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The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th 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 July 6 to July 28, 1991. The total race distance was 22 stages over 3914 km, with riders averaging 38.747 km/h.

Stages

Stage results
Stage	Date	Route	Terrain	Length	Winner
P	6 July	Lyon Lyon Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....	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 km (3.1 mi)
1	7 July	Lyon	Plain stage	115 km (71.5 mi)
2	7 July	Bron Bron Bron is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It lies east of Lyon. It is the sixth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to its east side. It forms part of the Urban Community of Lyon.-History:... – Chassieu Chassieu Chassieu is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France....	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...	36 km (22.4 mi)	Ariostea
3	8 July	Villeurbanne Villeurbanne Villeurbanne is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris. Villeurbanne is the second-largest city in the department.-History:The current location of... – Dijon Dijon Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....	Plain stage	211 km (131.1 mi)
4	9 July	Dijon – Reims Reims Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....	Plain stage	286 km (177.7 mi)
5	10 July	Reims – Valenciennes Valenciennes Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...	Plain stage	149 km (92.6 mi)
6	11 July	Arras Arras Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard dialect... – Le Havre Le Havre Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...	Plain stage	259 km (160.9 mi)
7	12 July	Le Havre – Argentan Argentan Argentan is a commune, and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in north-western France.Argentan is located NE of Rennes, ENE of the Mont Saint-Michel, SE of Cherbourg, SSE of Caen, SW of Rouen and N of Le Mans....	Plain stage	167 km (103.8 mi)
8	13 July	Argentan – Alencon Alençon Alençon is a commune in Normandy, France, capital of the Orne department. It is situated west of Paris. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alençon .-History:...	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...	73 km (45.4 mi)
9	14 July	Alencon – 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:...	Plain stage	161 km (100 mi)
10	15 July	Rennes – Quimper Quimper Quimper is a commune and capital of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.-Administration:Quimper is the prefecture of the Finistère department.-Geography:...	Plain stage	208 km (129.2 mi)
11	16 July	Quimper – St Herblain	Plain stage	246 km (152.9 mi)
12	18 July	Pau – Jaca Jaca Jaca is a city of northeastern Spain near the border with France, in the midst of the Pyrenees in the province of Huesca...	Stage with mountain(s)	192 km (119.3 mi)
13	19 July	Jaca – Val Louron	Stage with mountain(s)	232 km (144.2 mi)
14	20 July	St Gaudens – Castres Castres Castres is a commune, and arrondissement capital in the Tarn department and Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. It lies in the former French province of Languedoc....	Plain stage	173 km (107.5 mi)
15	21 July	Albi – Ales Alès Alès is a commune in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. It is one of the sub-prefectures of the department. It was formerly known as Alais.-Geography:...	Hilly stage	235 km (146 mi)
16	22 July	Ales – Gap Gap, Hautes-Alpes Gap is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the Hautes-Alpes department.-Geography:An Alpine crossroads at the intersection of D994 and Route nationale 85 the Route Napoléon, Gap lies above sea level along the right bank of the Luye River...	Plain stage	215 km (133.6 mi)
17	23 July	Gap – L'Alpe d'Huez	Stage with mountain(s)	125 km (77.7 mi)
18	24 July	Bourg d'Oisans – Morzine Morzine Morzine is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France with panoramic mountain views, modern ski facilities and hotels and restaurants. The ski resort of Avoriaz is located on the territory of the commune...	Stage with mountain(s)	255 km (158.5 mi)
19	25 July	Morzine – Aix les Bains	Hilly stage	177 km (110 mi)
20	26 July	Aix les Bains – Mâcon	Hilly stage	160 km (99.4 mi)
21	27 July	Lugny Lugny, Saône-et-Loire Lugny is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.-References:*... – Macon	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...	57 km (35.4 mi)
22	28 July	Melun Melun Melun is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Located in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, Melun is the capital of the department, as the seat of an arrondissement... – Parijs	Hilly stage	178 km (110.6 mi)

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)
Rank	Team	Time
1	Banesto	101h 01' 20"
2	Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	+3' 36"
3	Carrera	+5' 56"
4	RMO	+7' 37"
5	Castorama	+10' 10"
6	Castorama	+11' 27"
7	Z	+13' 13"
8	Motorola	+13' 40"
9	Banesto	+20' 10"
10	Helvetia	+20' 13"

Final general classification (11–158)
Rank	Name	Team	Time
11		ONCE	+21' 00"
12		Banesto	+26' 47"
13		TVM	+27' 10"
14		Banesto	+28' 57"
15		Panasonic	+30' 09"
16		Toshiba	+30' 40"
17		RMO	+32' 39"
18		Ryalcao	+32' 54"
19		Ryalcao	+33' 52"
20		Castorama	+36' 43"
21		Helvetia	+38' 43"
22		Amaya Seguros	+39' 11"
23		Z	+39' 14"
24		Banesto	+41' 56"
25		Toshiba	+42' 32"
26		Buckler	+44' 49"
27		RMO	+44' 49"
28		Amaya Seguros	+46' 14"
29		Ariostea	+46' 41"
30		Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	+47' 06"
31		Ryalcao	+47' 58"
32		Histor	+49' 11"
33		Clas	+53' 21"
34		Buckler	+54' 47"
35		Lotto	+57' 28"
36		Castorama	+58' 40"
37		ONCE	+59' 20"
38		Z	+59' 51"
39		Clas	+1h 03' 09"
40		Carrera	+1h 03' 52"
41		Amaya Seguros	+1h 06' 04"
42		Panasonic	+1h 06' 17"
43		Ryalcao	+1h 07' 23"
44		Toshiba	+1h 07' 31"
45		Motorola	+1h 08' 13"
46		Ryalcao	+1h 08' 45"
47		RMO	+1h 09' 45"
48		Ryalcao	+1h 11' 04"
49		Helvetia	+1h 11' 16"
50		Histor	+1h 12' 05"
51		Tonton Tapis-Corona	+1h 12' 27"
52		TVM	+1h 16' 56"
53		ONCE	+1h 18' 08"
54		Z	+1h 18' 59"
55		Clas	+1h 20' 28"
56		Ariostea	+1h 20' 42"
57		Castorama	+1h 22' 17"
58		Ryalcao	+1h 23' 15"
59		Ariostea	+1h 23' 21"
60		Z	+1h 26' 57"
61		Clas	+1h 28' 43"
62		Panasonic	+1h 29' 10"
63		Helvetia	+1h 29' 21"
64		ONCE	+1h 29' 25"
65		Histor	+1h 29' 38"
66		Clas	+1h 30' 55"
67		ONCE	+1h 32' 52"
68		Castorama	+1h 33' 20"
69		Helvetia	+1h 34' 35"
70		RMO	+1h 34' 38"
71		Toshiba	+1h 36' 05"
72		Z	+1h 36' 06"
73		Toshiba	+1h 39' 31"
74		Amaya Seguros	+1h 41' 21"
75		ONCE	+1h 42' 13"
76		ONCE	+1h 42' 14"
77		Banesto	+1h 42' 32"
78		Panasonic	+1h 43' 45"
79		Ariostea	+1h 43' 47"
80		Tonton Tapis-Corona	+1h 44' 54"
81		Panasonic	+1h 44' 59"
82		Tonton Tapis-Corona	+1h 45' 55"
83		Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+1h 46' 45"
84		Panasonic	+1h 47' 47"
85		Carrera	+1h 49' 05"
86		Panasonic	+1h 49' 32"
87		Z	+1h 49' 32"
88		Carrera	+1h 50' 50"
89		Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	+1h 53' 01"
90		Lotto	+1h 53' 27"
91		Ariostea	+1h 55' 35"
92		Castorama	+1h 56' 16"
93		Carrera	+1h 57' 38"
94		Helvetia	+1h 58' 03"
95		Histor	+1h 58' 52"
96		Carrera	+2h 00' 29"
97		Motorola	+2h 00' 57"
98		Helvetia	+2h 02' 03"
99		Toshiba	+2h 03' 35"
100		Banesto	+2h 04' 21"
101		Z	+2h 04' 30"
102		RMO	+2h 06' 07"
103		Buckler	+2h 06' 43"
104		Ryalcao	+2h 06' 48"
105		Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+2h 07' 03"
106		Amaya Seguros	+2h 07' 26"
107		Castorama	+2h 08' 01"
108		Toshiba	+2h 08' 03"
109		Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+2h 09' 54"
110		Toshiba	+2h 11' 22"
111		Castorama	+2h 12' 37"
112		Ariostea	+2h 12' 38"
113		Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+2h 12' 48"
114		Panasonic	+2h 12' 54"
115		RMO	+2h 13' 22"
116		Motorola	+2h 13' 58"
117		Buckler	+2h 15' 05"
118		RMO	+2h 15' 32"
119		Banesto	+2h 16' 23"
120		Carrera	+2h 16' 47"
121		TVM	+2h 16' 52"
122		Clas	+2h 17' 04"
123		Banesto	+2h 19' 44"
124		Histor	+2h 20' 16"
125		Histor	+2h 20' 21"
126		Motorola	+2h 20' 30"
127		Buckler	+2h 20' 43"
128		Carrera	+2h 21' 05"
129		Buckler	+2h 21' 31"
130		Lotto	+2h 23' 49"
131		Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	+2h 25' 30"
132		Tonton Tapis-Corona	+2h 26' 06"
133		Buckler	+2h 26' 47"
134		Carrera	+2h 26' 56"
135		Amaya Seguros	+2h 28' 11"
136		TVM	+2h 29' 21"
137		Lotto	+2h 29' 26"
138		Motorola	+2h 31' 24"
139		Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	+2h 31' 45"
140		Lotto	+2h 32' 11"
141		Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	+2h 32' 27"
142		Lotto	+2h 38' 25"
143		Amaya Seguros	+2h 39' 48"
144		Helvetia	+2h 43' 34"
145		Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+2h 44' 38"
146		TVM	+2h 44' 58"
147		Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	+2h 45' 04"
148		Clas	+2h 46' 27"
149		Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax	+2h 48' 11"
150		Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+2h 58' 10"
151		Ryalcao	+2h 58' 47"
152		TVM	+2h 58' 55"
153		Tonton Tapis-Corona	+2h 59' 25"
154		Buckler	+3h 00' 15"
155		Weinmann-Eddy Merckx	+3h 00' 26"
156		TVM	+3h 05' 33"
157		Buckler	+3h 13' 58"
158		TVM	+3h 25' 51"

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