1974 Tour de France
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| Final Standings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overall | Eddy Merckx | 116h 16' 58" |
| Second | Raymond Poulidor | +8' 04" |
| Third | Vicente Lopez-Carril | +8' 09" |
| Points | Patrick Sercu | 283 points |
| Second | Eddy Merckx | 270 points |
| Third | Barry Hoban | 170 points |
| Climber | Domingo Perurena | 161 points |
| Second | Eddy Merckx | 118 points |
| Third | José-Luis Abilleira | 109 points |
| Teams | KAS | |
| Second | ||
| Third | ||
The 1974 Tour de France was the 61st Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 21, 1974. It consisted of 22 stages over 4098 km, ridden at an average speed of 35.241 km/h. Eddy Merckx was attempting to win his fifth Tour de France in as many races, while Luis Ocaña and Joop Zoetemelk were notable absentees from the 1974 Tour.
In 1974 the tour made its first visit to England, with a circuit stage on the Plympton By-pass, near Plymouth.
[edit] Results
[edit] Overall standings
| Rank | Name | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddy Merckx | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
116h 16' 58" | |
| 2 | Raymond Poulidor |  France |
8' 04" | |
| 3 | Vicente Lopez-Carril |  Spain |
8' 09" | |
| 4 | Wladimiro Panizza |  Italy |
10' 59" | |
| 5 | Gonzalo Aja | Spain |
11' 24" | |
| 6 | Joaquim Agostinho |  Portugal |
14' 24" | |
| 7 | Michel Pollentier | Belgium |
16' 34" | |
| 8 | Mariano Martinez | France |
18' 33" | |
| 9 | Alain Santy | France |
19' 55" | |
| 10 | Herman Van Springel | Belgium |
24' 11" |
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