1968 Tour de France
Route and stages
The route for the Tour de France was announced in December 1967. At that time, the last stage was not finalized yet, because the old finish place (the Parc des Princes) was no longer available, and a new one had to be found.

1968 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The route for the Tour de France was announced in December 1967. At that time, the last stage was not finalized yet, because the old finish place (the Parc des Princes) was no longer available, and a new one had to be found.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1a	27 June	Vittel	6.1 km (3.8 mi)	Individual time trial	Charly Grosskost (FRA)

1b	28 June	Vittel to Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)	189 km (117 mi)	Plain stage	Charly Grosskost (FRA)

2	29 June	Arlon (Belgium) to Forest (Belgium)	210.5 km (130.8 mi)	Plain stage	Erik de Vlaeminck (BEL)

3a	30 June	Forest (Belgium)	22 km (14 mi)	Team time trial	Belgium A

3b	Forest (Belgium) to Roubaix	112 km (70 mi)	Plain stage	Walter Godefroot (BEL)

4	1 July	Roubaix to Rouen	238 km (148 mi)	Plain stage	Georges Chappe (FRA)

5a	2 July	Rouen to Bagnoles-de-l'Orne	165 km (103 mi)	Plain stage	André Desvages (FRA)

5b	Bagnoles-de-l'Orne to Dinard	154.5 km (96.0 mi)	Plain stage	Jean Dumont (FRA)

6	3 July	Dinard to Lorient	188 km (117 mi)	Plain stage	Aurelio González Puente (ESP)

7	4 July	Lorient to Nantes	190 km (120 mi)	Plain stage	Franco Bitossi (ITA)

8	5 July	Nantes to Royan	223 km (139 mi)	Plain stage	Daniel van Ryckeghem (BEL)

6 July	Royan	Rest day

9	7 July	Royan to Bordeaux	137.5 km (85.4 mi)	Plain stage	Walter Godefroot (BEL)

10	8 July	Bordeaux to Bayonne	202.5 km (125.8 mi)	Plain stage	Gilbert Bellone (FRA)

11	9 July	Bayonne to Pau	183.5 km (114.0 mi)	Plain stage	Daniel van Ryckeghem (BEL)

12	10 July	Pau to Saint-Gaudens	226.5 km (140.7 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Georges Pintens (BEL)

13	11 July	Saint-Gaudens to La Seu d'Urgell (Spain)	208.5 km (129.6 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Herman Van Springel (BEL)

14	12 July	La Seu d'Urgell to Perpignan	231.5 km (143.8 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jan Janssen (NED)

13 July	Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via	Rest day

15	14 July	Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via to Albi	250.5 km (155.7 mi)	Plain stage	Roger Pingeon (FRA)

16	15 July	Albi to Aurillac	199 km (124 mi)	Plain stage	Franco Bitossi (ITA)

17	16 July	Aurillac to Saint-Étienne	236.5 km (147.0 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean-Pierre Genet (FRA)

18	17 July	Saint-Étienne to Grenoble	235 km (146 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Roger Pingeon (FRA)

19	18 July	Grenoble to Sallanches	200 km (120 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Barry Hoban (GBR)

20	19 July	Sallanches to Besançon	242.5 km (150.7 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jozef Huysmans (BEL)

21	20 July	Besançon to Auxerre	242 km (150 mi)	Plain stage	Eric Leman (BEL)

22a	21 July	Auxerre to Melun	136 km (85 mi)	Plain stage	Maurice Izier (FRA)

22b	Melun to Paris	55.2 km (34.3 mi)	Individual time trial	Jan Janssen (NED)

Total	4,492 km (2,791 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1968 Tour de France took place between 27 June and 21 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,492 km (2,791 mi).

final_sentence: The 1968 Tour de France took place between 27 June and 21 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,492 km (2,791 mi).