Differences From The 1970 Tour De France
1971 saw the introduction of bonification seconds for sprints in the intermediate sprints classification, which was won by Belgian Pieter Nassen.
The 1970 Tour had five split stages, and cyclists had complained about it. Nevertheless, the 1971 Tour again used split stages; one reason was that the UCI rules did not allow long stages to prevent the use of doping, another reason was that split stages generated more income.
The 1971 Tour had two rest days, and during the first rest day, the cyclists were transferred by airplane, the first time this happened during the Tour.
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