1973 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall	Luis Ocaña	122h 25' 34"
Second	Bernard Thévenet	+15' 51"
Third	José-Manuel Fuente	+17' 15"
Points	Herman Van Springel	187 points
Second	Joop Zoetemelk	168 points
Third	Luis Ocaña	145 points
Climber	Pedro Torres	225 points
Second	José-Manuel Fuente	216 points
Third	Luis Ocaña	192 points
Teams	BIC
Second	KAS
Third	Peugeot - BP

The 1973 Tour de France was the 60th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 22, 1974. It was comprised of 20 stages over 4140.4 km, ridden at an average speed of 33.918 km/h. After winning the 1973 Giro d'Italia, Eddy Merckx did not participate in the Tour.

[edit] Results

[edit] Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Luis Ocaña	Spain	122h 25' 34"
2	Bernard Thévenet	France	15' 51"
3	José-Manuel Fuente	Spain	17' 15"
4	Joop Zoetemelk	Netherlands	26' 22"
5	Lucien Van Impe	Belgium	30' 20"
6	Herman Van Springel	Belgium	32' 01"
7	Michel Périn	France	33' 02"
8	Joaquim Agostinho	Portugal	35' 51"
9	Vicente Lopez-Carril	Spain	36' 18"
10	Régis Ovion	France	36' 59"