Stages
The 1970 Tour de France started on 27 June, and had no rest days.
| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 27 June | Limoges | Individual time trial | 7.4 km (4.6 mi) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) |
| 1 | 27 June | Limoges – La Rochelle | Plain stage | 224.5 km (139.5 mi) | Cyrille Guimard (FRA) |
| 2 | 28 June | La Rochelle – Angers | Plain stage | 200 km (120 mi) | Italo Zilioli (ITA) |
| 3a | 29 June | Angers | Team time trial | 10.7 km (6.6 mi) | Faema-Faemino |
| 3b | Angers – Rennes | Plain stage | 140 km (87 mi) | Marino Basso (ITA) | |
| 4 | 30 June | Rennes – Lisieux | Plain stage | 229 km (142 mi) | Walter Godefroot (BEL) |
| 5a | 1 July | Lisieux – Rouen | Plain stage | 94.5 km (58.7 mi) | Walter Godefroot (BEL) |
| 5b | Rouen – Amiens | Plain stage | 223 km (139 mi) | Jozef Spruyt (BEL) | |
| 6 | 2 July | Amiens – Valenciennes | Plain stage | 135.5 km (84.2 mi) | Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) |
| 7a | 3 July | Valenciennes – Forest/Vorst | Plain stage | 120 km (75 mi) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) |
| 7b | Forest/Vorst | Individual time trial | 7.2 km (4.5 mi) | José Antonio Gonzalez Linares (ESP) | |
| 8 | 4 July | Ciney – Felsberg | Plain stage | 232.5 km (144.5 mi) | Alain Vasseur (FRA) |
| 9 | 5 July | Saarlouis – Mulhouse | Stage with mountain(s) | 269.5 km (167.5 mi) | Mogens Frey (DEN) |
| 10 | 6 July | Belfort – Divonne-les-Bains | Stage with mountain(s) | 241 km (150 mi) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) |
| 11a | 7 July | Divonne-les-Bains | Individual time trial | 8.8 km (5.5 mi) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) |
| 11b | Divonne-les-Bains – Thonon-les-Bains | Stage with mountain(s) | 139.5 km (86.7 mi) | Marino Basso (ITA) | |
| 12 | 8 July | Thonon-les-Bains – Grenoble | Stage with mountain(s) | 194 km (121 mi) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) |
| 13 | 9 July | Grenoble – Gap | Stage with mountain(s) | 194.5 km (120.9 mi) | Primo Mori (ITA) |
| 14 | 10 July | Gap – Mont Ventoux | Stage with mountain(s) | 170 km (110 mi) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) |
| 15 | 11 July | Carpentras – Montpellier | Plain stage | 144.5 km (89.8 mi) | Marinus Wagtmans (NED) |
| 16 | 12 July | Montpellier – Toulouse | Plain stage | 160 km (99 mi) | Albert Van Vlierberghe (BEL) |
| 17 | 13 July | Toulouse – Saint-Gaudens | Plain stage | 190 km (120 mi) | Luis Ocaña (ESP) |
| 18 | 14 July | Saint-Gaudens – La Mongie | Stage with mountain(s) | 135.5 km (84.2 mi) | Bernard Thévenet (FRA) |
| 19 | 15 July | Bagnères-de-Bigorre – Mourenx | Stage with mountain(s) | 185.5 km (115.3 mi) | Christian Raymond (FRA) |
| 20a | 16 July | Mourenx – Bordeaux | Plain stage | 160 km (99 mi) | Rolf Wolfshohl (FRG) |
| 20b | Bordeaux | Individual time trial | 8.2 km (5.1 mi) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) | |
| 21 | 17 July | Ruffec – Tours | Plain stage | 191.5 km (119.0 mi) | Marino Basso (ITA) |
| 22 | 18 July | Tours – Versailles | Plain stage | 238.5 km (148.2 mi) | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (FRA) |
| 23 | 19 July | Versailles – Paris Champs-Élysées | Individual time trial | 54 km (34 mi) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) |
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“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)
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And the profit and loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)