1973 Tour de France
Route and stages

Stage
Date
Course
Distance
Type
Type
Winner
P
30 June
Scheveningen (Netherlands)
7.1 km (4.4 mi)
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Individual time trial
Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
1a
1 July
Scheveningen (Netherlands) to Rotterdam (Netherlands)
84 km (52 mi)
-
Plain stage
Willy Teirlinck (BEL)
1b
1 July
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
2 July
Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) to Roubaix
138 km (86 mi)
-
Plain stage
Eddy Verstraeten (BEL)
3
3 July
Roubaix to Reims
226 km (140 mi)
-
Plain stage
Cyrille Guimard (FRA)
4
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
Divonne-les-Bains
-
Rest day
Rest day
7a
8 July
Divonne-les-Bains to Gaillard
86.5 km (53.7 mi)
-
Stage with mountain(s)
Luis Ocaña (ESP)
7b
8 July
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)
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Stage with mountain(s)
Vicente López Carril (ESP)
10
11 July
Nice to Aubagne
222.5 km (138.3 mi)
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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
13 July
Thuir to Pyrénées 2000
76 km (47 mi)
-
Stage with mountain(s)
Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
-
14 July
Pyrénées 2000
Pyrénées 2000
-
Rest day
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
18 July
Bordeaux
12.4 km (7.7 mi)
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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)
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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)
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Individual time trial
Luis Ocaña (ESP)
20b
22 July
Versailles to Paris
89 km (55 mi)
-
Plain stage
Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
-
Total
Total
4,090 km (2,541 mi)
4,090 km (2,541 mi)
4,090 km (2,541 mi)
4,090 km (2,541 mi)

Question: What were the dates and distance of the 1973 Tour de France?
Answer: The 1973 Tour de France took place between June 30 and July 22, covering a distance of 4,090 km (2,541 mi).