1975 Tour de France
Route and stages
The 1975 Tour de France started on 26 June, and had two rest days, the first in Auch the second after the finish on the Puy de Dôme, during which the cyclists were transferred to Nice.

1975 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The 1975 Tour de France started on 26 June, and had two rest days, the first in Auch the second after the finish on the Puy de Dôme, during which the cyclists were transferred to Nice.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

P	26 June	Charleroi (Belgium)	6 km (3.7 mi)	Individual time trial	Francesco Moser (ITA)

1a	27 June	Charleroi (Belgium) to Molenbeek (Belgium)	94 km (58 mi)	Plain stage	Cees Priem (NED)

1b	Molenbeek (Belgium) to Roubaix	109 km (68 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Linden (BEL)

2	28 June	Roubaix to Amiens	121 km (75 mi)	Plain stage	Ronald de Witte (BEL)

3	29 June	Amiens to Versailles	170 km (110 mi)	Plain stage	Karel Rottiers (BEL)

4	30 June	Versailles to Le Mans	223 km (139 mi)	Plain stage	Jacques Esclassan (FRA)

5	2 July	Sablé-sur-Sarthe to Merlin-Plage	222 km (138 mi)	Plain stage	Theo Smit (NED)

6	2 July	Merlin-Plage	16 km (9.9 mi)	Individual time trial	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

7	3 July	Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie to Angoulême	236 km (147 mi)	Plain stage	Francesco Moser (ITA)

8	4 July	Angoulême to Bordeaux	134 km (83 mi)	Plain stage	Barry Hoban (GBR)

9a	5 July	Langon to Fleurance	131 km (81 mi)	Plain stage	Theo Smit (NED)

9b	Fleurance to Auch	37 km (23 mi)	Individual time trial	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

6 July	Auch	Rest day

10	7 July	Auch to Pau	206 km (128 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)

11	8 July	Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet	160 km (99 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)

12	9 July	Tarbes to Albi	242 km (150 mi)	Plain stage	Gerrie Knetemann (NED)

13	10 July	Albi to Super-Lioran	260 km (160 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Michel Pollentier (BEL)

14	11 July	Aurillac to Puy de Dôme	174 km (108 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)

12 July	Nice	Rest day

15	13 July	Nice to Pra-Loup	217 km (135 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)

16	14 July	Barcelonnette to Serre Chevalier	107 km (66 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)

17	15 July	Valloire to Morzine Avoriaz	225 km (140 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vicente Lopez-Carril (ESP)

18	16 July	Morzine to Châtel	40 km (25 mi)	Individual time trial	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)

19	17 July	Thonon-les-Bains to Chalon-sur-Saône	229 km (142 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Rik Van Linden (BEL)

20	18 July	Pouilly-en-Auxois to Melun	256 km (159 mi)	Plain stage	Giacinto Santambrogio (ITA)

21	19 July	Melun to Senlis	220 km (140 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Linden (BEL)

22	20 July	Paris to Paris (Champs-Élysées)	164 km (102 mi)	Plain stage	Walter Godefroot (BEL)

Total	4,000 km (2,485 mi)

Sentence(s)

1975 Tour de France took place between 26 June and 20 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,000 km (2,485 mi).

final_sentence: 1975 Tour de France took place between 26 June and 20 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,000 km (2,485 mi).