1964 Tour de France
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The 1964 Tour de France was the 51st Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

, taking place June 22 to July 14, 1964. The total race distance was 22 stages over 4504 km, with riders averaging 35.419 km/h. Stages 3, 10 and 22 were all two part stages with one the first half being a regular stage and the second half being a team
Team time trial
A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...

 or individual time trial
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

. It was the only Tour de France to include a mid-stage climb to the L'Alpe D'Huez ski resort. The race was eventually won by Jacques Anquetil following an epic shoulder to shoulder battle with Raymond Poulidor during Stage 20.

Participants

Jacques Anquetil had won the 1964 Giro d'Italia
1964 Giro d'Italia
The 1964 Giro d'Italia of cycling, 47th edition of the Corsa Rosa, was held from 16 May to 7 June 1964. It consisted of 22 stages and was won by Jacques Anquetil.- Final placings:- Maglia rosa holders:...

 earlier that year, and was trying to win a Tour-Giro double, which at that moment had only been done by Fausto Coppi
Fausto Coppi
Angelo Fausto Coppi, , was the dominant international cyclist of the years each side of the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo, or champion of champions...

.

Race details

Anquetil, who was looking for his fifth Tour victory, was superior in the time trials, which he both won. But Raymond Poulidor
Raymond Poulidor
Raymond Poulidor , is a former professional bicycle racer. He was known as the eternal second, because he finished the Tour de France in second place three times, and in third place five times, including his final Tour at the age of 40...

 dominated in the mountains, and Anquetil was close to losing.

In the second part of the tenth stage, the time trial, Anquetil won, but he was helped by Poulidor flatting.

In the rest day between the thirteenth and the fourteenth stage, Anquetil had joined a lamb barbecue, and in the fourteenth stage he was immediately dropped. His team director gave him a bottle of champagne, which washed away the indigestion, and then Anquetil was able to get back to Poulidor.

In the twentieth stage, Poulidor did not have the right bicycle for the climb, but did not tell it to his team director. Poulidor dropped Anquetil in the climb, but the margin was not big enough for him to take over the lead, and Anquetil remained leader of the race by 14 seconds. In the final time trial, Anquetil improved that margin some more, and won the Tour by only 55 seconds, which was at that moment the smallest margin in history.

Stages

The 1964 Tour de France started on 22 June, and had one rest day in Andorra.
Stage results
Stage Date Route Terrain Length Winner
1 22 June Rennes
Rennes
Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...

 – Lisieux
Lisieux
Lisieux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.Lisieux is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland...

 
Plain stage
215 km (133.6 mi)
2 23 June Lisieux – Amiens
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...

 
Plain stage
208 km (129.2 mi)
3A 24 June Amiens – Forest
Forest, Belgium
Forest or Vorst is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.The town is commonly known for its concert hall...

 
Plain stage
197 km (122.4 mi)
3B Forest – Forest
Forest, Belgium
Forest or Vorst is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.The town is commonly known for its concert hall...

 
Team time trial
Team time trial
A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...

 
21 km (13 mi) Kas-Kaskol
Kas (cycling team)
Kas was a professional cycling team of the 1960s and 1970s, one of the strongest Spanish teams. It was sponsored by a soft drinks manufacturer, Kas. The team was from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It wore team a yellow jersey with Kas written in blue...

4 25 June Forest – Metz
Metz
Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...

 
Plain stage
292 km (181.4 mi)
5 26 June Metz – Freiburg 
Plain stage
161 km (100 mi)
6 27 June Freiburg – Besançon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...

 
Plain stage
200 km (124.3 mi)
7 28 June Besançon – Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains is a town in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-History:...

 
Plain stage
195 km (121.2 mi)
8 29 June Thonon-les-Bains – Briançon
Briançon
Briançon a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department....

 
Stage with mountain(s)
249 km (154.7 mi)
9 30 June Briançon – Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

 
Stage with mountain(s)
239 km (148.5 mi)
10A 1 July Monaco – Hyères
Hyères
Hyères , Provençal Occitan: Ieras in classical norm or Iero in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France....

 
Plain stage
187 km (116.2 mi)
10B Hyères – Toulon
Toulon
Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....

 
Individual time trial
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

 
21 km (13 mi)
11 2 July Toulon – Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....

 
Plain stage
250 km (155.3 mi)
12 3 July Montpellier – Perpignan
Perpignan
-Sport:Perpignan is a rugby stronghold: their rugby union side, USA Perpignan, is a regular competitor in the Heineken Cup and seven times champion of the Top 14 , while their rugby league side plays in the engage Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.-Culture:Since 2004, every year in the...

 
Plain stage
174 km (108.1 mi)
13 4 July Perpignan – Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...

 
Stage with mountain(s)
170 km (105.6 mi)
14 6 July Andorra – Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

 
Stage with mountain(s)
186 km (115.6 mi)
15 7 July Toulouse – Luchon
Bagnères-de-Luchon
Bagnères-de-Luchon , also referred to as Luchon, is a spa town and a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Geography:...

 
Stage with mountain(s)
203 km (126.1 mi)
16 8 July Luchon – Pau 
Stage with mountain(s)
197 km (122.4 mi)
17 9 July Peyrehorade – Bayonne
Bayonne
Bayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture...

 
Individual time trial
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

 
43 km (26.7 mi)
18 10 July Bayonne – Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

 
Plain stage
187 km (116.2 mi)
19 11 July Bordeaux – Brive
Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive-la-Gaillarde is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Corrèze department. The population of the urban area was 89,260 as of 1999. Although it is by far the biggest commune in Corrèze, the capital is Tulle.-History:...

 
Plain stage
215 km (133.6 mi)
20 12 July Brive – Puy du Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme (mountain)
Puy de Dôme is a large lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central in south-central France. This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes, and maars is located far from the edge of any tectonic plate. Puy de Dôme is located...

 
Stage with mountain(s)
217 km (134.8 mi)
21 13 July Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...

 – Orléans
Orléans
-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...

 
Plain stage
311 km (193.2 mi)
22A 14 July Orléans – Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...

 
Plain stage
119 km (73.9 mi)
22B Versailles – Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 
Individual time trial
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

 
27 km (16.8 mi)

Classification leadership

Stage General classification
Points classification
Points classification in the Tour de France
The points classification in the Tour de France is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1953. Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints, and these are recorded in a points classification. It is considered a sprinters' competition...


Mountains classification Team classification
Team classification
The team classification is a prize given in the Tour de France to the best team in the race. It has been awarded since 1930, and the calculation has changed throughout the years.-Calculation:...

1 Wiel's
2
3a Solo
3b KAS
4 Pelforth
5
6
7
8
9
10a
10b
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22a
22b
Final Pelforth

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)
Rank Name Team Time
1 Saint Raphael 127h 09' 44"
2 Mercier +55"
3 Margnat +4' 44"
4 Pelforth +6' 42"
5 Pelforth +10' 34"
6 Pelforth +10' 36"
7 KAS +12' 13"
8 Wiel's +12' 17"
9 Wiel's +14' 02"
10 Salvarani +14' 19"

Points classification

The points classification
Points classification in the Tour de France
The points classification in the Tour de France is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1953. Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints, and these are recorded in a points classification. It is considered a sprinters' competition...

 was won by Jan Janssen.
Final points classification (1–10)
RankRiderTeamPoints
1
Pelforth 208
2 Solo 199
3 Saint Raphael 165
4 Wiel's 147
5 Mercier 133
6 Saint Raphael 111
7 Wiel's 103
7 Televizier 103
9 Salvarani 83
10 Margnat 78

Mountains classification

The Mountains classification was won by Federico Bahamontes.
Final mountains classification (1–10)
RankRiderTeamPoints
1 Margnat 173
2 KAS 167
3 Mercier 90
4 Wiel's 47
5 Pelforth 44
6 Saint Raphael 34
7 Pelforth 33
8 Wiel's 27
9 Salvarani 26
10 KAS 23

Team classification

The team classification
Team classification
The team classification is a prize given in the Tour de France to the best team in the race. It has been awarded since 1930, and the calculation has changed throughout the years.-Calculation:...

was won by Pelforth.
Final team classification
RankTeamTime
1 Pelforth 381h 33' 36"
2 Wiel's +30' 24"
3 Saint Raphaël +30' 52"
4 Margnat +53' 09"
5 KAS +1h 07' 34"
6 Salvarani +1h 50' 42"
7 Mercier +2h 02' 53"
8 Ferrys +2h 11' 22"
9 Peugeot +2h 27' 35"
10 Flandria +4h 32' 17"
11 Solo +4h 39' 05"
12 Televizier +5h 35' 10"
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