1968 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 10

Cycling race stages thumb|350px|right|alt=Map of France with the route of the 1968 Tour de France|Route of the 1968 Tour de France The 1968 Tour de France was the 55th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Vittel with an individual time trial on 27 June and Stage 10 occurred on 8 July with a flat stage to Bayonne. The race finished in Paris on 21 July. Stage 1a 27 June 1968 - Vittel, 6.1 km 1 on (ITT)http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1968.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090503043205/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968.php 3 May 2009 Stage 1a result and General Classification after Stage 1ahttps://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1968.html 1968 Tour de France BikeRaceInfo 10 April 2024https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/28/MD19680628-012.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 12 28 June 1968 23 August 2025http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_1a.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 1ère étape (a) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929214715/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_1a.php 29 September 2012 RiderTeamTime 1 Charly Grosskost FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France B 8' 27.17" 2 Jan Janssen NED Netherlands + 2" 3 Raymond Poulidor FRA France A + 5" 4 Franco Bitossi ITA Italy + 13" 5 Gilbert Bellone FRA France B + 14" 6 Ferdinand Bracke BEL Belgium B s.t. 7 Hugh Porter GBR Great Britain + 15" 8 Désiré Letort FRA France C + 18" 9 Antonio Gómez del Moral ESP 1945 Spain + 19" 10 Wilfried David BEL Belgium B + 21" Stage 1b 28 June 1968 - Vittel to Esch-sur-Alzette, 189 km 1 on Stage 1b resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/29/MD19680629-023.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 23 29 June 1968 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Charly Grosskost FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France B 4h 34' 51" 2 Italo Zilioli ITA Italy s.t. 3 Herman Van Springel BEL Belgium A s.t. 4 José Samyn FRA France A s.t. 5 Bernard Guyot FRA France A s.t. 6 Carlo Chiappano ITA Italy + 6" 7 Anatole Novak FRA France A + 10" 8 Gerard Vianen NED Netherlands + 17" 9 Georges Pintens BEL Belgium A + 22" 10 Walter Godefroot BEL Belgium B + 47"General classification after stage 1bhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_1b.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 1ère étape (b) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929214641/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_1b.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Charly Grosskost FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France B 4h 42' 58" 2 Herman Van Springel BEL Belgium A + 38" 3 Italo Zilioli ITA Italy + 40" 4 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 44" 5 José Samyn FRA France A + 45" 6 Gerard Vianen NED Netherlands + 1' 03" 7 Carlo Chiappano ITA Italy + 1' 09" 8 Anatole Novak FRA France A + 1' 12" 9 Jan Janssen NED Netherlands + 1' 25" 10 Raymond Poulidor FRA France A + 1' 28" Stage 2 29 June 1968 - Arlon to Forest, 210.5 km 1 on Stage 2 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/06/30/MD19680630-021.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 30 June 1968 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Belgium B 5h 31' 41" 2 Jean-Pierre Genet FRA France A + 1" 3 Georges Pintens BEL Belgium A s.t. 4 Carlos Echeverría ESP 1945 Spain + 2" 5 Antoon Houbrechts BEL Belgium B s.t. 6 Jean Monteyne BEL Belgium B + 9" 7 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Belgium A + 14" 8 Gerard Vianen NED Netherlands + 24" 9 Edy Schütz LUX Switzerland/Luxembourg s.t. 10 Franco Bitossi ITA Italy s.t.General classification after stage 2http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_2.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 2ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929214200/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_2.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Charly Grosskost FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France B 10h 15' 36" 2 Herman Van Springel BEL Belgium A + 5" 3 Italo Zilioli ITA Italy + 7" 4 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 23" 5 José Samyn FRA France A + 24" 6 Gerard Vianen NED Netherlands + 30" 7 Georges Pintens BEL Belgium A + 35" 8 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Belgium B + 37" 9 Carlo Chiappano ITA Italy + 48" 10 Anatole Novak FRA France A + 51" Stage 3a 30 June 1968 - Forest, 22 km on (TTT) Stage 3a resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/07/01/MD19680701-025.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 25 1 July 1968 23 August 2025 Rank Team Time 1 Belgium A 2h 27' 21" 2 France A + 1' 41" 3 Spain + 2' 07" 4 Belgium B + 2' 17" 5 Italy + 4' 20" 6 Netherlands + 6' 00" 7 Great Britain + 7' 28" 8 Germany + 10' 16" 9 France B + 10' 55" 10 Switzerland/Luxembourg + 11' 05"General classification after stage 3ahttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_3a.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 3ème étape (a) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929215142/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_3a.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Herman Van Springel BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium A 10h 15' 21" 2 Charly Grosskost FRA France B + 15" 3 Italo Zilioli ITA Italy + 22" 4 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 28" 5 José Samyn FRA France A + 29" 6 Georges Pintens BEL Belgium A + 30" 7 Gerard Vianen NED Netherlands + 45" 8 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Belgium B + 52" 9 Raymond Poulidor FRA France A + 1' 00" 10 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Belgium A + 1' 02" Stage 3b 30 June 1968 - Forest to Roubaix, 112 km on Stage 3b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Walter Godefroot BEL Belgium B 2h 37' 52" 2 Jan Janssen NED Netherlands s.t. 3 Paul Lemeteyer FRA France B s.t. 4 Harm Ottenbros NED Netherlands s.t. 5 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Belgium A s.t. 6 Franco Bitossi ITA Italy s.t. 7 José Samyn FRA France A s.t. 8 Herman Van Springel BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium A s.t. 9 Michael Wright GBR Great Britain s.t. 10 Gilbert Bellone FRA France B s.t.General classification after stage 3bhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_3b.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 3ème étape (b) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929215213/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_3b.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Herman Van Springel BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium A 12h 53' 13" 2 Charly Grosskost FRA France B + 15" 3 Italo Zilioli ITA Italy + 22" 4 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 28" 5 José Samyn FRA France A + 29" 6 Georges Pintens BEL Belgium A + 30" 7 Gerard Vianen NED Netherlands + 45" 8 Walter Godefroot BEL Belgium B + 51" 9 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Belgium B + 52" 10 Jan Janssen NED Netherlands + 57" Stage 4 1 July 1968 - Roubaix to Rouen, 238 km on Stage 4 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/07/03/MD19680703-023.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 23 3 July 1968 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Georges Chappe FRA France B 6h 23' 30" 2 Georges Vandenberghe BEL Belgium B + 3" 3 Serge Bolley FRA France B s.t. 4 Willy In 't Ven BEL Belgium A s.t. 5 Adriano Passuello ITA Italy s.t. 6 Jean-Pierre Genet FRA France A s.t. 7 Silvano Schiavon ITA Italy s.t. 8 Jean Stablinski FRA France A + 26" 9 Antonio Gómez del Moral ESP 1945 Spain + 2' 49" 10 Roland Smaniotto LUX Switzerland/Luxembourg s.t.General classification after stage 4http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_4.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 4ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929215154/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_4.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jean-Pierre Genet FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France A 19h 17' 54" 2 Willy In 't Ven BEL Belgium A + 18" 3 Georges Vandenberghe BEL Belgium B + 29" 4 Silvano Schiavon ITA Italy + 36" 5 Georges Chappe FRA France B + 41" 6 Adriano Passuello ITA Italy + 44" 7 Herman Van Springel BEL Belgium A + 2' 15" 8 Charly Grosskost FRA France B + 2' 30" 9 Italo Zilioli ITA Italy + 2' 37" 10 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 2' 43" Stage 5a 2 July 1968 - Rouen to Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, 165 km on Stage 5a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 André Desvages FRA France C 4h 50' 07" 2 Arie den Hartog NED Netherlands s.t. 3 Georges Vandenberghe BEL Belgium B s.t. 4 Bernard Guyot FRA France A s.t. 5 Sebastián Elorza ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 6 Jean-Pierre Ducasse FRA France B s.t. 7 Franco Bitossi ITA Italy + 3' 40" 8 Walter Godefroot BEL Belgium B + 3' 41" 9 Michael Wright GBR Great Britain s.t. 10 Harm Ottenbros NED Netherlands s.t.General classification after stage 5ahttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_5a.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 5ème étape (a) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929214311/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_5a.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B 24h 08' 25" 2 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 2' 19" 3 Jean-Pierre Genet FRA France A + 3' 17" 4 Arie den Hartog NED Netherlands + 3' 26" 5 Willy In 't Ven BEL Belgium A + 3' 35" 6 Jean-Pierre Ducasse FRA France B + 3' 44" 7 Sebastián Elorza ESP 1945 Spain + 3' 47" 8 Silvano Schiavon ITA Italy + 3' 53" 9 Georges Chappe FRA France B + 3' 58" 10 Adriano Passuello ITA Italy + 4' 01" Stage 5b 2 July 1968 - Bagnoles-de-l'Orne to Dinard, 154.5 km on Stage 5b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jean Dumont FRA France C 4h 32' 21" 2 Franco Bitossi ITA Italy + 9" 3 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B s.t. 4 Paul Lemeteyer FRA France B s.t. 5 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Belgium A s.t. 6 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Belgium B s.t. 7 Jan Janssen NED Netherlands s.t. 8 Walter Godefroot BEL Belgium B s.t. 9 Serge Bolley FRA France B s.t. 10 Harm Ottenbros NED Netherlands s.t.General classification after stage 5bhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_5b.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 5ème étape (b) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929214708/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_5b.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B 28h 40' 50" 2 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 2' 24" 3 Jean-Pierre Genet FRA France A + 3' 22" 4 Arie den Hartog NED Netherlands + 3' 31" 5 Willy In 't Ven BEL Belgium A + 3' 40" 6 Jean-Pierre Ducasse FRA France B + 3' 49" 7 Sebastián Elorza ESP 1945 Spain + 3' 52" 8 Silvano Schiavon ITA Italy + 3' 58" 9 Georges Chappe FRA France B + 4' 03" 10 Adriano Passuello ITA Italy + 4' 06" Stage 6 3 July 1968 - Dinard to Lorient, 188 km on Stage 6 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/07/04/MD19680704-021.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 4 July 1968 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Aurelio González Puente ESP 1945 Spain 4h 40' 34" 2 Walter Godefroot BEL Belgium B + 9" 3 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B s.t. 4 Harm Ottenbros NED Netherlands s.t. 5 Charly Grosskost FRA France B s.t. 6 Franco Bitossi ITA Italy s.t. 7 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Belgium A s.t. 8 Ernst Streng FRG Germany s.t. 9 Gerard Vianen NED Netherlands s.t. 10 Serge Bolley FRA France B s.t.General classification after stage 6http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_6.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 6ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929214601/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_6.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B 33h 21' 28" 2 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 2' 29" 3 Jean-Pierre Genet FRA France A + 3' 27" 4 Arie den Hartog NED Netherlands + 3' 36" 5 Willy In 't Ven BEL Belgium A + 3' 45" 6 Jean-Pierre Ducasse FRA France B + 3' 54" 7 Sebastián Elorza ESP 1945 Spain + 3' 57" 8 Silvano Schiavon ITA Italy + 4' 03" 9 Georges Chappe FRA France B + 4' 08" 10 Adriano Passuello ITA Italy + 4' 11" Stage 7 4 July 1968 - Lorient to Nantes, 190 km on The finishing times were recorded at the entrance to the Nantes velodrome. Stage 7 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/07/05/MD19680705-021.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 5 July 1968 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Franco Bitossi ITA Italy 4h 58' 23" 2 Gerard Vianen NED Netherlands 4h 58' 20" 3 Jan Janssen NED Netherlands 4h 58' 23" 4 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B s.t. 5 Paul Lemeteyer FRA France B s.t. 6 Walter Godefroot BEL Belgium B s.t. 7 André Desvages FRA France C s.t. 8 Barry Hoban GBR Great Britain s.t. 9 Jos Huysmans BEL Belgium A s.t. 10 Edouard Weckx BEL Belgium A s.t.General classification after stage 7http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_7.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 7ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929214305/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_7.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B 38h 19' 51" 2 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 2' 29" 3 Jean-Pierre Genet FRA France A + 3' 27" 4 Arie den Hartog NED Netherlands + 3' 36" 5 Willy In 't Ven BEL Belgium A + 3' 45" 6 Jean-Pierre Ducasse FRA France B + 3' 54" 7 Sebastián Elorza ESP 1945 Spain + 3' 57" 8 Silvano Schiavon ITA Italy + 4' 03" 9 Georges Chappe FRA France B + 4' 08" 10 Adriano Passuello ITA Italy + 4' 11" Stage 8 5 July 1968 - Nantes to Royan, 223 km on Stage 8 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/07/06/MD19680706-023.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 23 6 July 1968 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Belgium A 5h 25' 26" 2 Jan Janssen NED Netherlands s.t. 3 Franco Bitossi ITA Italy s.t. 4 Eric Leman BEL Belgium B s.t. 5 Gerard Vianen NED Netherlands s.t. 6 Walter Godefroot BEL Belgium B s.t. 7 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B s.t. 8 André Desvages FRA France C s.t. 9 Michael Wright GBR Great Britain s.t. 10 Paul Lemeteyer FRA France B s.t.General classification after stage 8http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_8.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 8ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929214343/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_8.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B 43h 45' 17" 2 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 2' 29" 3 Jean-Pierre Genet FRA France A + 3' 27" 4 Arie den Hartog NED Netherlands + 3' 36" 5 Willy In 't Ven BEL Belgium A + 3' 45" 6 Jean-Pierre Ducasse FRA France B + 3' 54" 7 Sebastián Elorza ESP 1945 Spain + 3' 57" 8 Silvano Schiavon ITA Italy + 4' 03" 9 Georges Chappe FRA France B + 4' 08" 10 Adriano Passuello ITA Italy + 4' 11" Rest Day 1 6 July 1968 - Royan Stage 9 7 July 1968 - Royan to Bordeaux, 137.5 km on Stage 9 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/07/08/MD19680708-025.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 25 8 July 1968 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Walter Godefroot BEL Belgium B 5h 23' 39" 2 Barry Hoban GBR Great Britain s.t. 3 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Belgium A s.t. 4 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B s.t. 5 John Clarey GBR Great Britain s.t. 6 Paul Lemeteyer FRA France B s.t. 7 Charly Grosskost FRA France B s.t. 8 Franco Bitossi ITA Italy s.t. 9 Jan Janssen NED Netherlands s.t. 10 Eric Leman BEL Belgium B s.t.General classification after stage 9http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_9.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 9ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929214319/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_9.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B 47h 04' 33" 2 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 2' 29" 3 Jean-Pierre Genet FRA France A + 3' 27" 4 Arie den Hartog NED Netherlands + 3' 36" 5 Willy In 't Ven BEL Belgium A + 3' 45" 6 Jean-Pierre Ducasse FRA France B + 3' 54" 7 Sebastián Elorza ESP 1945 Spain + 3' 57" 8 Silvano Schiavon ITA Italy + 4' 03" 9 Georges Chappe FRA France B + 4' 08" 10 Adriano Passuello ITA Italy + 4' 11" Stage 10 8 July 1968 - Bordeaux to Bayonne, 202.5 km on Stage 10 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/07/10/MD19680710-023.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 23 10 July 1968 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gilbert Bellone FRA France B 5h 23' 39" 2 Jan Janssen NED Netherlands + 10" 3 Barry Hoban GBR Great Britain 5h 23'46" 4 Franco Bitossi ITA Italy s.t. 5 Walter Godefroot BEL Belgium B s.t. 6 Harm Ottenbros NED Netherlands s.t. 7 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Belgium A s.t. 8 Gerard Vianen NED Netherlands s.t. 9 Michael Wright GBR Great Britain s.t. 10 Flaviano Vicentini ITA Italy s.t.General classification after stage 10http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_10.php 55ème Tour de France 1968 - 10ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929214401/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1968_10.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Georges Vandenberghe BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium B 52h 28' 22" 2 Bernard Guyot FRA France A + 2' 29" 3 Jean-Pierre Genet FRA France A + 3' 27" 4 Arie den Hartog NED Netherlands + 3' 36" 5 Willy In 't Ven BEL Belgium A + 3' 45" 6 Jean-Pierre Ducasse FRA France B + 3' 54" 7 Sebastián Elorza ESP 1945 Spain + 3' 57" 8 Silvano Schiavon ITA Italy + 4' 03" 9 Georges Chappe FRA France B + 4' 08" 10 Adriano Passuello ITA Italy + 4' 11" References 30em 1968 Tour de France 1a 10 11 22b Category:1968 Tour de France Category:Tour de France stages