1981 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1981 Tour de France Route of the 1981 Tour de France.png Route of the 1981 Tour de France 360px 25 June – 19 July 1981 22 + Prologue, including two split stages 3753 km 96h 19' 38" Bernard Hinault FRA REN 1981 yellow Lucien Van Impe BEL Boston 1981 Robert Alban FRA La Redoute 1981 Freddy Maertens BEL Boule d'Or 1981b green Lucien Van Impe BEL Boston 1981 polkadot Freddy Maertens BEL Boule d'Or 1981b Peter Winnen NED Capri Sonne 1981 white Bernard Hinault FRA REN 1981 Peugeot 1981 Peugeot 1981 Bernard Hinault FRA REN 1981 1980 1982 The 1981 Tour de France was the 68th edition of the Tour de France, taking place between 25 June and 19 July. The total race distance was 24 stages over 3753 km 0 on. It was dominated by Bernard Hinault, who led the race from the sixth stage on, increasing his lead almost every stage. Only Phil Anderson was able to stay close to him, until the 16th stage when he fell behind by about 7:00, and then on the 17th stage he would lose another 17 minutes. In the end only Lucien Van Impe, Robert Alban and Joop Zoetemelk were able to finish inside 20:00 of the now three time champ. The points classification was won by Freddy Maertens, who did so by winning five stages. The mountains classification was won by Lucien Van Impe, Peter Winnen won the young rider classification, and the Peugeot team won the team classification. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1981 Tour de France Late 1980, there were plans to make the tour "open", which meant that amateur teams would also be allowed to join. This would make it possible for teams from Eastern Europe to join.http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=NVHN-19801128-AE0023006&vw=org Profwereld wijst 'open' rondes af 28 November 1980 De Krant van Toen Nieuwsblad van het Noorden nl 17 September 2011 The plan did not materialize, so only professional teams were invited. In January 1981, the organisation decided that there would be 15 teams with 10 cyclists, or 16 teams with 9 cyclists each. At that point, 16 teams had already submitted a request to join, and the organisation was in discussion with four additional Italian teams, and the American national team.http://kranten.delpher.nl/nl/view/index?image=ddd%3A010570858%3Ampeg21%3Aa0328 Amerikanen willen in Tour 22 January 1981 nl Limburgs Dagblad 22 March 2014 22 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140322144859/http://kranten.delpher.nl/nl/view/index?image=ddd%3A010570858%3Ampeg21%3Aa0328 dead In the end, the American team did not apply, and the Italian teams decided to focus on the 1981 Giro d'Italia. The organisation selected 15 teams, who each selected 10 cyclists, for a total of 150 participants.The history of the Tour de France – Year 1981 – The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1981/partants.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 The teams entering the race were:http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010960866:mpeg21:a0274 Vijftien ploegen in Tour 11 June 1981 nl Limburgs Dagblad 19 22 March 2014 20em TIR 1981 Peugeot 1981 Mercier 1981 Splendor 1981 SEM 1981 La Redoute 1981 Capri Sonne 1981 Wolber–Spidel 1981 Boston 1981 Teka 1981 DAF 1981 KEL 1981 Boule d'Or 1981b Renault 1981 Vermeer Thijs 1981 Pre-race favourites Bernard Hinault, the winner of the 1978 and 1979 Tour de France and reigning world champion, was the main favourite. His knee problems, that caused him to leave the 1980 Tour de France, were solved, and he was in form: Hinault had won important races in the spring, and he had skipped the 1981 Giro d'Italia to focus on the Tour.McGann McGann 2008 129–133http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/TdF/TdF1981.html The Badger's return to Form Barry Boyce Cycling Revealed 2010 17 September 2011 His main rivals were 1980 Tour de France winner Joop Zoetemelk, 1976 Tour de France winner Lucien Van Impe and Joaquim Agostinho, although they had never been able to beat Hinault when he was in form, and of these rivals only Zoetemelk was ever able to keep Hinault within striking distance.McGann McGann 2008 129–133 Freddy Maertens, the winner of the points classification in the Tour de France in 1976 and 1978, had won only three minor races in 1979 and 1980, but in 1981 he was selected again for the Tour. Route and stages The route for the 1981 Tour de France was revealed in December 1980.http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010640322%3Ampeg21%3Ap009%3Aa0110 Félix Lévitan: niet blij met bemoeizucht UCI Meer tumult in de Ronde van Frankrijk Amigoe 23 December 1980 9 nl Koninklijke Bibliotheek 29 December 2013 30 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233128/http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010640322%3Ampeg21%3Ap009%3Aa0110 dead Originally, the thirteenth stage was planned as a time trial, followed by a transfer of more than 500 km on the same day, with the fourteenth stage the next day as a mountain stage. A few months before the Tour, there were many teams interested in the Tour, and the Tour organisation was afraid that there would not be enough time on 9 July to have the time trial for that many cyclists, followed by the transfer. For this reason, the thirteenth stage was changed into a criterium, and the fourteenth stage became the time trial.http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A011204976%3Ampeg21%3Ap037%3Aa0860 https://archive.today/20131229151921/http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd:011204976:mpeg21:p037:a0860 dead 29 December 2013 Bergetappe minder in de Tour De Telegraaf 4 April 1981 37 nl 29 December 2013 The 1981 Tour de France started on 25 June, and had two rest days, in Nantes and Morzine.Augendre 2016 72 The highest point of elevation in the race was 2000 m ft on at the summit of the Col de la Madeleine mountain pass on stage 19.Augendre 2016 179Ronde van Frankrijk Tour de France https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010960876:mpeg21:p013 Het Vrije Volk 23 June 1981 13 nl Delpher + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1981.php Mémoire du cyclisme 68ème Tour de France 1981 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20120813124117/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1981.php 13 August 2012 26 September 2016 deadAugendre 2016 72http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1981 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCCBike.com 15 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071832/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html 16 May 2008 liveThe history of the Tour de France – Year 1981 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1981/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 3 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403005321/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1981/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P25 June Nice 6 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Bernard Hinault FRA 1a26 June Nice 97 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Freddy Maertens BEL 1b Nice 40 km on alt=|link=Team time trial|20px Team time trial NED TIR 1981http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1981/06/27/MD19810627-028.pdf "Tour-81" Clasificaciones es Tour 81 Classifications 28 27 June 1981 Mundo Deportivo https://web.archive.org/web/20191006192424/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1981/06/27/MD19810627-028.pdf 6 October 2019 live 227 June Nice to Martigues 254 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Johan van der Velde NED 328 June Martigues to Narbonne 232 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Freddy Maertens BEL 429 June Narbonne to Carcassonne 77 km on alt=|link=Team time trial|20px Team time trial NED TIR 1981 530 June Saint-Gaudens to Pla d'Adet 117 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Lucien Van Impe BEL 61 July Nay to Pau 27 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Bernard Hinault FRA 72 July Pau to Bordeaux 227 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Urs Freuler SUI 83 July Rochefort to Nantes 182 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Ad Wijnands NED 4 July Nantes Rest day 95 July Nantes to Le Mans 197 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage René Martens BEL 106 July Le Mans to Aulnay-sous-Bois 264 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Ad Wijnands NED 117 July Compiègne to Roubaix 246 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Daniel Willems BEL 12a8 July Roubaix to Brussels (Belgium) 107 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Freddy Maertens BEL 12b Brussels (Belgium) to Circuit Zolder (Belgium) 138 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Eddy Planckaert BEL 139 July Beringen (Belgium) to Hasselt (Belgium) 157 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Freddy Maertens BEL 1410 July Mulhouse 38 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Bernard Hinault FRA 1511 July Besançon to Thonon-les-Bains 231 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Sean Kelly IRE 1612 July Thonon-les-Bains to Morzine 200 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Robert Alban FRA 13 July Morzine Rest day 1714 July Morzine to Alpe d'Huez 230 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Peter Winnen NED 1815 July Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Le Pleynet 134 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Bernard Hinault FRA 1916 July Veurey to Saint-Priest 118 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Daniel Willems BEL 2017 July Saint-Priest 46 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Bernard Hinault FRA 2118 July Auxerre to Fontenay-sous-Bois 207 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Johan van der Velde NED 2219 July Fontenay-sous-Bois to Paris (Champs-Élysées) 187 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Freddy Maertens BEL Total 3753 km 0 onAugendre 2016 109 Race overview 1981 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11 1981 Tour de France, Stage 12a to Stage 22 thumb|upright|Bernard Hinault (pictured in 1982), winner of the general classification Hinault started out strong and won the prologue. Freddy Maertens showed he was still able to win sprints by winning the first part of the first stage. The second part was a team time trial, won by TI–Raleigh, which put Gerrie Knetemann in the lead of the race. TI–Raleigh also won the second team time trial in stage four.McGann McGann 2008 129–133 The Pyrenees were only briefly visited, in the fifth stage. For the last mountain, Hinault was the lead group, together with Lucien Van Impe and Phil Anderson. Van Impe escaped in the last kilometres and won the stage, 27 seconds ahead of Hinault. Anderson, who finished in third place, became the new leader, the first Australian cyclist to wear the yellow jersey.McGann McGann 2008 129–133 Anderson had started as domestique for Jean-René Bernaudeau, and nobody was expecting him to be able to follow Hinault.http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/tour-de-france-remembering-phil-andersons-day-in-yellow Tour de France: Remembering Phil Anderson's day in yellow Jane Aubrey Cyclingnews 6 July 2011 17 September 2011 In the time trial of stage six, Hinault won as expected, and became the race leader. Anderson surprised with a third place, and he now followed Hinault by 13 seconds in the general classification. In the following stages, through Northern France and Belgium, Hinault slowly increased his margin over Anderson by winning amelioration sprints, until leading by 57 seconds after stage 13. In stage 14, Hinault won the time trial, and added two more minutes to the margin. In the sixteenth stage in the Alps, Anderson was not able to follow anymore. He lost 4 minutes to Hinault, but stayed in second place. Anderson lost this second place in the 17th stage, where he lost 17 minutes, making Van Impe the new second placed cyclist, nine minutes behind. Hinault showed his dominance by winning the eighteenth stage. The time trial in stage 20 was also won by Hinault, who increased the margin to Van Impe to more than 14 minutes. Doping In the 16th stage, Claude Vincendeau was randomly selected to undergo a doping test. Vincendeau abandoned during that stage, and had already left to his hotel. One of the doctors then went to his hotel to obtain a urine sample, but Vincendeau was unable/unwanting to give it. This counted as a positive test.http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010570335%3Ampeg21%3Ap023%3Aa0274 https://archive.today/20131215103130/http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd:010570335:mpeg21:p023:a0274 dead 15 December 2013 Vincendeau positief nl Limburgsch dagblad Koninklijke Bibliotheek 15 July 1981 15 December 2013 Classification leadership and minor prizes There were several classifications in the 1981 Tour de France, four 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 The time bonus for stage winners had been absent in the years before, but it returned in 1981; 30, 20 and 10 seconds for the first three cyclists in every stage.http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010960876%3Ampeg21%3Ap013%3Aa0209 Drie aankomsten op bergen van de eerste categorie nl Koninklijke Bibliotheek Het vrije volk 23 June 1981 13 29 December 2013 31 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131231003129/http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010960876%3Ampeg21%3Ap013%3Aa0209 dead Additionally, there was a points classification, were cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead 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 hors catégorie, 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 lead the classification, and wore a white jersey with red polka dots.Nauright Parrish 2012 454 Another classification was the young rider classification. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only cyclists younger than 24 were eligible, and the leader wore a white jersey.Nauright Parrish 2012 454–455 The fifth individual classification was the intermediate sprints classification. This classification had similar rules as the points classification, but only points were awarded on intermediate sprints. In 1981, this classification had no associated jersey.Nauright Parrish 2012 455 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 were identified by yellow caps.Nauright Parrish 2012 455 There was also a team points classification. Cyclists received points according to their finishing position on each stage, with the first rider receiving one point. The first three finishers of each team had their points combined, and the team with the fewest points led the classification. The riders of the team leading this classification wore green caps.Nauright Parrish 2012 455 In addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass-start stage to the cyclist considered most combative. The split stages each had a combined winner. The decision was made by a jury composed of journalists who gave points. The cyclist with the most points from votes in all stages led the combativity classification.van den Akker 2018 211–216 Bernard Hinault won this classification, and was given overall the super-combativity award.http://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19810720&id=GVA-19810720-01023010 Truien-Premies-Petjes Jerseys-Premiums-Caps nl Gazet van Antwerpen 20 July 1981 23 https://web.archive.org/web/20190425024358/http://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19810720&id=GVA-19810720-01023010 25 April 2019 live The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass a point in the Landes forest 42 km mi 0 on before the end of stage 7 in Bordeaux.Ronde '81: Kort Tour '81: Short http://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19810703&id=GVA-19810703-01013002 Gazet van Antwerpen 3 July 1981 13 nl https://web.archive.org/web/20191202164923/http://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19810703&id=GVA-19810703-01013002 2 December 2019 liveVan kilometer tot kilometer From kilometer to kilometer https://leiden.courant.nu/index.php/issue/LLC/1981-07-03/edition/0/page/13 Leidse Courant 3 July 1981 13 nl Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken This prize was won by Theo de Rooij.Theo de Rooy: niet neer dan groot talent Theo de Rooy: no less than great talent https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010824334:mpeg21:p013 Trouw 9 July 1981 13 nl Delpher +Classification leadership by stagehttp://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19810720&id=GVA-19810720-01023008 Dag na dag Day to day nl Gazet van Antwerpen 20 July 1981 23 https://web.archive.org/web/20190214183844/http://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19810720&id=GVA-19810720-01023008 14 February 2019 liveMartin Penazzo 1981 124van den Akker Pieter Informatie over de Tour de France van 1981 Information about the Tour de France from 1981 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1981 https://web.archive.org/web/20190302051042/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1981 2 March 2019 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 2 March 2019 live Stage 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 classification25px|alt=|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France Young rider classification25px|alt=|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France Combination classification Intermediate sprints classification Team classifications Combativity award By time By points P Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault no award Theo de Rooij Bernard Hinault no award REN 1981 TIR 1981 not awarded 1a Freddy Maertens Rudy Pevenage Charly Bérard Phil Anderson Rudy Pevenage REN 1981 Jean-René Bernaudeau 1b TIR 1981 Gerrie Knetemann Ad Wijnands TIR 1981 not awarded 2 Johan van der Velde Bernard Hinault Mercier 1981 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle 3 Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens Phil Anderson Capri Sonne 1981 Willy Teirlinck 4 TIR 1981 Daniel Willems not awarded 5 Lucien Van Impe Phil Anderson Phil Anderson Phil Anderson Freddy Maertens REN 1981 Bernard Hinault 6 Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault REN 1981 not awarded 7 Urs Freuler Jean-François Pescheux 8 Ad Wijnands Capri Sonne 1981 Eddy Verstraeten 9 René Martens Peugeot 1981 Patrick Perret 10 Ad Wijnands Régis Ovion 11 Daniel Willems Serge Beucherie 12a Freddy Maertens Daniel Willems 12b Eddy Planckaert 13 Freddy Maertens Rudy Pevenage 14 Bernard Hinault not awarded 15 Sean Kelly Pierre Bazzo 16 Robert Alban Lucien Van Impe Peugeot 1981 Hubert Linard 17 Peter Winnen Peter Winnen Dominique Arnaud 18 Bernard Hinault Juan Fernández Martín 19 Daniel Willems Phil Anderson 20 Bernard Hinault not awarded 21 Johan van der Velde Gerrie Knetemann 22 Freddy Maertens Dominique Arnaud Final Bernard Hinault Freddy Maertens white Lucien Van Impe yes Peter Winnen Bernard Hinault Freddy Maertens Peugeot 1981 Peugeot 1981 Bernard Hinault Final standings Legend 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Denotes the winner of the general classification 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. Denotes the winner of the points classification 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. Denotes the winner of the mountains classification 20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey. Denotes the winner of the young rider classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1981 – Stage 22 Fontenay-sous-Bois > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1981/2200/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402222217/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1981/2200/etape.html dead Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bernard Hinault FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Renault 1981 96h 19' 38" 2 Lucien Van Impe BEL 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. Boston 1981 + 14' 34" 3 Robert Alban FRA La Redoute 1981 + 17' 04" 4 Joop Zoetemelk NED TIR 1981 + 18' 21" 5 Peter Winnen NED 20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey. Capri Sonne 1981 + 20' 26" 6 Jean-René Bernaudeau FRA Peugeot 1981 + 23' 02" 7 Johan De Muynck BEL Splendor 1981 + 24' 25" 8 Sven-Åke Nilsson SWE Splendor 1981 + 24' 37" 9 Claude Criquielion BEL Splendor 1981 + 26' 18" 10 Phil Anderson AUS Peugeot 1981 + 27' 00" Final general classification (11–121) Rank Rider Team Time 11 Alfons De Wolf BEL Vermeer Thijs 1981 + 28' 53" 12 Johan van der Velde NED TIR 1981 + 29' 46" 13 Marcel Tinazzi FRA SEM 1981 + 30' 03" 14 Paul Wellens BEL Boule d'Or 1981b + 32' 09" 15 Mariano Martínez FRA La Redoute 1981 + 32' 16" 16 Eddy Schepers BEL DAF 1981 + 33' 27" 17 Raymond Martin FRA Mercier 1981 + 33' 41" 18 Michel Laurent FRA Peugeot 1981 + 34' 41" 19 Jean-François Rodriguez FRA Renault 1981 + 38' 32" 20 Graham Jones GBR Peugeot 1981 + 41' 06" 21 Alberto Fernández ESP 1977 Teka 1981 + 42' 27" 22 Lucien Didier LUX Renault 1981 + 49' 26" 23 Jacques Michaud FRA SEM 1981 + 50' 23" 24 Dominique Arnaud FRA Wolber–Spidel 1981 + 52' 15" 25 Géry Verlinden BEL Boule d'Or 1981b + 52' 48" 26 Didier Vanoverschelde FRA La Redoute 1981 + 53' 13" 27 Charly Berard FRA Renault 1981 + 56' 06" 28 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle FRA Peugeot 1981 + 56' 37" 29 Régis Ovion FRA Wolber–Spidel 1981 + 56' 43" 30 Hennie Kuiper NED DAF 1981 + 57' 21" 31 Pierre Bazzo FRA La Redoute 1981 + 58' 00" 32 Jonathan Boyer USA Renault 1981 + 59' 21" 33 Serge Beucherie FRA SEM 1981 + 1h 01' 40" 34 Jostein Wilmann NOR Capri Sonne 1981 + 1h 02' 46" 35 Marino Lejarreta ESP 1977 Teka 1981 + 1h 10' 37" 36 Christian Seznec FRA Mercier 1981 + 1h 12' 43" 37 Bernard Thévenet FRA Wolber–Spidel 1981 + 1h 12' 48" 38 Vicente Belda ESP 1977 KEL 1981 + 1h 14' 23" 39 Theo de Rooij NED Capri Sonne 1981 + 1h 16' 02" 40 Ronny Claes BEL Capri Sonne 1981 + 1h 17' 08" 41 Alain Meslet FRA Boston 1981 + 1h 18' 38" 42 Jordi (Jorge) Fortia ESP 1977 KEL 1981 + 1h 23' 28" 43 Alain Vigneron FRA Renault 1981 + 1h 24' 52" 44 Patrick Perret FRA Peugeot 1981 + 1h 25' 55" 45 Bernard Vallet FRA La Redoute 1981 + 1h 26' 10" 46 Hubert Linard FRA Peugeot 1981 + 1h 26' 12" 47 Patrick Friou FRA Mercier 1981 + 1h 27' 20" 48 Sean Kelly IRE Splendor 1981 + 1h 28' 24" 49 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG Wolber–Spidel 1981 + 1h 28' 51" 50 Juan Fernández ESP 1977 KEL 1981 + 1h 30' 46" 51 Régis Clère FRA Mercier 1981 + 1h 31' 01" 52 Guy Nulens BEL DAF 1981 + 1h 33' 39" 53 Alain De Carvalho FRA Wolber–Spidel 1981 + 1h 35' 25" 54 Henk Lubberding NED TIR 1981 + 1h 37' 43" 55 Gerrie Knetemann NED TIR 1981 + 1h 39' 54" 56 Maurice Le Guilloux FRA Renault 1981 + 1h 41' 25" 57 Hendrik Devos BEL DAF 1981 + 1h 42' 05" 58 Jean-Louis Gauthier FRA Mercier 1981 + 1h 42' 12" 59 Ludo Peeters BEL TIR 1981 + 1h 43' 05" 60 Hubert Arbès FRA Renault 1981 + 1h 43' 45" 61 Roger Legeay FRA Peugeot 1981 + 1h 43' 56" 62 Ronald De Witte BEL Boule d'Or 1981b + 1h 44' 07" 63 Jacques Bossis FRA Peugeot 1981 + 1h 44' 39" 64 Ismael Lejarreta ESP 1977 Teka 1981 + 1h 44' 49" 65 Rudy Colman BEL Splendor 1981 + 1h 46' 53" 66 Freddy Maertens BEL 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. Boule d'Or 1981b + 1h 47' 34" 67 Jos De Schoenmaecker BEL Vermeer Thijs 1981 + 1h 47' 54" 68 Bernard Becaas FRA Renault 1981 + 1h 48' 05" 69 Bernardo Alfonsel ESP 1977 Teka 1981 + 1h 49' 11" 70 Jean Chassang FRA Wolber–Spidel 1981 + 1h 50' 34" 71 Yves Hézard FRA Wolber–Spidel 1981 + 1h 52' 15" 72 Bernard Bourreau FRA Peugeot 1981 + 1h 56' 32" 73 Hubert Mathis FRA Mercier 1981 + 1h 58' 29" 74 Ludo Delcroix BEL Capri Sonne 1981 + 1h 59' 59" 75 Rudy Pevenage BEL Capri Sonne 1981 + 2h 00' 34" 76 Louis Luyten BEL Vermeer Thijs 1981 + 2h 02' 01" 77 Christian Levavasseur FRA Mercier 1981 + 2h 02' 36" 78 Patrick Moerlen SUI SEM 1981 + 2h 03' 20" 79 Herman Beysens BEL Vermeer Thijs 1981 + 2h 03' 25" 80 Hennie Stamsnijder NED DAF 1981 + 2h 05' 31" 81 Adrie van Houwelingen NED Vermeer Thijs 1981 + 2h 06' 20" 82 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke BEL La Redoute 1981 + 2h 07' 14" 83 René Martens BEL DAF 1981 + 2h 07' 41" 84 Jos Jacobs BEL Capri Sonne 1981 + 2h 08' 21" 85 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault 1981 + 2h 10' 08" 86 Joël Gallopin FRA Mercier 1981 + 2h 10' 22" 87 Roger De Cnijf BEL Boston 1981 + 2h 10' 47" 88 Jean-François Pescheux FRA La Redoute 1981 + 2h 12' 04" 89 Franky De Gendt BEL Vermeer Thijs 1981 + 2h 12' 42" 90 Patrick Hosotte FRA SEM 1981 + 2h 12' 49" 91 Paulinho Martinez ESP 1977 Teka 1981 + 2h 13' 12" 92 Marc Durant FRA La Redoute 1981 + 2h 13' 51" 93 William Tackaert BEL DAF 1981 + 2h 21' 50" 94 Frits Pirard NED Boule d'Or 1981b + 2h 23' 40" 95 Frank Hoste BEL TIR 1981 + 2h 23' 56" 96 Eugène Urbany LUX Splendor 1981 + 2h 25' 01" 97 Jesús Guzmán ESP 1977 KEL 1981 + 2h 25' 38" 98 Jean-Paul Hosotte FRA SEM 1981 + 2h 28' 09" 99 Ferdi Van Den Haute BEL La Redoute 1981 + 2h 28' 11" 100 Jaime Vilamajo ESP 1977 KEL 1981 + 2h 29' 41" 101 Eulalio García ESP 1977 Teka 1981 + 2h 30' 43" 102 Leo Wellens BEL Boule d'Or 1981b + 2h 30' 46" 103 Francisco Ramon Albelda ESP 1977 KEL 1981 + 2h 33' 54" 104 Manuel (Imanol) Murga ESP 1977 KEL 1981 + 2h 35' 45" 105 Jésus Suarez ESP 1977 KEL 1981 + 2h 37' 36" 106 Marc Dierickx BEL DAF 1981 + 2h 38' 10" 107 Dirk Wayenberg BEL Capri Sonne 1981 + 2h 40' 27" 108 Eddy Verstraeten BEL Vermeer Thijs 1981 + 2h 44' 22" 109 Albert Zweifel SUI SEM 1981 + 2h 44' 24" 110 Marcel Laurens BEL DAF 1981 + 2h 45' 21" 111 Willy Teirlinck BEL Boston 1981 + 2h 46' 44" 112 Gerhard Schönbacher AUT Wolber–Spidel 1981 + 2h 51' 30" 113 Johnny Broers NED Splendor 1981 + 3h 01' 58" 114 Luc De Grauwe BEL Boston 1981 + 3h 05' 51" 115 Aad van den Hoek NED TIR 1981 + 3h 11' 29" 116 Jan Jonkers NED Boston 1981 + 3h 15' 21" 117 Johan Wellens BEL Boule d'Or 1981b + 3h 16' 02" 118 Jorge Ruiz ESP 1977 Teka 1981 + 3h 16' 13" 119 Alain De Roo BEL Boule d'Or 1981b + 3h 19' 07" 120 Philippe Tesniere FRA Boston 1981 + 4h 14' 59" 121 Faustino Cueli ESP 1977 Teka 1981 + 4h 29' 54" Points classification +Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 Freddy Maertens BEL 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. Boule d'Or 1981b 428 2 William Tackaert BEL DAF 1981 222 3 Bernard Hinault FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Renault 1981 184 4 Alfons De Wolf BEL Vermeer Thijs 1981 152 5 Rudy Pevenage BEL Capri Sonne 1981 147 6 Phil Anderson AUS Peugeot 1981 146 7 Sean Kelly IRE Splendor 1981 121 8 Johan van der Velde NED TIR 1981 120 9 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault 1981 110 10 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle FRA Peugeot 1981 83 Mountains classification +Final mountains classification (1–10)http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1981/07/20/MD19810720-022.pdf Clasificaciones 20 July 1981 22 es Mundo Deportivo https://web.archive.org/web/20191006192428/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1981/07/20/MD19810720-022.pdf 6 October 2019 live Rank Rider Team Points 1 Lucien Van Impe BEL 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. Boston 1981 284 2 Bernard Hinault FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Renault 1981 222 3 Jean-René Bernaudeau FRA Peugeot 1981 168 4 Robert Alban FRA La Redoute 1981 134 5 Sven-Åke Nilsson SWE Splendor 1981 95 6 Phil Anderson AUS Peugeot 1981 79 7 Peter Winnen NED 20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey. Capri Sonne 1981 70 8 Raymond Martin FRA Mercier 1981 63 Alfons De Wolf BEL Vermeer Thijs 1981 10 Alberto Fernández ESP 1977 Teka 1981 53 Young rider classification +Final young rider classification (1–10)https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1981-07-20/edition/0/page/10 Laatste Tour in cijfers Last Tour in numbers 20 July 1981 10 February 2012 nl Regionaal Archief Leiden Leidsch Dagblad 10van den Akker Pieter Stand in het jongerenklassement – Etappe 22 Standings in the youth classification – Stage 22 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/jongerenstand.php?jaar=1981 https://web.archive.org/web/20190424231856/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/jongerenstand.php?jaar=1981 24 April 2019 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 24 April 2019 live Rank Rider Team Time 1 Peter Winnen NED 20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey. Capri Sonne 1981 96h 40' 04" 2 Claude Criquielion BEL Splendor 1981 +5' 52" 3 Phil Anderson AUS Peugeot 1981 +6' 26" 4 Jean-François Rodriguez FRA Renault 1981 +18' 06" 5 Graham Jones GBR Peugeot 1981 +20' 40" 6 Dominique Arnaud FRA Wolber–Spidel 1981 + 31' 49" 7 Marino Lejarreta ESP 1977 Teka 1981 + 50' 11" 8 Theo de Rooij NED Capri Sonne 1981 + 55' 36" 9 Ronny Claes BEL Capri Sonne 1981 + 56' 03" 10 Juan Fernández ESP 1977 KEL 1981 + 1h 10' 20" Combination classification +Final combination classification (1–6)van den Akker Pieter Combinatieklassement Combination classification http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/combinatieklassement.php nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 6 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043751/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/combinatieklassement.php 6 March 2019 live Rank Rider Team Points 1 Bernard Hinault FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Renault 1981 6 2 Lucien Van Impe BEL 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. Boston 1981 20 3 Jean-René Bernaudeau FRA Peugeot 1981 21 4 Phil Anderson AUS Peugeot 1981 22 5 Alfons De Wolf BEL Vermeer Thijs 1981 23 6 Robert Alban FRA La Redoute 1981 25 Intermediate sprints classification +Final intermediate sprints classification (1–10)Martin Penazzo 1981 125 Rank Rider Team Points 1 Freddy Maertens BEL 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. Boule d'Or 1981b 131 2 William Tackaert BEL DAF 1981 106 3 Bernard Hinault FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Renault 1981 61 4 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault 1981 51 5 Pierre Bazzo FRA La Redoute 1981 45 6 Rudy Pevenage BEL Capri Sonne 1981 43 7 Willy Teirlinck BEL Boston 1981 38 8 Ludo Peeters BEL TIR 1981 36 9 Phil Anderson AUS Peugeot 1981 34 10 Marcel Laurens BEL DAF 1981 32 Team classification +Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time1Peugeot 1981 399h 30' 24"2Renault 1981 + 11' 20"3Capri Sonne 1981 + 26' 46"4La Redoute 1981 + 42' 49"5SEM 1981 + 45' 53"6Splendor 1981 + 52' 17"7TIR 1981 + 1h 55' 35"8Mercier 1981 + 2h 15' 53"9DAF 1981 + 2h 23' 29"10Wolber–Spidel 1981 + 2h 29' 20" Team points classification +Final team points classification (1–10)Martin Penazzo 1981 125 Rank Team Points1Peugeot 1981 10862Capri Sonne 1981 12023Renault 1981 13364La Redoute 1981 15835TIR 1981 16326Splendor 1981 18387SEM 1981 19188Mercier 1981 20119DAF 1981 228510Wolber–Spidel 1981 2314 Combativity classification +Final combativity classification (1–5) Rank Rider Team Points 1 Bernard Hinault FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Renault 1981 25 2 Dominique Arnaud FRA Wolber–Spidel 1981 16 3 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle FRA Peugeot 1981 12 4 Willy Teirlinck BEL Boston 1981 11 5 Phil Anderson AUS Peugeot 1981 10 Pierre Bazzo FRA La Redoute 1981 Aftermath The 1981 Tour de France is seen as the year in which the globalization of the Tour became important. Before that most cyclists came from France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands, with only occasional successes by other European cyclists. Anderson was the first non-European cyclist to lead the Tour de France, and more would follow in the coming years.Dauncey Hare 2003 219 The plans to make the Tour de France open to amateurs were not forgotten, and it happened in 1983.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1983.php Mémoire du cyclisme 70ème Tour de France 1983 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20120322021631/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1983.php 22 March 2012 26 September 2016 dead Anderson would again wear the yellow jersey in the next year, when he also won the young rider classification. Hinault won five stages as reigning world champion. It had happened before that a cyclist won a Tour stage as a world champion, most recently in 1979 with Gerrie Knetemann and in 1980 with Jan Raas, but after 1981 it became a rare occurrence. The next time that this happened was in 2002 with Óscar Freire, and after that in 2011 with Thor Hushovd.http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/07/news/inside-the-tour-with-john-wilcockson-hushovd-joins-an-elite-band-of-world-champion-stage-winners_184271 Inside the Tour with John Wilcockson: Hushovd joins an elite band of world champion stage winners Competitor Group Velonews 15 July 2011 John Wilcockson 17 September 2011 29 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110829113817/http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/07/news/inside-the-tour-with-john-wilcockson-hushovd-joins-an-elite-band-of-world-champion-stage-winners_184271 dead Maertens who also won five stages would make his comeback year complete by winning the 1981 UCI Road World Championships later that year, but after that never reached his 1981 level again. Jacques Boyer became the first American to ride in the Tour de France, acting as a domestique for Hinault.Eric Reed, Selling the Yellow Jersey: The Tour de France in the Global Era(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015), 178. References 30em Bibliography 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 Tour de France 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 Dauncey Hare Hugh Geoff The Tour de France, 1903–2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values https://books.google.com/books?id=54pAJY6Ix8YC 2003 Frank Cass & Co London 978-0-203-50241-9 Martin Pierre Penazzo Sergio Tour 81: The Stories of the 1981 Tour of Italy and Tour de France Kennedy Brothers Publishing Keighley, UK 1981 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 Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 170–171 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1981 Tour de France P 11 12a 22 Tour de France Category:Tour de France by year Tour de France, 1981 Tour de France Tour de France Category:1981 Super Prestige Pernod