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Race details
Dates		June 26–July 20, 1975
Stages		22+Prologue, including three split stages
Distance		3,999 km (2,485 mi)
Winning time		114h 35' 31" (34.899 km/h/21.685 mph)
Palmarès
	Winner	Bernard Thévenet	(Peugeot)
	Second	Eddy Merckx	(Molteni)
	Third	Lucien Van Impe	(Gitane)
	Points	Rik Van Linden	(Bianchi)
	Mountains	Lucien Van Impe	(Gitane)
	Youth	Francesco Moser	(Filotex)
	Sprints	Marc Demeyer	(Flandria–Carpenter)
	Team	Gan–Mercier

The 1975 Tour de France was the 62nd Tour de France, taking place June 26 to July 20, 1975. It consisted of 22 stages over 3999 km, ridden at an average speed of 34.899 km/h.^[1] Eddy Merckx was attempting to win his sixth Tour de France, but became a victim of violence. Many Frenchmen were upset that a Belgian might beat the record of five wins set by Frenchman Jacques Anquetil. During stage 14 a spectator leapt from the crowd and punched Merckx in the kidney.

The combination classification was removed, and the young rider classification was added; the leader of the young rider classfication wore the white jersey. 1975 was also the first year that the leader of the mountains classification wore a polka-dot jersey.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Overall standings 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Results

Stage results

Stage	Route	Length (km)	Winner	Race leader
P	Charleroi - Charleroi	6*	Francesco Moser (ITA)	Francesco Moser (ITA)
1A	Charleroi - Molenbeek	94	Cees Priem (NED)	Francesco Moser (ITA)
1B	Molenbeek - Roubaix	109	Rik Van Linden (BEL)	Francesco Moser (ITA)
2	Roubaix - Amiens	121	Ronald de Witte (FRA)	Francesco Moser (ITA)
3	Amiens - Versailles	170	Karel Rottiers (BEL)	Francesco Moser (ITA)
4	Versailles - Le Mans	223	Jacques Esclassan (FRA)	Francesco Moser (ITA)
5	Sablé-sur-Sarthe - Merlin Plage	222	Theo Smit (NED)	Francesco Moser (ITA)
6	Merlin Plage - Merlin Plage	16*	Eddy Merckx (BEL)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
7	Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie - Angoulême	236	Francesco Moser (ITA)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
8	Angoulême - Bordeaux	134	Barry Hoban (GBR)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
9A	Langon - Fleurance	131	Theo Smit (NED)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
9B	Fleurance - Auch	37*	Eddy Merckx (BEL)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
10	Auch - Pau	206	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
11	Pau - Saint-Lary-Soulan	160	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
12	Tarbes - Albi	242	Gerrie Knetemann (NED)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
13	Albi - Super-Lioran	260	Michel Pollentier (BEL)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
14	Aurillac - Puy de Dôme	174	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
15	Nice - Pra Loup	217	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
16	Barcelonnette - Serre Chevalier	107	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
17	Valloire - Morzine Avoriaz	225	Vicente Lopez-Carril (ESP)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
18	Morzine - Chatel	40*	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
19	Thonon-les-Bains - Chalon-sur-Saône	229	Rik Van Linden (BEL)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
20	Pouilly-en-Auxois - Melun	256	Giacinto Santambrogio (ITA)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
21	Melun - Senlis	220	Rik Van Linden (BEL)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
22	Paris - Paris	164	Walter Godefroot (BEL)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)

Stages with a * were individual time trials.

[edit] Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Bernard Thévenet	France	Peugeot	114h 35' 31"
2	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	Molteni	2' 47"
3	Lucien Van Impe	Belgium	Gitane-Campagnolo	5' 01"
4	Joop Zoetemelk	Netherlands	Gan-Mercier	6' 42"
5	Vicente López Carril	Spain	Kas	19' 29"
6	Felice Gimondi	Italy	Bianchi-Campagnolo	23' 05"
7	Francesco Moser	Italy	Filotex	24' 13"
8	Josef Fuchs	Switzerland	Filotex	25' 51"
9	Eduard Janssens	Belgium	Molteni	32' 01"
10	Pedro Torres	Spain	Super Ser	35' 36"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 1975 Tour de France results

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