Aftermath
In previous years, cyclists tied their shoes to their pedals with toe-clips, allowing them to not only push the pedals down but also pull them up. In 1985, Hinault had used clip-ins (clipless pedals), which allowed the shoes to snap into the pedal. His victory in this Tour made these clip-ins popular.
There was some criticism that the time trials were too important. If the time trials would have not counted towards the general classification, the result would have been as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Alberto Herrera (COL) | Cafe de Colombia-Varta-Mavic | |
| 2 | Pedro Delgado (ESP) | Orbea | +16" |
| 3 | Greg LeMond (USA) | La Vie Claire | +2' 28" |
| 4 | Fabio Enrique Parra (COL) | Cafe de Colombia-Varta-Mavic | +2' 52" |
| 5 | Stephen Roche (IRE) | La Redoute | +4' 22" |
| 6 | Eduardo Chozas (ESP) | Reynolds-T.S Batteries | +4' 27" |
| 7 | Sean Kelly (IRE) | Skil-Sem-Kas | +4' 32" |
| 8 | Bernard Hinault (FRA) | La Vie Claire | +4' 47" |
| 9 | Robert Millar (GBR) | Peugeot | +6' 21" |
| 10 | Peter Winnen (NED) | Panasonic | +6' 55" |
The total length of the time trials reduced from 223 kilometres (139 mi) in 1985 to 180 kilometres (110 mi) in 1986.
After every stage, around four cyclists had been selected for the doping controls. None of these cyclists tested positive for doping.
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