Tour de France 1972
Stage 5 · Eddy Merckx
Bordeaux → Bordeaux
Stage 5 — Eddy Merckx wins Bordeaux → Bordeaux (16 km)
Stage facts
TttFlat16.2 km4 Jul 1972
Bordeaux → Bordeaux
Stage 3b (TTT) | Merlin-Plage - Merlin-Plage
Stage Winner
Eddy Merckx
Yellow Jersey
Cyrille Guimard
Avg Speed
10.0 km/h
Win Type
Time trial
Won How
Time trial
Startlist Quality
1,358
Stage at a glance
Stage Winner
Eddy Merckx
Race Date
4 Jul 1972
Profile
Flat
Distance
16 km
Avg Speed
10.0 km/h
Jersey classifications after stage 5
Yellow Jersey
Cyrille Guimard
Race leadership after stage 5 — Cyrille Guimard
Route & distance
Distance
16.2 km
Start
Bordeaux
Finish
Bordeaux
Profile
Flat
Date
4 Jul 1972
Pace, climbing & win style
Avg Speed
10.0 km/h
Startlist Quality
1,358
Win Type
Time trial
Stage 5 in the 1972 Tour de France
Edition difficulty profile
Adjacent stages
2
Saint-Brieuc → La Baule
236 km
Rik Van Linden
3
Merlin-Plage → Merlin-Plage
207 km
Molteni
4
Merlin-Plage → Royan
161 km
Cyrille Guimard
6
Bordeaux → Bayonne
236 km
Léo Duyndam
7
Bayonne → Pau
134 km
Yves Hezard
8
Pau → Luchon
13 km
Eddy Merckx