Tour de France 1972
Stage 12 · Lucien Van Impe
Carpentras → Orcières-Merlette
Stage 12 — Lucien Van Impe wins Carpentras → Orcières-Merlette (179 km)
Stage facts
Carpentras → Orcières-Merlette
Stage 9 | Luchon - Colomiers
Stage Winner
Lucien Van Impe
Yellow Jersey
Eddy Merckx
Avg Speed
38.0 km/h
Elevation
2,000 m
Difficulty
97
Startlist Quality
1,358
Stage at a glance
Stage Winner
Lucien Van Impe
Race Date
11 Jul 1972
Profile
Hills flat finish
Distance
179 km
Avg Speed
38.0 km/h
Jersey classifications after stage 12
Yellow Jersey
Eddy Merckx
Race leadership after stage 12 — Eddy Merckx
Route & distance
Distance
179.0 km
Start
Carpentras
Finish
Orcières-Merlette
Profile
Hills flat finish
Date
11 Jul 1972
Pace, climbing & win style
Avg Speed
38.0 km/h
Vert. Climbing
2,000 m
Difficulty Score
97
Startlist Quality
1,358
Stage 12 in the 1972 Tour de France
Edition difficulty profile
Adjacent stages
Luchon → Colomiers
205 km
Joseph Huysmans
Castres → La Grande-Motte
221 km
Willy Teirlinck
Carnon → Mont Ventoux
164 km
Bernard Thevenet
Orcières-Merlette → Briançon
210 km
Eddy Merckx
Valloire → Aix-les-Bains
207 km
Cyrille Guimard
Aix-les-Bains → Mont Revard
192 km
Cyrille Guimard