The 1970 Tour de France was the 57th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 27 June and 19 July, with 23 stages covering a distance of 4,254 km. It was the
The race director's car and peloton at the start of stage two in La Rochelle
The 1971 Tour de France was the 58th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,608-kilometre race consisted of 22 stages, including three split stages, starting in Mulhouse on
1970 Tour de France
…and Lucien Van Impe was voted friendliest rider. There was no award for the best young rider, but Zoetemelk would have been the best rider under 25. The next year there was an award for the youngest rider to finish the Tour, a color television which was won by Zoetemelk. Merckx was the third cyclist to win the…
The eastern city of Mulhouse hosted the Grand Départ across three days.
Sonolor–Lejeune rider Lucien Van Impe won the mountains classification and finished third in the general classification.
Eddy Merckx leading his Molteni team during the team time trial prologue in Mulhouse, which they won
In stage 2, the Col du Firstplan [fr] aided in the formation of a sixteen-strong breakaway group of mostly pre-race favourites who finished with a margin of over nine minutes.