1970 Tour de France
Route and stages

Stage
Date
Course
Distance
Type
Type
Winner
P
27 June
Limoges
7.4 km (4.6 mi)
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Individual time trial
Eddy Merckx (BEL)
1
27 June
Limoges to La Rochelle
224.5 km (139.5 mi)
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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
29 June
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)
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Plain stage
Walter Godefroot (BEL)
5b
1 July
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
3 July
Forest (Belgium)
7.2 km (4.5 mi)
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Individual time trial
José Antonio González (ESP)
8
4 July
Ciney to Felsberg (West Germany)
232.5 km (144.5 mi)
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Plain stage
Alain Vasseur (FRA)
9
5 July
Saarlouis (West Germany) to Mulhouse
269.5 km (167.5 mi)
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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)
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Individual time trial
Eddy Merckx (BEL)
11b
7 July
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)
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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)
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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
16 July
Bordeaux
8.2 km (5.1 mi)
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Individual time trial
Eddy Merckx (BEL)
21
17 July
Ruffec to Tours
191.5 km (119.0 mi)
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Plain stage
Marino Basso (ITA)
22
18 July
Tours to Versailles
238.5 km (148.2 mi)
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Plain stage
Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (FRA)
23
19 July
Versailles to Paris
54 km (34 mi)
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Individual time trial
Eddy Merckx (BEL)
-
Total
Total
4,254 km (2,643 mi)
4,254 km (2,643 mi)
4,254 km (2,643 mi)
4,254 km (2,643 mi)

Question: Between which dates did the 1970 Tour de France take place and how many stages and distance did it cover? 
Answer: 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).