1966 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1966 Tour de France Route of the 1966 Tour de France.png Route of the 1966 Tour de France 360px Map of France with the route of the 1966 Tour de France 21 June – 14 July 1966 22, including three split stages 4329 km 117h 34' 21" Lucien Aimar FRA Ford France 1966 yellow Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1966 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1966 Willy Planckaert BEL Smith's 1966 green Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 Ford France 1966 Guido Neri ITA Molteni 1966 KAS 1966 Rudi Altig FRG Molteni 1966 1965 1967 The 1966 Tour de France was the 53rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 21 June and 14 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4329 km 0 on. Lucien Aimar was a domestique of 5-time Tour winner Jacques Anquetil. Aimar joined a breakaway in the middle of the tour and ended up on the leader board. Anquetil then began helping Aimar win the Tour, to make sure and deny it to his then-enemy Raymond Poulidor. After stage 18 Aimar's victory was certain barring disaster. Anquetil rode hard that day to ensure it and then quit the race.53ème Tour de France 1966 53rd Tour de France 1966 http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf1966.php Mémoire du cyclisme 6 April 2020 fr The points classification was won by Willy Planckaert, and the mountains classification by Julio Jiménez. The team classification was won by KAS 1966. During the Tour, word spread that there was going to be a dope test, and many riders left their hotels to avoid the tests. As a protest against the tests, riders staged a strike during stage nine, dismounting and walking their bicycles. Eventually they started riding again, but only after arguing with officials. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1966 Tour de France thumb|right|alt=Seven cyclists with the same clothes|The Televizier 1966 team during stage three's team time trial in Tournai, Belgium, which they won As in the years before, the 1966 Tour de France was run with trade teams; each trade team consisted of 10 cyclists, and at least six of them needed to have the same nationality.http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010956022:mpeg21:a0308 Dertien ploegen in Tour de France Thirteen teams in the Tour de France nl Delpher Het vrije volk 7 June 1966 26 August 2016 The Tour organisation had full control over the team selection.van den Akker 2023 16 Initially, there would be only two Belgian teams, but one month before the Tour it was decided that three Belgian teams would be fielded, with the Smiths team being the late addition.http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010372788:mpeg21:a0082 Drie Belgische ploegen in de Tour de France Three Belgian teams in the Tour de France Delpher De waarheid 13 June 1966 26 August 2016 Shortly after this, a medical test showed Felice Gimondi, winner of the 1965 Tour de France, could not defend his title because he was physically not fit; his Salvarani 1966 team then decided not to start at all, so the number of teams was back to thirteen.http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010690212:mpeg21:a0147 Gimondi en Adorni niet in de Tour de France Gimondi and Adorni not in the Tour de France nl Delpher Friese koerier 14 June 1966 26 August 2016 The organisers then invited the Italian team Carpano 1966 (headed by Italo Zilioli and Franco Balmamion) to replace Salvarani,http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110611002:mpeg21:a0177 Nieuwe Italiaanse ploeg voor de Tour de France New Italian team for the Tour de France nl Delpher Het vrije volk 21 June 1966 27 August 2016 but at the last moment they refused.http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010956034:mpeg21:a0269 Nederlands vuurwerk kan Tour opfleuren Dutch firework can animate the Tour nl Delpher Het vrije volk 21 June 1966 27 August 2016 Thirteen teams started, for a total of 130 cyclists.The history of the Tour de France – Year 1966 – The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1966/partants.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 The teams entering the race were: 20em Ford France 1966 Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 Mercier 1966 Pelforth 1966 Peugeot 1966 Fagor 1966 Filotex 1966 KAS 1966 Mann 1966 Molteni 1966 Smith's 1966 Solo 1966 Televizier 1966 Because the champion of 1965 (Gimondi) and his team did not start, the number one jersey was given to the Ford France team, because they had the winner of 1964 (Anquetil).van den Akker 2023 25 Route and stages The 1966 Tour de France started on 21 June, and had two rest days, in Luchon and Turin.Augendre 2016 57 The highest point of elevation in the race was 2556 m ft on at the summit tunnel of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 16.Augendre 2016 177–178De bergen in de Ronde van Frankrijk The mountains in the Tour de France https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010815089:mpeg21:p023 Trouw 18 June 1966 23 nl Delpher + Stage characteristics and winnersAugendre 2016 57http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1966 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCC 8 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071832/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html 16 May 2008 dead The history of the Tour de France – Year 1966 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1966/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 3 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403002955/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1966/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 121 June Nancy to Charleville 209 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Rudi Altig FRG 222 June Charleville to Tournai (Belgium) 198 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Guido Reybrouck BEL 3a23 June Tournai (Belgium) 21 km on alt=|link=Team time trial|20px Team time trial NED Televizier 1966 3b Tournai to Dunkirk 131 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Gerben Karstens NED 424 June Dunkirk to Dieppe 205 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Willy Planckaert BEL 525 June Dieppe to Caen 178 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Franco Bitossi ITA 626 June Caen to Angers 217 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Edward Sels BEL 727 June Angers to Royan 252 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Albert Van Vlierberghe BEL 828 June Royan to Bordeaux 138 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Willy Planckaert BEL 929 June Bordeaux to Bayonne 201 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Gerben Karstens NED 1030 June Bayonne to Pau 234 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Tommaso de Pra ITA 111 July Pau to Luchon 188 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Guido Marcello Mugnaini ITA 2 July Luchon Rest day 123 July Luchon to Revel 219 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Rudi Altig FRG 134 July Revel to Sète 191 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Georges Vandenberghe BEL 14a5 July Montpellier to Aubenas 144 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jo de Roo NED 14b Vals-les-Bains 20 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Raymond Poulidor FRA 156 July Privas to Le Bourg-d'Oisans 203 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Luís Otano ESP 1945 167 July Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Briançon 148 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 178 July Briançon to Turin (Italy) 160 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Franco Bitossi ITA 9 July Turin (Italy) Rest day 1810 July Ivrea (Italy) to Chamonix 188 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Edy Schütz LUX 1911 July Chamonix to Saint-Étienne 265 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Ferdinand Bracke BEL 2012 July Saint-Étienne to Montluçon 223 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Henk Nijdam NED 2113 July Montluçon to Orléans 232 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Pierre Beuffeuil FRA 22a14 July Orléans to Rambouillet 111 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Edward Sels BEL 22b Rambouillet to Paris 51 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Rudi Altig FRG Total 4329 km 0 onAugendre 2016 109 The team time trial was decided by the times of the five fastest riders of each time; the outcome had no effect on the individual classifications.van den Akker 2023 64 Race overview thumb|The finish of the stage two in Tournai, Belgium, won by Guido Reybrouck Rudi Altig won the first stage with a small advantage. In the next stages, no big time differences were made, so Altig was able to defend his lead until the mountains.Amels 1984 100–101 The eighth stage broke the record for fastest mass-start stage, held since 1938.van den Akker 2023 66 The first mountains were in the tenth stage. A group including Lucien Aimar and Jan Janssen gained time on pre-race favourites Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor, and Tommaso de Pra won the race and became the new leader. The next stage, Lebaube became the leader, and Kunde took over in the twelfth stage.Amels 1984 100–101 In the time trial in the fourteenth stage, Anquetil was defeated by Poulidor. Kunde remained the leader, with Janssen in second place. In the sixteenth stage, Julio Jiménez escaped in the Pyrenées, and he was followed by a group including Janssen, Anquetil and Poulidor, but without Kunde. Jiménez stayed away, but Janssen became the new leader.Amels 1984 100–101 Even though the seventeenth stage included two mountain climbs, it was not considered too difficult, because these climbs were located in the first half of the stage. The cyclists made the climbs in one large group, but in the descent, a large group escaped. They were chased by teammates Anquetil and Aimar, and when most of the escapees were caught, Aimar continued on his own, and surprised Janssen by this. Janssen lost time on Aimar, and Aimar became the new leader.Amels 1984 100–101 In the eighteenth stage, Janssen wanted to attack, but Aimar and Anquetil stayed close to him. Poulidor, sixth in the general classification, managed to escape, but Anquetil led the chase on him. The next day, Anquetil left the race, sick and no longer able to win himself.Amels 1984 100–101 Janssen managed to win back some time on Aimar in the final time trial, but it was not enough, and Aimar became the winner of the Tour.Amels 1984 100–101 Janssen became the first Dutch cyclist to reach the podium in the general classification in the Tour de France. Classification leadership and minor prizes There were several classifications in the 1966 Tour de France, two of them awarding jerseys to their leaders.Nauright Parrish 2012 452–455 The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour.Nauright Parrish 2012 452–453 Unlike the years before, the 1966 Tour did not use time bonuses for stage winners.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010877876:mpeg21:a0447 Winnaar ploegenklassement moet de Toer uitrijden Dutch Winner teams classification has to finish the Tour 18 June 1966 Volkskrant Additionally, there was a points classification. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish. The cyclist with the most points led the classification and was identified with a green jersey.Nauright Parrish 2012 453–454 There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either first, second, third, or fourth category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points led the classification, but was not identified with a jersey.Nauright Parrish 2012 454 The Tour organisation had considered to add the rule that to be eligible for the mountains classification, a rider had to be placed high in the general classification. After protests from riders, this rule was changed, such that to win the mountains classification in 1966, a rider had to finish the entire Tour. The intermediate sprints classification was newly introduced in 1966. Every stage had one intermediate sprint, and the first three riders at each sprint scored points. The intermediate sprints did not give a time bonus for the general classification, nor points for the points classification. There was no special jersey for the leader of this classification.van den Akker 2023 174-175 For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that led this classification wore yellow caps.Nauright Parrish 2012 455 In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the cyclist considered most combative, although it did not use this name in 1966. The split stages each had a combined winner. The decision was made by a jury composed of journalists who gave "stars". The cyclist with the most "stars" in all stages lead the "star classification".van den Akker 2018 211–216 Rudi Altig won this classification.Augendre 2016 57 The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given to the first rider to pass the memorial to Tour founder Henri Desgrange near the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 16. This prize was won by Julio Jiménez.Pelicula de la etapa Stage movie https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1966/07/08/MD19660708-006.pdf El Mundo Deportivo 8 July 1966 6 es +Classification leadership by stagehttp://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19660715&id=GVA-19660715-01027010 Willy Planckaert 18 dagen in de groene trui Willy Planckaert 18 days in the green jersey nl Gazet van Antwerpen 15 July 1966 27 https://web.archive.org/web/20190214175612/http://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19660715&id=GVA-19660715-01027010 14 February 2019 livevan den Akker Pieter Informatie over de Tour de France van 1966 Information about the Tour de France from 1966 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1966 https://web.archive.org/web/20190302050931/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1966 2 March 2019 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 2 March 2019 live Stage Winner General classification25px|alt=|link=General classification in the Tour de France Points classification25px|alt=|link=Points classification in the Tour de France Mountains classificationmountains-jersey No jersey was awarded to the leader of the mountains classification until a white jersey with red polka dots was introduced in 1975.Nauright Parrish 2012 454 Intermediate sprints classification Team classification Combativity Bad luck award Award Classification 1 Rudi Altig Rudi Altig Rudi Altig Giacomo Fornoni Guido Neri Molteni 1966 Rudi Altig Rudi Altig Henk Nijdam 2 Guido Reybrouck Guido Reybrouck Tommaso de Pra Tommaso de Pra Julien Delocht 3a Televizier 1966 Smith's 1966 Gerben Karstens Robert Cazala 3b Gerben Karstens Willy Planckaert Domingo Perurena Jan Boonen 4 Willy Planckaert Tom Simpson Henk Nijdam 5 Franco Bitossi Johny Schleck Tom Simpson 6 Edward Sels Aurelio González Puente Joseph Novales 7 Albert Van Vlierberghe Rudi Altig no award 8 Willy Planckaert Rik Van Looy Mariano Díaz 9 Gerben Karstens Henk Nijdam Rolf Wolfshohl 10 Tommaso de Pra Tommaso de Pra Tommaso de Pra Molteni 1966 Mariano Díaz Giacomo Fornoni 11 Guido Marcello Mugnaini Jean-Claude Lebaube Guido Marcello Mugnaini KAS 1966 Guido Marcello Mugnaini no award 12 Rudi Altig Karl-Heinz Kunde Julio Jiménez Rudi Altig Aurelio González Puente 13 Georges Vandenberghe Tom Simpson Rik Van Looy 14a Jo de Roo Ferdinand Bracke Victor Van Schil 14b Raymond Poulidor 15 Luís Otano Joaquim Galera Luis Otaño Willy Planckaert 16 Julio Jiménez Jan Janssen Julio Jiménez Guido Neri Julio Jiménez Julien Delocht 17 Franco Bitossi Lucien Aimar Lucien Aimar Tom Simpson 18 Edy Schütz Raymond Poulidor Guido De Rosso 19 Ferdinand Bracke Ferdinand Bracke Jean-Claude Lebaube 20 Henk Nijdam Multiple riders no award 21 Pierre Beuffeuil Pierre Beuffeuil no award 22a Edward Sels Multiple riders Jacques Anquetil 22b Rudi Altig Raymond Poulidor FinalLucien AimarWilly Planckaert Julio Jiménez Guido Neri KAS 1966 Rudi Altig Tom Simpson Final standings General classification + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 Lucien Aimar FRA Ford France 1966 117h 34' 21" 2 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1966 + 1' 07" 3 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1966 + 2' 02" 4 José Antonio Momeñe ESP 1945 KAS 1966 + 5' 19" 5 Marcello Mugnaini ITA Filotex 1966 + 5' 27" 6 Herman Van Springel BEL Mann 1966 + 5' 44" 7 Francisco Gabica ESP 1945 KAS 1966 + 6' 25" 8 Roger Pingeon FRA Peugeot 1966 + 8' 22" 9 Karl-Heinz Kunde FRG Peugeot 1966 + 9' 06" 10 Martin Vandenbossche BEL Smith's 1966 + 9' 57" Final general classification (11–82) Rank Rider Team Time 11 Antonio Gómez del Moral ESP 1945 KAS 1966 + 10' 18" 12 Rudi Altig FRG Molteni 1966 + 11' 18" 13 Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 Ford France 1966 + 11' 18" 14 Valentín Uriona ESP 1945 KAS 1966 + 11' 59" 15 Joaquim Galera ESP 1945 KAS 1966 + 13' 02" 16 Joseph Huysmans BEL Mann 1966 + 14' 39" 17 Franco Bitossi ITA Filotex 1966 + 16' 35" 18 Domingo Perurena ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 + 17' 29" 19 Willy Monty BEL Pelforth 1966 + 18' 23" 20 Mariano Díaz ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 + 19' 58" 21 Raymond Delisle FRA Peugeot 1966 + 22' 17" 22 Esteban Martín ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 + 22' 59" 23 André Zimmermann FRA Peugeot 1966 + 24' 45" 24 Aurelio González ESP 1945 KAS 1966 + 26' 02" 25 Carlos Echeverría ESP 1945 KAS 1966 + 26' 47" 26 Luis Otaño ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 + 28' 31" 27 Armand Desmet BEL Solo 1966 + 28' 42" 28 Ginés García ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 + 30' 11" 29 Luis-Pedro Santamarina ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 + 30' 50" 30 Georges Groussard FRA Pelforth 1966 + 31' 24" 31 Sebastián Elorza ESP 1945 KAS 1966 + 32' 32" 32 Ferdinand Bracke BEL Peugeot 1966 + 33' 54" 33 Frans Brands BEL Smith's 1966 + 34' 35" 34 Edy Schütz LUX Smith's 1966 + 34' 56" 35 Johny Schleck LUX Pelforth 1966 + 35' 30" 36 Cees Haast NED Televizier 1966 + 36' 04" 37 Gregorio San Miguel ESP 1945 KAS 1966 + 38' 13" 38 Edward Sels BEL Solo 1966 + 39' 50" 39 Rolf Wolfshohl FRG Mercier 1966 + 41' 28" 40 Willy Planckaert BEL Smith's 1966 + 42' 12" 41 José-Manuel Lopez Rodriguez ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 + 42' 24" 42 Giuseppe Fezzardi ITA Molteni 1966 + 44' 44" 43 André Foucher FRA Pelforth 1966 + 48' 47" 44 Ugo Colombo ITA Filotex 1966 + 49' 35" 45 Arie den Hartog NED Ford France 1966 + 49' 43" 46 Gerben Karstens NED Televizier 1966 + 50' 13" 47 Louis Rostollan FRA Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 + 50' 17" 48 Jesus Aranzabal ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 + 52' 32" 49 Ramón Mendiburu ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 + 53' 03" 50 Raymond Mastrotto FRA Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 + 53' 21" 51 Henri Duez FRA Peugeot 1966 + 54' 36" 52 André Messelis BEL Mann 1966 + 56' 43" 53 Guido Reybrouck BEL Smith's 1966 + 57' 44" 54 Christian Raymond FRA Peugeot 1966 + 59' 53" 55 Maurice Izier FRA Pelforth 1966 + 1h 00' 00" 56 José-Maria Errandonea ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 + 1h 01' 26" 57 Désiré Letort FRA Peugeot 1966 + 1h 03' 21" 58 Edouard Delberghe FRA Pelforth 1966 + 1h 05' 54" 59 Maurice Benet FRA Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 + 1h 06' 26" 60 Georges Vandenberghe BEL Smith's 1966 + 1h 06' 27" 61 Jean Stablinski FRA Ford France 1966 + 1h 09' 06" 62 André Darrigade FRA Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 + 1h 10' 42" 63 Roger Swerts BEL Mercier 1966 + 1h 12' 02" 64 Hubertus Zilverberg NED Televizier 1966 + 1h 14' 08" 65 Herman Vrancken BEL Mann 1966 + 1h 14' 13" 66 Michel Grain FRA Ford France 1966 + 1h 16' 36" 67 Jean Monteyne BEL Solo 1966 + 1h 16' 54" 68 Rik Wouters NED Televizier 1966 + 1h 23' 13" 69 Albertus Geldermans NED Molteni 1966 + 1h 25' 23" 70 Walter Boucquet BEL Mann 1966 + 1h 25' 31" 71 Pierre Beuffeuil FRA Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 + 1h 25' 39" 72 Victor Van Schil BEL Mercier 1966 + 1h 27' 42" 73 Henk Nijdam NED Televizier 1966 + 1h 28' 20" 74 Willy In' t Ven BEL Mann 1966 + 1h 31'27" 75 Jos van der Vleuten NED Televizier 1966 + 1h 31' 44" 76 Henri Dewolf BEL Solo 1966 + 1h 33' 29" 77 Guido Neri ITA Molteni 1966 + 1h 38' 10" 78 Gilbert Bellone FRA Mercier 1966 + 1h 38' 28" 79 Jean Milesi FRA Ford France 1966 + 1h 45' 43" 80 Robert Cazala FRA Mercier 1966 + 1h 54' 16" 81 Yvo Molenaers BEL Smith's 1966 + 1h 59' 45" 82 Paolo Mannucci ITA Filotex 1966 + 2h 05' 26" Points classification +Final points classification (1–10)http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1966/07/15/MD19660715-007.pdf Clasificaciones 15 July 1966 es Mundo Deportivo 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20160316100723/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1966/07/15/MD19660715-007.pdf 16 March 2016 live Rank Rider Team Points1Willy Planckaert BEL Smith's 1966 2112Gerben Karstens NED Televizier 1966 1893Edward Sels BEL Solo 1966 1784Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1966 1445Guido Reybrouck BEL Smith's 1966 1196Georges Vandenberghe BEL Smith's 1966 1127Rudi Altig FRG Molteni 1966 1018Joseph Huysmans BEL Mann 1966 1009Walter Boucquet BEL Mann 1966 8210Henk Nijdam NED Televizier 1966 71 Mountains classification +Final mountains classification (1–10)http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1966/07/13/MD19660713-010.pdf 13 July 1966 es Clasificaciones Mundo Deportivo 10 https://web.archive.org/web/20191006131719/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1966/07/13/MD19660713-010.pdf 6 October 2019 live Rank Rider Team Points1Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 Ford France 1966 1232Joaquim Galera ESP 1945 KAS 1966 983Aurelio González ESP 1945 KAS 1966 514Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1966 495Franco Bitossi ITA Filotex 1966 486Edy Schütz LUX Smith's 1966 477Martin Vandenbossche BEL Smith's 1966 348Gregorio San Miguel ESP 1945 KAS 1966 349Roger Pingeon FRA Peugeot 1966 2610Mariano Diaz ESP 1945 Fagor 1966 25 Intermediate sprints classification +Final intermediate sprints classification (1–10)van den Akker Pieter Sprintdoorkomsten in de Tour de France 1966 Sprint results in the Tour de France 1966 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/sprintdoorkomsten.php?jaar=1966 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 25 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190425165745/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/sprintdoorkomsten.php?jaar=1966 25 April 2019 live Rank Rider Team Points1Guido Neri ITA Molteni 1966 192André Darrigade FRA Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 123Georges Vandenberghe BEL Smith's 1966 104Maurice Benet FRA Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 85Herman Vrancken BEL Mann 1966 66Henri Dewolf BEL Solo 1966 47Rolf Wolfshohl FRG Mercier 1966 48Pierre Beuffeuil FRA Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 39Robert Cazala FRA Mercier 1966 310Aurelio González ESP 1945 KAS 1966 3 Team classification +Final team classification Rank Team Time1KAS 1966 355h 02' 45"2Ford France 1966 + 17' 32"3Peugeot 1966 + 19' 04"4Fagor 1966 + 26' 30"5Pelforth 1966 + 37' 21"6Smith's 1966 + 55' 03"7Filotex 1966 + 58' 35"8Mann 1966 + 58' 54"9Molteni 1966 + 1h 01' 37"10Mercier 1966 + 1h 12' 09"11Televizier 1966 + 1h 38' 37"12Solo 1966 + 1h 56' 54"13Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 + 2h 13' 04" Combativity classification + Final combativity classification (1–10)I conti del Tour The accounts of the Tour http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=12363 Corriere dello Sport 15 July 1966 10 it https://web.archive.org/web/20190925200059/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=12363 25 September 2019 live Rank Rider Team Points1 Rudi Altig FRG Molteni 1966 1242 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1966 683 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1966 554 Julio Jiménez ESP 1945 Ford France 1966 555 Aurelio González ESP 1945 KAS 1966 486 Lucien Aimar FRA Ford France 1966 467 Edy Schütz LUX Smith's 1966 378 André Darrigade FRA Kamomé–Dilecta 1966 369 Franco Bitossi ITA Filotex 1966 3510 Ferdinand Bracke BEL Peugeot 1966 35 Doping In June 1965, the French government enacted a law that made doping in sports illegal. This made knowingly taking doping explicitly not allowed in the Tour de France. Doping tests were for the first time held during the 1966 Tour de France, and were conducted on behalf of the French government, not the Tour organisation. As such, no time penalty was given for a positive result, and riders were not expelled from the race.van den Akker 2023 83-84 The first doping tests of the 1966 Tour were held after the eighth stage, in Bordaux; Raymond Poulidor was amongst the first tested. In the next stage, riders held a protest during the stage against the doping tests.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:002811050:mpeg21:a00169 Renners gingen drie minuten uit wandelen Dutch Riders walked for three minutes 30 June 1966 Algemeen Dagblad A second round of doping tests was done after the twelfth stage. In total, 12 doping tests were done, all of them using urine samples. Six riders gave positive results:https://dopagedemondenard.com/2020/08/29/dopage-ton-histoire-fake-news-au-tour-1966-six-coureurs-sont-mis-hors-course-pour-dopage/ Dopage ton histoire - fake news: Au Tour 1966, six coureurs sont mis hors course pour dopage French History of doping - fake news: in the Tour of 1966, six riders were expelled for doping dopagedemondenard.com Jean-Pierre De Mondenard 29 August 2020 Herman Vanspringel Julien Delocht Guido Neri Gilbert Bellone Jean Dupont Roger Milliot Riders received a fine of up to 5000 francs from the French government. Bellone appealed the penalty, on the grounds that it was not proven that he knowingly had taken doping. Judgement was made in 1969, and the appeal was successful: because it is almost impossible to prove that someone takes doping knowingly, the law was thereafter seldomly used.https://rm.coe.int/project-on-compliance-withcommitments-respect-by-france-of-the-anti-d/168073ac52 Project on the Compliance with Commitments. Compliance by France with the Anti-Doping Convention 2004 Council of Europe 5 Aftermath The Tour of 1966 did not give the battle between Anquetil and Poulidor that spectators had hoped for.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010526675:mpeg21:a0177 Het was geen grote Tour Dutch It was not a great Tour 15 July 1966 Limburgsch dagblad Jan Wintraecken The organisation acknowledged that the 1966 Tour had been a failure, and decided that the formula needed to be changed.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011237653:mpeg21:a0156 Wedstrijdleiders motiveren: Sportief mislukte Tour '66 eiste wel nieuwe formule Competition leaders motivate: sporting failure Tour 1966 demanded a new formula De Tijd 18 August 1966 The organisation of the Tour de France was not happy with the riders' reactions on the doping controls. The organisation also looked at the success of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, and its success was credited to using national teams, and the mix of professional and amateur athletes. The Tour de France organisation wanted to copy this, and wanted to make the 1967 Tour be a Tour with national teams, partly professional and partly amateur. The amateur teams should have come from communist countries, but they were not interested. The idea of having national teams was protested against by the trade teams. The trade teams suggested a compromise of "national trade teams": one trade team for each country would be chosen, which could include riders from other teams, using their own shirt sponsors. But this compromise was not used, and the 1967 Tour would be held with national teams; the Tour organisation sent invitations to national associations, who would select riders.van den Akker 2023 34 Notes References 30em Bibliography Amels Wim De geschiedenis van de Tour de France 1903–1984 Valkenswaard, Netherlands Sport-Express 1984 nl 978-90-70763-05-3 Jacques Augendre Jacques Augendre http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf Guide historique Historical guide 2016 fr 27 October 2016 PDF Paris Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf 17 August 2016 live McGann Bill McGann Carol The Story of the Tour de France: 1965–2007 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=V8mlwItBhhcC Dog Ear Publishing Indianapolis 2008 978-1-59858-608-4 Nauright John Parrish Charles Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC 2012 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, California 978-1-59884-300-2 van den Akker Pieter Tour de France Rules and Statistics: 1903–2018 https://books.google.com/books?id=09sxwQEACAAJ 2018 Self-published 978-1-79398-080-9 van den Akker Pieter Tour de France Rules and Statistics: 1903–2023 https://www.amazon.com/Tour-France-rules-statistics-1903-2023/dp/B0CGL5S5HB 2023 Self-published 979-8859110544 Further reading Sporting Cyclist: Tour de France issue September 1966 http://veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk/ncl/pics/Sporting%20Cyclist%20September%201966%20(V-CC%20Library).pdf Coureur Sporting Cyclist London Longacre Press 10 9 https://web.archive.org/web/20190308071257/http://veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk/ncl/pics/Sporting%20Cyclist%20September%201966%20(V-CC%20Library).pdf 8 March 2019 live Veteran-Cycle Club Library Sporting Cyclist 1966 Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 136–137 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1966 Tour de France 1 12 13 22b 1966 Category:1966 in French sport Category:1966 in road cycling Category:June 1966 sports events in Europe Category:July 1966 sports events in Europe Category:1966 Super Prestige Pernod