 Route of the 1977 Tour de France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 30 June – 24 July 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue, including five split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,096 km (2,545 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 115h 38' 30" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1977 Tour de France was the 64th edition of the Tour de France, taking place between 30 June and 24 July. The total race distance was 22 stages over 4,096 km (2,545 mi).
Lucien Van Impe, the winner of the previous year, wanted to repeat his victory and going into stage 16 Van Impe along with Eddy Merckx and Joop Zoetemelk were all within about 1:00 of Bernard Thévenet who had just taken the maillot jaune from Dietrich Thurau.[1] Merckx fell off the back near the end of the tour, Zoetemelk was penalized ten minutes and Van Impe had his bike damaged when he was hit by a motorist on Alpe d'Huez where Kuiper won the stage but was unable to break Thévenet, who won the Tour with the smallest margin since the 1968 Tour de France.[2]
- ^ "1977 Tour de France results". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "64ème Tour de France 1977" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.