Tour de France 1968

Tour de France 1968 — Jan Janssen wins overall after 22 stages

Edition key stats

GC Winner

Jan Janssen

Nederland

22

Stages

4,492

Total km

34.6

Avg km/h

54,190

Total Elev. m

2

Time Trials

Stage profile breakdown

11

Flat

50%

5

Mountain

23%

4

Hilly

18%

2

Time Trial

9%

Stage winners and teams — Walter Godefroot takes 2 stages

Final general classification (top 30)

RankRiderTeamTime
01
NEDERLAND133h 49' 42''
02
BELGIQUE A133h 50' 20''
03
BELGIQUE B133h 52' 45''
04
ESPANA133h 52' 59''
05
FRANCE A133h 53' 11''
06
DEUTSCHLAND133h 53' 28''
07
FRANCE B133h 54' 26''
08
ITALIA133h 54' 41''
09
ESPANA133h 54' 41''
10
ITALIA133h 57' 37''
11
ESPANA133h 57' 53''
12
BELGIQUE A134h 00' 08''
13
ESPANA134h 00' 24''
14
BELGIQUE A134h 02' 13''
15
ITALIA134h 03' 51''
16
BELGIQUE B134h 07' 05''
17
FRANCE B134h 07' 05''
18
BELGIQUE B134h 07' 44''
19
ITALIA134h 08' 01''
20
BELGIQUE B134h 01' 10''
21
FRANCE C134h 09' 50''
22
FRANCE C134h 11' 12''
23
ESPANA134h 11' 20''
24
ITALIA134h 12' 43''
25
ITALIA134h 13' 24''
26
NEDERLAND134h 19' 16''
27
FRANCE A134h 20' 31''
28
GREAT BRITAIN134h 28' 35''
29
ESPANA134h 29' 09''
30
ESPANA134h 29' 38''

Stage winners (17 riders)

Walter Godefroot

2 stages

Stages 3, 9

Severino Andreoli

2 stages

Stages 7, 16

Daniel Van Ryckeghem

2 stages

Stages 8, 11

Jan Janssen

2 stages

Stages 14, 22

Roger Pingeon

2 stages

Stages 15, 18

Charly Grosskost

1 stage

Stages 1

Eric De Vlaeminck

1 stage

Stages 2

Georges Chappe

1 stage

Stages 4

Jean Dumont

1 stage

Stages 5

Aurelio Gonzalez

1 stage

Stages 6

Gilbert Bellone

1 stage

Stages 10

Georges Pintens

1 stage

Stages 12

Herman Vanspringel

1 stage

Stages 13

Jean-Pierre Genet

1 stage

Stages 17

Barry Hoban

1 stage

Stages 19

Joseph Huysmans

1 stage

Stages 20

Eric Leman

1 stage

Stages 21

Teams at the 1968 edition

TeamRidersBest GC
NEDERLAND4#1
BELGIQUE A9#2
BELGIQUE B9#3
ESPANA8#4
FRANCE A5#5
DEUTSCHLAND3#6
FRANCE B8#7
ITALIA7#8
FRANCE C4#21
GREAT BRITAIN4#28
SUISSE-LUXEMBOURG2#35

Stage profiles in the 1968 edition

11

Flat

5

Hills flat finish

4

Mountains flat finish

1

Hills uphill finish

1

Mountains uphill finish

Compare with other editions of the Tour de France

2025

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2024

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2023

Jonas Vingegaard Hansen

21 stages

2022

Jonas Vingegaard Hansen

21 stages

2021

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2020

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2019

Egan Bernal Gomez

21 stages

2018

Geraint Thomas

21 stages

Stage-by-stage data: all 22 stages of the 1968 Tour de France

Edition difficulty profile

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All 22 stages

StageDateRouteDist.WinnerProfileElev.Speed
Stage 127 JunVittel → Esch-sur-Alzette6 kmCharly Grosskost63 m43.3 km/h
Stage 228 JunArlon → Forest189 kmEric De Vlaeminck2,022 m41.3 km/h
Stage 329 JunForest → Roubaix211 kmWalter Godefroot2,830 m38.1 km/h
Stage 430 JunRoubaix → Rouen22 kmGeorges Chappe494 m0.1 km/h
Stage 530 JunBagnoles-de-l'Orne → Dinard112 kmJean Dumont964 m42.6 km/h
Stage 61 JulDinard → Lorient238 kmAurelio Gonzalez1,997 m37.2 km/h
Stage 72 JulLorient → Nantes155 kmSeverino Andreoli1,885 m32.0 km/h
Stage 82 JulNantes → Royan165 kmDaniel Van Ryckeghem1,496 m36.4 km/h
Stage 93 JulRoyan → Bordeaux188 kmWalter Godefroot2,247 m40.2 km/h
Stage 104 JulBordeaux → Bayonne190 kmGilbert Bellone1,725 m38.2 km/h
Stage 115 JulBayonne → Pau223 kmDaniel Van Ryckeghem1,384 m41.1 km/h
Stage 127 JulPau → Saint Gaudens138 kmGeorges Pintens1,168 m41.4 km/h
Stage 138 JulSaint Gaudens → Seo de Urgel203 kmHerman Vanspringel1,915 m37.5 km/h
Stage 149 JulSeo de Urgel → Canet-Plage184 kmJan Janssen2,500 m33.5 km/h
Stage 1510 JulFont Romeu → Albi227 kmRoger Pingeon5,000 m30.0 km/h
Stage 1611 JulAlbi → Aurillac209 kmSeverino Andreoli4,000 m29.8 km/h
Stage 1712 JulAurillac → Saint-Etienne232 kmJean-Pierre Genet2,500 m31.0 km/h
Stage 1814 JulSaint-Etienne → Grenoble251 kmRoger Pingeon2,500 m39.5 km/h
Stage 1915 JulGrenoble → Sallanches199 kmBarry Hoban4,000 m35.2 km/h
Stage 2016 JulSallanches → Besançon237 kmJoseph Huysmans4,000 m33.6 km/h
Stage 2117 JulBesançon → Auxerre235 kmEric Leman4,500 m30.2 km/h
Stage 2218 JulMelun → Paris200 kmJan Janssen5,000 m28.1 km/h