Tour de France 1972

GC Winner

Eddy Merckx

Sonolor

Stages

3,846

Total km

35.4

Avg km/h

41,138

Total Elev. m

Time Trials

Stage Profile Breakdown

Flat

45%

Mountain

40%

Time Trial

15%

Stage	Date	Route	Dist.	Winner	Profile	Elev.	Speed
Stage 1	1 Jul	Angers → Saint-Brieuc	7 km	Cyrille Guimard		77 m	48.8 km/h
Stage 2	2 Jul	Saint-Brieuc → La Baule	236 km	Rik Van Linden		2,010 m	39.2 km/h
Stage 3	3 Jul	Merlin-Plage → Merlin-Plage	207 km	Molteni		2,233 m	40.0 km/h
Stage 4	4 Jul	Merlin-Plage → Royan	161 km	Cyrille Guimard		884 m	40.8 km/h
Stage 5	4 Jul	Bordeaux → Bordeaux	16 km	Eddy Merckx	Flat		10.0 km/h
Stage 6	5 Jul	Bordeaux → Bayonne	236 km	Léo Duyndam		1,100 m	43.9 km/h
Stage 7	6 Jul	Bayonne → Pau	134 km	Yves Hezard		858 m	44.6 km/h
Stage 8	6 Jul	Pau → Luchon	13 km	Eddy Merckx	Flat		47.4 km/h
Stage 9	7 Jul	Luchon → Colomiers	205 km	Joseph Huysmans		1,130 m	35.7 km/h
Stage 10	9 Jul	Castres → La Grande-Motte	221 km	Willy Teirlinck		4,000 m	36.5 km/h
Stage 11	10 Jul	Carnon → Mont Ventoux	164 km	Bernard Thevenet		4,000 m	33.3 km/h
Stage 12	11 Jul	Carpentras → Orcières-Merlette	179 km	Lucien Van Impe		2,000 m	38.0 km/h
Stage 13	12 Jul	Orcières-Merlette → Briançon	210 km	Eddy Merckx		2,500 m	34.2 km/h
Stage 14	13 Jul	Valloire → Aix-les-Bains	207 km	Cyrille Guimard		2,918 m	28.6 km/h
Stage 15	14 Jul	Aix-les-Bains → Mont Revard	192 km	Cyrille Guimard		4,000 m	34.0 km/h
Stage 16	16 Jul	Aix-les-Bains → Pontarlier	201 km	Willy Teirlinck		4,000 m	31.2 km/h
Stage 17	17 Jul	Pontarlier → Ballon d'Alsace	51 km	Bernard Thevenet		1,589 m	33.3 km/h
Stage 18	17 Jul	Vesoul → Auxerre	151 km	Marinus ''Rini'' Wagtmans		2,500 m	31.4 km/h
Stage 19	18 Jul	Auxerre → Versailles	28 km	Joseph Bruyere		1,423 m	24.1 km/h
Stage 20	19 Jul	Versailles → Paris	199 km	Willy Teirlinck		3,916 m	32.3 km/h