Tour de France atlas

Overview of the year 1972

2nd place: Felice Gimondi (+ 10min 41sec)
3rd place: Raymond Poulidor (+ 11min 34sec)
winning team: GAN - Mercier

number of participants: 132 (finished: 88 |not finished: 44)

Jerseys winners:

Eddy Merckx

Lucien van Impe

Stages in 1972

number of stages in this year*: 25 | display finish towns on map
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage

STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed
P	Angers -	Angers	7.2 km	Eddy MERCKX	0:08:51	48.8 km/h
1	Angers -	Saint-Brieuc	235.5 km	Cyrille GUIMARD	6:00:31	39.2 km/h
2	Saint-Brieuc -	La Baule	206.5 km	Rik VAN LINDEN	5:09:43	40.0 km/h
3a	Pornichet -	Saint-Jean-de-Monts	161.0 km	Ercole GUALAZZINI	3:56:33	40.8 km/h
3b	Merlin-Plage -	Merlin-Plage	16.2 km	Molteni	0:19:20	50.3 km/h
4	Merlin-Plage -	Royan	236.0 km	Cyrille GUIMARD	5:22:43	43.9 km/h
5a	Royan -	Bordeaux	133.5 km	Walter GODEFROOT	2:59:33	44.6 km/h
5b	Bordeaux -	Bordeaux	12.7 km	Eddy MERCKX	0:16:05	46.3 km/h
6	Bordeaux -	Bayonne	205.0 km	Léo DUYNDAM	5:44:10	35.7 km/h
7	Bayonne -	Pau	220.5 km	Yves HÉZARD	6:02:19	36.5 km/h
8	Pau -	Luchon	163.5 km	Eddy MERCKX	4:54:48	33.3 km/h
9	Luchon -	Colomiers	179.0 km	Joseph HUYSMANS	4:43:01	37.9 km/h
10	Castres -	La Grande-Motte	210.0 km	Willy TEIRLINCK	6:08:19	34.2 km/h
11	Carnon -	Mont Ventoux	207.0 km	Bernard THÉVENET	7:13:45	28.6 km/h
12	Carpentras -	Orcières-Merlette	192.0 km	Lucien VAN IMPE	5:38:33	34.0 km/h
13	Orcières-Merlette -	Briançon	201.0 km	Eddy MERCKX	6:26:12	31.2 km/h
14a	Briançon -	Valloire	51.0 km	Eddy MERCKX	1:32:02	33.2 km/h
14b	Valloire -	Aix-les-Bains	151.0 km	Cyrille GUIMARD	4:48:53	31.4 km/h
15	Aix-les-Bains -	Mont Revard	28.0 km	Cyrille GUIMARD	1:09:49	24.1 km/h
16	Aix-les-Bains -	Pontarlier	198.5 km	Willy TEIRLINCK	6:08:17	32.3 km/h
17	Pontarlier -	Ballon d´Alsace	213.0 km	Bernard THÉVENET	5:59:08	35.6 km/h
18	Vesoul -	Auxerre	257.5 km	Marinus "Rini" WAGTMANS	7:38:21	33.7 km/h
19	Auxerre -	Versailles	230.0 km	Joseph BRUYÈRE	6:41:55	34.3 km/h
20a	Versailles -	Versailles	42.0 km	Eddy MERCKX	0:55:27	45.4 km/h
20b	Versailles -	Paris	89.0 km	Willy TEIRLINCK	2:32:14	35.1 km/h

Winners of stages in 1972 by nations (4):
BEL » 14 | FRA » 7 | ITA » 2 | NED » 2 |

Climbs in 1972

number of categorized climbs in this year*: 24 | display climbs on map
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category

THE ALPES [13]
Col de Manse (1268 m):	Rik VAN LINDEN
Col de Manse (1268 m):	Joaquim AGOSTINHO
Col de Perty (1303 m):	Lucien VAN IMPE
Col de Vars (2110 m):	Raymond DELISLE
Col du Télégraphe (1566 m):	Pietro CAMPAGNARI
Galibier (2645 m):	Joop ZOETEMELK
Grand Cucheron (1188 m):	Eddy MERCKX
Granier (1134 m):	Lucien VAN IMPE
Izoard (2361 m):	Eddy MERCKX
Lautaret (2058 m):	Joaquim AGOSTINHO
Mont Revard (1537 m):	Cyrille GUIMARD
Mont Ventoux (1912 m):	Bernard THEVENET
Orcières-Merlette (1838 m):	Lucien VAN IMPE
THE PYRENEES [5]
Aspin (1490 m):	Roger SWERTS
Aubisque (1709 m):	Wilfried DAVID
Peyresourde (1569 m):	Lucien VAN IMPE
Portet d’Aspet (1069 m):	Christian RAYMOND
Tourmalet (2115 m):	Roger SWERTS
Other mountains [6]
Ballon d’Alsace (1178 m):	Bernard THEVENET
Col d´Oderen (884 m):	Joaquim AGOSTINHO
Col de la Faucille (1323 m):	Lucien VAN IMPE
Col de la Fontasse (537 m):	Mathieu PUSTJENS
Col des Treize Vents (600 m):	Lucien VAN IMPE
Col du Hundsruck (748 m):	Joaquim AGOSTINHO

Winners of categorised climbs in 1972 by nations (5):
BEL » 12 | FRA » 5 | POR » 4 | NED » 2 | ITA » 1 |