Tour de France 1976

Tour de France 1976 — Lucien Van Impe wins overall after 22 stages

Edition key stats

GC Winner

Lucien Van Impe

Ti-Raleigh-Campagnolo

22

Stages

4,017

Total km

35.1

Avg km/h

48,632

Total Elev. m

4

Time Trials

Stage profile breakdown

10

Flat

45%

7

Mountain

32%

1

Hilly

5%

4

Time Trial

18%

Stage winners and teams — Freddy Maertens takes 4 stages

Final general classification (top 30)

RankRiderTeamTime
01
GITANE-CAMPAGNOLO116h 22' 23''
02
GAN-MERCIER-HUTCHINSON116h 26' 37''
03
GAN-MERCIER-HUTCHINSON116h 34' 31''
04
PEUGEOT-ESSO-MICHELIN116h 34' 40''
05
SCIC-FIAT-COLNAGO116h 35' 02''
06
KAS-CAMPAGNOLO116h 37' 13''
07
FLANDRIA-VELDA-VLEESBDRIJF116h 37' 22''
08
FLANDRIA-VELDA-VLEESBDRIJF116h 38' 29''
09
JOLLYCERAMICA116h 38' 59''
10
KAS-CAMPAGNOLO116h 41' 51''
11
KAS-CAMPAGNOLO116h 43' 37''
12
KAS-CAMPAGNOLO116h 44' 08''
13
SCIC-FIAT-COLNAGO116h 44' 31''
14
SUPER SER116h 47' 31''
15
GITANE-CAMPAGNOLO116h 47' 58''
16
BROOKLYN-GIOS116h 49' 06''
17
SUPER SER116h 55' 07''
18
BROOKLYN-GIOS116h 56' 44''
19
LEJEUNE-BP116h 58' 52''
20
JOBO-WOLBER-LA FRANCE117h 02' 17''
21
GAN-MERCIER-HUTCHINSON117h 03' 58''
22
PEUGEOT-ESSO-MICHELIN117h 04' 05''
23
KAS-CAMPAGNOLO117h 07' 13''
24
GITANE-CAMPAGNOLO117h 08' 43''
25
KAS-CAMPAGNOLO117h 10' 05''
26
TI-RALEIGH-CAMPAGNOLO117h 11' 02''
27
KAS-CAMPAGNOLO117h 11' 36''
28
PEUGEOT-ESSO-MICHELIN117h 14' 59''
29
GAN-MERCIER-HUTCHINSON117h 16' 15''
30
PEUGEOT-ESSO-MICHELIN117h 17' 16''

Stage winners (16 riders)

Freddy Maertens

4 stages

Stages 1, 3, 7, 21

Joop Zoetemelk

3 stages

Stages 9, 10, 20

Gerben Karstens

2 stages

Stages 18, 22

Giovanni Battaglin

1 stage

Stages 2

Hennie Kuiper

1 stage

Stages 4

Miguel-Maria Lasa

1 stage

Stages 5

Aldo Parecchini

1 stage

Stages 6

Jacques Esclassan

1 stage

Stages 8

José-Luis Viejo

1 stage

Stages 11

Raymond Delisle

1 stage

Stages 12

Willy Teirlinck

1 stage

Stages 13

Lucien Van Impe

1 stage

Stages 14

Wladimiro Panizza

1 stage

Stages 15

Michel Pollentier

1 stage

Stages 16

Ferdinand Bracke

1 stage

Stages 17

Hubert Mathis

1 stage

Stages 19

Teams at the 1976 edition

TeamRidersBest GC
GITANE-CAMPAGNOLO9#1
GAN-MERCIER-HUTCHINSON10#2
PEUGEOT-ESSO-MICHELIN8#4
SCIC-FIAT-COLNAGO8#5
KAS-CAMPAGNOLO9#6
FLANDRIA-VELDA-VLEESBDRIJF6#7
JOLLYCERAMICA6#9
SUPER SER6#14
BROOKLYN-GIOS5#16
LEJEUNE-BP8#19
JOBO-WOLBER-LA FRANCE4#20
TI-RALEIGH-CAMPAGNOLO5#26
MIKO-DE GRIBALDY-SUPERIA3#33

Stage profiles in the 1976 edition

10

Flat

4

Hills flat finish

4

Mountains uphill finish

3

Mountains 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 22 stages of the 1976 Tour de France

Edition difficulty profile

STAGE DIFFICULTY PROFILE12345678910111213141516171819202122FlatHillsMountains

All 22 stages

StageDateRouteDist.WinnerProfileElev.Speed
Stage 124 JunMerlin-Plage → Angers8 kmFreddy Maertens66 m43.4 km/h
Stage 225 JunAngers → Caen173 kmGiovanni Battaglin1,208 m36.6 km/h
Stage 326 JunLe Touquet-Paris-Plage → Le Touquet-Paris-Plage237 kmFreddy Maertens2,301 m35.1 km/h
Stage 427 JunLe Touquet-Paris-Plage → Bornem37 kmHennie Kuiper169 m47.1 km/h
Stage 528 JunLouvain → Verviers258 kmMiguel-Maria Lasa1,215 m34.3 km/h
Stage 629 JunBastogne → Nancy4 kmAldo Parecchini45 m0.0 km/h
Stage 729 JunNancy → Mulhouse144 kmFreddy Maertens1,961 m37.4 km/h
Stage 830 JunBeaulieu → Divonne209 kmJacques Esclassan2,195 m38.9 km/h
Stage 91 JulDivonne → L'Alpe-d'Huez206 kmJoop Zoetemelk3,275 m36.1 km/h
Stage 102 JulBourg-d'Oisans → Montgenèvre221 kmJoop Zoetemelk3,000 m37.4 km/h
Stage 114 JulMontgenèvre → Manosque258 kmJosé-Luis Viejo6,481 m30.3 km/h
Stage 125 JulPort Barcarès → Pyrénées 2000166 kmRaymond Delisle4,500 m32.9 km/h
Stage 136 JulFont Romeu → Saint Gaudens244 kmWilly Teirlinck2,500 m42.7 km/h
Stage 148 JulSaint Gaudens → Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet206 kmLucien Van Impe4,500 m30.3 km/h
Stage 159 JulSaint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet → Pau188 kmWladimiro Panizza2,500 m37.9 km/h
Stage 1610 JulPau → Fleurance139 kmMichel Pollentier4,500 m32.0 km/h
Stage 1711 JulFleurance → Auch195 kmFerdinand Bracke4,500 m32.4 km/h
Stage 1812 JulLacanau → Bordeaux152 kmGerben Karstens1,587 m32.7 km/h
Stage 1913 JulSainte-Foy-la-Grande → Tulle39 kmHubert Mathis522 m44.1 km/h
Stage 2014 JulTulle → Puy de Dôme86 kmJoop Zoetemelk869 m33.4 km/h
Stage 2114 JulMontargis → Versailles123 kmFreddy Maertens445 m35.7 km/h
Stage 2214 JulParis → Paris71 kmGerben Karstens293 m41.4 km/h