The 1985 Tour de France was the 72nd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Plumelec on 28 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 21 July. The Tour organisation invited 21 teams to the Tour, with 10 cyclists each. Three teams withdrew prior to starting. Finally 18 teams started, setting a new record of 180 riders.

Teams

Cyclists

+ Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification Time Deficit to the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the intermediate sprints classification Denotes the winner of the combination classification Denotes the winner of the team classification Denotes the winner of the combativity award DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish NP Denotes a rider who was a non-participant AB Denotes a rider who abandoned EL Denotes a rider who was eliminated HD Denotes a rider who was outside the time limit (French: Hors Delai) Age correct as of 28 June 1985, the date on which the Tour began

By starting number

No. Name Nationality Team Age Pos. Time 1 Philippe Chevallier 57 + 1h 15' 19" 2 Dominique Gaigne 116 + 2h 23' 23" 3 Martial Gayant DNF (HD-15) — 4 Christophe Lavainne DNF (HD-15) — 5 Marc Madiot 26 + 33' 58" 6 Yvon Madiot 72 + 1h 35' 55" 7 Thierry Marie 67 + 1h 27' 50" 8 Charly Mottet 36 + 42' 57" 9 Pascal Poisson 42 + 53' 41" 10 Denis Roux 56 + 1h 14' 26" 11 Bernard Hinault 1 12 Kim Andersen 47 + 1h 00' 32" 13 Dominique Arnaud 22 + 26' 28" 14 Steve Bauer 10 + 14' 57" 15 Marc Gomez 99 + 2h 07' 06" 16 Christian Jourdan 71 + 1h 34' 31" 17 Greg LeMond 2 + 1' 42" 18 Niki Rüttimann 13 + 16' 02" 19 Bernard Vallet 46 + 59' 50" 20 Alain Vigneron 44 + 55' 45" 21 Robert Millar 11 + 15' 10" 22 Frédéric Brun 134 + 3h 01' 30" 23 Francis Castaing 132 + 2h 57' 08" 24 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle 61 + 1h 20' 56" 25 Robert Forest 16 + 17' 45" 26 Yvan Frebert 68 + 1h 30' 51" 27 Hubert Linard 98 + 2h 06' 57" 28 Allan Peiper 86 + 1h 56' 54" 29 Pascal Simon 20 + 23' 30" 30 Sean Yates 122 + 2h 37' 36" 31 Sean Kelly 4 + 6' 26" 32 René Bittinger 77 + 1h 40' 32" 33 Éric Caritoux 34 + 41' 53" 34 Guy Gallopin 102 + 2h 09' 23" 35 Dominique Garde 35 + 42' 26" 36 Gilles Mas 37 + 45' 10" 37 Joël Pelier 78 + 1h 43' 33" 38 Philippe Poissonnier 90 + 2h 00' 50" 39 Jacques van Meer 55 + 1h 12' 41" 40 Frédéric Vichot 31 + 40' 02" 41 Enrique Aja 62 + 1h 24' 23" 42 Eduardo Chozas 9 + 13' 56" 43 Iñaki Gastón 38 + 45' 53" 44 Eduardo González Salvador DNF (HD-12) — 45 Carlos Hernández 76 + 1h 40' 27" 46 Jesús Hernández Úbeda 85 + 1h 54' 13" 47 Miguel Indurain DNF (AB-4) — 48 José Luis Laguía DNF (AB-9) — 49 Francisco Navarro DNF (HD-4) — 50 Celestino Prieto 17 + 19' 48" 51 Pedro Muñoz DNF (AB-15) — 52 Jean-Claude Bagot 65 + 1h 25' 37" 53 Pierre Bazzo 21 + 23' 36" 54 Jean-René Bernaudeau DNF (AB-12) — 55 Michel Bibollet 133 + 3h 00' 29" 56 Alfons De Wolf DNF (HD-P) — 57 Martin Earley 60 + 1h 20' 36" 58 Nico Emonds DNF (AB-15) — 59 Philippe Lauraire 138 + 3h 15' 00" 60 François Lemarchand 81 + 1h 50' 40" 61 Claude Criquielion 18 + 21' 12" 62 Laurent Biondi 53 + 1h 08' 37" 63 Hendrik Devos 58 + 1h 16' 32" 64 Rudy Dhaenens 101 + 2h 09' 23" 65 Rudy Matthijs 135 + 3h 03' 13" 66 Rudy Rogiers 70 + 1h 33' 38" 67 Dietrich Thurau DNF (EL-10) — 68 Patrick Toelen 108 + 2h 12' 21" 69 Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande 40 + 48' 36" 70 Jean-Marie Wampers 117 + 2h 24' 59" 71 Phil Anderson 5 + 7' 44" 72 Ludo De Keulenaer 126 + 2h 39' 52" 73 Theo de Rooij 80 + 1h 48' 22" 74 Johan Lammerts 75 + 1h 40' 12" 75 Henk Lubberding 82 + 1h 51' 48" 76 Guy Nulens 113 + 2h 19' 40" 77 Steven Rooks 25 + 33' 21" 78 Eric Vanderaerden 87 + 1h 58' 36" 79 Gerard Veldscholten 28 + 35' 44" 80 Peter Winnen 15 + 17' 35" 81 Luis Herrera 7 + 12' 53" 82 Rafael Acevedo 43 + 54' 12" 83 Antonio Agudelo DNF (HD-8) — 84 Rogelio Arango DNF (AB-5) — 85 Carlos Jaramillo 73 + 1h 38' 52" 86 Herman Loaiza 66 + 1h 26' 42" 87 Reynel Montoya 41 + 48' 46" 88 Néstor Mora 118 + 2h 28' 21" 89 Fabio Parra 8 + 13' 35" 90 Pablo Wilches DNF (AB-12) — 91 Roberto Visentini 49 + 1h 03' 08" 92 Guido Bontempi 112 + 2h 17' 15" 93 Beat Breu 23 + 29' 42" 94 Czesław Lang 89 + 2h 00' 49" 95 Bruno Leali DNF (AB-16) — 96 Erich Maechler 114 + 2h 20' 15" 97 Stefan Mutter DNF (AB-20) — 98 Jørgen Pedersen 50 + 1h 05' 42" 99 Giancarlo Perini 105 + 2h 10' 40" 100 Glauco Santoni DNF (AB-5) — 101 Stephen Roche 3 + 4' 29" 102 Alain Bondue 121 + 2h 37' 06" 103 Thierry Claveyrolat 29 + 39' 16" 104 Jean-Louis Gauthier 69 + 1h 31' 08" 105 Pierre Le Bigaut 92 + 2h 01' 53" 106 Paul Sherwen 141 + 3h 28' 13" 107 Jérôme Simon 24 + 32' 52" 108 Régis Simon 100 + 2h 09' 03" 109 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke DNF (NP-7) — 110 Ferdi Van Den Haute 119 + 2h 28' 54" 111 Joop Zoetemelk 12 + 15' 24" 112 Maarten Ducrot 84 + 1h 53' 57" 113 Henri Manders 91 + 2h 01' 41" 114 Jelle Nijdam 115 + 2h 21' 39" 115 Ludo Peeters 48 + 1h 01' 55" 116 Doug Shapiro 74 + 1h 39' 34" 117 Gerrit Solleveld 110 + 2h 12' 32" 118 Adri van der Poel 51 + 1h 07' 29" 119 Leo van Vliet 79 + 1h 44' 10" 120 Ad Wijnands 106 + 2h 11' 08" 121 Ángel Arroyo DNF (AB-1) — 122 Marc Durant 64 + 1h 25' 07" 123 Juan Fernández DNF (NP-14) — 124 Anselmo Fuerte 109 + 2h 12' 22" 125 Jesús Ibáñez Loyo DNF (AB-10) — 126 Peter Pieters 140 + 3h 25' 44" 127 Álvaro Pino 19 + 21' 35" 128 Francisco Rodríguez DNF (AB-6) — 129 Jesús Rodríguez Magro 30 + 39' 38" 130 Faustino Rupérez 39 + 46' 12" 131 Jozef Lieckens 130 + 2h 48' 15" 132 Jan Baeyens 136 + 3h 09' 36" 133 Michel Dernies 96 + 2h 05' 54" 134 Yves Godimus DNF (NP-8) — 135 Paul Haghedooren 33 + 40' 37" 136 Eric McKenzie 127 + 2h 40' 41" 137 Patrick Onnockx 142 + 3h 29' 25" 138 Eddy Schepers 14 + 16' 13" 139 Marc Sergeant 59 + 1h 19' 10" 140 Wim Van Eynde 93 + 2h 01' 55" 141 Hennie Kuiper DNF (NP-15) — 142 Jan Bogaert 137 + 3h 11' 35" 143 Étienne De Beule 131 + 2h 51' 18" 144 Dirk Demol DNF (AB-15) — 145 Jos Jacobs 124 + 2h 38' 54" 146 Louis Luyten DNF (AB-16) — 147 Adri van Houwelingen 88 + 1h 59' 32" 148 Jan van Houwelingen 104 + 2h 10' 30" 149 Teun van Vliet DNF (AB-16) — 150 Gery Verlinden DNF (AB-6) — 151 Pedro Delgado 6 + 11' 53" 152 José del Ramo 125 + 2h 39' 40" 153 Anastasio Greciano 83 + 1h 53' 27" 154 Jerónimo Ibáñez DNF (AB-9) — 155 Jokin Mújika 45 + 55' 54" 156 Imanol Murga 94 + 2h 02' 13" 157 Luis Vicente Otin 107 + 2h 12' 00" 158 Pello Ruiz Cabestany 54 + 1h 12' 06" 159 José Salvador Sanchis 128 + 2h 41' 38" 160 Ricardo Zúñiga DNF (AB-9) — 161 Lucien Van Impe 27 + 34' 16" 162 Roberto Bressan 143 + 3h 45' 20" 163 Daniele Caroli DNF (AB-16) — 164 Davide Cassani DNF (AB-16) — 165 Claudio Cerri DNF (AB-4) — 166 Claudio Fasolo 97 + 2h 05' 55" 167 Elio Festa 95 + 2h 02' 21" 168 Patrizio Gambirasio DNF (AB-17) — 169 Giuliano Pavanello 139 + 3h 16' 40" 170 Manrico Ronchiato 144 + 4h 13' 48" 171 Paul Wellens 32 + 40' 20" 172 André Lurquin 123 + 2h 38' 04" 173 Stefan Morjean DNF (AB-6) — 174 Rudy Patry 111 + 2h 16' 46" 175 Noël Segers 120 + 2h 36' 25" 176 Benny Van Brabant 129 + 2h 48' 15" 177 Luc Wallays DNF (NP-6) — 178 Jan Wijnants 52 + 1h 08' 23" 179 Ludwig Wijnants 63 + 1h 24' 36" 180 Aloïs Wouters 103 + 2h 09' 36"

By team

+ No. Rider Pos. 1 57 2 116 3 HD-15 4 HD-15 5 26 6 72 7 67 8 36 9 42 10 56+ No. Rider Pos. 11 1 12 47 13 22 14 10 15 99 16 71 17 2 18 13 19 46 20 44+ No. Rider Pos. 21 11 22 134 23 132 24 61 25 16 26 68 27 98 28 86 29 20 30 122+ No. Rider Pos. 31 4 32 77 33 34 34 102 35 35 36 37 37 78 38 90 39 55 40 31+ No. Rider Pos. 41 62 42 9 43 38 44 HD-12 45 76 46 85 47 AB-4 48 AB-9 49 HD-4 50 17+ No. Rider Pos. 51 AB-15 52 65 53 21 54 AB-12 55 133 56 HD-P 57 60 58 AB-15 59 138 60 81+ No. Rider Pos. 61 18 62 53 63 58 64 101 65 135 66 70 67 EL-10 68 108 69 40 70 117+ No. Rider Pos. 71 5 72 126 73 80 74 75 75 82 76 113 77 25 78 87 79 28 80 15+ No. Rider Pos. 81 7 82 43 83 HD-8 84 AB-5 85 73 86 66 87 41 88 118 89 8 90 AB-12+ No. Rider Pos. 91 49 92 112 93 23 94 89 95 AB-16 96 114 97 AB-20 98 50 99 105 100 AB-5+ No. Rider Pos. 101 3 102 121 103 29 104 69 105 92 106 141 107 24 108 100 109 NP-7 110 119+ No. Rider Pos. 111 12 112 84 113 91 114 115 115 48 116 74 117 110 118 51 119 79 120 106+ No. Rider Pos. 121 AB-1 122 64 123 NP-14 124 109 125 AB-10 126 140 127 19 128 AB-6 129 30 130 39+ No. Rider Pos. 131 130 132 136 133 96 134 NP-8 135 33 136 127 137 142 138 14 139 59 140 93+ No. Rider Pos. 141 NP-15 142 137 143 131 144 AB-15 145 124 146 AB-16 147 88 148 104 149 AB-16 150 AB-6+ No. Rider Pos. 151 6 152 125 153 83 154 AB-9 155 45 156 94 157 107 158 54 159 128 160 AB-9+ No. Rider Pos. 161 27 162 143 163 AB-16 164 AB-16 165 AB-4 166 97 167 95 168 AB-17 169 139 170 144+ No. Rider Pos. 171 32 172 123 173 AB-6 174 111 175 120 176 129 177 NP-6 178 52 179 63 180 103

By nationality The 180 riders that competed in the 1985 Tour de France were represented by 16 different countries. Riders from eight countries won stages during the race; Belgium riders won the largest number of stages.

Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins 2 2 42 33 6 (Rudy Matthijs ×3, Ludwig Wijnants, Eric Vanderaerden ×2) 1 1 11 7 3 (Luis Herrera ×2, Fabio Parra) 2 2 1 (Jørgen Pedersen) 45 42 5 (Bernard Hinault ×2, Francis Castaing, Frédéric Vichot, Régis Simon) 3 3 1 (Stephen Roche) 14 8 20 18 4 (Gerrit Solleveld, Henri Manders, Maarten Ducrot, Johan Lammerts) 1 1 1 1 28 18 2 (Eduardo Chozas, Pedro Delgado) 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 (Greg LeMond) 1 0 Total 180 144 23The team time trial on stage 3, won by , is not counted in this total.

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