1970 Tour de France
Route and stages
The 1970 Tour de France started on 27 June, and had no rest days. After the financial success of the split stages in the 1969 Tour de France, even more split stages were used in the 1970 Tour.

1970 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The 1970 Tour de France started on 27 June, and had no rest days. After the financial success of the split stages in the 1969 Tour de France, even more split stages were used in the 1970 Tour.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

P	27 June	Limoges	7.4 km (4.6 mi)	Individual time trial	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

1	27 June	Limoges to La Rochelle	224.5 km (139.5 mi)	Plain stage	Cyrille Guimard (FRA)

2	28 June	La Rochelle to Angers	200 km (120 mi)	Plain stage	Italo Zilioli (ITA)

3a	29 June	Angers	10.7 km (6.6 mi)	Team time trial	Faemino–Faema

3b	Angers to Rennes	140 km (87 mi)	Plain stage	Marino Basso (ITA)

4	30 June	Rennes to Lisieux	229 km (142 mi)	Plain stage	Walter Godefroot (BEL)

5a	1 July	Lisieux to Rouen	94.5 km (58.7 mi)	Plain stage	Walter Godefroot (BEL)

5b	Rouen to Amiens	223 km (139 mi)	Plain stage	Jozef Spruyt (BEL)

6	2 July	Amiens to Valenciennes	135.5 km (84.2 mi)	Plain stage	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)

7a	3 July	Valenciennes to Forest (Belgium)	120 km (75 mi)	Plain stage	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

7b	Forest (Belgium)	7.2 km (4.5 mi)	Individual time trial	José Antonio González (ESP)

8	4 July	Ciney to Felsberg (West Germany)	232.5 km (144.5 mi)	Plain stage	Alain Vasseur (FRA)

9	5 July	Saarlouis (West Germany) to Mulhouse	269.5 km (167.5 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Mogens Frey (DEN)

10	6 July	Belfort to Divonne-les-Bains	241 km (150 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

11a	7 July	Divonne-les-Bains	8.8 km (5.5 mi)	Individual time trial	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

11b	Divonne-les-Bains to Thonon-les-Bains	139.5 km (86.7 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Marino Basso (ITA)

12	8 July	Thonon-les-Bains to Grenoble	194 km (121 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

13	9 July	Grenoble to Gap	194.5 km (120.9 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Primo Mori (ITA)

14	10 July	Gap to Mont Ventoux	170 km (110 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

15	11 July	Carpentras to Montpellier	140.5 km (87.3 mi)	Plain stage	Rini Wagtmans (NED)

16	12 July	Montpellier to Toulouse	160 km (99 mi)	Plain stage	Albert Van Vlierberghe (BEL)

17	13 July	Toulouse to Saint-Gaudens	190 km (120 mi)	Plain stage	Luis Ocaña (ESP)

18	14 July	Saint-Gaudens to La Mongie	135.5 km (84.2 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)

19	15 July	Bagnères-de-Bigorre to Mourenx	185.5 km (115.3 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Christian Raymond (FRA)

20a	16 July	Mourenx to Bordeaux	223.5 km (138.9 mi)	Plain stage	Rolf Wolfshohl (FRG)

20b	Bordeaux	8.2 km (5.1 mi)	Individual time trial	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

21	17 July	Ruffec to Tours	191.5 km (119.0 mi)	Plain stage	Marino Basso (ITA)

22	18 July	Tours to Versailles	238.5 km (148.2 mi)	Plain stage	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (FRA)

23	19 July	Versailles to Paris	54 km (34 mi)	Individual time trial	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

Total	4,254 km (2,643 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1970 Tour de France took place between 27 June and 19 July, with 23 stages covering a distance of 4,254 km (2,643 mi).

final_sentence: The 1970 Tour de France took place between 27 June and 19 July, with 23 stages covering a distance of 4,254 km (2,643 mi).