The 1972 Tour de France was the 59th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Angers with a prologue individual time trial on 1 July and Stage 10 occurred on 12 July with a flat stage to La Grande-Motte. The race finished in Paris on 23 July.
Prologue 1 July 1972 - Angers, (ITT)
Prologue result and General Classification after Prologue RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 11" 3 + 12" 4 + 13" 5 + 15" 6 s.t. 7 + 17" 8 + 19" 9 + 20" 10 + 21"
Stage 1 2 July 1972 - Angers to Saint-Brieuc,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Gitane–Frigécrème s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7" 3 + 16" 4 + 18" 5 + 19" 6 + 20" 7 s.t. 8 + 22" 9 + 24" 10 + 27"
Stage 2 3 July 1972 - Saint-Brieuc to La Baule,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 9" 3 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 18" 4 + 22" 5 + 24" 6 s.t. 7 + 25" 8 + 28" 9 s.t. 10 + 30"
Stage 3a 4 July 1972 - Pornichet to Saint-Jean-de-Monts,
Stage 3a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 + 7" 9 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 3a Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 9" 3 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 18" 4 + 20" 5 + 24" 6 s.t. 7 + 25" 8 + 28" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 3b 4 July 1972 - Merlin-Plage, (TTT)
Stage 3b result Rank Team Time 1 2 + 1' 39" 3 + 2' 17" 4 + 3' 14" 5 + 3' 41" 6 + 4' 49" 7 + 4' 57" 8 + 4' 59" 9 + 5' 05" 10 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 5' 08"General classification after stage 3b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 11" 3 + 15" 4 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 29" 5 + 31" 6 s.t. 7 + 34" 8 + 35" 9 + 36" 10 s.t.
Stage 4 5 July 1972 - Merlin-Plage to Royan,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 9 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 19" 3 + 34" 4 + 53" 5 s.t. 6 + 59" 7 + 1' 04" 8 + 1' 06" 9 + 1' 07" 10 + 1' 12"
Stage 5a 6 July 1972 - Royan to Bordeaux,
Stage 5a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 5a Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 33" 3 + 47" 4 + 48" 5 + 1' 07" 6 + 1' 13" 7 + 1' 18" 8 + 1' 20" 9 + 1' 21" 10 + 1' 26"
Stage 5b 6 July 1972 - Bordeaux, (ITT)
Stage 5b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 15" 4 + 20" 5 + 23" 6 + 24" 7 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 8 + 32" 9 + 40" 10 + 41"General classification after stage 5b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 9" 3 + 26" 4 + 58" 5 + 1' 17" 6 + 1' 21" 7 + 1' 32" 8 + 1' 38" 9 + 1' 48" 10 + 2' 15"
Stage 6 7 July 1972 - Bordeaux to Bayonne,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 + 42" 7 + 1' 29" 8 s.t. 9 + 1' 33" 10 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t.General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 11" 3 + 30" 4 + 1' 02" 5 + 1' 21" 6 + 1' 25" 7 + 1' 36" 8 + 1' 42" 9 + 1' 52" 10 + 2' 19"
Rest Day 1 8 July 1972 - Bayonne
Stage 7 9 July 1972 - Bayonne to Pau,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 1' 49" 8 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 3' 09" 9 + 5' 03" 10 + 6' 06"General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 11" 3 + 1' 21" 4 + 1' 42" 5 + 2' 51" 6 + 4' 17" 7 + 4' 39" 8 + 7' 57" 9 + 10' 29" 10 + 10' 49"
Stage 8 10 July 1972 - Pau to Luchon,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1" 3 + 8" 4 + 2' 15" 5 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 2' 44" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 3' 31"General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2' 33" 3 + 2' 48" 4 + 4' 15" 5 + 5' 48" 6 + 6' 21" 7 + 6' 43" 8 + 10' 30" 9 + 10' 39" 10 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 13' 59"
Stage 9 11 July 1972 - Luchon to Colomiers,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Gitane–Frigécrème s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2' 37" 3 + 2' 52" 4 + 4' 19" 5 + 5' 52" 6 + 6' 25" 7 + 6' 47" 8 + 10' 34" 9 + 10' 43" 10 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 14' 03"
Stage 10 12 July 1972 - Castres to La Grande-Motte,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy s.t.General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2' 39" 3 + 2' 56" 4 + 4' 23" 5 + 6' 11" 6 + 6' 29" 7 + 6' 51" 8 + 10' 38" 9 + 10' 47" 10 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy + 14' 07"
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