1986 Tour de France

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1986 final standings
Overall	Greg LeMond	110h 35' 19"
Second	Bernard Hinault	+ 3' 10"
Third	Urs Zimmermann	+10' 54"
Points	Eric Vanderaerden	277 points
Second	Josef Lieckens	232 points
Third	Bernard Hinault	210 points
Climber	Bernard Hinault	351 points
Second	Luis Herrera	270 points
Third	Greg LeMond	265 points
Youth	Andrew Hampsten	110h 54' 03"
Second	Ronan Pensec	+7' 15"
Third	Jean François Bernard	+17' 01"
Teams	La Vie Claire
Second	Peugeot - Shell
Third	Système U

The 1986 Tour de France was the 73rd Tour de France, taking place July 4 to July 27, 1986. It was won by Greg LeMond, the first American to win the Tour. This year also had the first American cycling team, 7-Eleven, entered in Tour history.

Following the success of Bernard Hinault the previous year, the La Vie Claire team was heavily favored. In the 1985 Tour de France, Bernard Hinault promised to return LeMond's support to win the race. However, continuing attacks cast doubt on Hinault's sincerity. He claimed that his tactics were simply to wear down LeMond's (and his) opponents and that he ultimately knew that LeMond would be the winner because of time losses earlier in the race. Regardless of his true motives, this tactic worked well, and rivals Laurent Fignon and Urs Zimmermann were put on the defensive from the first day. Laurent Fignon quit the race due to injuries aggravated by stress.

The ascent of the legendary Alpe d'Huez gave spectators a spectacular stage in which Hinault made a suicidal solo attack to demoralize the opposition, to be matched only by LeMond at the top. In a gesture of respect, the two riders reached the top hand-in-hand, beaming smiles, and LeMond let Hinault finish first to claim the stage. However, within hours their competition resumed during interviews in French television.

In the end, LeMond was crowned winner of the race and Hinault retired shortly afterwards.

1 Stages
- 1.1 Jersey progress
2 Overall standings
- 2.1 General Classification
3 External links

[edit] Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date
P	Boulogne-Billancourt	5 km	Individual time trial	Friday, July 4
1	Nanterre - Sceaux	85 km		Saturday, July 5
2	Meudon - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	56 km	Team time trial	Saturday, July 5
3	Levallois-Perret - Liévin	214 km		Sunday, July 6
4	Liévin - Évreux	243 km		Monday, July 7
5	Évreux - Villers-sur-Mer	125 km		Tuesday, July 8
6	Villers-sur-Mer - Cherbourg	200 km		Wednesday, July 9
7	Cherbourg - Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët	201 km		Thursday, July 10
8	Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët - Nantes	204 km		Friday, July 11
9	Nantes - Nantes	61 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 12
10	Nantes - Futuroscope	183 km		Sunday, July 13
11	Poitiers - Bordeaux	258 km		Monday, July 14
12	Bayonne - Pau	218 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 15
13	Pau - Superbagnères	186 km	Mountain stage	Wednesday, July 16
14	Luchon - Blagnac	154 km		Thursday, July 17
Rest day				Friday, July 18
15	Carcassonne - Nîmes	226 km		Saturday, July 19
16	Nîmes - Gap	246 km	Mountain stage	Sunday, July 20
17	Gap - Serre Chevalier	190 km	Mountain stage	Monday, July 21
18	Briançon - Alpe d'Huez	163 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 22
19	Villard-de-Lans - Saint-Étienne	179 km	Mountain stage	Wednesday, July 23
20	Saint-Étienne - Saint-Étienne	58 km	Individual time trial	Thursday, July 24
21	Saint-Étienne - Puy de Dôme	190 km	Mountain stage	Friday, July 25
22	Clermont-Ferrand - Nevers	194 km		Saturday, July 26
23	Cosne-sur-Loire - Paris Champs-Élysées	255 km		Sunday, July 27
Total		4,094 km

[edit] Jersey progress

Notes

[edit] Overall standings

[edit] General Classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Greg LeMond	United States	La Vie Claire	110h 35' 19"
2	Bernard Hinault	France	La Vie Claire	3' 10"
3	Urs Zimmermann	Switzerland		10' 54"
4	Andrew Hampsten	United States	La Vie Claire	18' 44"
5	Claude Criquielion	Belgium		24' 36"
6	Ronan Pensec	France		25' 59"
7	Niki Rutimann	Switzerland		30' 52"
8	Álvaro Pino	Spain		33' 00"
9	Steven Rooks	Netherlands	PDM-Concorde	33' 22"
10	Yvon Madiot	France		33' 27"
11	Samuel Cabrera	Colombia		35' 28"
12	Jean-François Bernard	France	La Vie Claire	35' 45"
13	Pascal Simon	France		37' 44"
14	Eduardo Chozas	Spain		38' 48"
15	Reynel Montoya	Colombia		45' 36"
16	Charly Mottet	France		45' 58"
17	Thierry Claveyrolat	France		46' 00"
18	Marino Lejarreta	Spain		49' 09"
19	Jean-Claude Bagot	France		51' 38"
20	Éric Caritoux	France	Fagor	52' 39"
21	Patrocinio Jimenez	Spain		55' 42"
22	Luis Herrera	Colombia	Café de Colombia	56' 00"
23	Steve Bauer	Canada	La Vie Claire	56' 02"
24	Joop Zoetemelk	Netherlands	Kwantum Hallen-Decosol-Yoko	57' 04"
25	Jesus Blanco-Villar	Spain		1h 03' 16"
26	Jean-René Bernaudeau	France		1h 03' 56"
27	Alfonso Florez	Colombia		1h 05' 54"
28	Bernard Gavillet	Switzerland		1h 08' 17"
29	Peter Stevenhaagen	Netherlands		1h 10' 40"
30	Joaquin Mujika	Spain		1h 11' 01"
31	Anselmo Fuerte	Spain		1h 12' 13"
32	Primoz Cerin	Yugoslavia		1h 14' 40"
33	Antonio Agudelo	Colombia		1h 15' 13"
34	Dag-Otto Lauritzen	Norway		1h 15' 47"
35	Robert Forest	France		1h 16' 19"
36	Pello Ruiz-Cabestany	Spain		1h 16' 22"
37	Eddy Schepers	Belgium		1h 18' 20"
38	Federico Echave	Spain		1h 18' 53"
39	Phil Anderson	Australia		1h 19' 41"
40	Jesus Rodriguez	Spain		1h 20' 09"
41	Silvano Contini	Italy		1h 22' 18"
42	Martin Ramirez	Colombia		1h 22' 26"
43	Hendrik Devos	Belgium		1h 24' 43"
44	Charly Bérard	France		1h 29' 02"
45	Dominique Garde	France		1h 29' 11"
46	Martin Earley	Ireland		1h 30' 30"
47	Gil Mas	France		1h 31' 56"
48	Stephen Roche	Ireland		1h 32' 30"
49	Erich Maechler	Switzerland		1h 32' 45"
50	Heriberto Uran	Colombia		1h 36' 35"
51	Jan Nevens	Belgium		1h 37' 15"
52	Johan Van der Velde	Netherlands		1h 37' 55"
53	Carlos Hernandez	Spain		1h 38' 13"
54	Guy Nulens	Belgium		1h 39' 08"
55	Carlos Jaramillo	Colombia		1h 39' 48"
56	Jean-Claude Leclercq	France		1h 40' 43"
57	Jean-Claude Garde	France		1h 40' 57"
58	Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande	Belgium		1h 41' 23"
59	Juan-Carlos Rozas	Spain		1h 41' 51"
60	Enrique Aja	Spain		1h 42' 32"
61	Gérard Veldscholten	Netherlands		1h 42' 57"
62	Bernard Vallet	France		1h 43' 12"
63	Bob Roll	United States	7-Eleven-Hoonved	1h 43' 26"
64	Dirk De Wolf	Belgium		1h 44' 17"
65	Twan Poels	Netherlands		1h 44' 17"
66	Ennio Vanotti	Italy		1h 45' 20"
67	Paul Haghedooren	Belgium		1h 47' 59"
68	François Lemarchand	France		1h 49' 05"
69	Ludo Peeters	Belgium		1h 49' 11"
70	Nico Emonds	Belgium		1h 49' 19"
71	Manuel Cardenas	Colombia		1h 50' 11"
72	Guido Van Calster	Belgium		1h 50' 42"
73	Bruno Leali	Italy		1h 51' 49"
74	Beat Breu	Switzerland		1h 51' 54"
75	Inaki Gaston	Spain		1h 52' 35"
76	Dominique Arnaud	France		1h 53' 54"
77	Jørgen Pedersen	Denmark		1h 54' 32"
78	Jos Haex	Belgium		1h 54' 38"
79	Julian Gorospe	Spain		1h 56' 11"
80	Jeff Pierce	United States	7-Eleven-Hoonved	1h 56' 57"
81	Maarten Ducrot	Netherlands		1h 58' 02"
82	Acacio Da Silva	Portugal		1h 58' 05"
83	Nestor Mora	Colombia		1h 58' 26"
84	Gerrie Knetemann	Netherlands		1h 58' 28"
85	Dominique Gaigne	France		1h 59' 27"
86	Marco Leon	Colombia		2h 00' 49"
87	Vicente Ridaura	Spain		2h 00' 59"
88	Christophe Lavainne	France		2h 01' 00"
89	Eric Van Lancker	Belgium		2h 01' 53"
90	Jan Van Wijk	Netherlands		2h 02' 35"
91	Alessandro Pozzi	Italy		2h 03' 39"
92	Guido Bontempi	Italy		2h 03' 39"
93	Régis Simon	France		2h 05' 06"
94	Francisco Antequera	Italy		2h 05' 08"
95	Alain Vigneron	France	La Vie Claire	s.t.
96	Ron Kiefel	United States	7-Eleven-Hoonved	2h 06' 38"
97	Philippe Leleu	France	La Vie Claire	2h 07' 03"
98	Eric Boyer	France		2h 07' 27"
99	Jorg Muller	Switzerland		2h 07' 46"
100	Frédéric Vichot	France		2h 08' 15"
101	Gerrit Solleveld	Netherlands		2h 09' 00"
102	Willem Van Eynde	Belgium		2h 10' 46"
103	Luc Roosen	Belgium		2h 10' 46"
104	Rudy Rogiers	Belgium		2h 11' 09"
105	Jan Wijnants	Belgium		2h 11' 14"
106	Israel Corredor	Colombia		2h 12' 04"
107	Frédéric Brun	France		2h 13' 11"
108	Thierry Marie	France		2h 13' 24"
109	Francesco Rossignoli	Italy		2h 13' 56"
110	Adrie Van der Poel	Netherlands		2h 14' 20"
111	Eric Louvel	France		2h 14' 41"
112	Sean Yates	United Kingdom		2h 15' 20"
113	Michel Dernies	Belgium		2h 15' 29"
114	Raoul Alcala	Mexico		2h 15' 53"
115	Jaime Vilamajo	Spain		2h 16' 41"
116	Frank Hoste	Belgium		2h 17' 06"
117	Jesus Hernandez-Ubeda	Spain		2h 17' 26"
118	André Chappuis	France		2h 17' 36"
119	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke	Belgium		2h 17' 58"
120	Alex Stieda	Canada	7-Eleven-Hoonved	2h 19' 47"
121	José-Luis Laguia	Spain		2h 19' 48"
122	Rudy Dhaenens	Belgium		2h 19' 58"
123	Marc Gomez	France		2h 21' 13"
124	Alain Bondue	France		2h 22' 03"
125	Eric Vanderaerden	Belgium	Panasonic	2h 22' 30"
126	Antonio Esparza	Spain		2h 22' 45"
127	Guido Winterberg	Switzerland	La Vie Claire	2h 27' 26"
128	Pierangelo Bincoletto	Italy		2h 27' 28"
129	Jozef Lieckens	Belgium		2h 29' 21"
130	Francis Castaing	France		2h 41' 56"
131	Paul Kimmage	Ireland		2h 44' 06"
132	Ennio Salvador	Italy		2h 55' 51"