1964 Tour de France
Route of the 1964 Tour de France
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| Dates | 22 June – 14 July | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22, including three split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,504 km (2,799 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 127h 09' 44" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Jacques Anquetil (FRA)
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(Saint-Raphaël–Gitane–Dunlop) |
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| Second |
Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
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(Mercier–BP–Hutchinson) | |
| Third |
 Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
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(Margnat–Paloma–Dunlop) | |
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Points |
 Jan Janssen (NED)
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(Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune) |
| Mountains |
Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
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(Margnat–Paloma–Dunlop) | |
| Team | Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune | ||
The 1964 Tour de France was the 51st edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 22 June and 14 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,504 km (2,799 mi). Stages 3, 10 and 22 were all two-part stages with the first half being a regular stage and the second half being a team or individual time trial. It was the only Tour de France to include a mid-stage climb to the L'Alpe D'Huez ski resort. The race was eventually won by Jacques Anquetil following an epic shoulder-to-shoulder battle with Raymond Poulidor during Stage 20.
The 1964 Tour started with 132 cyclists, divided into 12 teams of 11 cyclists.
The teams entering the race were:
The main favourite was defending champion Jacques Anquetil. He had won the 1964 Giro d'Italia earlier that year, and was trying to win a Tour-Giro double, which at that moment had only been done by Fausto Coppi.
The 1964 Tour de France started on 22 June, and had one rest day in Andorra.
Anquetil, who was looking for his fifth Tour victory, was superior in the time trials, of which he won all three. But Raymond Poulidor dominated in the mountains, and Anquetil was close to losing.
The ninth stage finished in Monaco, where the riders would ride one extra lap, crossing the finish line twice. When the first group, including Poulidor and Anquetil, reached the finish line for the first time, Poulidor had forgotten the extra lap, and sprinted in avail for the victory. When the group reached the finish line for the second time, Anquetil won the sprint, and one minute of bonification time.
In the second part of the tenth stage, the time trial, Anquetil won. Poulidor finished in second place, losing 36 seconds, with a flat tire costing him some time.
In the rest day between the thirteenth and the fourteenth stage, Anquetil had joined a lamb barbecue, and in the fourteenth stage he was immediately dropped. His team director gave him a bottle of champagne, which washed away the indigestion, and then Anquetil was able to get back to Poulidor. Poulidor then broke a spoke, the repair cost him some time, even more because a team mechanic, trying to help him gain speed, made him fall.
Poulidor attacked in the fifteenth stage, and stayed away. He won the stage, and in the general classification climbed to third place, nine seconds behind second-placed Anquetil.
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