Tour de France 1972

Stage 20 · Willy Teirlinck

Versailles → Paris

Stage 20 — Willy Teirlinck wins Versailles → Paris (199 km)

Stage facts

Road raceHills flat finish198.5 km19 Jul 1972

Versailles → Paris

Stage 16 | Aix les Bains - Pontarlier

Stage Winner

Willy Teirlinck

Yellow Jersey

Eddy Merckx

Avg Speed

32.3 km/h

Elevation

3,916 m

Difficulty

158

Startlist Quality

1,358

Stage at a glance

Stage Winner

Willy Teirlinck

Race Date

19 Jul 1972

Profile

Hills flat finish

Distance

199 km

Avg Speed

32.3 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
MOLTENI108h 17' 18''
02
SALVARANI108h 27' 59''
03
GAN-MERCIER-HUTCHINSON108h 28' 52''
04
SONOLOR108h 34' 03''
05
BEAULIEU-FLANDRIA108h 36' 27''
06
DE GRIBALDY-MAGNIFLEX-VAN CAUTER108h 38' 49''
07
SONOLOR108h 39' 10''
08
DE GRIBALDY-MAGNIFLEX-VAN CAUTER108h 51' 34''
09
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN108h 54' 29''
10
DE GRIBALDY-MAGNIFLEX-VAN CAUTER108h 59' 51''
11
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN109h 03' 45''
12
BIC109h 03' 57''
13
SALVARANI109h 04' 59''
14
MOLTENI109h 06' 46''
15
MOLTENI109h 16' 51''
16
WATNEY-AVIA109h 17' 27''
17
ROKADO109h 20' 59''
18
GOUDSMIT-HOFF109h 21' 27''
19
GAN-MERCIER-HUTCHINSON109h 23' 37''
20
ROKADO109h 27' 27''
21
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN109h 32' 09''
22
MOLTENI109h 38' 46''
23
DE GRIBALDY-MAGNIFLEX-VAN CAUTER109h 41' 09''
24
ROKADO109h 42' 17''
25
SONOLOR109h 43' 51''
26
MOLTENI109h 44' 38''
27
SONOLOR109h 47' 30''
28
MOLTENI109h 48' 47''
29
BIC109h 48' 53''
30
BIC109h 49' 24''
31
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN109h 51' 40''
32
DE GRIBALDY-MAGNIFLEX-VAN CAUTER109h 54' 46''
33
BEAULIEU-FLANDRIA109h 56' 29''
34
ROKADO109h 56' 57''
35
BIC109h 58' 31''
36
GAN-MERCIER-HUTCHINSON109h 59' 04''
37
MOLTENI109h 29' 11''
38
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN110h 01' 35''
39
SALVARANI110h 02' 09''
40
BIC110h 03' 06''
41
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN110h 06' 10''
42
ROKADO110h 07' 27''
43
MOLTENI110h 07' 59''
44
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN110h 11' 11''
45
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN110h 13' 15''
46
DE GRIBALDY-MAGNIFLEX-VAN CAUTER110h 16' 56''
47
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN110h 18' 15''
48
SONOLOR110h 18' 40''
49
DE GRIBALDY-MAGNIFLEX-VAN CAUTER110h 19' 56''
50
GITANE110h 19' 59''

Route & distance

Distance

198.5 km

Start

Versailles

Finish

Paris

Profile

Hills flat finish

Date

19 Jul 1972

Pace, climbing & win style

Avg Speed

32.3 km/h

Vert. Climbing

3,916 m

Difficulty Score

158

Startlist Quality

1,358

Stage 20 in the 1972 Tour de France

Edition difficulty profile

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Adjacent stages

17

Pontarlier → Ballon d'Alsace

51 km

Bernard Thevenet
18

Vesoul → Auxerre

151 km

Marinus ''Rini'' Wagtmans
19

Auxerre → Versailles

28 km

Joseph Bruyere

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