1971 Tour de France
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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
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 mar](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Col_du_Firstplan.jpg/500px-Col_du_Firstplan.jpg)
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.
1970 Tour de France
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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
1971 Tour de France
…rider was given to Ocaña. Merckx won the most stages, with four. The 1971 edition of the Tour de France consisted of thirteen teams, two less than the previous Tour. Teams were either invited or paid a participation fee. The Italian-based Salvarani and the Belgian Watney–Avia teams announced they would not be…
The race director's car and peloton at the start of stage two in La Rochelle