1981 Tour de France
Route and stages
The route for the 1981 Tour de France was revealed in December 1980. Originally, the thirteenth stage was planned as a time trial, followed by a transfer of more than 500 km on the same day, with the fourteenth stage the next day as a mountain stage.

1981 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The route for the 1981 Tour de France was revealed in December 1980. Originally, the thirteenth stage was planned as a time trial, followed by a transfer of more than 500 km on the same day, with the fourteenth stage the next day as a mountain stage.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

P	25 June	Nice	6 km (3.7 mi)	Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)

1a	26 June	Nice	97 km (60 mi)	Hilly stage	Freddy Maertens (BEL)

1b	Nice	40 km (25 mi)	Team time trial	TI–Raleigh–Creda

2	27 June	Nice to Martigues	254 km (158 mi)	Plain stage	Johan van der Velde (NED)

3	28 June	Martigues to Narbonne	232 km (144 mi)	Plain stage	Freddy Maertens (BEL)

4	29 June	Narbonne to Carcassonne	77 km (48 mi)	Team time trial	TI–Raleigh–Creda

5	30 June	Saint-Gaudens to Pla d'Adet	117 km (73 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)

6	1 July	Nay to Pau	27 km (17 mi)	Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)

7	2 July	Pau to Bordeaux	227 km (141 mi)	Plain stage	Urs Freuler (SUI)

8	3 July	Rochefort to Nantes	182 km (113 mi)	Plain stage	Ad Wijnands (NED)

4 July	Nantes	Rest day

9	5 July	Nantes to Le Mans	197 km (122 mi)	Plain stage	René Martens (BEL)

10	6 July	Le Mans to Aulnay-sous-Bois	264 km (164 mi)	Plain stage	Ad Wijnands (NED)

11	7 July	Compiègne to Roubaix	246 km (153 mi)	Plain stage	Daniel Willems (BEL)

12a	8 July	Roubaix to Brussels (Belgium)	107 km (66 mi)	Plain stage	Freddy Maertens (BEL)

12b	Brussels (Belgium) to Circuit Zolder (Belgium)	138 km (86 mi)	Plain stage	Eddy Planckaert (BEL)

13	9 July	Beringen (Belgium) to Hasselt (Belgium)	157 km (98 mi)	Plain stage	Freddy Maertens (BEL)

14	10 July	Mulhouse	38 km (24 mi)	Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)

15	11 July	Besançon to Thonon-les-Bains	231 km (144 mi)	Hilly stage	Sean Kelly (IRE)

16	12 July	Thonon-les-Bains to Morzine	200 km (120 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Robert Alban (FRA)

13 July	Morzine	Rest day

17	14 July	Morzine to Alpe d'Huez	230 km (140 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Peter Winnen (NED)

18	15 July	Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Le Pleynet	134 km (83 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bernard Hinault (FRA)

19	16 July	Veurey to Saint-Priest	118 km (73 mi)	Plain stage	Daniel Willems (BEL)

20	17 July	Saint-Priest	46 km (29 mi)	Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)

21	18 July	Auxerre to Fontenay-sous-Bois	207 km (129 mi)	Plain stage	Johan van der Velde (NED)

22	19 July	Fontenay-sous-Bois to Paris (Champs-Élysées)	187 km (116 mi)	Plain stage	Freddy Maertens (BEL)

Total	3,753 km (2,332 mi)

Sentence(s)

1981 Tour de France the total race distance was 3,753 km (2,332 mi).

final_sentence: 1981 Tour de France the total race distance was 3,753 km (2,332 mi).