1973 Tour de France
Route and stages
After the 1972 Tour de France, there were rumours that the 1973 Tour would become easier, to suit French cyclist Cyrille Guimard better.

1973 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: After the 1972 Tour de France, there were rumours that the 1973 Tour would become easier, to suit French cyclist Cyrille Guimard better.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

P	30 June	Scheveningen (Netherlands)	7.1 km (4.4 mi)	Individual time trial	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)

1a	1 July	Scheveningen (Netherlands) to Rotterdam (Netherlands)	84 km (52 mi)	Plain stage	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)

1b	Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Sint-Niklaas (Belgium)	137.5 km (85.4 mi)	Plain stage	José Catieau (FRA)

2a	2 July	Sint-Niklaas (Belgium)	12.4 km (7.7 mi)	Team time trial	Watney–Maes Pils

2b	Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) to Roubaix	138 km (86 mi)	Plain stage	Eddy Verstraeten (BEL)

3	3 July	Roubaix to Reims	226 km (140 mi)	Plain stage	Cyrille Guimard (FRA)

4	4 July	Reims to Nancy	214 km (133 mi)	Plain stage	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)

5	5 July	Nancy to Mulhouse	188 km (117 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Walter Godefroot (BEL)

6	6 July	Mulhouse to Divonne-les-Bains	244.5 km (151.9 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (FRA)

7 July	Divonne-les-Bains	Rest day

7a	8 July	Divonne-les-Bains to Gaillard	86.5 km (53.7 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Luis Ocaña (ESP)

7b	Gaillard to Méribel	150.5 km (93.5 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)

8	9 July	Moûtiers to Les Orres	237.5 km (147.6 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Luis Ocaña (ESP)

9	10 July	Embrun to Nice	234.5 km (145.7 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vicente López Carril (ESP)

10	11 July	Nice to Aubagne	222.5 km (138.3 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Michael Wright (GBR)

11	12 July	Montpellier to Argelès-sur-Mer	238 km (148 mi)	Plain stage	Barry Hoban (GBR)

12a	13 July	Perpignan to Thuir	28.3 km (17.6 mi)	Individual time trial	Luis Ocaña (ESP)

12b	Thuir to Pyrénées 2000	76 km (47 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)

14 July	Pyrénées 2000	Rest day

13	15 July	Bourg-Madame to Luchon	235 km (146 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Luis Ocaña (ESP)

14	16 July	Luchon to Pau	227.5 km (141.4 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Pedro Torres (ESP)

15	17 July	Pau to Fleurance	137 km (85 mi)	Plain stage	Wilfried David (BEL)

16a	18 July	Fleurance to Bordeaux	210 km (130 mi)	Plain stage	Walter Godefroot (BEL)

16b	Bordeaux	12.4 km (7.7 mi)	Individual time trial	Joaquim Agostinho (POR)

17	19 July	Sainte-Foy-la-Grande to Brive-la-Gaillarde	248 km (154 mi)	Plain stage	Claude Tollet (FRA)

18	20 July	Brive-la-Gaillarde to Puy de Dôme	216.5 km (134.5 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Luis Ocaña (ESP)

19	21 July	Bourges to Versailles	233.5 km (145.1 mi)	Plain stage	Barry Hoban (GBR)

20a	22 July	Versailles	16 km (9.9 mi)	Individual time trial	Luis Ocaña (ESP)

20b	Versailles to Paris	89 km (55 mi)	Plain stage	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)

Total	4,090 km (2,541 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1973 Tour de France took place between June 30 and July 22, covering a distance of 4,090 km (2,541 mi).

final_sentence: The 1973 Tour de France took place between June 30 and July 22, covering a distance of 4,090 km (2,541 mi).