Stages
The 1968 Tour de France started on 27 June, and had two rest days, in Royan and Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via.
| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 27 June | Vittel | Individual time trial | 6.1 km (3.8 mi) | Charly Grosskost (FRA) |
| 1b | 28 June | Vittel – Esch-sur-Alzette | Plain stage | 189 km (117 mi) | Charly Grosskost (FRA) |
| 2 | 29 June | Arlon – Forest | Plain stage | 210.5 km (130.8 mi) | Eric de Vlaeminck (BEL) |
| 3A | 30 June | Forest | Team time trial | 22 km (14 mi) | Belgium A |
| 3B | Forest – Roubaix | Plain stage | 112 km (70 mi) | Walter Godefroot (BEL) | |
| 4 | 1 July | Roubaix -– Rouen | Plain stage | 238 km (148 mi) | Georges Chappe (FRA) |
| 5A | 2 July | Rouen – Bagnoles-de-l'Orne | Plain stage | 165 km (103 mi) | André Desvages (FRA) |
| 5B | Bagnoles-de-l'Orne – Dinard | Plain stage | 154.5 km (96.0 mi) | Jean Dumont (FRA) | |
| 6 | 3 July | Dinard – Lorient | Plain stage | 188 km (117 mi) | Aurelio González Puente (ESP) |
| 7 | 4 July | Lorient – Nantes | Plain stage | 190 km (120 mi) | Franco Bitossi (ITA) |
| 8 | 5 July | Nantes – Royan | Plain stage | 223 km (139 mi) | Daniel van Ryckeghem (BEL) |
| 9 | 7 July | Royan – Bordeaux | Plain stage | 137.5 km (85.4 mi) | Walter Godefroot (BEL) |
| 10 | 8 July | Bordeaux – Bayonne | Plain stage | 202.5 km (125.8 mi) | Gilbert Bellone (FRA) |
| 11 | 9 July | Bayonne – Pau | Plain stage | 183.5 km (114.0 mi) | Daniel van Ryckeghem (BEL) |
| 12 | 10 July | Pau – Saint-Gaudens | Stage with mountain(s) | 226.5 km (140.7 mi) | Georges Pintens (BEL) |
| 13 | 11 July | Saint-Gaudens – La Seu d'Urgell | Stage with mountain(s) | 208.5 km (129.6 mi) | Herman van Springel (BEL) |
| 14 | 12 July | La Seu d'Urgell – Perpignan | Stage with mountain(s) | 231.5 km (143.8 mi) | Jan Janssen (NED) |
| 15 | 14 July | Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via – Albi | Plain stage | 250.5 km (155.7 mi) | Roger Pingeon (FRA) |
| 16 | 15 July | Albi – Aurillac | Plain stage | 199 km (124 mi) | Franco Bitossi (ITA) |
| 17 | 16 July | Aurillac – Saint-Étienne | Stage with mountain(s) | 236.5 km (147.0 mi) | Jean-Pierre Genet (FRA) |
| 18 | 17 July | Saint-Étienne – Grenoble | Stage with mountain(s) | 235 km (146 mi) | Roger Pingeon (FRA) |
| 19 | 18 July | Grenoble – Sallanches | Stage with mountain(s) | 200 km (120 mi) | Barry Hoban (GBR) |
| 20 | 19 July | Sallanches – Besançon | Stage with mountain(s) | 242.5 km (150.7 mi) | Jozef Huysmans (BEL) |
| 21 | 20 July | Besançon – Auxerre | Plain stage | 242 km (150 mi) | Eric Leman (BEL) |
| 22A | 21 July | Auxerre – Melun | Plain stage | 136 km (85 mi) | Maurice Izier (FRA) |
| 22B | Melun – Paris | Individual time trial | 55.2 km (34.3 mi) | Jan Janssen (NED) |
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Famous quotes containing the word stages:
“Whoe’er has travelled life’s dull round,
Where’er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he still has found
The warmest welcome, at an inn.”
—William Shenstone (1714–1763)
“The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery....Child’s play is the infantile form of the human ability to deal with experience by creating model situations and to master reality by experiment and planning.”
—Erik H. Erikson (20th century)
“But parents can be understanding and accept the more difficult stages as necessary times of growth for the child. Parents can appreciate the fact that these phases are not easy for the child to live through either; rapid growth times are hard on a child. Perhaps it’s a small comfort to know that the harder-to-live-with stages do alternate with the calmer times,so parents can count on getting periodic breaks.”
—Saf Lerman (20th century)