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 from Roubaix. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 19 July.
Stage 12a 8 July 1981 — Roubaix to Brussels,
Stage 12a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago 2 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. 3 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios s.t. 4 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 6 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 7 Teka s.t. 8 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 9 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 10 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t.General classification after stage 12a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 41" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 3' 33" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 3' 49" 5 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 36" 6 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 41" 7 Boston–Mavic + 5' 47" 8 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 6' 26" 9 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle + 6' 45" 10 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 7' 10"
Stage 12b 8 July 1981 — Brussels (Belgium) to Circuit Zolder (Belgium),
Stage 12b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor 2 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago s.t. 3 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 4 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 6 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 7 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 8 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 9 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle s.t. 10 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t.General classification after stage 12b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 41" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 3' 33" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 3' 49" 5 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 36" 6 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 41" 7 Boston–Mavic + 5' 47" 8 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 6' 26" 9 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle + 6' 45" 10 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 7' 10"
Stage 13 9 July 1981 — Beringen (Belgium) to Hasselt (Belgium),
Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago 2 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 3 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios s.t. 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 5 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 6 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle s.t. 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 8 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 9 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 10 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t.General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 57" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 3' 57" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 6' 05" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 6' 06" 7 Boston–Mavic + 6' 11" 8 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 6' 50" 9 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 7' 43" 10 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle + 7' 45"
Stage 14 10 July 1981 — Mulhouse, (ITT)
Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 25" 3 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 1' 42" 4 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 01" 5 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo + 2' 03" 6 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 2' 06" 7 La Redoute–Motobécane + 2' 20" 8 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios + 2' 23" 9 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 2' 28" 10 La Redoute–Motobécane + 2' 29"General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 58" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 6' 37" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 8' 53" 5 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 4' 36" 6 Boston–Mavic + 5' 41" 7 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 5' 47" 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 6' 26" 9 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 6' 45" 10 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 7' 10"
Stage 15 11 July 1981 — Besançon to Thonon-les-Bains,
Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor 2 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t. 3 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. 4 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago s.t. 5 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo s.t. 6 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 7 Kelme s.t. 8 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 9 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 10 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t.General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 58" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 6' 37" 4 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 8' 35" 5 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 8' 56" 6 Boston–Mavic + 9' 38" 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 9' 50" 8 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 9' 58" 9 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 10' 43" 10 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 11' 24"
Stage 16 12 July 1981 — Thonon-les-Bains to Morzine,
Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 La Redoute–Motobécane 2 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 2' 22" 3 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 3' 51" 4 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios + 3' 55" 5 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 7 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. 8 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 9 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 10 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t.General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 7' 39" 3 Boston–Mavic + 9' 38" 4 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 9' 50" 5 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 10' 43" 6 La Redoute–Motobécane + 10' 45" 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 11' 28" 8 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle + 11' 47" 9 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 12' 17" 10 Teka + 12' 18"
Stage 17 14 July 1981 — Morzine to Alpe d'Huez,
Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata 2 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 8" 3 Boston–Mavic + 9" 4 La Redoute–Motobécane + 12" 5 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 1' 38" 6 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 2' 01" 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 3' 23" 8 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 3' 33" 9 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios + 4' 14" 10 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 16"General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Boston–Mavic + 9' 38" 3 La Redoute–Motobécane + 10' 49" 4 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 12' 36" 5 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 12' 58" 6 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 13' 04" 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 14' 09" 8 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 15' 32" 9 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 16' 40" 10 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 17' 40"
Stage 18 15 July 1981 — Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Le Pleynet,
Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 32" 3 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios + 1' 26" 4 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo + 2' 33" 5 Boston–Mavic s.t. 6 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 8 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 9 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. 10 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 2' 51"General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Boston–Mavic + 12' 12" 3 La Redoute–Motobécane + 13' 22" 4 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 15' 09" 5 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 15' 53" 6 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 16' 05" 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 18' 33" 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 18' 35" 9 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 19' 13" 10 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios + 21' 20"
Stage 19 16 July 1981 — Veurey to Saint-Priest,
Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata 2 Renault–Elf–Gitane + 1" 3 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. 4 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 5 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel s.t. 6 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 10 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo + 2' 51"General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Boston–Mavic + 12' 32" 3 La Redoute–Motobécane + 13' 50" 4 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 15' 21" 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 16' 33" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 18' 59" 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 19' 41" 8 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 20' 09" 9 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 22' 49" 10 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios + 25' 36"
Stage 20 17 July 1981 — Saint-Priest, (ITT)
Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 37" 3 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 1' 03" 4 La Redoute–Motobécane + 1' 52" 5 Boston–Mavic + 2' 02" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 33" 7 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel + 2' 35" 8 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo + 2' 46" 9 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 3' 00" 10 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago + 3' 08"General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Boston–Mavic + 14' 34" 3 La Redoute–Motobécane + 17' 04" 4 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 18' 21" 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 20' 26" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 23' 02" 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 24' 25" 8 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 24' 37" 9 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 26' 18" 10 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 28' 12"
Stage 21 18 July 1981 — Auxerre to Fontenay-sous-Bois,
Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh–Creda 2 La Redoute–Motobécane + 2" 3 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 19" 4 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo s.t. 5 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 6 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 7 DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or–Gazelle s.t. 8 Sem–France Loire–Campagnolo s.t. 9 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 10 Renault–Elf–Gitane s.t.General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Boston–Mavic + 14' 34" 3 La Redoute–Motobécane + 17' 04" 4 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 18' 21" 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 20' 26" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 23' 02" 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 24' 25" 8 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 24' 37" 9 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 26' 18" 10 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 27' 00"
Stage 22 19 July 1981 — Fontenay-sous-Bois to Paris Champs-Élysées,
Stage 22 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago 2 Vermeer–Thijs–Gios s.t. 3 Puch–Wolber–Campagnolo s.t. 4 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 5 Miko–Mercier–Vivagel s.t. 6 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor s.t. 7 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 8 TI–Raleigh–Creda s.t. 9 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. 10 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t.General classification after stage 22 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Elf–Gitane 2 Boston–Mavic + 14' 34" 3 La Redoute–Motobécane + 17' 04" 4 TI–Raleigh–Creda + 18' 21" 5 Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata + 20' 26" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 23' 02" 7 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 24' 25" 8 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 24' 37" 9 Wickes–Splendor–Europ Decor + 26' 18" 10 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 27' 00"
See also 1981 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11
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