Overview of the year 1977

Date: June 30 - July 24 1977
Fleurence - Paris | total distance: 4096.0 km | number of stages: 22

Winner: Bernard Thevenet | Peugeot | France | age: 29
time: 115hr 38min 30sec | average speed: 35.419 km/h
2nd place: Hennie Kuiper (+ 48sec)
3rd place: Lucien Van Impe (+ 3min 32sec)
winning team: TI-Raleigh
number of participants: 100 (finished: 53 |not finished: 47)
Jerseys winners:
 Bernard Thevenet
 Jacques Esclassan
 Lucien van Impe
 Dietrich Thurau

Stages in 1977

number of stages in this year*: 28 | display finish towns on map
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage

STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed
PFleurance - Fleurance  5.0 km  GER  Dietrich THURAU  0:06:16  47.9 km/h
1Fleurance - Auch  237.5 km  FRA  Pierre-Raymond VILLEMIANE  7:09:01  33.2 km/h
2Auch - Pau  253.0 km  GER  Dietrich THURAU  8:11:08  30.9 km/h
3Oloron - Vitoria  248.2 km  ESP  José NAZABAL  7:35:30  32.7 km/h
4Vitoria - Seignosse  256.0 km  FRA  Régis DELÉPINE  7:35:49  33.7 km/h
5aMorcenx - Bordeaux  138.5 km  FRA  Jacques ESCLASSAN  3:38:02  38.1 km/h
5bBordeaux - Bordeaux  30.2 km  GER  Dietrich THURAU  0:39:24  46.0 km/h
6Bordeaux - Limoges  225.5 km  NED  Jan RAAS  6:00:40  37.5 km/h
7aJaunay-Clan - Angers  139.5 km  BEL  Patrick SERCU  3:45:24  37.1 km/h
7bAngers - Angers  4.0 km  ITA  Fiat  0:04:49  49.8 km/h
8Angers - Lorient  246.5 km  ITA  Giacinto SANTAMBROGIO  6:32:41  37.7 km/h
9Lorient - Rennes  187.0 km  GER  Klaus-Peter THALER  5:07:36  36.5 km/h
10Bagnoles-de-l´Orne - Rouen  174.0 km  NED  Fedor DEN HERTOG  4:49:38  36.0 km/h
11Rouen - Roubaix  242.5 km  FRA  Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME  7:07:03  34.1 km/h
12Roubaix - Charleroi  192.5 km  BEL  Patrick SERCU  4:32:38  42.4 km/h
13aFribourg - Fribourg  46.0 km  BEL  Patrick SERCU  0:56:42  48.7 km/h
13bAltkirch - Besançon  159.5 km  FRA  Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME  4:06:00  38.9 km/h
14Besançon - Thonon  230.0 km  FRA  Bernard QUILFEN  6:15:46  36.7 km/h
15aThonon - Morzine-Avoriaz  105.0 km  BEL  Paul WELLENS  2:55:59  35.8 km/h
15bMorzine-Avoriaz - Avoriaz  14.0 km  BEL  Lucien VAN IMPE  0:33:04  25.4 km/h
16Morzine-Avoriaz - Chamonix  121.0 km  GER  Dietrich THURAU  3:29:52  34.6 km/h
17Chamonix - Alpe d’Huez  184.5 km  NED  Hennie KUIPER  6:00:20  30.7 km/h
18Voiron - Saint-Étienne  199.5 km        0.0 km/h
19Saint-Trivier - Dijon  171.5 km  NED  Gerrie KNETEMANN  4:29:17  38.2 km/h
20Dijon - Dijon  50.0 km  FRA  Bernard THÉVENET  1:10:45  42.4 km/h
21Montereau-Fault-Yonne - Versailles  141.5 km  NED  Gerrie KNETEMANN  3:59:22  35.5 km/h
22aVersailles - Paris  6.0 km  GER  Dietrich THURAU  0:07:52  45.8 km/h
22bParis - Paris  90.7 km  FRA  Alain MESLET  2:09:04  42.2 km/h

Winners of stages in 1977 by nations (7):
FRA » 8 | GER » 6 | NED » 5 | BEL » 5 | ITA » 2 | » 1 | ESP » 1 |
Winners of stages in 1977 by cyclists (20):
Dietrich THURAU » 5 | Patrick SERCU » 3 | Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME » 2 | Gerrie KNETEMANN » 2 | Paul WELLENS » 1 | Bernard THÉVENET » 1 | Pierre-Raymond VILLEMIANE » 1 | » 1 | Jacques ESCLASSAN » 1 | Klaus-Peter THALER » 1 | Lucien VAN IMPE » 1 | Alain MESLET » 1 | José NAZABAL » 1 | Fiat » 1 | Bernard QUILFEN » 1 | Jan RAAS » 1 | Fedor DEN HERTOG » 1 | Hennie KUIPER » 1 | Régis DELÉPINE » 1 | Giacinto SANTAMBROGIO » 1 |

Climbs in 1977

number of categorized climbs in this year*: 15 | display climbs on map
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category


Winners of categorised climbs in 1977 by nations (5):
BEL » 6 | FRA » 3 | ESP » 3 | NED » 2 | POR » 1 |
Winners of ascents in 1977 by cyclists (10):
Lucien VAN IMPE » 4 | Hennie KUIPER » 2 | Paul WELLENS » 2 | Pedro TORRES » 1 | Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME » 1 | Antonio MENENDEZ » 1 | Luis BALAGUE » 1 | André CHALMEL » 1 | Joaquim AGOSTINHO » 1 | Bernard QUILFEN » 1 |