1973 Tour de France - wikipedia 1973 Tour de France 1973 Tour de France Route of the 1973 Tour de France Race details Dates 30 June -- 22 July Stages 20 + Prologue, including six split stages Distance 4,090 km ( 2,541 mi ) Winning time 122h 25 ' 34 '' Results Winner Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) ( Bic ) Second Bernard Thévenet ( FRA ) ( Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin ) Third José Manuel Fuente ( ESP ) ( Kas -- Kaskol ) Points Herman Van Springel ( BEL ) ( Rokado -- De Gribaldy ) Mountains Pedro Torres ( ESP ) ( La Casera -- Peña Bahamontes ) Combination Joop Zoetemelk ( NED ) ( Gitane -- Frigécrème ) Sprints Marc Demeyer ( BEL ) ( Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano ) Combativity Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) ( Bic ) Team Bic Team Points Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson ← 1972 1974 → The 1973 Tour de France was the 60th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling 's Grand Tours. It took place between 30 June and 22 July, with 20 stages covering a distance of 4,090 km ( 2,541 mi ). Eddy Merckx, winner of the previous four editions, did not start the 1973 Tour, partly to avoid angry French fans and partly to please his sponsor ; instead he rode and won the 1973 Vuelta a España and the 1973 Giro d'Italia. In his absence, Luis Ocaña dominated the race, winning with a margin of more than 15 minutes. In 1973, a new team classification was added : the team points classification, calculated by adding the three best stage rankings per team ; it would be calculated until 1988. Contents 1 Teams 2 Pre-race favourites 3 Route and stages 4 Race overview 4.1 Doping 5 Classification leadership 6 Final standings 6.1 General classification 6.2 Points classification 6.3 Mountains classification 6.4 Combination classification 6.5 Intermediate sprints classification 6.6 Team classification 7 References 7.1 Sources 8 External links Teams For a more comprehensive list, see List of teams and cyclists in the 1973 Tour de France. The Italian teams did not join the 1973 Tour de France, because no top French cyclist rode the 1973 Giro d'Italia. The Tour started with 12 teams, each with 11 cyclists. The teams entering the race were : Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson Sonolor Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin Bic Watney -- Maes Pils Rokado -- De Gribaldy Gitane -- Frigécrème Canada Dry -- Gazelle De Kova -- Lejeune Kas -- Kaskol La Casera -- Peña Bahamontes Pre-race favourites The winner of the previous four editions, Eddy Merckx had changed sponsors to the Italian Molteni. His contract said that he had to start in the 1973 Vuelta a España and the 1973 Giro d'Italia, and Merckx thought it was impossible to start in three grand tours in one year, so he stayed away from the Tour. Ocana, who was in great shape, was now the main favourite, with Fuente, Poulidor and Thevenet as his biggest threats. Ocana was not the clear favorite ; he had already crashed out of the Tour three times, and he was seen as fragile. Zoetemelk had changed teams, because he did not have the full support of his team leader. Among the Italian riders absent were world champion Marino Basso and former Tour winner Felice Gimondi were absent. Route and stages After the 1972 Tour de France, there were rumours that the 1973 Tour would become easier, to suit French cyclist Cyrille Guimard better. However, when the 1973 Tour route was announced in December 1972, the organisation had included three more mountains compared to 1972. The race started on 30 June, and had two rest days, in Divonne - les - Bains and Pyrénées 2000. Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 30 June Scheveningen ( Netherlands ) 7.1 km ( 4.4 mi ) Individual time trial Joop Zoetemelk ( NED ) 1a 1 July Scheveningen ( Netherlands ) to Rotterdam ( Netherlands ) 84 km ( 52 mi ) Plain stage Willy Teirlinck ( BEL ) 1b Rotterdam ( Netherlands ) to Sint - Niklaas ( Belgium ) 137.5 km ( 85.4 mi ) Plain stage José Catieau ( FRA ) 2a 2 July Sint - Niklaas ( Belgium ) 12.4 km ( 7.7 mi ) Team time trial Watney -- Maes Pils 2b Sint - Niklaas ( Belgium ) to Roubaix 138 km ( 86 mi ) Plain stage Eddy Verstraeten ( BEL ) 3 July Roubaix to Reims 226 km ( 140 mi ) Plain stage Cyrille Guimard ( FRA ) 4 July Reims to Nancy 214 km ( 133 mi ) Plain stage Joop Zoetemelk ( NED ) 5 5 July Nancy to Mulhouse 188 km ( 117 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Walter Godefroot ( BEL ) 6 6 July Mulhouse to Divonne - les - Bains 244.5 km ( 151.9 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Jean - Pierre Danguillaume ( FRA ) 7 July Divonne - les - Bains Rest day 7a 8 July Divonne - les - Bains to Gaillard 86.5 km ( 53.7 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) 7b Gaillard to Méribel 150.5 km ( 93.5 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Bernard Thévenet ( FRA ) 8 9 July Moûtiers to Les Orres 237.5 km ( 147.6 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) 9 10 July Embrun to Nice 234.5 km ( 145.7 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Vicente López Carril ( ESP ) 10 11 July Nice to Aubagne 222.5 km ( 138.3 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Michael Wright ( GBR ) 11 12 July Montpellier to Argelès - sur - Mer 238 km ( 148 mi ) Plain stage Barry Hoban ( GBR ) 12a 13 July Perpignan to Thuir 28.3 km ( 17.6 mi ) Individual time trial Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) 12b Thuir to Pyrénées 2000 76 km ( 47 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Lucien Van Impe ( BEL ) 14 July Pyrénées 2000 Rest day 13 15 July Bourg - Madame to Luchon 235 km ( 146 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) 14 16 July Luchon to Pau 227.5 km ( 141.4 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Pedro Torres ( ESP ) 15 17 July Pau to Fleurance 137 km ( 85 mi ) Plain stage Wilfried David ( BEL ) 16a 18 July Fleurance to Bordeaux 210 km ( 130 mi ) Plain stage Walter Godefroot ( BEL ) 16b Bordeaux 12.4 km ( 7.7 mi ) Individual time trial Joaquim Agostinho ( POR ) 17 19 July Sainte - Foy - la - Grande to Brive - la - Gaillarde 248 km ( 154 mi ) Plain stage Claude Tollet ( FRA ) 18 20 July Brive - la - Gaillarde to Puy de Dôme 216.5 km ( 134.5 mi ) Stage with mountain ( s ) Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) 19 21 July Bourges to Versailles 233.5 km ( 145.1 mi ) Plain stage Barry Hoban ( GBR ) 20a 22 July Versailles 16 km ( 9.9 mi ) Individual time trial Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) 20b Versailles to Paris 89 km ( 55 mi ) Plain stage Bernard Thévenet ( FRA ) Total 4,090 km ( 2,541 mi ) Race overview Joop Zoetemelk after he won the opening prologue time trial in Scheveningen, Netherlands The finish of stage 1a in Rotterdam, Netherlands, won by Willy Teirlinck Zoetemelk won the opening prologue, one second ahead of Poulidor. In the first part of the next stage, Teirlinck won and took over the lead. Ocana and Herman Van Springel fell down when a dog crossed the road, but both suffered no serious damage. In the second part of that stage, Van Springel bridged the gap to Catieau, who had escaped. Van Springel did all the work to stay away, while Catieau did not help his team captain 's rival. They stayed away until the end of the stage, where Catieau won the sprint, and Van Springel became the new race leader. In the third stage, a group with Guimard and Ocana escaped. Van Springel, Zoetemelk, Fuentes, Thevenet and Poulidor were not in that group, and had to chase them. The group stayed away, Guimard won the sprint and Catieau became the race leader. More important for the final result was that Ocana won more than two minutes on Zoetemelk, and more than seven minutes on Fuente. In stage seven, when the first mountains were climbed, Ocana attacked, and only Zoetemelk could follow. A few kilometers from the summit, Zoetemelk had to let Ocana go, and Ocana finished solo. Ocana became the new race leader, almost three minutes ahead of Zoetemelk. In the eighth stage, Ocana and Fuente both attacked. Ocana and Fuente did not like each other, and when Fuente stopped working, Ocana was angry, especially when Fuente passed him just before the top of the Izoard to steal the points for the mountain classification. When Fuente had a flat tire, Ocana did not wait for him, and left him behind, beating him by one minute at the finish line. All the others were far behind : Thevenet and Martinez followed after seven minutes, the other pre-race favourites after twenty minutes. In the thirteenth stage, Poulidor crashed, and was taken away with a helicopter. In the sixteenth stage, the cyclists were slower than expected, and finished one hour after the latest time schedule. The train that they should have taken had already left, and they had to use buses. In the time trial in stage 17, Fuente lost his second place in the general classification to Thevenet. Fuente tried to take it back in the mountain stage 18, but he failed and even lost some time. Doping Three cyclists tested positive during the 1973 Tour de France : Barry Hoban, after the 9th stage Claude Baud, after the 13th stage Michel Roques, after the 18th stage All three received a fine of 1000 Swiss Francs, one - month suspension and ten minutes penalty time in the general classification. Classification leadership There were several classifications in the 1973 Tour de France, three of them awarding jerseys to their leaders. The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist 's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey ; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour. Additionally, there was a points classification, where cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and was identified with a green jersey. There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorized some climbs as either first, second, third, or fourth - category ; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher - categorized climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, but was not identified with a jersey in 1973. Another classification was the combination classification. This classification was calculated as a combination of the other classifications, its leader wore the white jersey. The fifth individual classification was the intermediate sprints classification. This classification had similar rules as the points classification, but only points were awarded on intermediate sprints. In 1973, this classification had no associated jersey. For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added ; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that lead this classification wore yellow caps. The combativity award was given to Luis Ocana. Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Team classification Joop Zoetemelk Joop Zoetemelk Joop Zoetemelk no award Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson 1a Willy Teirlinck Willy Teirlinck Willy De Geest Sonolor 1b José Catieau Herman Van Springel Herman Van Springel Bic 2a Watney -- Maes Pils 2b Eddy Verstraeten Frans Verbeeck Cyrille Guimard José Catieau Cyrille Guimard Willy De Geest Joop Zoetemelk Herman Van Springel 5 Walter Godefroot Charly Grosskost 6 Jean - Pierre Danguillaume Pedro Torres 7a Luis Ocaña Luis Ocaña 7b Bernard Thévenet 8 Luis Ocaña Luis Ocaña 9 Vicente López Carril José Manuel Fuente 10 Michael Wright 11 Barry Hoban 12a Luis Ocaña 12b Lucien Van Impe 13 Luis Ocaña 14 Pedro Torres 15 Wilfried David 16a Walter Godefroot 16b Joaquim Agostinho 17 Claude Tollet Pedro Torres 18 Luis Ocaña 19 Barry Hoban 20a Luis Ocaña 20b Bernard Thévenet Final Luis Ocaña Herman Van Springel Pedro Torres Bic Final standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the combination classification General classification Final general classification ( 1 -- 10 ) Rank Rider Team Time Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) Bic 122h 25 ' 34 '' Bernard Thévenet ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 15 ' 51 '' José Manuel Fuente ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol + 17 ' 15 '' Joop Zoetemelk ( NED ) Gitane -- Frigécrème + 26 ' 22 '' 5 Lucien Van Impe ( BEL ) Sonolor + 30 ' 20 '' 6 Herman Van Springel ( BEL ) Rokado -- De Gribaldy + 32 ' 01 '' 7 Michel Périn ( FRA ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson + 33 ' 02 '' 8 Joaquim Agostinho ( POR ) Bic + 35 ' 51 '' 9 Vicente López Carril ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol + 36 ' 18 '' 10 Régis Ovion ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 36 ' 59 '' Final general classification ( 11 -- 87 ) Rank Rider Team Time 11 Raymond Delisle ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 37 ' 43 '' 12 Mariano Martínez ( FRA ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson + 40 ' 49 '' 13 Pedro Torres ( ESP ) La Casera -- Peña Bahamontes + 47 ' 30 '' 14 José Catieau ( FRA ) Bic + 49 ' 12 '' 15 Antonio Martos ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol + 49 ' 20 '' 16 Antoon Houbrechts ( BEL ) Rokado -- De Gribaldy + 49 ' 38 '' 17 Lucien Aimar ( FRA ) De Kova -- Lejeune + 49 ' 54 '' 18 Fernando Mendes ( POR ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano + 51 ' 22 '' 19 Leif Mortensen ( DEN ) Bic + 52 ' 18 '' 20 Francisco Galdós ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol + 53 ' 05 '' 21 Bernard Labourdette ( FRA ) Bic + 1h 04 ' 49 '' 22 Jean - Pierre Danguillaume ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 1h 08 ' 41 '' 23 Luis Zubero ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol + 1h 18 ' 49 '' 24 Ronald Dewitte ( BEL ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano + 1h 19 ' 18 '' 25 Luis Balague ( ESP ) La Casera -- Peña Bahamontes + 1h 20 ' 11 '' 26 René Grelin ( FRA ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson + 1h 20 ' 33 '' 27 Jean - Claude Genty ( FRA ) Bic + 1h 21 ' 06 '' 28 Roland Berland ( FRA ) Bic + 1h 22 ' 07 '' 29 Santiago Lazcano ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol + 1h 25 ' 27 '' 30 Pierre Martelozzo ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 1h 27 ' 51 '' 31 Alain Santy ( FRA ) Bic + 1h 29 ' 19 '' 32 Johnny Schleck ( LUX ) Bic + 1h 34 ' 06 '' 33 José Martins ( POR ) Canada Dry -- Gazelle + 1h 34 ' 36 '' 34 Michel Pollentier ( BEL ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano + 1h 36 ' 03 '' 35 Raymond Martin ( FRA ) Gitane -- Frigécrème + 1h 36 ' 10 '' 36 Charly Rouxel ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 1h 47 ' 42 '' 37 Jurgen Tschan ( FRG ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 1h 49 ' 20 '' 38 Damaso Torres ( ESP ) La Casera -- Peña Bahamontes + 1h 49 ' 23 '' 39 Jesus Manzaneque ( ESP ) La Casera -- Peña Bahamontes + 1h 51 ' 40 '' 40 Antonio Menendez ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol + 1h 55 ' 58 '' 41 Carlos Melero ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol + 1h 58 ' 07 '' 42 Ferdinand Julien ( FRA ) Gitane -- Frigécrème + 2h 01 ' 12 '' 43 Barry Hoban ( GBR ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson + 2h 03 ' 00 '' 44 Marcel Boishardy ( FRA ) De Kova -- Lejeune + 2h 03 ' 38 '' 45 Herculano Oliveira ( POR ) Canada Dry -- Gazelle + 2h 05 ' 13 '' 46 Jean - Pierre Genet ( FRA ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson + 2h 07 ' 14 '' 47 José Antonio González ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol + 2h 08 ' 07 '' 48 Claude Tollet ( FRA ) Sonolor + 2h 09 ' 04 '' 49 Jean - Claude Largeau ( FRA ) Gitane -- Frigécrème + 2h 09 ' 22 '' 50 José Grande ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol + 2h 09 ' 40 '' 51 Michel Roques ( FRA ) Sonolor + 2h 10 ' 41 '' 52 Albert Van Vlierberghe ( BEL ) Rokado -- De Gribaldy + 2h 13 ' 02 '' 53 Sylvain Vasseur ( FRA ) Bic + 2h 13 ' 56 '' 54 Jesus Esperanza ( ESP ) La Casera -- Peña Bahamontes + 2h 14 ' 49 '' 55 Daniel Ducreux ( FRA ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano + 2h 15 ' 21 '' 56 Robert Bouloux ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 2h 15 ' 55 '' 57 Michael Wright ( GBR ) Gitane -- Frigécrème + 2h 23 ' 21 '' 58 Christian Blain ( FRA ) De Kova -- Lejeune + 2h 23 ' 35 '' 59 Gerard Vianen ( NED ) Gitane -- Frigécrème + 2h 24 ' 21 '' 60 Willy Teirlinck ( BEL ) Sonolor + 2h 24 ' 44 '' 61 Gérard Besnard ( FRA ) Sonolor + 2h 28 ' 25 '' 62 Jean - Jacques Sanquer ( FRA ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano + 2h 29 ' 05 '' 63 Alain Nogues ( FRA ) Gitane -- Frigécrème + 2h 33 ' 41 '' 64 Joaquim Andrade ( POR ) Gitane -- Frigécrème + 2h 34 ' 07 '' 65 Walter Godefroot ( BEL ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano + 2h 34 ' 49 '' 66 Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck ( BEL ) Rokado -- De Gribaldy + 2h 38 ' 02 '' 67 Charly Grosskost ( FRA ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson + 2h 38 ' 43 '' 68 Jacques Esclassan ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 2h 42 ' 03 '' 69 André Mollet ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 2h 43 ' 05 '' 70 Theo van der Leeuw ( NED ) Canada Dry -- Gazelle + 2h 43 ' 38 '' 71 Jacques Botherel ( FRA ) Sonolor + 2h 45 ' 45 '' 72 Marc Demeyer ( BEL ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano + 2h 46 ' 08 '' 73 Francis Campaner ( FRA ) Gitane -- Frigécrème + 2h 47 ' 21 '' 74 Wilfried David ( BEL ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano + 2h 50 ' 33 '' 75 Jan Krekels ( NED ) Canada Dry -- Gazelle + 2h 54 ' 39 '' 76 Jacques Mourioux ( FRA ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson + 2h 59 ' 21 '' 77 Guy Santy ( FRA ) Bic + 3h 01 ' 19 '' 78 Raymond Riotte ( FRA ) Sonolor + 3h 04 ' 24 '' 79 Gérard Moneyron ( FRA ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson + 3h 05 ' 20 '' 80 Robert Mintkiewicz ( FRA ) Sonolor + 3h 07 ' 58 '' 81 Alf Gaida ( FRG ) Rokado -- De Gribaldy + 3h 32 ' 23 '' 82 Régis Delépine ( FRA ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson + 3h 14 ' 21 '' 83 Charles Genthon ( FRA ) De Kova -- Lejeune + 3h 42 ' 20 '' 84 Noël Geneste ( FRA ) De Kova -- Lejeune + 4h 17 ' 31 '' 85 Jean - Claude Baud ( FRA ) De Kova -- Lejeune + 4h 33 ' 09 '' 86 Jean - Claude Blocher ( FRA ) De Kova -- Lejeune + 4h 36 ' 56 '' 87 Jacques Hochart ( FRA ) De Kova -- Lejeune + 4h 51 ' 09 '' Points classification Final points classification ( 1 -- 10 ) Rank Rider Team Points Herman Van Springel ( BEL ) Rokado -- De Gribaldy 187 Joop Zoetemelk ( NED ) Gitane -- Frigécrème 168 Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) Bic 145 Bernard Thévenet ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin 139 5 Walter Godefroot ( BEL ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano 139 6 Barry Hoban ( GBR ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson 110 7 Gerard Vianen ( NED ) Gitane -- Frigécrème 110 8 Lucien Van Impe ( BEL ) Sonolor 109 9 Mariano Martínez ( FRA ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson 89 10 Jacques Esclassan ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin 89 Mountains classification Final mountains classification ( 1 -- 10 ) Rank Rider Team Points Pedro Torres ( ESP ) La Casera -- Peña Bahamontes 225 José Manuel Fuente ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol 216 Luis Ocaña ( ESP ) Bic 192 Bernard Thévenet ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin 119 5 Lucien Van Impe ( BEL ) Sonolor 107 6 Joop Zoetemelk ( NED ) Gitane -- Frigécrème 83 7 Vicente López Carril ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol 80 8 Joaquim Agostinho ( POR ) Bic 46 9 Francisco Galdós ( ESP ) Kas -- Kaskol 46 10 Mariano Martínez ( FRA ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson 38 Combination classification Final combination classification ( 1 -- 5 ) Rank Rider Team Points Joop Zoetemelk ( NED ) Gitane -- Frigécrème 20 Lucien Van Impe ( BEL ) Sonolor 26 Bernard Thévenet ( FRA ) Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin 33 Herman Van Springel ( BEL ) Rokado -- De Gribaldy 50 5 Fernando Mendes ( POR ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano 55 Intermediate sprints classification Final intermediate sprints classification ( 1 -- 5 ) Rank Rider Team Points Marc Demeyer ( BEL ) Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano 105 Barry Hoban ( GBR ) Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson 70 Willy Teirlinck ( BEL ) Sonolor 60 Raymond Riotte ( FRA ) Sonolor 28 5 Robert Mintkiewicz ( FRA ) Sonolor 16 Team classification Final team classification ( 1 -- 10 ) Rank Team Time Bic 369h 31 ' 55 '' Peugeot -- BP -- Michelin + 20 ' 23 '' Kas -- Kaskol + 20 ' 42 '' Gan -- Mercier -- Hutchinson + 23 ' 04 '' 5 Rokado -- De Gribaldy + 1h 40 ' 42 '' 6 Sonolor + 1h 45 ' 56 '' 7 Gitane -- Frigécrème + 1h 58 ' 57 '' 8 La Casera -- Peña Bahamontes + 2h 01 ' 50 '' 9 Flandria -- Carpenter -- Shimano + 2h 09 ' 21 '' 10 De Kova -- Lejeune + 3h 09 ' 21 '' References ^ Jump up to : `` Italianen mijden Tour de France ''. 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Question: who won the tour de france in 1973
Answer: Luis Ocaña