Stages
The 1976 Tour de France started on 24 June, and had two rest days, the first in Divonne-les-Bains the second at Pyrénées 2000. The 1976 Tour de France was divided into 22 stages and one prologue. Of the 22 stages, three were split stages: stages 5 and 22 were split into two half stages, and stage 18 was split into three smaller stages. There were five types of stages, with respect to how many points could be earned for the points classification in the Tour de France:
- Normal stages: stages 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16, 19, 21
- Mountain stages: stages 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20
- Long time trials: stages 3 and 17
- Team time trials: stage 5a
- Short time trials: prologue and stage 22a
- Half stages: stages 5b, 18a, 18b, 18c and 22b
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 24 June | Saint-Jean-de-Monts | 8 km (5 mi) | Individual Time Trial | Freddy Maertens (BEL) | |
| 1 | 25 June | Saint-Jean-de-Monts to Angers | 173 km (107 mi) | Flat Stage | Freddy Maertens (BEL) | |
| 2 | 26 June | Angers to Caen | 237 km (147 mi) | Flat Stage | Giovanni Battaglin (ITA) | |
| 3 | 27 June | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Le Touquet-Paris-Plage | 37 km (23 mi) | Individual Time Trial | Freddy Maertens (BEL) | |
| 4 | 28 June | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Bornem | 258 km (160 mi) | Flat Stage | Hennie Kuiper (NED) | |
| 5A | 29 June | Leuven to Leuven | 4 km (2 mi) | Team Time Trial | Ti-Raleigh | |
| 5B | Leuven to Verviers | 144 km (89 mi) | Half Stage | Miguel-Maria Lasa (ESP) | ||
| 6 | 30 June | Bastogne to Nancy | 209 km (130 mi) | Flat Stage | Aldo Parecchini (ITA) | |
| 7 | 1 July | Nancy to Mulhouse | 206 km (128 mi) | Flat Stage | Freddy Maertens (BEL) | |
| 8 | 2 July | Valentigney to Divonne-les-Bains | 220 km (137 mi) | Flat Stage | Jacques Esclassan (FRA) | |
| 9 | 4 July | Divonne-les-Bains to Alpe d'Huez | 258 km (160 mi) | Mountain Stage | Joop Zoetemelk (NED) | |
| 10 | 5 July | Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Montgenèvre | 166 km (103 mi) | Mountain Stage | Joop Zoetemelk (NED) | |
| 11 | 6 July | Montgenèvre to Manosque | 224 km (139 mi) | Mountain Stage | José-Luis Viejo (ESP) | |
| 12 | 8 July | Le Barcarès to Pyrénées 2000 | 205 km (127 mi) | Mountain Stage | Raymond Delisle (FRA) | |
| 13 | 9 July | Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via to Saint-Gaudens | 188 km (117 mi) | Mountain Stage | Willy Teirlinck (BEL) | |
| 14 | 10 July | Saint-Gaudens to Saint-Lary-Soulan | 139 km (86 mi) | Mountain Stage | Lucien Van Impe (BEL) | |
| 15 | 11 July | Saint-Lary-Soulan to Pau | 195 km (121 mi) | Mountain Stage | Wladimiro Panizza (ITA) | |
| 16 | 12 July | Pau to Fleurance | 152 km (94 mi) | Flat Stage | Michel Pollentier (BEL) | |
| 17 | 13 July | Fleurance to Auch | 39 km (24 mi) | Individual Time Trial | Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) | |
| 18A | 14 July | Auch to Langon | 86 km (53 mi) | Half Stage | Freddy Maertens (BEL) | |
| 18B | Langon to Lacanau | 123 km (76 mi) | Half Stage | Freddy Maertens (BEL) | ||
| 18C | Lacanau to Bordeaux | 70 km (43 mi) | Half Stage | Gerben Karstens (NED) | ||
| 19 | 15 July | Sainte-Foy-la-Grande to Tulle | 220 km (137 mi) | Flat Stage | Hubert Mathis (FRA) | |
| 20 | 16 July | Tulle to Puy de Dôme | 220 km (137 mi) | Mountain Stage | Joop Zoetemelk (NED) | |
| 21 | 17 July | Montargis to Versailles | 145 km (90 mi) | Flat Stage | Freddy Maertens (BEL) | |
| 22A | 18 July | Paris | 6 km (4 mi) | Individual Time Trial | Freddy Maertens (BEL) | |
| 22B | Paris - Paris (Champs-Élysées) | 91 km (57 mi) | Half Stage | Gerben Karstens (NED) | ||
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