1983 Tour de France
Route of the 1983 Tour de France
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| Dates | 1–24 July | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,809 km (2,367 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 105h 07' 52" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Laurent Fignon (FRA)
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(Renault–Elf) |
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| Second |
 Ángel Arroyo (ESP)
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(Reynolds) | |
| Third |
 Peter Winnen (NED)
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(TI–Raleigh) | |
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Points |
 Sean Kelly (IRE)
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(Sem–Reydel–Mavic) |
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Mountains |
 Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
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(Metauro Mobili–Pinarello) |
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Youth |
Laurent Fignon (FRA)
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(Renault–Elf) |
| Sprints |
Sean Kelly (IRE)
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(Sem–Reydel–Mavic) | |
| Team | TI–Raleigh | ||
| Team Points | TI–Raleigh | ||
The 1983 Tour de France was the 70th edition of the Tour de France, run from 1 to 24 July, with 22 stages and a prologue covering a total distance of 3,809 km (2,367 mi) The race was won by French rider Laurent Fignon. Sean Kelly of Ireland won the green jersey, and Lucien Van Impe of Belgium won the polka dot jersey.
The Tour organisation wanted to globalize cycling by having cyclist from the Eastern Bloc in the Tour. Because they only rode as amateurs, the 1983 Tour was also opened for amateur teams. In the end, only the Colombian and Portuguese national amateur teams applied for a place, and the Portuguese team later withdrew. The 1983 Tour started with 140 cyclists, divided into 14 teams of 10 cyclists.
The teams entering the race were:
The 1983 Tour de France started on 1 July, and had one rest day, after the finish on the Alpe d'Huez.
In 1983, Fignon was a part of the team that helped Bernard Hinault to win the 1983 Vuelta a España. Guimard did not want to send Fignon to the Tour de France, because two grand tours could be too much for a 22-year-old rider. When Hinault, winner of four of five previous Tours, announced that he would not start due to injury, the Renault team was without team captain. Fignon was added to the 1983 Tour de France selection for the Renault team, and the team decided to go for stage wins, with hopes of having Fignon or Marc Madiot compete for the young rider classification. After stage nine, the first mountain stage, Fignon was in second place, behind Pascal Simon, and he was allowed to be team leader. In the eleventh stage, Simon crashed and broke his shoulder blade. Simon continued, and only lost little time the next stages. In the fifteenth stage, a mountain time trial, Fignon was able to win back so much time that he was within one minute of Simon.
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