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Race details
Dates		June 27–July 21, 1968
Stages		22+Prologue, including three split stages
Distance		4,684 km (2,911 mi)
Winning time		133h 49' 42" (34.894 km/h/21.682 mph)
Palmarès
	Winner	Jan Janssen	(Netherlands)
	Second	Herman Van Springel	(Belgium A)
	Third	Ferdinand Bracke	(Belgium B)
	Points	Franco Bitossi	(Italy)
	Mountains	Aurelio Gonzalez	(Spain)
	Combination	Franco Bitossi	(Italy)
	Team	Spain

The 1968 Tour de France was the 55th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 21, 1968. It consisted of 22 stages over 4684.8 km, ridden at an average speed of 34.894 km/h.^[1] Eleven national teams of 10 riders competed, with three French teams, two Belgian teams and one from Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, and a combined Swiss/Luxembourgian team.

The 1968 Tour marked the first time the race end at the Vélodrome de Vincennes taking over for the now-defunct Parc des Princes Velodrome, which served as the final stop from 1904 to 1967.

The general classification was won by Jan Janssen, who overtook Herman Van Springel in the final time trial.

The jersey for the points classification leader was red in 1968, unlike all other years since its introduction in 1953, when it was green. In 1968, the combination classification was introduced, with a white jersey for the leader. This was won by Franco Bitossi, who also won the points classification.

It was the last edition in which the cyclists participated in national teams; from 1969 on, commercial teams were used.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Overall standings 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Results

Stage results

Stage	Route	Length (km)	Winner	Race leader
P	Vittel - Vittel	6*	Charly Grosskost	Charly Grosskost
1	Vittel - Esch-sur-Alzette	189	Charly Grosskost	Charly Grosskost
2	Arlon - Forest	211	Eric de Vlaeminck	Charly Grosskost
3A	Forest - Forest	222	Belgium A	Herman van Springel
3B	Forest - Roubaix	112	Walter Godefroot	Herman van Springel
4	Roubaix - Rouen	238	Georges Chappe	Jean-Pierre Genet
5A	Rouen - Bagnoles-de-l'Orne	165	André Desvages	Georges Vandenberghe
5B	Bagnoles-de-l'Orne - Dinard	154	Jean Dumont	Georges Vandenberghe
6	Dinard - Lorient	188	Aurelio González Puente	Georges Vandenberghe
7	Lorient - Nantes	190	Franco Bitossi	Georges Vandenberghe
8	Nantes - Royan	223	Daniel van Ryckeghem	Georges Vandenberghe
9	Royan - Bordeaux	138	Walter Godefroot	Georges Vandenberghe
10	Bordeaux - Bayonne	202	Gilbert Bellone	Georges Vandenberghe
11	Bayonne - Pau	184	Daniel van Ryckeghem	Georges Vandenberghe
12	Pau - Saint-Gaudens	227	Georges Pintens	Georges Vandenberghe
13	Saint-Gaudens - La Seu d'Urgell	208	Herman van Springel	Georges Vandenberghe
14	La Seu d'Urgell - Perpignan	232	Jan Janssen	Georges Vandenberghe
15	Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via - Albi	250	Roger Pingeon	Georges Vandenberghe
16	Albi - Aurillac	199	Franco Bitossi	Rolf Wolfshohl
17	Aurillac - Saint-Etienne	237	Jean-Pierre Genet	Rolf Wolfshohl
18	Saint-Etienne - Grenoble	235	Roger Pingeon	Gregorio San Miguel
19	Grenoble - Sallanches	200	Barry Hoban	Herman van Springel
20	Sallanches - Besançon	243	Jozef Huysmans	Herman van Springel
21	Besançon - Auxerre	242	Eric Leman	Herman van Springel
22A	Auxerre - Melun	136	Maurice Izier	Herman van Springel
22B	Melun - Paris	55*	Jan Janssen	Jan Janssen

Stages with a * were individual time trials, stages marked with ² were team time trials.

[edit] Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Jan Janssen	Netherlands	133h 49' 42"
2	Herman Van Springel	Belgium	38"
3	Ferdinand Bracke	Belgium	3' 03"
4	Gregorio San Miguel	Spain	3' 17"
5	Roger Pingeon	France	3' 29"
6	Rolf Wolfshohl	Germany	3' 46"
7	Lucien Aimar	France	4' 44"
8	Franco Bitossi	Italy	4' 59"
9	Andres Gandarias	Spain	5' 05"
10	Ugo Colombo	Italy	7' 55"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 1968 Tour de France results

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