1972 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10

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 1 July and Stage 10 occurred on 12 July with a flat stage to La Grande-Motte. The race finished in Paris on 23 July. Prologue 1 July 1972 - Angers, 7.2 km 1 on (ITT)http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1972.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090503042728/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972.php 3 May 2009https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/02/MD19720702-019.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 19 2 July 1972 23 August 2025 Prologue result and General Classification after Prologuehttps://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1972.html 1972 Tour de France BikeRaceInfo 10 April 2024 RiderTeamTime 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 8' 51.21" 2 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 11" 3 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 12" 4 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 13" 5 Leo Duyndam NED Caballero 1972 + 15" 6 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 s.t. 7 Leif Mortensen DEN Bic 1972 + 17" 8 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 19" 9 Gilbert Bellone FRA Rokado 1972 + 20" 10 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 21" Stage 1 2 July 1972 - Angers to Saint-Brieuc, 235.5 km 1 on Stage 1 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/03/MD19720703-021.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 3 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 6h 00' 31" 2 Michael Wright GBR Gitane–Frigécrème s.t. 3 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1972 s.t. 4 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 5 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 s.t. 6 Marino Basso ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 7 Pieter Nassen BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t. 8 Rolf Wolfshohl FRG Rokado 1972 s.t. 9 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t. 10 Gerard Vianen NED Caballero 1972 s.t.General classification after stage 1http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_1.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 1ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033854/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_1.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA 20px|Yellow jersey Mercier 1972 6h 09' 15" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 + 7" 3 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1972 + 16" 4 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 18" 5 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 19" 6 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 20" 7 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 s.t. 8 Leo Duyndam NED Caballero 1972 + 22" 9 Leif Mortensen DEN Bic 1972 + 24" 10 Gilbert Bellone FRA Rokado 1972 + 27" Stage 2 3 July 1972 - Saint-Brieuc to La Baule, 206.5 km 1 on Stage 2 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/05/MD19720705-019.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 19 5 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 5h 09' 43" 2 Walter Godefroot BEL Peugeot 1972 s.t. 3 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Sonolor 1972 s.t. 4 Marino Basso ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 5 Régis Delépine FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 6 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 7 Wilfried Peffgen FRG Rokado 1972 s.t. 8 Guido Reybrouck BEL Salvarani 1972 s.t. 9 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1972 s.t. 10 Leif Mortensen DEN Bic 1972 s.t.General classification after stage 2http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_2.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 2ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090729072635/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_2.php 29 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA 20px|Yellow jersey Mercier 1972 11h 18' 52" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 + 9" 3 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 18" 4 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1972 + 22" 5 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 24" 6 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 s.t. 7 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 25" 8 Leo Duyndam NED Caballero 1972 + 28" 9 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 s.t. 10 Leif Mortensen DEN Bic 1972 + 30" Stage 3a 4 July 1972 - Pornichet to Saint-Jean-de-Monts, 161 km on Stage 3a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Ercole Gualazzini ITA Salvarani 1972 3h 56' 33" 2 Noël Van Clooster BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t. 3 Herman Beysens BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 4 Jürgen Tschan FRG Peugeot 1972 s.t. 5 Bernard Guyot FRA Sonolor 1972 s.t. 6 Gérard Moneyron FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 7 Jos Deschoenmaecker BEL Molteni 1972 s.t. 8 Marino Basso ITA Salvarani 1972 + 7" 9 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 10 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 s.t.General classification after stage 3ahttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_3a.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 3ème étape (a) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033921/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_3a.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA 20px|Yellow jersey Mercier 1972 15h 15' 32" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 + 9" 3 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 18" 4 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1972 + 20" 5 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 24" 6 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 s.t. 7 Noël Van Clooster BEL Maes Pils 1972 + 25" 8 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 28" 9 Leo Duyndam NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 10 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 s.t. Stage 3b 4 July 1972 - Merlin-Plage, 16.2 km on (TTT) Stage 3b result Rank Team Time 1 Molteni 1972 1h 37' 03" 2 Peugeot 1972 + 1' 39" 3 Bic 1972 + 2' 17" 4 Mercier 1972 + 3' 14" 5 Sonolor 1972 + 3' 41" 6 Maes Pils 1972 + 4' 49" 7 Caballero 1972 + 4' 57" 8 Rokado 1972 + 4' 59" 9 FLA 1972 + 5' 05" 10 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 5' 08"General classification after stage 3bhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_3b.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 3ème étape (b) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033926/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_3b.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 15h 15' 21" 2 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 11" 3 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 15" 4 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 29" 5 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1972 + 31" 6 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 s.t. 7 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 34" 8 Jürgen Tschan FRG Peugeot 1972 + 35" 9 Noël Van Clooster BEL Maes Pils 1972 + 36" 10 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. Stage 4 5 July 1972 - Merlin-Plage to Royan, 236 km on Stage 4 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/06/MD19720706-017.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 17 6 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 5h 22' 43" 2 Ronny Van Marcke BEL FLA 1972 s.t. 3 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t. 4 Walter Godefroot BEL Peugeot 1972 s.t. 5 Cees Koeken NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 6 Italo Zilioli ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 7 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 s.t. 8 Ludo Van Staeyen BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 9 Herman Beysens BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 10 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 s.t.General classification after stage 4http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_4.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 4ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033113/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_4.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA 20px|Yellow jersey Mercier 1972 20h 37' 45" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 + 19" 3 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 34" 4 Walter Godefroot BEL Peugeot 1972 + 53" 5 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 s.t. 6 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 59" 7 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 1' 04" 8 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 + 1' 06" 9 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 1' 07" 10 Ronny Van Marcke BEL FLA 1972 + 1' 12" Stage 5a 6 July 1972 - Royan to Bordeaux, 133.5 km on Stage 5a resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/07/MD19720707-019.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 19 7 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Walter Godefroot BEL Peugeot 1972 2h 59' 33" 2 Marino Basso ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 3 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 4 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Sonolor 1972 s.t. 5 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1972 s.t. 6 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 7 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t. 8 Marinus Wagtmans NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 9 Gerard Vianen NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 10 Pieter Nassen BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t.General classification after stage 5ahttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_5a.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 5ème étape (a) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033118/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_5a.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA 20px|Yellow jersey Mercier 1972 23h 37' 04" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 + 33" 3 Walter Godefroot BEL Peugeot 1972 + 47" 4 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 48" 5 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 1' 07" 6 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 1' 13" 7 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 1' 18" 8 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 + 1' 20" 9 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 1' 21" 10 Ronny Van Marcke BEL FLA 1972 + 1' 26" Stage 5b 6 July 1972 - Bordeaux, 12.7 km on (ITT) Stage 5b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 16' 05" 2 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 2" 3 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 15" 4 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 20" 5 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 23" 6 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 24" 7 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 8 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 32" 9 Leif Mortensen DEN Bic 1972 + 40" 10 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 41"General classification after stage 5bhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_5b.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 5ème étape (b) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033331/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_5b.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA 20px|Yellow jersey Mercier 1972 23h 53' 33" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 + 9" 3 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 26" 4 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 58" 5 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 1' 17" 6 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 1' 21" 7 Walter Godefroot BEL Peugeot 1972 + 1' 32" 8 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 1' 38" 9 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 + 1' 48" 10 Gerard Vianen NED Caballero 1972 + 2' 15" Stage 6 7 July 1972 - Bordeaux to Bayonne, 205 km on Stage 6 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/08/MD19720708-019.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 19 8 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Leo Duyndam NED Caballero 1972 5h 44' 10" 2 Luigi Castelletti ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 3 Guy Santy FRA Bic 1972 s.t. 4 René Grelin FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 5 Willy Van Neste BEL FLA 1972 s.t. 6 Joseph Bruyère BEL Molteni 1972 + 42" 7 Ercole Gualazzini ITA Salvarani 1972 + 1' 29" 8 Régis Delépine FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 9 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 + 1' 33" 10 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t.General classification after stage 6http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_6.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 6ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033335/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_6.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA 20px|Yellow jersey Mercier 1972 29h 39' 12" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 + 11" 3 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 30" 4 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 1' 02" 5 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 1' 21" 6 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 1' 25" 7 Walter Godefroot BEL Peugeot 1972 + 1' 36" 8 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 1' 42" 9 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 + 1' 52" 10 Gerard Vianen NED Caballero 1972 + 2' 19" Rest Day 1 8 July 1972 - Bayonne Stage 7 9 July 1972 - Bayonne to Pau, 220.5 km on Stage 7 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/10/MD19720710-019.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 19 10 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 6h 02' 19" 2 Cyrille Guimard FRA 20px|Yellow jersey Mercier 1972 s.t. 3 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 4 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 s.t. 5 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 s.t. 6 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 7 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 1' 49" 8 Edward Janssens BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 3' 09" 9 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 5' 03" 10 Roger Pingeon FRA Peugeot 1972 + 6' 06"General classification after stage 7http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_7.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 7ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033931/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_7.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cyrille Guimard FRA 20px|Yellow jersey Mercier 1972 35h 41' 31" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 + 11" 3 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 1' 21" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 1' 42" 5 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 2' 51" 6 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 4' 17" 7 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 4' 39" 8 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 7' 57" 9 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 + 10' 29" 10 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 10' 49" Stage 8 10 July 1972 - Pau to Luchon, 163.5 km on Stage 8 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/12/MD19720712-019.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 19 12 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1972 4h 54' 48" 2 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 1" 3 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 8" 4 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 2' 15" 5 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 6 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 7 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 2' 44" 8 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 s.t. 10 Joaquim Agostinho POR Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 3' 31"General classification after stage 8http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_8.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 8ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033936/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_8.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 40h 36' 30" 2 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 2' 33" 3 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 2' 48" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 4' 15" 5 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 5' 48" 6 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 6' 21" 7 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 6' 43" 8 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 10' 30" 9 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 10' 39" 10 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 13' 59" Stage 9 11 July 1972 - Luchon to Colomiers, 179 km on Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jos Huysmans BEL Molteni 1972 4h 43' 01" 2 Michael Wright GBR Gitane–Frigécrème s.t. 3 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot 1972 s.t. 4 Rolf Wolfshohl FRG Rokado 1972 s.t. 5 Jacques Cadiou FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 6 Gerard Vianen NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 7 Antoon Houbrechts BEL Salvarani 1972 s.t. 8 Walter Ricci FRA Sonolor 1972 s.t. 9 Ger Harings NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 10 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 s.t.General classification after stage 9http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_9.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 9ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033340/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_9.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 45h 20' 40" 2 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 2' 37" 3 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 2' 52" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 4' 19" 5 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 5' 52" 6 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 6' 25" 7 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 6' 47" 8 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 10' 34" 9 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 10' 43" 10 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 14' 03" Stage 10 12 July 1972 - Castres to La Grande-Motte, 210 km on Stage 10 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/07/13/MD19720713-017.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 17 13 July 1972 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Willy Teirlinck BEL Sonolor 1972 6h 08' 19" 2 Barry Hoban GBR Mercier 1972 + 3" 3 Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t. 4 Guido Reybrouck BEL Salvarani 1972 s.t. 5 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 s.t. 6 Marinus Wagtmans NED Caballero 1972 s.t. 7 Pieter Nassen BEL Maes Pils 1972 s.t. 8 Marino Basso ITA Salvarani 1972 s.t. 9 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1972 s.t. 10 Rik Van Linden BEL Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t.General classification after stage 10http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_10.php 59ème Tour de France 1972 - 10ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090731033026/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1972_10.php 31 July 2009 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1972 51h 28' 58" 2 Cyrille Guimard FRA Mercier 1972 + 2' 39" 3 Luis Ocaña ESP 1945 Bic 1972 + 2' 56" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1972 + 4' 23" 5 Yves Hézard FRA Sonolor 1972 + 6' 11" 6 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier 1972 + 6' 29" 7 Joop Zoetemelk NED FLA 1972 + 6' 51" 8 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1972 + 10' 38" 9 Lucien Van Impe BEL Sonolor 1972 + 10' 47" 10 Mariano Martínez FRA Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 14' 07" References 30em 1972 Tour de France P 10 11 20b Category:1972 Tour de France Category:Tour de France stages