Tour de France 1987
Tour de France 1987 — Stephen Roche wins overall after 25 stages
Edition key stats
GC Winner
Stephen Roche
Seven Eleven-Hoonved
25
Stages
4,231
Total km
39.0
Avg km/h
61,866
Total Elev. m
5
Time Trials
Stage profile breakdown
Flat
32%
Mountain
36%
Hilly
12%
Time Trial
20%
Stage winners and teams — Jean-Paul Van Poppel takes 2 stages
Final general classification (top 30)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | CARRERA JEANS | 115h 27' 42'' | |
| 02 | PDM | 115h 28' 22'' | |
| 03 | TOSHIBA-LOOK-LA VIE CLAIRE | 115h 29' 55'' | |
| 04 | SYSTEME U | 115h 34' 22'' | |
| 05 | CAFÉ DE COLOMBIA | 115h 37' 14'' | |
| 06 | CAFÉ DE COLOMBIA | 115h 44' 35'' | |
| 07 | SYSTEME U | 115h 46' 06'' | |
| 08 | B.H. | 115h 46' 15'' | |
| 09 | SEVEN ELEVEN-HOONVED | 115h 49' 31'' | |
| 10 | CAJA RURAL-ORBEA | 115h 53' 55'' | |
| 11 | HITACHI-MARC-ROSSIN-MAVIC | 115h 58' 14'' | |
| 12 | B.H. | 115h 58' 48'' | |
| 13 | CAFÉ DE COLOMBIA | 116h 04' 37'' | |
| 14 | SUPERMERCATI BRIANZOLI-CHATEAU D'AX | 116h 08' 17'' | |
| 15 | DEL TONGO-COLNAGO | 116h 11' 34'' | |
| 16 | SEVEN ELEVEN-HOONVED | 116h 11' 49'' | |
| 17 | FAGOR | 116h 14' 58'' | |
| 18 | CAFÉ DE COLOMBIA | 116h 18' 15'' | |
| 19 | PANASONIC-ISOSTAR | 116h 18' 29'' | |
| 20 | Z-PEUGEOT | 116h 19' 55'' | |
| 21 | PANASONIC-ISOSTAR | 116h 21' 17'' | |
| 22 | FAGOR | 116h 27' 09'' | |
| 23 | FAGOR | 116h 33' 15'' | |
| 24 | RYALCAO-MANZANA-POSTOBON | 116h 41' 52'' | |
| 25 | TEKA | 116h 42' 41'' | |
| 26 | JOKER-EMERXIL-EDDY MERCKX | 116h 47' 44'' | |
| 27 | PANASONIC-ISOSTAR | 116h 48' 25'' | |
| 28 | KAS-MIKO-MAVIC | 116h 48' 39'' | |
| 29 | ROLAND-SKALA-CHIORI-COLNAGO | 116h 48' 55'' | |
| 30 | CARRERA JEANS | 116h 49' 55'' |
Stage winners (22 riders)
Jean-Paul Van Poppel
2 stages
Stages 8, 17
Régis Clere
2 stages
Stages 16, 23
Jean-François Bernard
2 stages
Stages 18, 24
Nico Verhoeven
1 stage
Stages 1
Carrera Jeans
1 stage
Stages 2
Acacio Da Silva
1 stage
Stages 3
Herman Frison
1 stage
Stages 4
Marc Sergeant
1 stage
Stages 5
Christophe Lavainne
1 stage
Stages 6
Manuel-Jorge Dominguez
1 stage
Stages 7
Adri Van Der Poel
1 stage
Stages 9
Stephen Roche
1 stage
Stages 10
Martial Gayant
1 stage
Stages 11
Davis Phinney
1 stage
Stages 12
Erik Breukink
1 stage
Stages 13
Dag Otto Lauritzen
1 stage
Stages 14
Rolf Golz
1 stage
Stages 15
Pedro Delgado
1 stage
Stages 19
Federico Echave
1 stage
Stages 20
Laurent Fignon
1 stage
Stages 21
Eduardo Chozas Olmo
1 stage
Stages 22
Jeff Pierce
1 stage
Stages 25
Teams at the 1987 edition
| Team | Riders | Best GC |
|---|---|---|
| CARRERA JEANS | 8 | #1 |
| PDM | 7 | #2 |
| TOSHIBA-LOOK-LA VIE CLAIRE | 7 | #3 |
| SYSTEME U | 9 | #4 |
| CAFÉ DE COLOMBIA | 9 | #5 |
| B.H. | 7 | #8 |
| SEVEN ELEVEN-HOONVED | 6 | #9 |
| CAJA RURAL-ORBEA | 7 | #10 |
| HITACHI-MARC-ROSSIN-MAVIC | 6 | #11 |
| SUPERMERCATI BRIANZOLI-CHATEAU D'AX | 2 | #14 |
| DEL TONGO-COLNAGO | 4 | #15 |
| FAGOR | 7 | #17 |
| PANASONIC-ISOSTAR | 8 | #19 |
| Z-PEUGEOT | 7 | #20 |
| RYALCAO-MANZANA-POSTOBON | 2 | #24 |
| TEKA | 7 | #25 |
| JOKER-EMERXIL-EDDY MERCKX | 5 | #26 |
| KAS-MIKO-MAVIC | 4 | #28 |
| ROLAND-SKALA-CHIORI-COLNAGO | 5 | #29 |
| RMO-MERAL-MAVIC | 4 | #32 |
| SUPERCONFEX-KWANTUM-YOKO-COLNAGO | 5 | #49 |
| A.N.C-HALFORDS-LYCRA | 3 | #70 |
| REYNOLDS-SEUR-SADA | 5 | #79 |
Stage profiles in the 1987 edition
8
Flat
7
Hills flat finish
5
Mountains uphill finish
4
Mountains flat finish
1
Hills uphill finish
Compare with other editions of the Tour de France
Stage-by-stage data: all 25 stages of the 1987 Tour de France
Edition difficulty profile
All 25 stages
| Stage | Date | Route | Dist. | Winner | Profile | Elev. | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | 1 Jul | Berlin → Berlin | 6 km | Nico Verhoeven | 72 m | 51.6 km/h | |
| Stage 2 | 2 Jul | Berlin → Berlin | 106 km | Carrera Jeans | 723 m | 48.1 km/h | |
| Stage 3 | 2 Jul | Karlsruhe → Stuttgart | 41 km | Acacio Da Silva | 272 m | 54.2 km/h | |
| Stage 4 | 4 Jul | Stuttgart → Pforzheim | 219 km | Herman Frison | Hills flat finish | — | 40.1 km/h |
| Stage 5 | 5 Jul | Pforzheim → Strasbourg | 79 km | Marc Sergeant | 1,017 m | 43.3 km/h | |
| Stage 6 | 5 Jul | Strasbourg → Epinal | 113 km | Christophe Lavainne | 1,548 m | 44.3 km/h | |
| Stage 7 | 6 Jul | Epinal → Troyes | 169 km | Manuel-Jorge Dominguez | 2,646 m | 40.1 km/h | |
| Stage 8 | 7 Jul | Troyes → Epinay-sous-Sénart | 211 km | Jean-Paul Van Poppel | 1,894 m | 41.1 km/h | |
| Stage 9 | 8 Jul | Orléans → Renazé | 206 km | Adri Van Der Poel | 1,351 m | 38.1 km/h | |
| Stage 10 | 9 Jul | Saumur → Futuroscope | 260 km | Stephen Roche | 1,675 m | 36.6 km/h | |
| Stage 11 | 10 Jul | Poitiers → Chaumeil | 88 km | Martial Gayant | 808 m | 44.4 km/h | |
| Stage 12 | 11 Jul | Brive-la-Gaillarde → Bordeaux | 255 km | Davis Phinney | 3,532 m | 35.8 km/h | |
| Stage 13 | 12 Jul | Bayonne → Pau | 228 km | Erik Breukink | 2,211 m | 39.5 km/h | |
| Stage 14 | 13 Jul | Pau → Luz-Ardiden | 219 km | Dag Otto Lauritzen | 4,500 m | 34.6 km/h | |
| Stage 15 | 14 Jul | Tarbes → Blagnac | 166 km | Rolf Golz | 5,000 m | 31.7 km/h | |
| Stage 16 | 15 Jul | Blagnac → Millau | 164 km | Régis Clere | 1,766 m | 41.4 km/h | |
| Stage 17 | 16 Jul | Millau → Avignon | 217 km | Jean-Paul Van Poppel | 2,919 m | 36.3 km/h | |
| Stage 18 | 17 Jul | Carpentras → Mont Ventoux | 229 km | Jean-François Bernard | 2,500 m | 36.4 km/h | |
| Stage 19 | 19 Jul | Valréas → Villard-de-Lans | 37 km | Pedro Delgado | 1,988 m | 27.5 km/h | |
| Stage 20 | 20 Jul | Villard-de-Lans → L'Alpe-d'Huez | 185 km | Federico Echave | 4,842 m | 37.8 km/h | |
| Stage 21 | 21 Jul | Bourg-d'Oisans → La Plagne | 201 km | Laurent Fignon | 5,500 m | 34.2 km/h | |
| Stage 22 | 22 Jul | Aime (La Plagne) → Morzine | 186 km | Eduardo Chozas Olmo | 6,000 m | 30.3 km/h | |
| Stage 23 | 23 Jul | Saint Julien en Genevois → Dijon | 186 km | Régis Clere | 5,500 m | 29.9 km/h | |
| Stage 24 | 24 Jul | Dijon → Dijon | 212 km | Jean-François Bernard | 3,130 m | 31.7 km/h | |
| Stage 25 | 26 Jul | Créteil → Paris | 38 km | Jeff Pierce | 472 m | 47.2 km/h |



