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| Dates | 29 June – 23 July 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue, including two split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,779 km (2,970 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 136h 53' 50" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1967 Tour de France was the 54th edition of theTour de France, one of cycling'sGrand Tours. It took place between 29 June and 23 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,779 km (2,970 mi). Thirteen national teams of ten riders competed, with three French teams, two Belgian, two Italian, two Spanish, one each from Germany, United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and a Swiss/Luxembourgian team.
The Tour was marred by the fatal collapse ofTom Simpson on the slopes ofMont Ventoux.[1]
The Tour de France was won byRoger Pingeon, member of the French national team that also won the team classification. The points classification was won byJan Janssen, and the mountains classification byJulio Jiménez.
The previous years, the Tour had been contested by trade teams. Tour directorFélix Lévitan held the team sponsors responsible for the riders' strike in the1966 Tour de France, and therefore the formula was changed, and the national teams returned.[2][1] The Tour started with 130 cyclists, divided into 13 teams of 10 cyclists.[3]
The introduction of national teams had been seen as a gamble; the trade teams could have decided to keep their riders away from the Tour, and make theGiro d'Italia the main race.[4] After many negotiations, this did not happen.
The teams entering the race were:[3]
National teams
Secondary national teams
Five-time winnerJacques Anquetil decided not to join the Tour, preferring to ride theGiro d'Italia and planning to break thehour record.[5]Pre-race favourites for the overall victory wereFelice Gimondi,Jan Janssen,Julio Jiménez andRaymond Poulidor.[6]The French team was headed by Poulidor and defending championLucien Aimar, withRoger Pingeon as third option. The team directorMarcel Bidot made them sign a contract, which included fines for riders that would not follow orders, and forcing riders to share their prizes.[7]
The route for the 1967 Tour de France was announced in January 1967.[8]
The 1967 Tour de France started on 29 June, and was the first to have aprologue, a shortindividual time trial prior to stage racing,[1] held in the evening, adding to the occasion.[9] There were had two rest days, in Belfort and Sète.[10] Whereas in previous years the trend had been that the Tour became shorter, in 1967 it was longer, with 4779 km.[2] Thehighest point of elevation in the race was 2,556 m (8,386 ft) at the summit tunnel of theCol du Galibier mountain pass on stage 10.[11][12]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1a | 29 June | Angers | 5.775 km (3.588 mi) |  | Individual time trial |  José-Maria Errandonea (ESP) |
| 1b | 30 June | Angers toSaint-Malo | 185.5 km (115.3 mi) |  | Plain stage |  Walter Godefroot (BEL) |
| 2 | 1 July | Saint-Malo toCaen | 180 km (110 mi) | | Plain stage | Willy Van Neste (BEL) |
| 3 | 2 July | Caen toAmiens | 248 km (154 mi) | | Plain stage |  Marino Basso (ITA) |
| 4 | 3 July | Amiens toRoubaix | 191 km (119 mi) | | Plain stage | Guido Reybrouck (BEL) |
| 5a | 4 July | Roubaix toJambes (Belgium) | 172 km (107 mi) | | Plain stage |  Roger Pingeon (FRA) |
| 5b | Jambes (Belgium) | 17 km (11 mi) | | Team time trial | Belgium | |
| 6 | 5 July | Jambes toMetz | 238 km (148 mi) | | Plain stage | Herman Van Springel (BEL) |
| 7 | 6 July | Metz toStrasbourg | 205.5 km (127.7 mi) |  | Stage with mountain(s) |  Michael Wright (GBR) |
| 8 | 7 July | Strasbourg toBelfort/Ballon d'Alsace | 215 km (134 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Lucien Aimar (FRA) |
| 8 July | Belfort | Rest day | ||||
| 9 | 9 July | Belfort toDivonne-les-Bains | 238.5 km (148.2 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Guido Reybrouck (BEL) |
| 10 | 10 July | Divonne-les-Bains toBriançon | 243 km (151 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Felice Gimondi (ITA) |
| 11 | 11 July | Briançon toDigne | 197 km (122 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | José Samyn (FRA) |
| 12 | 12 July | Digne toMarseille | 207.5 km (128.9 mi) | | Plain stage | Raymond Riotte (FRA) |
| 13 | 13 July | Marseille toCarpentras | 211.5 km (131.4 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) |  Jan Janssen (NED) |
| 14 | 14 July | Carpentras toSète | 201.5 km (125.2 mi) | | Plain stage | Barry Hoban (GBR) |
| 15 July | Sète | Rest day | ||||
| 15 | 16 July | Sète toToulouse | 230.5 km (143.2 mi) | | Plain stage |  Rolf Wolfshohl (FRG) |
| 16 | 17 July | Toulouse toLuchon | 188 km (117 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Fernando Manzaneque (ESP) |
| 17 | 18 July | Luchon toPau | 250 km (160 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Raymond Mastrotto (FRA) |
| 18 | 19 July | Pau toBordeaux | 206.5 km (128.3 mi) | | Plain stage | Marino Basso (ITA) |
| 19 | 20 July | Bordeaux toLimoges | 217 km (135 mi) | | Plain stage | Jean Stablinski (FRA) |
| 20 | 21 July | Limoges toPuy-de-Dôme | 222 km (138 mi) | | Stage with mountain(s) | Felice Gimondi (ITA) |
| 21 | 22 July | Clermont-Ferrand toFontainebleau | 359 km (223 mi) | | Plain stage | Paul Lemeteyer (FRA) |
| 22a | 23 July | Fontainebleau toVersailles | 104 km (65 mi) | | Plain stage |  René Binggeli (SUI) |
| 22b | Versailles to Paris | 46.6 km (29.0 mi) | | Individual time trial | Raymond Poulidor (FRA) | |
| Total | 4,779 km (2,970 mi)[15] | |||||
The prologue was won by SpanishJosé María Errandonea, withRaymond Poulidor in second place, six seconds behind.[2] In the next few stages, the lead in the general classification changed hands several times, but the margins between the top favourites were small.[2]
In the first part of the fifth stage, in Belgium, a group of fourteen cyclists including some Belgian cyclists escaped early in the stage. On the advice of his teammateJean Stablinski,Roger Pingeon bridged the gap and joined the escaped group. The group stayed away, and Pingeon escaped 60 km before the finish, riding alone until the end of the stage. Pingeon won the stage, and also became the leader of the general classification.[2]
Pingeon's lead was not challenged in the sixth stage, but he lost it in the seventh stage to his teammateRaymond Riotte, after Riotte was in a group that escaped. In the eighth stage, Riotte lost considerable time, and Pingeon was back in the lead. On that stage,Raymond Riotte lost more than 11 minutes, also because of a fall and mechanical problems, and announced that he would ride the rest of the Tour in support of Pingeon.[2]
Pingeon gained a few seconds in the ninth stage after a split in the peloton. In the tenth stage, Poulidor helped Pingeon over the major climbs, and after that stage Pingeon had a margin of more than four minutes over the next rider,Désiré Letort from the Bleuets team.[2]
The eleventh stage was won by 21-year oldJosé Samyn; he is the youngest post-WW2 stage winner in the Tour de France as of 2024.[16]
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There were few changes in the general classification in the next two stages. The thirteenth stage was run in hot weather, and featured high climbs. During the climb of the Ventoux,Tom Simpson died. Unaware of what happened behind them,Jan Janssen won the stage, closely followed byRoger Pingeon, who extended his lead.[2]
The riders in the peloton decided to ride the fourteenth stage in dedication of Tom Simpson, and let his teammateBarry Hoban win the stage.[2]
In the sixteenth stage in thePyrenees,Julio Jiménez won back a few minutes, and was now in second place behind Pingeon, 123 seconds behind. In the twentieth stage, with a finish on top of thePuy-de-Dôme, Jiménez won back some more time, and was now 1 minute and 39 seconds behind Pingeon. This was not enough to put Pingeon's victory in danger; the Tour ended with an individual time trial, and Pingeon rode it much better than Jiménez, and won the Tour de France of 1967.[2]
There were several classifications in the 1967 Tour de France, two of them awardingjerseys to their leaders.[17] The most important was thegeneral classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour.[18] The 1967 Tour de France gave small time bonuses for winners of flat stages, but not for mountain stages.[19]
Additionally, there was apoints classification. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and was identified with a green jersey.[20]
There was also amountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, but was not identified with a jersey.[21]
Theintermediate sprints classification, introduced in 1966, was used again in 1967. Every stage had one intermediate sprint, and the first three riders at each sprint scored points. The intermediate sprints did not give a time bonus for the general classification, nor points for the points classification. There was no special jersey for the leader of this classification.[22]
For theteam classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that led this classification wore yellowcaps.[23]
In addition, there was acombativity award, in which a jury composed of journalists gave points after each stage to the cyclist they considered most combative. The split stages each had a combined winner.[24] At the conclusion of the Tour, Désiré Letort won the overall super-combativity award, also decided by journalists[25] by a jury.[10][26] TheSouvenir Henri Desgrange was given to the first rider to pass the memorial to Tour founderHenri Desgrange near the summit of theCol du Galibier on stage 10. This prize was won byJulio Jiménez.[27][11]
Janssen and Aimar were tied in time, but Janssen was ranked higher because he had more points in the points classification.[30]
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Roger Pingeon (FRA) | France | 136h 53' 50" |
| 2 | Julio Jiménez (ESP) | Spain | + 3' 40" |
| 3 | Franco Balmamion (ITA) | Primavera | + 7' 23" |
| 4 | Désiré Letort (FRA) | Bleuets | + 8' 18" |
| 5 | Jan Janssen (NED) | Netherlands | + 9' 47" |
| 6 | Lucien Aimar (FRA) | France | + 9' 47" |
| 7 | Felice Gimondi (ITA) | Italy | + 10' 14" |
| 8 | Jozef Huysmans (BEL) | Belgium | + 16' 45" |
| 9 | Raymond Poulidor (FRA) | France | + 18' 18" |
| 10 | Fernando Manzaneque (ESP) | Esperanza | + 19' 22" |
| Final general classification (11–88)[31] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 11 | Hans Junkermann (FRG) | Germany | + 23' 02" |
| 12 | Willy Monty (BEL) | Belgium | + 23' 06" |
| 13 | Frans Brands (BEL) | Belgium | + 25' 08" |
| 14 | Cees Haast (NED) | Netherlands | + 26' 23" |
| 15 | Franco Bodrero (ITA) | Primavera | + 26' 30" |
| 16 | Noël Van Clooster (BEL) | Red Devils | + 26' 40" |
| 17 | José Samyn (FRA) | Bleuets | + 28' 42" |
| 18 | Ginés García (ESP) | Spain | + 28' 56" |
| 19 | André Bayssière (FRA) | Coqs | + 29' 23" |
| 20 |  Johny Schleck (LUX) | Switzerland/Luxembourg | + 32' 09" |
| 21 | Henri Rabaute (FRA) | Bleuets | + 34' 42" |
| 22 | Giancarlo Polidori (ITA) | Primavera | + 36' 04" |
| 23 | Jean-Claude Lebaube (FRA) | Coqs | + 37' 23" |
| 24 | Herman Van Springel (BEL) | Belgium | + 37' 54" |
| 25 | Wim Schepers (NED) | Netherlands | + 38' 15" |
| 26 | Raymond Delisle (FRA) | Coqs | + 39' 29" |
| 27 | Roberto Poggiali (ITA) | Italy | + 40' 03" |
| 28 | Victor Van Schil (BEL) | Red Devils | + 40' 36" |
| 29 | Jean-Claude Theillière (FRA) | Coqs | + 40' 38" |
| 30 | Gerben Karstens (NED) | Netherlands | + 40' 46" |
| 31 | Rolf Wolfshohl (FRG) | Germany | + 41' 44" |
| 32 | Flaviano Vicentini (ITA) | Italy | + 45' 02" |
| 33 | José-Manuel Lopez-Rodriguez (ESP) | Spain | + 46' 32" |
| 34 | Ugo Colombo (ITA) | Italy | + 47' 10" |
| 35 | Alfred Rüegg (SUI) | Switzerland/Luxembourg | + 49' 23" |
| 36 | Raymond Mastrotto (FRA) | Coqs | + 50' 10" |
| 37 | Georges Chappe (FRA) | Bleuets | + 50' 24" |
| 38 | Jean Dumont (FRA) | Coqs | + 50' 51" |
| 39 | Michel Grain (FRA) | Coqs | + 52' 28" |
| 40 | Maurice Izier (FRA) | Bleuets | + 52' 59" |
| 41 | Ventura Díaz (ESP) | Esperanza | + 53' 20" |
| 42 | Guido Reybrouck (BEL) | Red Devils | + 55' 39" |
| 43 | Paul In' t Ven (BEL) | Red Devils | + 56'30" |
| 44 | Pietro Scandelli (ITA) | Primavera | + 56' 43" |
| 45 | Georges Vandenberghe (BEL) | Belgium | + 57' 49" |
| 46 | André Foucher (FRA) | France | + 59' 41" |
| 47 | Jozef Spruyt (BEL) | Belgium | + 1h 02' 12" |
| 48 | Angel Ibanez (ESP) | Esperanza | + 1h 02' 19" |
| 49 | Luis-Pedro Santamarina (ESP) | Spain | + 1h 02' 34" |
| 50 | Jesus Aranzabal (ESP) | Esperanza | + 1h 02' 41" |
| 51 | Willy In' t Ven (BEL) | Red Devils | + 1h 04'40" |
| 52 | Dieter Wiedemann (FRG) | Germany | + 1h 06' 21" |
| 53 | Jean Monteyne (BEL) | Red Devils | + 1h 06' 49" |
| 54 | Roger Swerts (BEL) | Red Devils | + 1h 09' 57" |
| 55 | René Binggeli (SUI) | Switzerland/Luxembourg | + 1h 10' 22" |
| 56 | Jorge Marine (ESP) | Esperanza | + 1h 12' 05" |
| 57 | Christian Raymond (FRA) | Bleuets | + 1h 15' 08" |
| 58 | Ambrogio Portalupi (ITA) | Primavera | + 1h 15' 33" |
| 59 | Martin Vandenbossche (BEL) | Belgium | + 1h 15' 37" |
| 60 | Walter Godefroot (BEL) | Red Devils | + 1h 16' 03" |
| 61 | Claudio Michelotto (ITA) | Primavera | + 1h 16' 48" |
| 62 | Barry Hoban (GBR) | Great Britain | + 1h 17' 29" |
| 63 | Herbert Wilde (FRG) | Germany | + 1h 18' 11" |
| 64 | Marino Basso (ITA) | Primavera | + 1h 18' 14" |
| 65 | Luciano Dalla Bona (ITA) | Italy | + 1h 18' 21" |
| 66 | Roger Milliot (FRA) | Bleuets | + 1h 19' 45" |
| 67 | Jos van der Vleuten (NED) | Netherlands | + 1h 20' 28" |
| 68 | Giancarlo Ferretti (ITA) | Italy | + 1h 21' 40" |
| 69 | Arthur Metcalfe (GBR) | Great Britain | + 1h 22' 37" |
| 70 | Louis Pfenninger (SUI) | Switzerland/Luxembourg | + 1h 25' 03" |
| 71 | Huub Zilverberg (NED) | Netherlands | + 1h 29' 26" |
| 72 | Raymond Riotte (FRA) | France | + 1h 31' 59" |
| 73 | Bernard Vifian (SUI) | Switzerland/Luxembourg | + 1h 32' 33" |
| 74 | José-Manuel Lasa (ESP) | Esperanza | + 1h 34' 09" |
| 75 | Hubertus Harings (NED) | Netherlands | + 1h 36' 06" |
| 76 | Jo de Roo (NED) | Netherlands | + 1h 36' 13" |
| 77 | Michel Jacquemin (BEL) | Red Devils | + 1h 40' 59" |
| 78 | Paul Lemeteyer (FRA) | France | + 1h 41' 44" |
| 79 | Willy Spühler (SUI) | Switzerland/Luxembourg | + 1h 43' 11" |
| 80 | Adriano Durante (ITA) | Italy | + 1h 46' 38" |
| 81 | Jean Stablinski (FRA) | France | + 1h 50' 07" |
| 82 | Karl Brand (SUI) | Switzerland/Luxembourg | + 1h 55' 06" |
| 83 | Edouard Delberghe (FRA) | France | + 1h 59' 36" |
| 84 | Colin Lewis (GBR) | Great Britain | + 1h 59' 50" |
| 85 | Ramon Sáez (ESP) | Spain | + 2h 04' 26" |
| 86 | Francis Blanc (SUI) | Switzerland/Luxembourg | + 2h 05' 39" |
| 87 | Mario Minieri (ITA) | Italy | + 2h 07' 55" |
| 88 | Jean-Pierre Genet (FRA) | France | + 2h 21' 01" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Janssen (NED) | Netherlands | 154 |
| 2 | Guido Reybrouck (BEL) | Red Devils | 119 |
| 3 | Georges Vandenberghe (BEL) | Belgium | 111 |
| 4 | Marino Basso (ITA) | Primavera | 99 |
| 5 | Gerben Karstens (NED) | Netherlands | 98 |
| 6 | Felice Gimondi (ITA) | Italy | 96 |
| 7 | Michel Grain (FRA) | Coqs | 94 |
| 8 | Roger Pingeon (FRA) | France | 89 |
| 9 | Raymond Riotte (FRA) | France | 88 |
| 10 | Paul Lemeteyer (FRA) | France | 82 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julio Jiménez (ESP) | Spain | 122 |
| 2 | Franco Balmamion (ITA) | Primavera | 68 |
| 3 | Raymond Poulidor (FRA) | France | 53 |
| 4 | Felice Gimondi (ITA) | Italy | 45 |
| 5 | Roger Pingeon (FRA) | France | 44 |
| 6 | Jan Janssen (NED) | Netherlands | 33 |
| 7 | Désiré Letort (FRA) | Bleuets | 32 |
| 7 | Fernando Manzaneque (ESP) | Esperanza | 32 |
| 9 | Lucien Aimar (FRA) | France | 31 |
| 10 | Ventura Díaz (ESP) | Esperanza | 26 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Georges Vandenberghe (BEL) | Belgium | 20 |
| 2 | Christian Raymond (FRA) | Bleuets | 16 |
| 3 | Roger Milliot (FRA) | Bleuets | 13 |
| 3 | Michel Grain (FRA) | Coqs | 13 |
| 5 | Barry Hoban (GBR) | Great Britain | 7 |
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | France | 412h 16' 54" |
| 2 | Netherlands | + 38' 05" |
| 3 | Primavera | + 43' 49" |
| 4 | Belgium | + 54' 15" |
| 5 | Bleuets | + 55' 26" |
| 6 | Spain | + 59' 31" |
| 7 | Coqs | + 1h 14' 52" |
| 8 | Red Devils | + 1h 31' 55" |
| 9 | Esparanza | + 1h 34' 25" |
| 10 | Italy | + 1h 34' 30" |
| 11 | Germany | + 1h 35' 45" |
| 12 | Switzerland/Luxembourg | + 2h 01' 11" |
| 13 | Great Britain | + 3h 51' 16" |
After thedeath of Tom Simpson on stage 13, there were accusations of doping use. The organisation decided to increase the doping controls, not only in the Tour but also in the simultaneously runTour de l'Avenir.[33] The Tour de France gave no positive tests, but several riders from the Tour de l'Avenir were disqualified.[34]As in the 1966 Tour de France, doping tests were held on behalf of the French government. No positive tests were reported.[35]
From 1904 to 1967, the Tour de France had always finished in theParc des Princes. Soon after the finish of the 1967 Tour de France, a renovation of the Parc des Princes was started, which would take several years. This made it unavailable for the Tour de France in 1968, and the Tour de France finish moved to theVélodrome de Vincennes, and would never return to the Parc des Princes.[36]
The introduction of the prologue was considered successful, and was repeated in the next years.[37]
To make sprints safer, a rule had been introduced in 1967 to give riders that crashed in the last 500 meters of a stage the same time as the other riders. This rule has been maintained, and the 'safe distance' has increased first to 1000 meters and then to 3000 meters.[38]
Up to 1966, the time limit had been fixed; in 1967 it depended on the average speed of the winner of the stage.[8] It has remained like this ever since.
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