Tour de France 1974

Tour de France 1974 — Eddy Merckx wins overall after 22 stages

Edition key stats

GC Winner

Eddy Merckx

Molteni

22

Stages

4,098

Total km

34.4

Avg km/h

54,338

Total Elev. m

2

Time Trials

Stage profile breakdown

8

Flat

36%

8

Mountain

36%

4

Hilly

18%

2

Time Trial

9%

Stage winners and teams — Eddy Merckx takes 6 stages

Final general classification (top 30)

RankRiderTeamTime
01
MOLTENI116h 16' 58''
02
GAN-MERCIER116h 25' 02''
03
KAS116h 25' 02''
04
BROOKLYN116h 27' 57''
05
KAS116h 28' 22''
06
BIC116h 31' 22''
07
CARPENTER-CONFORTLUXE116h 33' 32''
08
SONOLOR-GITANE116h 35' 31''
09
GAN-MERCIER116h 36' 53''
10
MIC-DE GRIBALDY-LUDO116h 41' 09''
11
LEJEUNE-JOBO116h 43' 48''
12
PEUGEOT-BP116h 45' 57''
13
PEUGEOT-BP116h 46' 41''
14
LA CASERA-BAHAMONTES116h 47' 18''
15
LEJEUNE-JOBO116h 48' 33''
16
GAN-MERCIER116h 48' 55''
17
KAS116h 49' 53''
18
SONOLOR-GITANE116h 54' 33''
19
LA CASERA-BAHAMONTES116h 54' 46''
20
BIC116h 55' 00''
21
MOLTENI116h 58' 29''
22
MOLTENI117h 01' 48''
23
BROOKLYN117h 02' 41''
24
SONOLOR-GITANE117h 03' 48''
25
CARPENTER-CONFORTLUXE117h 04' 08''
26
BROOKLYN117h 04' 44''
27
FRISOL117h 07' 26''
28
BIC117h 08' 09''
29
KAS117h 10' 42''
30
MIC-DE GRIBALDY-LUDO117h 13' 41''

Stage winners (14 riders)

Eddy Merckx

6 stages

Stages 7, 9, 10, 15, 19, 22

Patrick Sercu

3 stages

Stages 3, 4, 8

Jean-Pierre Danguillaume

2 stages

Stages 17, 18

Ercole Gualazzini

1 stage

Stages 1

Henk Poppe

1 stage

Stages 2

Ronald De Witte

1 stage

Stages 5

Molteni

1 stage

Stages 6

Vicente Lopez-Carril

1 stage

Stages 11

Joseph Spruyt

1 stage

Stages 12

Barry Hoban

1 stage

Stages 13

Jean-Pierre Genet

1 stage

Stages 14

Raymond Poulidor

1 stage

Stages 16

Gérard Vianen

1 stage

Stages 20

Michel Pollentier

1 stage

Stages 21

Teams at the 1974 edition

TeamRidersBest GC
MOLTENI10#1
GAN-MERCIER9#2
KAS9#3
BROOKLYN8#4
BIC8#6
CARPENTER-CONFORTLUXE6#7
SONOLOR-GITANE9#8
MIC-DE GRIBALDY-LUDO8#10
LEJEUNE-JOBO9#11
PEUGEOT-BP9#12
LA CASERA-BAHAMONTES6#14
FRISOL6#27
FLANDRIA-SHIMANO-MERLIN PLAGE8#31

Stage profiles in the 1974 edition

8

Flat

6

Mountains flat finish

4

Hills flat finish

2

Hills uphill finish

2

Mountains 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 22 stages of the 1974 Tour de France

Edition difficulty profile

STAGE DIFFICULTY PROFILE12345678910111213141516171819202122FlatHillsMountains

All 22 stages

StageDateRouteDist.WinnerProfileElev.Speed
Stage 127 JunBrest → Saint-Pol de Léon7 kmErcole Gualazzini129 m47.9 km/h
Stage 228 JunPlymouth → Plymouth144 kmHenk Poppe1,898 m42.0 km/h
Stage 329 JunMorlaix → Saint-Malo164 kmPatrick Sercu1,995 m42.0 km/h
Stage 430 JunSaint-Malo → Caen190 kmPatrick Sercu2,294 m39.9 km/h
Stage 51 JulCaen → Dieppe185 kmRonald De Witte2,315 m38.3 km/h
Stage 62 JulHarelbeke → Harelbeke165 kmMolteni1,722 m38.7 km/h
Stage 73 JulMons → Chalons-sur-Marne239 kmEddy Merckx1,887 m37.8 km/h
Stage 83 JulChaumont → Besançon9 kmPatrick Sercu71 m0.0 km/h
Stage 94 JulBesançon → Gaillard222 kmEddy Merckx2,521 m33.3 km/h
Stage 105 JulGaillard → Aix-les-Bains136 kmEddy Merckx1,443 m36.4 km/h
Stage 115 JulAix-les-Bains → Serre-Chevalier152 kmVicente Lopez-Carril1,869 m34.4 km/h
Stage 126 JulSavines → Orange241 kmJoseph Spruyt4,000 m33.6 km/h
Stage 137 JulAvignon → Montpellier132 kmBarry Hoban2,803 m34.8 km/h
Stage 149 JulLodève → Colomiers199 kmJean-Pierre Genet6,659 m28.7 km/h
Stage 1510 JulColomiers → Seo de Urgel231 kmEddy Merckx3,000 m31.9 km/h
Stage 1611 JulSeo de Urgel → Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet126 kmRaymond Poulidor683 m38.6 km/h
Stage 1712 JulSaint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet → Col du Tourmalet249 kmJean-Pierre Danguillaume2,963 m34.5 km/h
Stage 1814 JulBagnères-de-Bigorre → Pau225 kmJean-Pierre Danguillaume3,000 m33.5 km/h
Stage 1915 JulBordeaux → Bordeaux209 kmEddy Merckx5,500 m26.5 km/h
Stage 2016 JulSaint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie → Nantes119 kmGérard Vianen3,000 m29.9 km/h
Stage 2117 JulOrléans → Orléans142 kmMichel Pollentier3,000 m32.7 km/h
Stage 2218 JulOrléans → Paris196 kmEddy Merckx1,586 m40.2 km/h