Overview of the year 1966
Nancy - Paris | total distance: 4329.0 km | number of stages: 22
Winner: Lucien Aimar | Ford | France | age: 25
time: 117hr 34min 21sec | average speed: 36.760 km/h
2nd place: Jan Jannsen (+ 1min 7sec)
3rd place: Raymond Poulidor (+ 2min 2sec)
winning team: Kas
number of participants: 130 (finished: 82 |not finished: 48)
Jerseys winners:
Stages in 1966
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage
STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed | ||||||
1 | Nancy - | Charleville | 208.5 km | Rudi ALTIG | 4:52:56 | 42.7 km/h |
2 | Charleville - | Tournai | 198.0 km | Guido REYBROECK | 4:46:21 | 41.5 km/h |
3a | Tournai - | Tournai | 20.8 km | Televizier | 0:28:00 | 44.6 km/h |
3b | Tournai - | Dunkerque | 131.5 km | Gerben KARSTENS | 3:26:46 | 38.2 km/h |
4 | Dunkerque - | Dieppe | 205.0 km | Willy PLANCKAERT | 5:58:45 | 34.3 km/h |
5 | Dieppe - | Caen | 178.5 km | Franco BITOSSI | 4:55:50 | 36.2 km/h |
6 | Caen - | Angers | 216.5 km | Edward SELS | 5:21:43 | 40.4 km/h |
7 | Angers - | Royan | 252.5 km | Albert VAN VLIERBERGHE | 7:11:21 | 35.1 km/h |
8 | Royan - | Bordeaux | 137.5 km | Willy PLANCKAERT | 2:58:26 | 46.2 km/h |
9 | Bordeaux - | Bayonne | 201.0 km | Gerben KARSTENS | 5:15:58 | 38.2 km/h |
10 | Bayonne - | Pau | 234.5 km | Tommaso DE PRA | 6:37:00 | 35.4 km/h |
11 | Pau - | Luchon | 188.0 km | Marcello MUGNAINI | 5:54:42 | 31.8 km/h |
12 | Luchon - | Revel | 218.2 km | Rudi ALTIG | 6:32:15 | 33.4 km/h |
13 | Revel - | Sète | 191.5 km | Georges VANDENBERGHE | 5:46:20 | 33.2 km/h |
14a | Montpellier - | Aubenas | 144.0 km | Johan DE ROO | 3:23:54 | 42.4 km/h |
14b | Aubenas - | Vals-les-Bains | 20.0 km | Raymond POULIDOR | 0:28:26 | 42.2 km/h |
15 | Privas - | Bourg d’Oisans | 203.5 km | Luís OTANO | 5:46:50 | 35.2 km/h |
16 | Bourg d’Oisans - | Briançon | 148.5 km | Julio JIMÉNEZ | 4:41:59 | 31.6 km/h |
17 | Briançon - | Torino | 160.0 km | Franco BITOSSI | 4:03:00 | 39.5 km/h |
18 | Ivrea - | Chamonix | 188.0 km | Eddy SCHUTZ | 5:55:46 | 31.7 km/h |
19 | Chamonix - | Saint-Étienne | 264.5 km | Ferdinand BRACKE | 7:07:50 | 37.1 km/h |
20 | Saint-Étienne - | Montluçon | 223.5 km | Henk NIJDAM | 5:57:44 | 37.5 km/h |
21 | Montluçon - | Orléans | 232.5 km | Pierre BEUFFEUIL | 6:06:09 | 38.1 km/h |
22a | Orléans - | Rambouillet | 111.0 km | Edward SELS | 2:50:58 | 39.0 km/h |
22b | Rambouillet - | Paris | 51.3 km | Rudi ALTIG | 1:06:48 | 46.1 km/h |
Winners of stages in 1966 by nations (7):
BEL » 8 | NED » 4 | ITA » 4 | GER » 3 | FRA » 3 | ESP » 2 | LUX » 1 |
Winners of stages in 1966 by cyclists (19):
Rudi ALTIG » 3 | Willy PLANCKAERT » 2 | Franco BITOSSI » 2 | Gerben KARSTENS » 2 | Edward SELS » 2 | Johan DE ROO » 1 | Ferdinand BRACKE » 1 | Marcello MUGNAINI » 1 | Julio JIMÉNEZ » 1 | Televizier » 1 | Albert VAN VLIERBERGHE » 1 | Raymond POULIDOR » 1 | Henk NIJDAM » 1 | Georges VANDENBERGHE » 1 | Eddy SCHUTZ » 1 | Tommaso DE PRA » 1 | Luís OTANO » 1 | Pierre BEUFFEUIL » 1 | Guido REYBROECK » 1 |
Climbs in 1966
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category
Winners of categorised climbs in 1966 by nations (4):
ESP » 8 | LUX » 2 | BEL » 2 | ITA » 2 |
Winners of ascents in 1966 by cyclists (9):
Julio JIMENEZ » 5 | Joaquim GALERA » 2 | Tommaso DE PRA » 1 | Marcello MUGNAINI » 1 | Ferdinand BRACKE » 1 | Eddy SCHUTZ » 1 | Edy SCHUTZ » 1 | Martin VAN DEN BOSSCHE » 1 | Luis OTANO » 1 |