The 1967 Tour de France was the 54th 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 29 to July 23, 1967. It consisted of 22 stages over 4780 km, ridden at 35.018 km/h. Thirteen national teams of ten riders competed, with three French teams, two Belgian, two Italian, two Spanish, one each from Germany, United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and a Swiss/Luxembourgian team.

The Tour was marred by the fatal collapse of Tom Simpson

Tom Simpson

Tom Simpson was the most successful English road racing cyclist of the post-war years. He infamously died of exhaustion on the slopes of Mont Ventoux during the 13th stage of the Tour de France in 1967...

 on the slopes of Mont Ventoux

Mont Ventoux

Mont Ventoux is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some 20 km northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the Drôme département. It is the largest mountain in the region and has been nicknamed the "Giant of Provence", or "The Bald...

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Changes from the 1966 Tour de France

This tour was the first to have a prologue, a short individual time-trial prior to stage racing.

The previous years, the Tour had been contested by trade teams, but in 1967, the national teams returned.

Stages

The 1967 Tour de France started on 29 June, and had two rest days, in Belfort and Sète.

Stage results

Stage	Date	Route	Terrain	Length	Winner
1a	29 June	Angers Angers Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....	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...	5.775 km (3.6 mi)
1b	30 June	Angers – Saint Malo	Plain stage	185.5 km (115.3 mi)
2	1 July	Saint Malo – Caen Caen Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....	Plain stage	180 km (111.8 mi)
3	2 July	Caen – 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	248 km (154.1 mi)
4	3 July	Amiens – Roubaix Roubaix Roubaix is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located between the cities of Lille and Tourcoing.The Gare de Roubaix railway station offers connections to Lille, Tourcoing, Antwerp, Ostend and Paris.-Culture:...	Plain stage	191 km (118.7 mi)
5a	4 July	Roubaix – Jambes Jambes Jambes is a Walloon town in southern Belgium, in the province of Namur. Since 1977 it has been part of the city of Namur.Jambes is known for the former Géronsart Abbey, the 13th century Enhaive or Anhaive keep , the old bridge on the Meuse River and the seat of the Government of Wallonia...	Plain stage	172 km (106.9 mi)
5b		Jambes	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...	17 km (10.6 mi)
6	5 July	Jambes – 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	238 km (147.9 mi)
7	6 July	Metz – Strassbourg	Stage with mountain(s)	205.5 km (127.7 mi)
8	7 July	Strassbourg – Belfort Belfort Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-... /Ballon d'Alsace Ballon d'Alsace Ballon d'Alsace is a mountain at the border of Alsace, Lorraine, and Franche-Comté. From its top, views include the Vosges, the Rhine valley, and the Black Forest.A road leads over a pass near the peak at ....	Stage with mountain(s)	215 km (133.6 mi)
9	9 July	Belfort – Divonne les Bains	Stage with mountain(s)	238.5 km (148.2 mi)
10	10 July	Divonne 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)	243 km (151 mi)
11	11 July	Briançon – Digne	Stage with mountain(s)	197 km (122.4 mi)
12	12 July	Digne – Marseille Marseille Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...	Plain stage	207.5 km (128.9 mi)
13	13 July	Marseille – Carpentras Carpentras Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It stands on the banks of the Auzon...	Stage with mountain(s)	211.5 km (131.4 mi)
14	14 July	Carpentras – Sète Sète Sète is a commune in the Hérault department in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Sétois....	Plain stage	201.5 km (125.2 mi)
15	16 July	Sète – 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...	Plain stage	230.5 km (143.2 mi)
16	17 July	Toulouse – Luchon	Stage with mountain(s)	188 km (116.8 mi)
17	18 July	Luchon – Pau	Stage with mountain(s)	250 km (155.3 mi)
18	19 July	Pau – 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	206.5 km (128.3 mi)
19	20 July	Bordeaux – Limoges Limoges Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....	Plain stage	217 km (134.8 mi)
20	21 July	Limoges – 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... /Puy de Dôme	Stage with mountain(s)	222 km (137.9 mi)
21	22 July	Clermont-Ferrand – Fontainebleau Fontainebleau Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau...	Plain stage	359 km (223.1 mi)
22a	23 July	Fontainebleau – 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	104 km (64.6 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...	46.6 km (29 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:...
1a			no award	Spain
1b
2				Bleuets
3				Spain
4
5a
5b
6
7
8				Primavera
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22a
22b
Final

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1		France	136h 53' 50"
2		Spain	+3' 40"
3		Primavera	+7' 23"
4		Bleuets	+8' 18"
5		Netherlands	+9' 47"
6		France	+9' 47"
7		Italy	+10' 14"
8		Belgium	+16' 45"
9		France	+18' 18"
10		Esperanza	+19' 22"

Final general classification (11–88)
Rank	Name	Team	Time
11		Germany	+23' 02"
12		Belgium	+23' 06"
13		Belgium	+25' 08"
14		Netherlands	+26' 23"
15		Primavera	+26' 30"
16		Red devils	+26' 40"
17		Bleuets	+28' 42"
18		Spain	+28' 56"
19		Coqs	+29' 23"
20		Switzerland/Luxembourg	+32' 09"
21		Bleuets	+34' 42"
22		Primavera	+36' 04"
23		Coqs	+37' 23"
24		Belgium	+37' 54"
25		Netherlands	+38' 15"
26		Coqs	+39' 29"
27		Italy	+40' 03"
28		Red devils	+40' 36"
29		Coqs	+40' 38"
30		Netherlands	+40' 46"
31		Germany	+41' 44"
32		Italy	+45' 02"
33		Spain	+46' 32"
34		Italy	+47' 10"
35		Switzerland/Luxembourg	+49' 23"
36		Coqs	+50' 10"
37		Bleuets	+50' 24"
38		Coqs	+50' 51"
39		Coqs	+52' 28"
40		Bleuets	+52' 59"
41		Esperanza	+53' 20"
42		Red devils	+55' 39"
43		Red devils	+56'30"
44		Primavera	+56' 43"
45		Belgium	+57' 49"
46		France	+59' 41"
47		Belgium	+1h 02' 12"
48		Esperanza	+1h 02' 19"
49		Spain	+1h 02' 34"
50		Esperanza	+1h 02' 41"
51		Red devils	+1h 04'40"
52		Germany	+1h 06' 21"
53		Red devils	+1h 06' 49"
54		Red devils	+1h 09' 57"
55		Switzerland/Luxembourg	+1h 10' 22"
56		Esperanza	+1h 12' 05"
57		Bleuets	+1h 15' 08"
58		Primavera	+1h 15' 33"
59		Belgium	+1h 15' 37"
60		Red devils	+1h 16' 03"
61		Primavera	+1h 16' 48"
62		Great-Britain	+1h 17' 29"
63		Germany	+1h 18' 11"
64		Primavera	+1h 18' 14"
65		Italy	+1h 18' 21"
66		Bleuets	+1h 19' 45"
67		Netherlands	+1h 20' 28"
68		Italy	+1h 21' 40"
69		Great-Britain	+1h 22' 37"
70		Switzerland/Luxembourg	+1h 25' 03"
71		Netherlands	+1h 29' 26"
72		France	+1h 31' 59"
73		Switzerland/Luxembourg	+1h 32' 33"
74		Esperanza	+1h 34' 09"
75		Netherlands	+1h 36' 06"
76		Netherlands	+1h 36' 13"
77		Red devils	+1h 40' 59"
78		France	+1h 41' 44"
79		Switzerland/Luxembourg	+1h 43' 11"
80		Italy	+1h 46' 38"
81		France	+1h 50' 07"
82		Switzerland/Luxembourg	+1h 55' 06"
83		France	+1h 59' 36"
84		Great-Britain	+1h 59' 50"
85		Spain	+2h 04' 26"
86		Switzerland/Luxembourg	+2h 05' 39"
87		Italy	+2h 07' 55"
88		France	+2h 21' 01"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–3)

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1		Netherlands	154
2		Red devils	119
3		Belgium	111

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–3)

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1		Spain	122
2		Primavera	68
3		France	53

Team classification

Final team classification

Rank	Team	Time
1	France	412h 16' 54"
2	Netherlands	+38' 05"
3	Primavera	+43' 49"
4	Belgium	+54' 15"
5	Bleuets	+55' 26"
6	Spain	+59' 31"
7	Coqs	+1h 14' 52"
8	Red devils	+1h 31' 55"
9	Esparanza	+1h 34' 25"
10	Italy	+1h 34' 30"
11	Germany	+1h 35' 45"
12	Switzerland/Luxembourg	+2h 01' 11"
13	Great Britain	+3h 51' 16"