Overview of the year 1966

Date: June 21 - July 14 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:
 Lucien Aimar
 Willy Planckaert
 Julio Jimenez

Stages in 1966

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
1Nancy - Charleville  208.5 km  GER  Rudi ALTIG  4:52:56  42.7 km/h
2Charleville - Tournai  198.0 km  BEL  Guido REYBROECK  4:46:21  41.5 km/h
3aTournai - Tournai  20.8 km  FRA  Televizier  0:28:00  44.6 km/h
3bTournai - Dunkerque  131.5 km  NED  Gerben KARSTENS  3:26:46  38.2 km/h
4Dunkerque - Dieppe  205.0 km  BEL  Willy PLANCKAERT  5:58:45  34.3 km/h
5Dieppe - Caen  178.5 km  ITA  Franco BITOSSI  4:55:50  36.2 km/h
6Caen - Angers  216.5 km  BEL  Edward SELS  5:21:43  40.4 km/h
7Angers - Royan  252.5 km  BEL  Albert VAN VLIERBERGHE  7:11:21  35.1 km/h
8Royan - Bordeaux  137.5 km  BEL  Willy PLANCKAERT  2:58:26  46.2 km/h
9Bordeaux - Bayonne  201.0 km  NED  Gerben KARSTENS  5:15:58  38.2 km/h
10Bayonne - Pau  234.5 km  ITA  Tommaso DE PRA  6:37:00  35.4 km/h
11Pau - Luchon  188.0 km  ITA  Marcello MUGNAINI  5:54:42  31.8 km/h
12Luchon - Revel  218.2 km  GER  Rudi ALTIG  6:32:15  33.4 km/h
13Revel - Sète  191.5 km  BEL  Georges VANDENBERGHE  5:46:20  33.2 km/h
14aMontpellier - Aubenas  144.0 km  NED  Johan DE ROO  3:23:54  42.4 km/h
14bAubenas - Vals-les-Bains  20.0 km  FRA  Raymond POULIDOR  0:28:26  42.2 km/h
15Privas - Bourg d’Oisans  203.5 km  ESP  Luís OTANO  5:46:50  35.2 km/h
16Bourg d’Oisans - Briançon  148.5 km  ESP  Julio JIMÉNEZ  4:41:59  31.6 km/h
17Briançon - Torino  160.0 km  ITA  Franco BITOSSI  4:03:00  39.5 km/h
18Ivrea - Chamonix  188.0 km  LUX  Eddy SCHUTZ  5:55:46  31.7 km/h
19Chamonix - Saint-Étienne  264.5 km  BEL  Ferdinand BRACKE  7:07:50  37.1 km/h
20Saint-Étienne - Montluçon  223.5 km  NED  Henk NIJDAM  5:57:44  37.5 km/h
21Montluçon - Orléans  232.5 km  FRA  Pierre BEUFFEUIL  6:06:09  38.1 km/h
22aOrléans - Rambouillet  111.0 km  BEL  Edward SELS  2:50:58  39.0 km/h
22bRambouillet - Paris  51.3 km  GER  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 | Edward SELS » 2 | Willy PLANCKAERT » 2 | Franco BITOSSI » 2 | Gerben KARSTENS » 2 | Luís OTANO » 1 | Pierre BEUFFEUIL » 1 | Guido REYBROECK » 1 | 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 |

Climbs in 1966

number of categorized climbs in this year*: 14 | display climbs on map
*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 | Eddy SCHUTZ » 1 | Edy SCHUTZ » 1 | Martin VAN DEN BOSSCHE » 1 | Luis OTANO » 1 | Tommaso DE PRA » 1 | Marcello MUGNAINI » 1 | Ferdinand BRACKE » 1 |