Tour de France 1971

Stage 20 · Eddy Merckx

Versailles → Paris

Stage 20 — Eddy Merckx wins Versailles → Paris (145 km)

Stage facts

Road raceMountains flat finish145.0 km14 Jul 1971

Versailles → Paris

Stage 16a | Luchon - Gourette

Stage Winner

Eddy Merckx

Yellow Jersey

Eddy Merckx

Avg Speed

28.2 km/h

Elevation

5,000 m

Difficulty

522

Startlist Quality

1,268

Stage at a glance

Stage Winner

Eddy Merckx

Race Date

14 Jul 1971

Profile

Mountains flat finish

Distance

145 km

Avg Speed

28.2 km/h

Jersey classifications after stage 20

Yellow Jersey

Eddy Merckx

Green Jersey

Eddy Merckx

Polka-Dot Jersey

Lucien Van Impe

GC after stage 20 — Eddy Merckx leads

Top finishers on the GC after stage 20

RankRiderTeamTime
01
MOLTENI96h 45' 14''
02
MARS-FLANDRIA96h 55' 05''
03
SONOLOR-LEJEUNE96h 56' 20''
04
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN97h 00' 04''
05
HOOVER-DE GRIBALDY97h 06' 14''
06
BIC97h 06' 52''
07
SALVARANI97h 08' 12''
08
BIC97h 15' 19''
09
SONOLOR-LEJEUNE97h 17' 57''
10
KAS97h 21' 12''
11
KAS97h 27' 11''
12
SALVARANI97h 32' 56''
13
WERNER97h 33' 25''
14
MOLTENI97h 33' 32''
15
WERNER97h 34' 31''
16
MOLTENI97h 38' 02''
17
BIC97h 43' 05''
18
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN97h 44' 23''
19
FERRETTI97h 48' 19''
20
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN97h 49' 02''
21
MOLTENI97h 52' 41''
22
BIC97h 53' 48''
23
FAGOR-MERCIER97h 54' 32''
24
WERNER97h 54' 41''
25
SALVARANI97h 56' 13''
26
FAGOR-MERCIER97h 59' 05''
27
MOLTENI97h 59' 54''
28
SONOLOR-LEJEUNE98h 00' 54''
29
FERRETTI98h 02' 00''
30
GOUDSMIT98h 02' 01''
31
HOOVER-DE GRIBALDY98h 03' 44''
32
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN98h 08' 37''
33
WERNER98h 09' 43''
34
SONOLOR-LEJEUNE98h 10' 26''
35
MOLTENI98h 12' 05''
36
BIC98h 12' 54''
37
BIC98h 15' 10''
38
KAS98h 17' 21''
39
BIC98h 18' 10''
40
SONOLOR-LEJEUNE98h 18' 12''
41
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN98h 19' 32''
42
SALVARANI98h 19' 55''
43
SONOLOR-LEJEUNE98h 20' 25''
44
MOLTENI98h 20' 49''
45
WERNER98h 21' 28''
46
HOOVER-DE GRIBALDY98h 22' 51''
47
HOOVER-DE GRIBALDY98h 24' 54''
48
BIC98h 25' 39''
49
KAS98h 26' 18''
50
GOUDSMIT98h 27' 00''

Route & distance

Distance

145.0 km

Start

Versailles

Finish

Paris

Profile

Mountains flat finish

Date

14 Jul 1971

Pace, climbing & win style

Avg Speed

28.2 km/h

Vert. Climbing

5,000 m

Difficulty Score

522

Startlist Quality

1,268

Stage 20 in the 1971 Tour de France

Edition difficulty profile

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Adjacent stages

17

Mont de Marsan → Bordeaux

16 km

Eddy Merckx
18

Bordeaux → Poitiers

215 km

Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
19

Blois → Versailles

20 km

Jan Krekels

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