Tour de France 1973

Tour de France 1973 — Luis Ocana wins overall after 20 stages

Edition key stats

GC Winner

Luis Ocana

Peugeot-Bp

20

Stages

4,090

Total km

34.4

Avg km/h

49,203

Total Elev. m

3

Time Trials

Stage profile breakdown

7

Flat

35%

10

Mountain

50%

3

Time Trial

15%

Stage winners and teams — Luis Ocana takes 3 stages

Final general classification (top 30)

RankRiderTeamTime
01
BIC122h 25' 34''
02
PEUGEOT-BP122h 41' 25''
03
KAS122h 42' 49''
04
GITANE-FRIGECREME122h 51' 56''
05
SONOLOR122h 55' 54''
06
ROKADO122h 57' 35''
07
GAN-MERCIER122h 58' 36''
08
BIC123h 01' 25''
09
KAS123h 01' 52''
10
PEUGEOT-BP123h 02' 33''
11
PEUGEOT-BP123h 03' 17''
12
GAN-MERCIER123h 06' 23''
13
LA CASERA-BAHAMONTES123h 13' 04''
14
BIC123h 14' 46''
15
KAS123h 14' 54''
16
ROKADO123h 15' 12''
17
DE KOVA-LEJEUNE123h 15' 28''
18
CARPENTER-SHIMANO-FLANDRIA123h 16' 56''
19
BIC123h 17' 52''
20
KAS123h 18' 39''
21
BIC123h 29' 23''
22
PEUGEOT-BP123h 33' 15''
23
KAS123h 43' 23''
24
CARPENTER-SHIMANO-FLANDRIA123h 44' 52''
25
LA CASERA-BAHAMONTES123h 45' 45''
26
GAN-MERCIER123h 46' 07''
27
BIC123h 46' 40''
28
BIC123h 47' 41''
29
KAS123h 51' 01''
30
PEUGEOT-BP123h 52' 25''

Stage winners (16 riders)

Luis Ocana

3 stages

Stages 8, 13, 18

Bernard Thevenet

2 stages

Stages 7, 20

Barry Hoban

2 stages

Stages 11, 19

José Catieau

1 stage

Stages 1

Eddy Verstraeten

1 stage

Stages 2

Cyrille Guimard

1 stage

Stages 3

Joop Zoetemelk

1 stage

Stages 4

Walter Godefroot

1 stage

Stages 5

Jean-Pierre Danguillaume

1 stage

Stages 6

Vicente Lopez-Carril

1 stage

Stages 9

Michaël Wright

1 stage

Stages 10

Lucien Van Impe

1 stage

Stages 12

Pedro Torres

1 stage

Stages 14

Wilfried David

1 stage

Stages 15

Joaquim Agostinho

1 stage

Stages 16

Claude Tollet

1 stage

Stages 17

Teams at the 1973 edition

TeamRidersBest GC
BIC11#1
PEUGEOT-BP10#2
KAS10#3
GITANE-FRIGECREME9#4
SONOLOR8#5
ROKADO5#6
GAN-MERCIER9#7
LA CASERA-BAHAMONTES5#13
DE KOVA-LEJEUNE8#17
CARPENTER-SHIMANO-FLANDRIA8#18
CANADA DRY-GAZELLE4#33

Stage profiles in the 1973 edition

7

Flat

7

Mountains flat finish

3

Mountains uphill finish

2

Hills flat finish

1

Hills uphill finish

Compare with other editions of the Tour de France

2025

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2024

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2023

Jonas Vingegaard Hansen

21 stages

2022

Jonas Vingegaard Hansen

21 stages

2021

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2020

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2019

Egan Bernal Gomez

21 stages

2018

Geraint Thomas

21 stages

Stage-by-stage data: all 20 stages of the 1973 Tour de France

Edition difficulty profile

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All 20 stages

StageDateRouteDist.WinnerProfileElev.Speed
Stage 130 JunRotterdam → Saint-Nicolas7 kmJosé Catieau65 m42.7 km/h
Stage 21 JulSaint-Nicolas → Roubaix84 kmEddy Verstraeten332 m46.8 km/h
Stage 31 JulRoubaix → Reims138 kmCyrille Guimard405 m38.6 km/h
Stage 42 JulReims → Nancy12 kmJoop Zoetemelk71 m10.3 km/h
Stage 52 JulNancy → Mulhouse138 kmWalter Godefroot1,013 m38.5 km/h
Stage 63 JulBelfort → Divonne226 kmJean-Pierre Danguillaume1,998 m39.7 km/h
Stage 74 JulGaillard → Méribel214 kmBernard Thevenet1,854 m34.7 km/h
Stage 85 JulMoûtiers → Les Orres188 kmLuis Ocana2,956 m36.1 km/h
Stage 96 JulEmbrun → Nice245 kmVicente Lopez-Carril3,000 m35.5 km/h
Stage 108 JulNice → Aubagne87 kmMichaël Wright1,669 m36.9 km/h
Stage 118 JulMontpellier → Argelès151 kmBarry Hoban3,500 m31.7 km/h
Stage 129 JulThuir → Pyrénées 2000238 kmLucien Van Impe6,500 m30.0 km/h
Stage 1310 JulBourg-Madame → Luchon235 kmLuis Ocana6,000 m28.1 km/h
Stage 1411 JulLuchon → Pau223 kmPedro Torres3,000 m30.4 km/h
Stage 1512 JulPau → Fleurance238 kmWilfried David2,329 m30.7 km/h
Stage 1613 JulBordeaux → Bordeaux28 kmJoaquim Agostinho270 m45.4 km/h
Stage 1713 JulSainte-Foy-la-Grande → Brive-la-Gaillarde76 kmClaude Tollet2,880 m29.4 km/h
Stage 1815 JulBrive-la-Gaillarde → Puy de Dôme235 kmLuis Ocana5,000 m34.2 km/h
Stage 1916 JulBourges → Versailles228 kmBarry Hoban4,500 m31.7 km/h
Stage 2017 JulVersailles → Paris137 kmBernard Thevenet1,861 m36.6 km/h