Overview of the year 1971
Mulhouse - Paris | total distance: 3608.0 km | number of stages: 20
Winner: Eddy Merckx | Molteni | Belgium | age: 26
time: 96hr 45min 14sec | average speed: 38.084 km/h
2nd place: Joop Zoetemelk (+ 9min 51sec)
3rd place: Lucien Van Impe (+ 11min 6sec)
winning team: Bic
number of participants: 130 (finished: 94 |not finished: 36)
Jerseys winners:



Stages in 1971
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage
STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed | ||||||
P | Mulhouse - | Mulhouse | 11.0 km | ![]() | 0:13:24 | 49.3 km/h |
1a | Mulhouse - | Basel | 59.5 km | ![]() | 1:24:36 | 42.2 km/h |
1b | Basel - | Fribourg | 90.0 km | ![]() | 2:28:26 | 36.4 km/h |
1c | Fribourg - | Mulhouse | 74.5 km | ![]() | 1:43:32 | 43.2 km/h |
2 | Mulhouse - | Strasbourg | 144.0 km | ![]() | 3:05:27 | 46.6 km/h |
3 | Strasbourg - | Nancy | 165.5 km | ![]() | 4:14:21 | 39.0 km/h |
4 | Nancy - | Marche en Famenne | 242.0 km | ![]() | 6:45:03 | 35.8 km/h |
5 | Dinant - | Roubaix | 208.5 km | ![]() | 5:13:56 | 39.8 km/h |
6a | Roubaix - | Amiens | 127.5 km | ![]() | 3:03:19 | 41.7 km/h |
6b | Amiens - | Le Touquet | 133.5 km | ![]() | 3:47:56 | 35.1 km/h |
7 | Rungis - | Nevers | 257.5 km | ![]() | 6:45:33 | 38.1 km/h |
8 | Nevers - | Puy-de-Dôme | 221.0 km | ![]() | 6:21:10 | 34.8 km/h |
9 | Clermont-Ferrand - | Saint-Étienne | 153.0 km | ![]() | 4:02:18 | 37.9 km/h |
10 | Saint-Étienne - | Grenoble | 188.5 km | ![]() | 5:24:33 | 34.8 km/h |
11 | Grenoble - | Orcières-Merlette | 134.0 km | ![]() | 4:02:49 | 33.1 km/h |
12 | Orcières-Merlette - | Marseille | 251.0 km | ![]() | 5:25:28 | 46.3 km/h |
13 | Albi - | Albi | 16.3 km | ![]() | 0:22:57 | 42.6 km/h |
14 | Revel - | Luchon | 214.5 km | ![]() | 6:11:54 | 34.6 km/h |
15 | Luchon - | Superbagnères | 19.6 km | ![]() | 0:47:42 | 24.7 km/h |
16a | Luchon - | Gourette | 145.0 km | ![]() | 5:08:36 | 28.2 km/h |
16b | Gourette - | Pau | 57.5 km | ![]() | 1:17:58 | 44.2 km/h |
17 | Mont-de-Marsan - | Bordeaux | 188.0 km | ![]() | 5:32:31 | 33.9 km/h |
18 | Bordeaux - | Poitiers | 244.0 km | ![]() | 6:30:33 | 37.5 km/h |
19 | Blois - | Versailles | 185.0 km | ![]() | 5:21:04 | 34.6 km/h |
20 | Versailles - | Paris | 53.8 km | ![]() | 1:10:32 | 45.8 km/h |
Winners of stages in 1971 by nations (5):
BEL » 10 | ITA » 4 | FRA » 4 | ESP » 4 | NED » 3 |
Winners of stages in 1971 by cyclists (18):
Eddy MERCKX » 4 | Eric LEMAN » 3 | Jose-Manuel FUENTE » 2 | Luis OCAÑA » 2 | Pietro GUERRA » 1 | Luciano ARMANI » 1 | Jan KREKELS » 1 | Molteni » 1 | Marinus "Rini" WAGTMANS » 1 | Walter GODEFROOT » 1 | Herman VAN SPRINGEL » 1 | Albert VAN VLIERBERGHE » 1 | Mauro SIMONETTI » 1 | Jean-Pierre GENET » 1 | Bernard THÉVENET » 1 | Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME » 1 | Bernard LABOURDETTE » 1 | Gerben KARSTENS » 1 |
Climbs in 1971
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category
Winners of categorised climbs in 1971 by nations (5):
ESP » 8 | FRA » 5 | NED » 4 | BEL » 3 | POR » 1 |
Winners of ascents in 1971 by cyclists (9):
Luis OCANA » 4 | Jose-Manuel FUENTE » 4 | Joop ZOETEMELK » 4 | Lucien VAN IMPE » 3 | Jean-Pierre DANGUILLAUME » 2 | Bernard LABOURDETTE » 1 | Joaquim AGOSTINHO » 1 | Cyrille GUIMARD » 1 | Désiré LETORT » 1 |