1980 Tour de France
Route of the 1980 Tour de France
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| Dates | 26 June – 20 July | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue, including two split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,842 km (2,387 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 109h 19' 14" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
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(TI–Raleigh–Creda) |
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| Second |
Hennie Kuiper (NED)
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(Peugeot–Esso–Michelin) | |
| Third |
 Raymond Martin (FRA)
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(Miko–Mercier–Vivagel) | |
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Points |
 Rudy Pevenage (BEL)
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(IJsboerke–Warncke Eis) |
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Mountains |
Raymond Martin (FRA)
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(Miko–Mercier–Vivagel) |
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Youth |
Johan van der Velde (NED)
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(TI–Raleigh–Creda) |
| Combination |
Ludo Peeters (BEL)
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(IJsboerke–Warncke Eis) | |
| Sprints |
Rudy Pevenage (BEL)
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(IJsboerke–Warncke Eis) | |
| Team | Miko–Mercier–Vivagel | ||
| Team Points | TI–Raleigh–Creda | ||
The 1980 Tour de France was the 67th edition of the Tour de France. The total distance was 3,842 km (2,387 mi) over 22 stages. In the first half of the race, Bernard Hinault started out strong by winning the prologue and two stages. However, knee problems forced Hinault to abandon the race before the Pyrenees, while still in the lead. Joop Zoetemelk became the new leader, and defended that position successfully. It was his first Tour victory in his tenth attempt, after already having finished second in five editions. The points classification was won by Rudy Pevenage, who also won the intermediate sprints classification. The mountains classification was won by Raymond Martin, and Johan van der Velde won the young rider classification.
Two weeks before the Tour would start, there were only twelve teams interested in starting the Tour. The teams with Italian and Spanish sponsors were focussed on the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España, and thought their cyclists were not able to compete in two grand tours in one year. This prevented Giovanni Battaglin of the Spanish-based Inoxpran, the winner of the mountains classification of 1979, from defending his title. Francesco Moser, who had left the 1980 Giro d'Italia injured, was the only Italian cyclist on the initial starting list, but he was not able to start, so the 1980 Tour was without Italian cyclists. One more team was added to the starting list, so the Tour 1980 started with thirteen teams, each with ten cyclists. The Boston–Mavic-Amis du Tour team was a combination of the Belgian Boston-Mavic team and French cyclists without a contract, combined into the "Amis du Tour" team.
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