1981 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11

The 1981 Tour de France was the 68th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Nice with a prologue individual time trial on 25 June and Stage 12a occurred on 8 July with a flat stage to Brussels, Belgium. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 19 July.

Prologue 25 June 1981 — Nice, (ITT)

Prologue result and general classification after prologue

Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 7" 3 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 14" 4 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 16" 5 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago s.t. 6 La Redoute–Motobécane + 17" 7 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel s.t. 8 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 19" 9 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 10 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 20"

Stage 1a 26 June 1981 — Nice,

Stage 1a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago 2 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 3 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 4 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 6 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle s.t. 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 8 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel s.t. 9 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 10 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t.General classification after stage 1a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 7" 3 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 14" 4 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 16" 5 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago s.t. 6 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 17" 7 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 19" 8 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 9 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 20" 10 Teka + 22"

Stage 1b 26 June 1981 — Nice, (TTT)

Stage 1b result Rank Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 29" 3 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 40" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 43" 5 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 50" 6 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle + 51" 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 53" 8 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 1' 10" 9 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo + 1' 55" 10 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios + 2' 04"General classification after stage 1b Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 13" 3 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 16" 4 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 22" 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 27" 6 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 28" 7 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 30" 8 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 33" 9 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 38" 10 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 40"

Stage 2 27 June 1981 — Nice to Martigues,

Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 6" 3 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 22" 4 Kelme + 25" 5 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 6 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 8 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel s.t. 9 Kelme s.t. 10 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo s.t.General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 13" 3 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 16" 4 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 27" 5 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 28" 6 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 30" 7 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 33" 8 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 36" 9 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 38" 10 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 40"

Stage 3 28 June 1981 — Martigues to Narbonne,

Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago 2 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. 3 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 4 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 5 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle s.t. 6 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 7 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 8 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 9 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 10 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t.General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 1" 3 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 15" 4 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 16" 5 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 28" 6 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 7 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 30" 8 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 33" 9 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 40" 10 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 42"

Stage 4 29 June 1981 — Narbonne to Carcassonne, (TTT)

Stage 4 result Rank Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 19" 3 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 26" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 41" 5 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle + 1' 02" 6 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 1' 55" 7 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 1' 57" 8 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 2' 30" 9 La Redoute–Motobécane + 2' 56" 10 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo + 3' 22"General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 1" 3 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 16" 4 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 28" 5 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 30" 6 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 1' 43" 7 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 1' 57" 8 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 2' 01" 9 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 10 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 04"

Stage 5 30 June 1981 — Saint-Gaudens to Pla d'Adet,

Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Boston–Mavic 2 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 27" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 4 Teka s.t. 5 Teka + 1' 52" 6 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 2' 08" 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 2' 10" 8 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios + 2' 32" 9 La Redoute–Motobécane + 2' 37" 10 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin 2 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 17" 3 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 3' 08" 4 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 3' 24" 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 3' 25" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 3' 32" 7 Boston–Mavic + 3' 39" 8 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 3' 53" 9 Teka s.t. 10 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 4' 02"

Stage 6 1 July 1981 — Nay to Pau, (ITT)

Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 1" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 16" 4 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 28" 5 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 30" 6 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 1' 43" 7 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios + 1' 57" 8 Teka + 2' 01" 9 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 10 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle + 2' 04"General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 13" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 30" 4 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 4' 52" 5 Boston–Mavic + 4' 58" 6 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 00" 7 Teka + 5' 23" 8 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 9 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 44" 10 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 5' 45"

Stage 7 2 July 1981 — Pau to Bordeaux,

Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago s.t. 3 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 4 Teka s.t. 5 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 6 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle s.t. =7 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. =7 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. =7 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. =7 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 33" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 58" 4 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 20" 5 Boston–Mavic + 5' 26" 6 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 28" 7 Teka + 5' 51" 8 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 9 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 6' 05" 10 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 6' 12"

Stage 8 3 July 1981 — Rochefort to Nantes,

Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 Kelme s.t. 3 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago s.t. 4 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 5 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 6 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 8 Kelme s.t. 9 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 10 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t.General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 37" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 5' 10" 4 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 32" 5 Boston–Mavic + 5' 38" 6 Teka + 6' 03" 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 8 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 6' 17" 9 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 6' 24" 10 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 6' 27"

Stage 9 5 July 1981 — Nantes to Le Mans,

Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle 2 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 4" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 6" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 6 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 8 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 2' 36" 9 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 10 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t.General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 37" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 3' 31" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 3' 40" 5 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 5' 10" 6 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 5' 16" 7 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 32" 8 Boston–Mavic + 5' 38" 9 Teka + 6' 03" 10 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t.

Stage 10 6 July 1981 — Le Mans to Aulnay-sous-Bois,

Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 3 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle s.t. 4 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 5 Boston–Mavic s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 7 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle s.t. 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 10 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t.General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 41" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 3' 35" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 3' 44" 5 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 31" 6 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 5' 20" 7 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 36" 8 Boston–Mavic + 5' 42" 9 Teka + 6' 07" 10 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t.

Stage 11 7 July 1981 — Compiègne to Roubaix,

Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 3 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo s.t. 4 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 5" 5 La Redoute–Motobécane + 7" 6 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 8 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 9 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 10 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t.General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 41" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 3' 28" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 3' 44" 5 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 31" 6 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 36" 7 Boston–Mavic + 5' 42" 8 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 6' 21" 9 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle + 6' 45" 10 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 7' 05"

See also 1981 Tour de France, Stage 12a to Stage 22

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