1972 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20b

Cycling race stages thumb|350px|right|alt=Map of France with the route of the 1972 Tour de France|Route of the 1972 Tour de France The 1972 Tour de France was the 59th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Angers with a prologue individual time trial on July and Stage 11 occurred on 13 July with a mountain stage from Carnon-Plage. The race finished in Paris on 23 July. Stage 11 13 July 1972 - Carnon-Plage to Mont Ventoux, 207 km 1 onhttp://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090131134209/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972.php 31 January 2009 Stage 11 resulthttps://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1972.html 1972 Tour de France BikeRaceInfo 10 April 2024https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/14/MD19720714-017.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 17 14 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 7h 13' 45" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 + 34" 3 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 39" 4 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 51" 5 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 1' 01" 6 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 1' 18" 7 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 1' 25" 8 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 1' 46" 9 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 1' 55" 10 Edward Janssens BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 1' 58"General classification after stage 11http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_11.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 11ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033859/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_11.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 58h 43' 17" 2 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 3' 01" 3 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 4' 08" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 5' 35" 5 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 6' 46" 6 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 8' 12" 7 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 9' 45" 8 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 10' 04" 9 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 11' 38" 10 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 14' 34" Stage 12 14 July 1972 - Carpentras to Orcières-Merlette, 192 km 1 on Stage 12 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/15/MD19720715-017.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 17 15 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 5h 38' 33" 2 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 3" 3 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 + 1' 17" 4 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 1' 18" 5 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 1' 20" 6 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 7 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 8 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 9 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 s.t. 10 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 1' 24"General classification after stage 12http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_12.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 12ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033032/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_12.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 64h 23' 07" 2 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 3' 02" 3 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 4' 05" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 5' 42" 5 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 6' 49" 6 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 8' 15" 7 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 9' 48" 8 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 10' 21" 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 10' 53" 10 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 14' 37" Rest Day 2 15 July 1972 - Orcières-Merlette Stage 13 16 July 1972 - Orcières-Merlette to Briançon, 201 km on Stage 13 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/17/MD19720717-019.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 19 17 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 6h 26' 12" 2 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 1' 31" 3 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 4 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 s.t. 5 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 6 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 1' 34" 7 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 1' 37" 8 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 1' 40" 9 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 1' 41" 10 Martin Van Den Bossche BEL Molteni 1972 + 6' 05"General classification after stage 13http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_13.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 13ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033038/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_13.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 70h 49' 19" 2 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 4' 43" 3 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 5' 32" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 7' 13" 5 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 8' 20" 6 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 11' 28" 7 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 11' 52" 8 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 15' 42" 9 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 16' 14" 10 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 19' 09" Stage 14a 17 July 1972 - Briançon to Valloire, 51 km on Stage 14a resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/19/MD19720719-017.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 17 19 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 1h 32' 02" 2 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 s.t. 3 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 24" 4 Edward Janssens BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 5 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 56" 6 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 7 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 8 Antoon Houbrechts BEL Salvarani 1972 s.t. 9 Jozef Spruyt BEL Molteni 1972 + 58" 10 Raymond Delisle FRA Peugeot 1972 + 1' 00"General classification after stage 14ahttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_14a.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 14ème étape (a) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033044/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_14a.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 72h 21' 21" 2 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 6' 22" 3 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 6' 54" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 8' 09" 5 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 9' 54" 6 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 14' 03" 7 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 15' 32" 8 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 15' 42" 9 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 17' 10" 10 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 19' 33" Stage 14b 17 July 1972 - Valloire to Aix-les-Bains, 151 km on Stage 14b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 4h 48' 53" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 s.t. 3 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 4 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 s.t. 5 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 s.t. 6 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 7 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 8 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 9 Raymond Delisle FRA Peugeot 1972 + 4" 10 Jack Mourioux FRA Mercier 1972 + 3' 26"General classification after stage 14bhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_14b.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 14ème étape (b) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033905/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_14b.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 77h 10' 14" 2 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 6' 20" 3 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 8' 09" 4 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 9' 54" 5 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 12' 23" 6 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 14' 03" 7 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 15' 42" 8 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 17' 10" 9 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 19' 08" 10 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 19' 33" Stage 15 18 July 1972 - Aix-les-Bains to Le Revard, 28 km on Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 1h 09' 49" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 s.t. 3 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 s.t. 4 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 5 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 3" 6 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 4" 7 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 6" 8 Raymond Delisle FRA Peugeot 1972 + 15" 9 Edward Janssens BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 43" 10 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 1' 28"General classification after stage 15http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_15.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 15ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033048/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_15.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 78h 19' 53" 2 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 6' 20" 3 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 9' 54" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 10' 01" 5 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 14' 03" 6 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 15' 45" 7 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 17' 13" 8 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 19' 37" 9 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 20' 36" 10 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 34' 36" Stage 16 19 July 1972 - Aix-les-Bains to Pontarlier, 198.5 km on Stage 16 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/20/MD19720720-017.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 17 20 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Willy Teirlinck BEL Sonolor 1972 6h 08' 17" 2 Leif Mortensen DEN Bic 1972 s.t. 3 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 + 45" 4 Eddy Verstraeten BEL Maes Pils 1972 + 46" 5 Jan Krekels NED Caballero 1972 + 56" 6 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 7 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1972 s.t. 8 Marino Basso ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 9 Wilfried Peffgen FRG Rokado 1972 s.t. 10 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 s.t.General classification after stage 16http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_16.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 16ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033910/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_16.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 84h 29' 06" 2 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 6' 16" 3 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 9' 54" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 10' 01" 5 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 14' 03" 6 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 15' 45" 7 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 17' 13" 8 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 19' 37" 9 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 20' 36" 10 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 34' 36" Stage 17 20 July 1972 - Pontarlier to Ballon d'Alsace, 213 km on Stage 17 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/21/MD19720721-017.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 17 21 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 5h 59' 08" 2 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 4" 3 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 7" 4 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 + 30" 5 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 32" 6 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 36" 7 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 8 Karl-Heinz Kunde FRG Rokado 1972 s.t. 9 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 39" 10 Leif Mortensen DEN Bic 1972 + 42"General classification after stage 17http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_17.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 17ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033053/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_17.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 90h 28' 44" 2 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 7' 58" 3 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 10' 03" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 10' 07" 5 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 14' 05" 6 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 15' 17" 7 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 16' 53" 8 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 20' 42" 9 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 20' 52" 10 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 34' 06" Stage 18 21 July 1972 - Vesoul to Auxerre, 257.5 km on Stage 18 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/22/MD19720722-017.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 17 22 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Marinus Wagtmans NED Caballero 1972 7h 38' 21" 2 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 20" 3 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t. 4 Willy Teirlinck BEL Sonolor 1972 s.t. 5 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 s.t. 6 Ludo Van Staeyen BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 7 Marino Basso ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 8 Jan Krekels NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 9 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 s.t. 10 Gerard Vianen NED Caballero 1972 s.t.General classification after stage 18http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_18.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 18ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033058/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_18.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 98h 07' 25" 2 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 10' 03" 3 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 10' 07" 4 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 14' 05" 5 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 15' 17" 6 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 16' 53" 7 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 20' 42" 8 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 20' 52" 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 34' 06" 10 Edward Janssens BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 36' 37" Stage 19 22 July 1972 - Auxerre to Versailles, 230 km on Stage 19 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/23/MD19720723-017.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 17 23 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joseph Bruyère BEL Molteni 1972 6h 41' 55" 2 Giacinto Santambrogio ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 3 Guy Santy FRA Bic 1972 + 1" 4 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1972 + 10" 5 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 11" 6 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t. 7 Marino Basso ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 8 Jan Krekels NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 9 Evert Dolman NED FLA 1972 s.t. 10 Marinus Wagtmans NED Caballero 1972 s.t.General classification after stage 19http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_19.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 19ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033103/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_19.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 104h 40' 31" 2 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 10' 03" 3 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 10' 07" 4 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 14' 05" 5 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 15' 17" 6 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 16' 53" 7 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 20' 42" 8 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 30' 52" 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 34' 06" 10 Edward Janssens BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 36' 37" Stage 20a 23 July 1972 - Versailles, 42 km on (ITT) Stage 20a resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/24/MD19720724-017.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 17 23 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 55' 27" 2 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 34" 3 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 1' 10" 4 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 1' 31" 5 Leif Mortensen DEN Bic 1972 + 2' 16" 6 Joseph Bruyère BEL Molteni 1972 + 2' 18" 7 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 2' 40" 8 Gérard Moneyron FRA Mercier 1972 + 2' 52" 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 3' 05" 10 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 3' 11"General classification after stage 20ahttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_20a.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 20ème étape (a) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033108/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_20a.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 105h 44' 58" 2 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 10' 41" 3 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 11' 34" 4 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 16' 45" 5 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 19' 09" 6 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 21' 31" 7 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 21' 52" 8 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 34' 16" 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 37' 11" 10 Edward Janssens BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 42' 33" Stage 20b 23 July 1972 - Versailles to Paris, 89 km on Stage 20b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Willy Teirlinck BEL Sonolor 1972 2h 32' 14" 2 Marino Basso ITA Salvarani 1972 + 6" 3 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 4 Walter Godefroot BEL Peugeot 1972 s.t. 5 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1972 s.t. 6 Jan Krekels NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 7 Pieter Nassen BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t. 8 Jack Mourioux FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 9 Marinus Wagtmans NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 10 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t.General classification after stage 20b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 108h 17' 18" 2 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 10' 41" 3 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 11' 34" 4 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 16' 45" 5 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 19' 09" 6 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 21' 31" 7 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 21' 52" 8 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 34' 16" 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 37' 11" 10 Edward Janssens BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 42' 33" References 30em 1972 Tour de France P 10 11 20b Category:1972 Tour de France Category:Tour de France stages