1967 Tour De France

It took place between 29 June and 23 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,779 km (2,970 mi). Thirteen national teams of ten riders competed, with three French teams, two Belgian, two Italian, two Spanish, one each from Germany, United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and a Swiss/Luxembourgian team.

1967 Tour de France

Route of the 1967 Tour de France
Race details
Dates	29 June – 23 July 1967
Stages	22 + Prologue, including two split stages
Distance	4,779 km (2,970 mi)
Winning time	136h 53' 50"
Results
Winner  Roger Pingeon (FRA) (France)   Second  Julio Jiménez (ESP) (Spain)   Third  Franco Balmamion (ITA) (Primavera) Points  Jan Janssen (NED) (Netherlands)   Mountains  Julio Jiménez (ESP) (Spain)   Sprints  Georges Vandenberghe (BEL) (Belgium)   Combativity  Désiré Letort (FRA) (France)   Team France
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The Tour was marred by the fatal collapse of Tom Simpson on the slopes of Mont Ventoux.

The previous years, the Tour had been contested by trade teams. Tour director Félix Lévitan held the team sponsors responsible for the riders' strike in the 1966 Tour de France, and therefore the formula was changed, and the national teams returned. The Tour started with 130 cyclists, divided into 13 teams of 10 cyclists.

The teams entering the race were:

National teams

Secondary national teams

The 1967 Tour de France started on 29 June, and was the first to have a prologue, a short individual time trial prior to stage racing, held in the evening, adding to the occasion. There were had two rest days, in Belfort and Sète. Whereas in previous years the trend had been that the Tour became shorter, in 1967 it was longer, with 4779 km. The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,556 m (8,386 ft) at the summit tunnel of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 10.

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1a	29 June	Angers	5.775 km (3.588 mi)		Individual time trial	José-Maria Errandonea (ESP)
1b	30 June	Angers to Saint-Malo	185.5 km (115.3 mi)		Plain stage	Walter Godefroot (BEL)
2	1 July	Saint-Malo to Caen	180 km (110 mi)		Plain stage	Willy Van Neste (BEL)
3	2 July	Caen to Amiens	248 km (154 mi)		Plain stage	Marino Basso (ITA)
4	3 July	Amiens to Roubaix	191 km (119 mi)		Plain stage	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)
5a	4 July	Roubaix to Jambes (Belgium)	172 km (107 mi)		Plain stage	Roger Pingeon (FRA)
5b		Jambes (Belgium)	17 km (11 mi)		Team time trial	Belgium
6	5 July	Jambes to Metz	238 km (148 mi)		Plain stage	Herman Van Springel (BEL)
7	6 July	Metz to Strasbourg	205.5 km (127.7 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Michael Wright (GBR)
8	7 July	Strasbourg to Belfort/Ballon d'Alsace	215 km (134 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Lucien Aimar (FRA)
	8 July	Belfort			Rest day
9	9 July	Belfort to Divonne-les-Bains	238.5 km (148.2 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)
10	10 July	Divonne-les-Bains to Briançon	243 km (151 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
11	11 July	Briançon to Digne	197 km (122 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	José Samyn (FRA)
12	12 July	Digne to Marseille	207.5 km (128.9 mi)		Plain stage	Raymond Riotte (FRA)
13	13 July	Marseille to Carpentras	211.5 km (131.4 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Jan Janssen (NED)
14	14 July	Carpentras to Sète	201.5 km (125.2 mi)		Plain stage	Barry Hoban (GBR)
	15 July	Sète			Rest day
15	16 July	Sète to Toulouse	230.5 km (143.2 mi)		Plain stage	Rolf Wolfshohl (FRG)
16	17 July	Toulouse to Luchon	188 km (117 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Fernando Manzaneque (ESP)
17	18 July	Luchon to Pau	250 km (160 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Raymond Mastrotto (FRA)
18	19 July	Pau to Bordeaux	206.5 km (128.3 mi)		Plain stage	Marino Basso (ITA)
19	20 July	Bordeaux to Limoges	217 km (135 mi)		Plain stage	Jean Stablinski (FRA)
20	21 July	Limoges to Puy-de-Dôme	222 km (138 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
21	22 July	Clermont-Ferrand to Fontainebleau	359 km (223 mi)		Plain stage	Paul Lemeteyer (FRA)
22a	23 July	Fontainebleau to Versailles	104 km (65 mi)		Plain stage	René Binggeli (SUI)
22b		Versailles to Paris	46.6 km (29.0 mi)		Individual time trial	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
	Total		4,779 km (2,970 mi)

The prologue was won by Spanish José María Errandonea, with Raymond Poulidor in second place, six seconds behind. In the next few stages, the lead in the general classification changed hands several times, but the margins between the top favourites were small.

In the first part of the fifth stage, in Belgium, a group of fourteen cyclists including some Belgian cyclists escaped early in the stage. On the advice of his teammate Jean Stablinski, Roger Pingeon bridged the gap and joined the escaped group. The group stayed away, and Pingeon escaped 60 km before the finish, riding alone until the end of the stage. Pingeon won the stage, and also became the leader of the general classification.

Pingeon's lead was not challenged in the sixth stage, but he lost it in the seventh stage to his teammate Raymond Riotte, after Riotte was in a group that escaped. In the eighth stage, Riotte lost considerable time, and Pingeon was back in the lead. On that stage, Raymond Riotte lost more than 11 minutes, also because of a fall and mechanical problems, and announced that he would ride the rest of the Tour in support of Pingeon.

Pingeon gained a few seconds in the ninth stage after a split in the peloton. In the tenth stage, Poulidor helped Pingeon over the major climbs, and after that stage Pingeon had a margin of more than four minutes over the next rider, Désiré Letort from the Bleuets team.

 

There were few changes in the general classification in the next two stages. The thirteenth stage was run in hot weather, and featured high climbs. During the climb of the Ventoux, Tom Simpson died. Unaware of what happened behind them, Jan Janssen won the stage, closely followed by Roger Pingeon, who extended his lead.

The riders in the peloton decided to ride the fourteenth stage in dedication of Tom Simpson, and let his teammate Barry Hoban win the stage.

In the sixteenth stage in the Pyrenees, Julio Jiménez won back a few minutes, and was now in second place behind Pingeon, 123 seconds behind. In the twentieth stage, with a finish on top of the Puy-de-Dôme, Jiménez won back some more time, and was now 1 minute and 39 seconds behind Pingeon. This was not enough to put Pingeon's victory in danger; the Tour ended with an individual time trial, and Pingeon rode it much better than Jiménez, and won the Tour de France of 1967.

Doping

After the death of Tom Simpson on stage 13, there were accusations of doping use. The organisation decided to increase the doping controls, not only in the Tour but also in the simultaneously run Tour de l'Avenir. The Tour de France gave no positive tests, but several riders from the Tour de l'Avenir were disqualified.

There were several classifications in the 1967 Tour de France, two of them awarding jerseys to their leaders. The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour.

Additionally, there was a points classification. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and was identified with a green jersey.

There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, but was not identified with a jersey.

For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that led this classification wore yellow caps.

In addition, there was a combativity award, in which a jury composed of journalists gave points after each stage to the cyclist they considered most combative. The split stages each had a combined winner. At the conclusion of the Tour, Désiré Letort won the overall super-combativity award, also decided by journalists by a jury. The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given to the first rider to pass the memorial to Tour founder Henri Desgrange near the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 10. This prize was won by Julio Jiménez.

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Intermediate sprints classification	Team classification	Combativity award	Bad luck award
1a	José María Errandonea	José María Errandonea	José María Errandonea	no award	no award	Spain	Jean-Claude Lebaube	Johny Schleck
1b	Walter Godefroot		Walter Godefroot	Jean-Claude Lebaube	Christian Raymond
2	Willy Van Neste	Willy Van Neste	Willy Van Neste		Georges Chappe	France Bleuets	Lucien Aimar	Horst Oldenburg
3	Marino Basso	Giancarlo Polidori	Marino Basso	Michel Jacquemin	Jean Pierre Genet	France	Raymond Riotte	José María Errandonea
4	Guido Reybrouck	Jozef Spruyt	Gerben Karstens				Joseph Spruyt	Johny Schleck
5a	Roger Pingeon	Roger Pingeon	Raymond Riotte		several riders		Roger Pingeon	Martin Van Den Bossche
5b	Belgium
6	Herman Van Springel		Gerben Karstens				Willy Van Neste	Remo Stefanoni
7	Michael Wright	Raymond Riotte	Raymond Riotte		Georges Vandenberghe		Luis Otaño	Rik Van Looy
8	Lucien Aimar	Roger Pingeon		Guerrino Tosello	Christian Raymond	Italy Primavera	Jésus Aranzabal	Raymond Poulidor
9	Guido Reybrouck		Guido Reybrouck				Jean-Claude Lebaube	Walter Godefroot
10	Felice Gimondi			Julio Jiménez		France	Julio Jiménez	Guerrino Tosello
11	José Samyn				Georges Vandenberghe		Georges Chappe	Willy Van Neste
12	Raymond Riotte						Raymond Riotte	Roger Milliot
13	Jan Janssen						Julio Jiménez	Guido Marcello Mugnaini
14	Barry Hoban						Barry Hoban	no award
15	Rolf Wolfshohl						Rolf Wolfshohl	Guido Reybrouck
16	Fernando Manzaneque		Jan Janssen				Fernando Manzaneque	Raymond Poulidor
17	Raymond Mastrotto						Raymond Mastrotto	no award
18	Marino Basso						Marino Basso	Mariano Díaz
19	Jean Stablinski						Jos van der Vleuten	no award
20	Felice Gimondi						Felice Gimondi	Alfred Rüegg
21	Paul Lemeteyer						Pietro Scandelli	no award
22a	René Binggeli						Michel Jacquemin
22b	Raymond Poulidor
Final		Roger Pingeon	Jan Janssen	Julio Jiménez	Georges Vandenberghe	France	Désiré Letort	Raymond Poulidor

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Roger Pingeon (FRA)	France	136h 53' 50"
2	Julio Jiménez (ESP)	Spain	+ 3' 40"
3	Franco Balmamion (ITA)	Primavera	+ 7' 23"
4	Désiré Letort (FRA)	Bleuets	+ 8' 18"
5	Jan Janssen (NED)	Netherlands	+ 9' 47"
6	Lucien Aimar (FRA)	France	+ 9' 47"
7	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Italy	+ 10' 14"
8	Jozef Huysmans (BEL)	Belgium	+ 16' 45"
9	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)	France	+ 18' 18"
10	Fernando Manzaneque (ESP)	Esperanza	+ 19' 22"

Final general classification (11–88)
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
11	Hans Junkermann (FRG)	Germany	+ 23' 02"
12	Willy Monty (BEL)	Belgium	+ 23' 06"
13	Frans Brands (BEL)	Belgium	+ 25' 08"
14	Cees Haast (NED)	Netherlands	+ 26' 23"
15	Franco Bodrero (ITA)	Primavera	+ 26' 30"
16	Noël Van Clooster (BEL)	Red Devils	+ 26' 40"
17	José Samyn (FRA)	Bleuets	+ 28' 42"
18	Ginés García (ESP)	Spain	+ 28' 56"
19	André Bayssière (FRA)	Coqs	+ 29' 23"
20	Johny Schleck (LUX)	Switzerland/Luxembourg	+ 32' 09"
21	Henri Rabaute (FRA)	Bleuets	+ 34' 42"
22	Giancarlo Polidori (ITA)	Primavera	+ 36' 04"
23	Jean-Claude Lebaube (FRA)	Coqs	+ 37' 23"
24	Herman Van Springel (BEL)	Belgium	+ 37' 54"
25	Wim Schepers (NED)	Netherlands	+ 38' 15"
26	Raymond Delisle (FRA)	Coqs	+ 39' 29"
27	Roberto Poggiali (ITA)	Italy	+ 40' 03"
28	Victor Van Schil (BEL)	Red Devils	+ 40' 36"
29	Jean-Claude Theillière (FRA)	Coqs	+ 40' 38"
30	Gerben Karstens (NED)	Netherlands	+ 40' 46"
31	Rolf Wolfshohl (FRG)	Germany	+ 41' 44"
32	Flaviano Vicentini (ITA)	Italy	+ 45' 02"
33	José-Manuel Lopez-Rodriguez (ESP)	Spain	+ 46' 32"
34	Ugo Colombo (ITA)	Italy	+ 47' 10"
35	Alfred Rüegg (SUI)	Switzerland/Luxembourg	+ 49' 23"
36	Raymond Mastrotto (FRA)	Coqs	+ 50' 10"
37	Georges Chappe (FRA)	Bleuets	+ 50' 24"
38	Jean Dumont (FRA)	Coqs	+ 50' 51"
39	Michel Grain (FRA)	Coqs	+ 52' 28"
40	Maurice Izier (FRA)	Bleuets	+ 52' 59"
41	Ventura Díaz (ESP)	Esperanza	+ 53' 20"
42	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)	Red Devils	+ 55' 39"
43	Paul In' t Ven (BEL)	Red Devils	+ 56'30"
44	Pietro Scandelli (ITA)	Primavera	+ 56' 43"
45	Georges Vandenberghe (BEL)	Belgium	+ 57' 49"
46	André Foucher (FRA)	France	+ 59' 41"
47	Jozef Spruyt (BEL)	Belgium	+ 1h 02' 12"
48	Angel Ibanez (ESP)	Esperanza	+ 1h 02' 19"
49	Luis-Pedro Santamarina (ESP)	Spain	+ 1h 02' 34"
50	Jesus Aranzabal (ESP)	Esperanza	+ 1h 02' 41"
51	Willy In' t Ven (BEL)	Red Devils	+ 1h 04'40"
52	Dieter Wiedemann (FRG)	Germany	+ 1h 06' 21"
53	Jean Monteyne (BEL)	Red Devils	+ 1h 06' 49"
54	Roger Swerts (BEL)	Red Devils	+ 1h 09' 57"
55	René Binggeli (SUI)	Switzerland/Luxembourg	+ 1h 10' 22"
56	Jorge Marine (ESP)	Esperanza	+ 1h 12' 05"
57	Christian Raymond (FRA)	Bleuets	+ 1h 15' 08"
58	Ambrogio Portalupi (ITA)	Primavera	+ 1h 15' 33"
59	Martin Vandenbossche (BEL)	Belgium	+ 1h 15' 37"
60	Walter Godefroot (BEL)	Red Devils	+ 1h 16' 03"
61	Claudio Michelotto (ITA)	Primavera	+ 1h 16' 48"
62	Barry Hoban (GBR)	Great Britain	+ 1h 17' 29"
63	Herbert Wilde (FRG)	Germany	+ 1h 18' 11"
64	Marino Basso (ITA)	Primavera	+ 1h 18' 14"
65	Luciano Dalla Bona (ITA)	Italy	+ 1h 18' 21"
66	Roger Milliot (FRA)	Bleuets	+ 1h 19' 45"
67	Jos van der Vleuten (NED)	Netherlands	+ 1h 20' 28"
68	Giancarlo Ferretti (ITA)	Italy	+ 1h 21' 40"
69	Arthur Metcalfe (GBR)	Great Britain	+ 1h 22' 37"
70	Louis Pfenninger (SUI)	Switzerland/Luxembourg	+ 1h 25' 03"
71	Huub Zilverberg (NED)	Netherlands	+ 1h 29' 26"
72	Raymond Riotte (FRA)	France	+ 1h 31' 59"
73	Bernard Vifian (SUI)	Switzerland/Luxembourg	+ 1h 32' 33"
74	José-Manuel Lasa (ESP)	Esperanza	+ 1h 34' 09"
75	Hubertus Harings (NED)	Netherlands	+ 1h 36' 06"
76	Jo de Roo (NED)	Netherlands	+ 1h 36' 13"
77	Michel Jacquemin (BEL)	Red Devils	+ 1h 40' 59"
78	Paul Lemeteyer (FRA)	France	+ 1h 41' 44"
79	Willy Spühler (SUI)	Switzerland/Luxembourg	+ 1h 43' 11"
80	Adriano Durante (ITA)	Italy	+ 1h 46' 38"
81	Jean Stablinski (FRA)	France	+ 1h 50' 07"
82	Karl Brand (SUI)	Switzerland/Luxembourg	+ 1h 55' 06"
83	Edouard Delberghe (FRA)	France	+ 1h 59' 36"
84	Colin Lewis (GBR)	Great Britain	+ 1h 59' 50"
85	Ramon Sáez (ESP)	Spain	+ 2h 04' 26"
86	Francis Blanc (SUI)	Switzerland/Luxembourg	+ 2h 05' 39"
87	Mario Minieri (ITA)	Italy	+ 2h 07' 55"
88	Jean-Pierre Genet (FRA)	France	+ 2h 21' 01"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jan Janssen (NED)	Netherlands	154
2	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)	Red Devils	119
3	Georges Vandenberghe (BEL)	Belgium	111
4	Marino Basso (ITA)	Primavera	99
5	Gerben Karstens (NED)	Netherlands	98
6	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Italy	96
7	Michel Grain (FRA)	Coqs	94
8	Roger Pingeon (FRA)	France	89
9	Raymond Riotte (FRA)	France	88
10	Paul Lemeteyer (FRA)	France	82

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Julio Jiménez (ESP)	Spain	122
2	Franco Balmamion (ITA)	Primavera	68
3	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)	France	53
4	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Italy	45
5	Roger Pingeon (FRA)	France	44
6	Jan Janssen (NED)	Netherlands	33
7	Désiré Letort (FRA)	Bleuets	32
7	Fernando Manzaneque (ESP)	Esperanza	32
9	Lucien Aimar (FRA)	France	31
10	Ventura Díaz (ESP)	Esperanza	26

Intermediate sprints classification

Final intermediate sprints classification (1–5)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Georges Vandenberghe (BEL)	Belgium	20
2	Christian Raymond (FRA)	Bleuets	16
3	Roger Milliot (FRA)	Bleuets	13
3	Michel Grain (FRA)	Coqs	13
5	Barry Hoban (GBR)	Great Britain	7

Team classification

Final team classification

Rank	Team	Time
1	France	412h 16' 54"
2	Netherlands	+ 38' 05"
3	Primavera	+ 43' 49"
4	Belgium	+ 54' 15"
5	Bleuets	+ 55' 26"
6	Spain	+ 59' 31"
7	Coqs	+ 1h 14' 52"
8	Red Devils	+ 1h 31' 55"
9	Esparanza	+ 1h 34' 25"
10	Italy	+ 1h 34' 30"
11	Germany	+ 1h 35' 45"
12	Switzerland/Luxembourg	+ 2h 01' 11"
13	Great Britain	+ 3h 51' 16"