1966 Tour de France
Route and stages
The 1966 Tour de France started on 21 June, and had two rest days, in Luchon and Turin.

1966 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The 1966 Tour de France started on 21 June, and had two rest days, in Luchon and Turin.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	21 June	Nancy to Charleville	209 km (130 mi)	Plain stage	Rudi Altig (FRG)

2	22 June	Charleville to Tournai (Belgium)	198 km (123 mi)	Plain stage	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)

3a	23 June	Tournai (Belgium)	21 km (13 mi)	Team time trial	Televizier–Batavus

3b	Tournai to Dunkirk	131 km (81 mi)	Plain stage	Gerben Karstens (NED)

4	24 June	Dunkirk to Dieppe	205 km (127 mi)	Plain stage	Willy Planckaert (BEL)

5	25 June	Dieppe to Caen	178 km (111 mi)	Plain stage	Franco Bitossi (ITA)

6	26 June	Caen to Angers	217 km (135 mi)	Plain stage	Edward Sels (BEL)

7	27 June	Angers to Royan	252 km (157 mi)	Plain stage	Albert Van Vlierberghe (BEL)

8	28 June	Royan to Bordeaux	138 km (86 mi)	Plain stage	Willy Planckaert (BEL)

9	29 June	Bordeaux to Bayonne	201 km (125 mi)	Plain stage	Gerben Karstens (NED)

10	30 June	Bayonne to Pau	234 km (145 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Tommaso de Pra (ITA)

11	1 July	Pau to Luchon	188 km (117 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Guido Marcello Mugnaini (ITA)

2 July	Luchon	Rest day

12	3 July	Luchon to Revel	219 km (136 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Rudi Altig (FRG)

13	4 July	Revel to Sète	191 km (119 mi)	Plain stage	Georges Vandenberghe (BEL)

14a	5 July	Montpellier to Vals-les-Bains	144 km (89 mi)	Plain stage	Jo de Roo (NED)

14b	Vals-les-Bains	20 km (12 mi)	Individual time trial	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)

15	6 July	Privas to Le Bourg-d'Oisans	203 km (126 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Luís Otano (ESP)

16	7 July	Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Briançon	148 km (92 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Julio Jiménez (ESP)

17	8 July	Briançon to Turin (Italy)	160 km (99 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Franco Bitossi (ITA)

9 July	Turin (Italy)	Rest day

18	10 July	Ivrea (Italy) to Chamonix	188 km (117 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Edy Schutz (LUX)

19	11 July	Chamonix to Saint-Étienne	265 km (165 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Ferdinand Bracke (BEL)

20	12 July	Saint-Étienne to Montluçon	223 km (139 mi)	Plain stage	Henk Nijdam (NED)

21	13 July	Montluçon to Orléans	232 km (144 mi)	Plain stage	Pierre Beuffeuil (FRA)

22a	14 July	Orléans to Rambouillet	111 km (69 mi)	Plain stage	Edward Sels (BEL)

22b	Rambouillet to Paris	51 km (32 mi)	Individual time trial	Rudi Altig (FRG)

Total	4,329 km (2,690 mi)

Sentence(s)

1966 Tour de France took place between 21 June and 14 July with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,329 km (2,690 mi).

final_sentence: 1966 Tour de France took place between 21 June and 14 July with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,329 km (2,690 mi).