Tour de France
Prologue (St Jean de Monts - St Jean de Monts, 8 km in Individual Time Trial)
1.
Freddy Maertens in 11'03"
2. Jesús Manzaneque + 17"
3.
Bernard Thévenet + 20"
4. Pronk + 20"
5.
Gerrie Knetemann + 21"
6.
Michel Pollentier + 21"
7.
Joop Zoetemelk + 22"
8.
Raymond Poulidor + 27"
9. Giancarlo Bellini + 28"
10. Yves Hézard + 28"
Stage 1a (St Jean de Monts - Angers, 173 km)
1.
Freddy Maertens in 4h43'37"
2. Delépine + 0"
3. Gualazzini + 0"
4.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
5. J. Van Katwijk + 0"
6.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
7. Gavazzi + 0"
8. P. Van Katwijk + 0"
9. Mintkiewicz + 0"
10. Borgognoni + 0"
Stage 2 (Angers - Caen, 236.5 km)
1. Giovanni Battaglin in 6h43'49"
2. Gavazzi + 10"
3.
Jan Raas + 10"
4.
Freddy Maertens + 10"
5.
Jacques Esclassan + 10"
6. Delépine + 10"
7. Borgognoni + 10"
8. Gualazzini + 10"
9. Mintkiewicz + 10"
10.
Gerben Karstens + 10"
Stage 3 (Le Touquet - Le Touquet, 37 km in Individual Time Trial)
1.
Freddy Maertens in 47'08"
2.
Michel Pollentier + 1'37"
3. Schuiten + 2'01"
4. Jesús Manzaneque + 2'12"
5. Ferdinand Bracke + 2'23"
6. Pronk + 2'26"
7. J. P Danguillaume + 2'39"
8. Dewitte + 2'41"
9.
Hennie Kuiper + 2'57"
10.
Raymond Poulidor + 2'58"
Stage 4 (Le Touquet - Bornem, 258 km)
1.
Hennie Kuiper in 7h31'25"
2. Loder + 0"
3. Gavazzi + 9"
4. Sibille + 9"
5. Vianen + 9"
6.
Jan Raas + 11"
7. Wladimiro Panizza + 11"
8.
Freddy Maertens + 14"
9. Gualazzini + 14"
10.
Jacques Esclassan + 14"
Stage 5a (Louvain - Louvain, 4.3 km in Team Time Trial)
1. TI-Raleigh in 26'49"
2. Velda-Flandria + 5"
3. Peugeot + 20"
4. Gan-Mercier + 28"
5. Jollyceramica + 52"
Stage 5b (Louvain - Verviers, 144 km)
1. Miguel-Maria Lasa in 3h51'17"
2. Sibille + 0"
3. Michel Périn + 8"
4. Martos + 8"
5. Béon + 8"
6.
Freddy Maertens + 33"
7.
Jacques Esclassan + 33"
8. Dewitte + 33"
9.
Hennie Kuiper + 33"
10.
Mariano Martinez + 33"
Stage 6 (Bastogne - Nancy, 209 km)
1. Aldo Parecchini in 5h22'32"
2. Enrico Paolini + 4'29"
3.
Gerrie Knetemann + 4'29"
4.
Mariano Martinez + 4'31"
5. Talbourdet + 4'31"
6. Raymond Delisle + 4'31"
7. Viejo + 4'38"
8. Menendez + 4'41"
9.
Freddy Maertens + 4'41"
10. Gianbattista Baronchelli + 4'41"
Stage 7 (Nancy - Mulhouse, 205.5 km)
1.
Freddy Maertens in 5h41'12"
2.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
3. Gavazzi + 0"
4.
Hennie Kuiper + 0"
5. Le Demmat + 0"
6. Walter Riccomi + 0"
7.
Raymond Poulidor + 0"
8. Michel Périn + 0"
9. Wladimiro Panizza + 0"
10. Le Guilloux + 0"
Stage 8 (Valentigney - Divonne les Bains, 220.5 km)
1.
Jacques Esclassan in 5h54'11"
2.
Freddy Maertens + 0"
3. Gavazzi + 0"
4. Enrico Paolini + 0"
5. Lasa + 0"
6. Mintkiewicz + 0"
7. Yves Hézard + 0"
8. Borgognoni + 0"
9. Dewitte + 0"
10. Van der Slagmolen + 0"
Stage 9 (Divonne les Bains - Alpe d'Huez, 258 km)
1.
Joop Zoetemelk in 8h31'49"
2.
Lucien Van Impe + 3"
3. Galdos + 58"
4. Romero + 1'38"
5. Fausto Bertoglio + 1'45"
6. Gianbattista Baronchelli + 1'45"
7. Martins + 1'50"
8.
Bernard Thévenet + 1'50"
9.
Raymond Poulidor + 1'50"
10. Walter Riccomi + 2'00"
Stage 10 (Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Montgenèvre, 166 km)
1.
Joop Zoetemelk in 5h02'20"
2.
Bernard Thévenet + 1"
3.
Lucien Van Impe + 1"
4. Galdos + 10"
5. Fausto Bertoglio + 13"
6.
Raymond Poulidor + 13"
7.
Hennie Kuiper + 27"
8. Raymond Delisle + 31"
9.
Michel Pollentier + 1'05"
10. Bergamo + 1'27"
Stage 11 (Montgenèvre - Manosque, 224 km)
1. José-Luis Viejo in 5h42'34"
2.
Gerben Karstens + 22'50"
3.
Freddy Maertens + 23'07"
4. Wladimiro Panizza + 23'07"
5. Gianbattista Baronchelli + 23'07"
6. Raymond Delisle + 23'07"
7.
Hennie Kuiper + 23'07"
8.
Michel Pollentier + 23'07"
9. Sibille + 23'07"
10. Martins + 23'07"
Stage 12 (Port Barcares - Pyrénées 2000, 205.5 km)
1. Raymond Delisle in 6h47'32"
2. Menendez + 4'59"
3. Wladimiro Panizza + 5'14"
4. Pronk + 6'24"
5.
Michel Pollentier + 6'26"
6. Conati + 6'47"
7.
Joop Zoetemelk + 6'57"
8. Viejo + 6'57"
9. Gianbattista Baronchelli + 6'58"
10.
Raymond Poulidor + 6'58"
Stage 13 (Font Romeu - St Gaudens, 188 km)
1. Willy Teirlinck in 4h57'23"
2. Wladimiro Panizza + 0"
3. Régis Ovion + 0"
4.
Mariano Martinez + 0"
5. Chalmel + 0"
6.
Raymond Poulidor + 0"
7.
Hennie Kuiper + 0"
8.
Freddy Maertens + 7"
9.
Gerben Karstens + 7"
10. Viejo + 7"
Stage 14 (St Gaudens - St Lary Soulan, 139 km)
1.
Lucien Van Impe in 4h20'50"
2.
Joop Zoetemelk + 3'12"
3. Walter Riccomi + 3'45"
4. Ocana + 3'50"
5. Pedro Torres + 7'01"
6. José Pesarrodona + 7'40"
7.
Freddy Maertens + 7'48"
8. Régis Ovion + 9'09"
9. Romero + 9'58"
10. Dewitte + 10'07"
Stage 15 (St Lary Soulan - Pau, 195 km)
1. Wladimiro Panizza in 6h01'37"
2. Enrico Paolini + 2'16"
3.
Michel Pollentier + 2'16"
4. Caverzasi + 2'16"
5. Giuliani + 2'16"
6. Menendez + 2'16"
7. Talbourdet + 2'16"
8. Melero + 2'16"
9. Martins + 2'16"
10.
Freddy Maertens + 5'44"
Stage 16 (Pau - Fleurance, 152 km)
1.
Michel Pollentier in 4h38'33"
2.
Freddy Maertens + 16"
3.
Gerben Karstens + 16"
4. Gavazzi + 16"
5.
Jacques Esclassan + 16"
6. Enrico Paolini + 16"
7. Osler + 16"
8. Antonini + 16"
9. Teirlinck + 16"
10. Mintkiewicz + 16"
Stage 17 (Fleurance - Auch, 38.75 km in Individual Time Trial)
1. Ferdinand Bracke in 52'41"
2. Knut Knudsen + 8"
3.
Freddy Maertens + 11"
4.
Lucien Van Impe + 51"
5.
Michel Pollentier + 1'01"
6.
Raymond Poulidor + 1'04"
7. Pronk + 1'25"
8. Fausto Bertoglio + 1'49"
9. José Pesarrodona + 1'52"
10.
Joop Zoetemelk + 2'08"
Stage 18a (Auch - Langon, 86 km)
1.
Freddy Maertens in 2h34'37"
2.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
3. Gavazzi + 0"
4. Vianen + 0"
5. Delépine + 0"
6. Antonini + 0"
7. Dewitte + 0"
8. Lasa + 0"
9. H. Van der Slagmolen + 0"
10. Béon + 0"
Stage 18b (Langon - Lacanau océan, 123 km)
1.
Freddy Maertens in 3h27'00"
2.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
3. Enrico Paolini + 0"
4. De Cauwer + 0"
5.
Jan Raas + 0"
6. H. Van der Slagmolen + 0"
7. Legeay + 0"
8. Teirlinck + 0"
9. Régis Ovion + 0"
10.
Mariano Martinez + 0"
Stage 18c (Lacanau océan - Bordeaux, 70.5 km)
1.
Gerben Karstens in 1h42'13"
2.
Freddy Maertens + 0"
3. Enrico Paolini + 0"
4.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
5. Vianen + 0"
6. Sibille + 0"
7. R. Delépine + 0"
8. H. Van der Slagmolen + 0"
9. Dewitte + 0"
10. Mintkiewicz + 0"
Stage 19 (Ste Foy la Grande - Tulle, 219.5 km)
1. Hubert Mathis in 6h46'00"
2. Enrico Paolini + 7"
3. Vianen + 7"
4. Passuello + 7"
5. Giuliani + 7"
6. Menendez + 7"
7. Martos + 7"
8. Genet + 7"
9. Pedro Torres + 7"
10. Julien + 7'06"
Stage 20 (Tulle - Puy de Dôme, 220 km)
1.
Joop Zoetemelk in 6h52'52"
2.
Lucien Van Impe + 12"
3. Galdos + 25"
4.
Raymond Poulidor + 32"
5. Walter Riccomi + 42"
6. Raymond Delisle + 1'02"
7. Raymond Martin + 1'16"
8. Martos + 1'22"
9.
Mariano Martinez + 1'43"
10. Lopez-Carril + 1'48"
Stage 21 (Montargis - Versailles, 145.5 km)
1.
Freddy Maertens in 4h16'07"
2. Gavazzi + 0"
3. Enrico Paolini + 0"
4. Delépine + 0"
5.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
6. Mintkiewicz + 0"
7.
Gerben Karstens + 0"
8.
Mariano Martinez + 0"
9. De Meyer + 0"
10. Le Demmat + 0"
Stage 22a (Paris - Paris/Champs Elysées, 6 km in Individual Time Trial)
1.
Freddy Maertens in 7'46"
2.
Joop Zoetemelk + 11"
3.
Raymond Poulidor + 11"
4.
Michel Pollentier + 12"
5.
Lucien Van Impe + 18"
6. Raymond Delisle + 20"
7. José Pesarrodona + 23"
8. Fausto Bertoglio + 24"
9. Knut Knudsen + 25"
10. Pronk + 25"
Stage 22b (Paris - Paris/Champs Elysées, 90.7 km)
1.
Gerben Karstens in 1h58'48"
2.
Freddy Maertens + 0"
3. Gavazzi + 0"
4. Delépine + 0"
5. Teirlinck + 0"
6. H. Van der Slagmolen + 0"
7. Vianen + 0"
8.
Jacques Esclassan + 0"
9. Mintkiewicz + 0"
10. Osler + 0"