The 1976 Tour de France was the 63rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Saint-Jean-de-Monts with a prologue individual time trial on 24 June, and Stage 12 occurred on 8 July with a mountainous stage to . The race finished in Paris on 18 July.
Prologue 24 June 1976 – Saint-Jean-de-Monts to Saint-Jean-de-Monts, (ITT)
Prologue result and general classification after prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Super Ser + 17" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 20" 4 TI–Raleigh s.t. 5 TI–Raleigh + 21" 6 Velda–Flandria s.t. 7 Gan–Mercier + 22" 8 Gan–Mercier + 27" 9 Brooklyn + 28" 10 Gan–Mercier s.t.
Stage 1 25 June 1976 – Saint-Jean-de-Monts to Angers,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Gan–Mercier s.t. 3 Brooklyn s.t. 4 TI–Raleigh s.t. 5 TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 7 Jolly Ceramica s.t. 8 TI–Raleigh s.t. 9 Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 10 Brooklyn s.t.General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Super Ser + 17" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 20" 4 TI–Raleigh s.t. 5 Velda–Flandria + 21" 6 Gan–Mercier + 22" 7 Gan–Mercier + 27" 8 Super Ser + 28" 9 Brooklyn s.t. 10 Gan–Mercier s.t.
Stage 2 26 June 1976 – Angers to Caen,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jolly Ceramica 2 Jolly Ceramica + 10" 3 TI–Raleigh s.t. 4 Velda–Flandria s.t. 5 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 6 Gan–Mercier s.t. 7 Brooklyn s.t. 8 Brooklyn s.t. 9 Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 10 TI–Raleigh s.t.General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Super Ser + 17" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 20" 4 TI–Raleigh s.t. 5 Velda–Flandria + 21" 6 Gan–Mercier + 22" 7 Gan–Mercier + 27" 8 Super Ser + 28" 9 Gan–Mercier s.t. 10 Brooklyn s.t.
Stage 3 27 June 1976 – Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, (ITT)
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Velda–Flandria + 1' 37" 3 Lejeune–BP + 2' 01" 4 Super Ser + 2' 12" 5 Lejeune–BP + 2' 23" 6 TI–Raleigh + 2' 26" 7 Peugeot–Esso + 2' 39" 8 Brooklyn + 2' 41" 9 TI–Raleigh + 2' 57" 10 Gan–Mercier + 2' 58"General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Velda–Flandria + 1' 58" 3 Super Ser + 2' 29" 4 Lejeune–BP + 2' 32" 5 TI–Raleigh + 2' 46" 6 Lejeune–BP + 2' 55" 7 Gan–Mercier + 3' 25" 8 Peugeot–Esso + 3' 26" 9 Gan–Mercier + 3' 30" 10 TI–Raleigh + 3' 34"
Stage 4 28 June 1976 – Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Bornem,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Velda–Flandria s.t. 3 Jolly Ceramica + 9" 4 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 5 Gan–Mercier s.t. 6 TI–Raleigh + 11" 7 Scic–Fiat s.t. 8 Velda–Flandria + 14" 9 Brooklyn s.t. 10 Peugeot–Esso s.t.General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Velda–Flandria + 1' 58" 3 Super Ser + 2' 29" 4 Lejeune–BP + 2' 32" 5 TI–Raleigh + 2' 46" 6 Lejeune–BP + 2' 55" 7 TI–Raleigh + 3' 20" 8 Gan–Mercier + 3' 25" 9 Peugeot–Esso + 3' 26" 10 Gan–Mercier + 3' 30"
Stage 5a 29 June 1976 – Leuven to Leuven, (TTT)
Stage 5a result Rank Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Velda–Flandria + 5" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 20" 4 Gan–Mercier + 28" 5 Scic–Fiat + 32" 6 Jolly Ceramica + 52" 7 Lejeune–BP + 55" 8 Brooklyn + 59" 9 Kas–Campagnolo + 1' 17" 10 Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 25"General classification after stage 5a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Velda–Flandria + 2' 04" 3 Super Ser + 2' 35" 4 Lejeune–BP + 2' 38" 5 TI–Raleigh + 2' 42" 6 Lejeune–BP + 3' 01" 7 TI–Raleigh + 3' 16" 8 Peugeot–Esso + 3' 29" 9 Gan–Mercier + 3' 31" 10 Gan–Mercier + 3' 36"
Stage 5b 29 June 1976 – Leuven to Verviers,
Stage 5b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Scic–Fiat 2 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 3 Gan–Mercier + 8" 4 Kas–Campagnolo s.t. 5 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 6 Velda–Flandria + 33" 7 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 8 Brooklyn s.t. 9 TI–Raleigh s.t. 10 Lejeune–BP s.t.General classification after stage 5b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Velda–Flandria + 2' 04" 3 TI–Raleigh + 3' 16" 4 Super Ser + 3' 25" 5 Lejeune–BP + 3' 28" 6 Peugeot–Esso + 3' 29" 7 Gan–Mercier + 3' 31" 8 TI–Raleigh + 3' 32" 9 Brooklyn + 3' 45" 10 Brooklyn + 3' 48"
Stage 6 30 June 1976 – Bastogne to Nancy,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Brooklyn 2 Scic–Fiat + 4' 29" 3 TI–Raleigh s.t. 4 Lejeune–BP + 4' 31" 5 Gan–Mercier s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 7 Super Ser + 4' 38" 8 Kas–Campagnolo + 4' 41" 9 Velda–Flandria s.t. 10 Scic–Fiat s.t.General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Velda–Flandria + 2' 04" 3 TI–Raleigh + 3' 16" 4 Super Ser + 3' 25" 5 Lejeune–BP + 3' 28" 6 Peugeot–Esso + 3' 29" 7 Gan–Mercier + 3' 31" 8 TI–Raleigh + 3' 32" 9 Brooklyn + 3' 45" 10 Brooklyn + 3' 48"
Stage 7 1 July 1976 – Nancy to Mulhouse,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 3 Jolly Ceramica s.t. 4 TI–Raleigh s.t. 5 Lejeune–BP s.t. 6 Scic–Fiat s.t. 7 Gan–Mercier s.t. 8 Gan–Mercier s.t. 9 Scic–Fiat s.t. 10 Gan–Mercier s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Velda–Flandria + 2' 04" 3 TI–Raleigh + 3' 16" 4 Peugeot–Esso + 3' 23" 5 Gan–Mercier + 3' 31" 6 TI–Raleigh + 3' 32" 7 Brooklyn + 3' 45" 8 Brooklyn + 3' 48" 9 Scic–Fiat + 3' 51" 10 Gitane–Campagnolo + 3' 54"
Stage 8 2 July 1976 – Valentigney to Divonne-les-Bains,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Peugeot–Esso 2 Velda–Flandria s.t. 3 Jolly Ceramica s.t. 4 Scic–Fiat s.t. 5 Scic–Fiat s.t. 6 Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Gan–Mercier s.t. 8 Brooklyn s.t. 9 Brooklyn s.t. 10 Brooklyn s.t.General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Flandria 2 Velda–Flandria + 2' 04" 3 TI–Raleigh + 3' 16" 4 Peugeot–Esso + 3' 23" 5 Gan–Mercier + 3' 31" 6 TI–Raleigh + 3' 32" 7 Brooklyn + 3' 45" 8 Brooklyn + 3' 48" 9 Scic–Fiat + 3' 51" 10 Gitane–Campagnolo + 3' 54"
Rest day 1 3 July 1976 – Divonne-les-Bains
Stage 9 4 July 1976 – Divonne-les-Bains to Alpe d'Huez,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gan–Mercier 2 Gitane–Campagnolo + 3" 3 Kas–Campagnolo + 58" 4 Jobo–Wolber–La France + 1' 38" 5 Jolly Ceramica + 1' 45" 6 Scic–Fiat s.t. 7 Kas–Campagnolo + 1' 50" 8 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 9 Gan–Mercier s.t. 10 Scic–Fiat + 2' 00"General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gitane–Campagnolo 2 Gan–Mercier + 8" 3 Velda–Flandria + 54" 4 Gan–Mercier + 1' 24" 5 Scic–Fiat + 1' 39" 6 Peugeot–Esso + 1' 48" 7 Jolly Ceramica + 1' 53" 8 Kas–Campagnolo + 1' 55" 9 Brooklyn + 2' 31" 10 Velda–Flandria + 2' 58"
Stage 10 5 July 1976 – Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Montgenèvre,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gan–Mercier 2 Peugeot–Esso + 1" 3 Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 4 Kas–Campagnolo + 10" 5 Jolly Ceramica + 13" 6 Gan–Mercier s.t. 7 TI–Raleigh + 27" 8 Peugeot–Esso + 31" 9 Velda–Flandria + 1' 05" 10 Jolly Ceramica + 1' 27"General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gitane–Campagnolo 2 Gan–Mercier + 7" 3 Gan–Mercier + 1' 36" 4 Peugeot–Esso + 1' 48" 5 Kas–Campagnolo + 2' 04" 6 Jolly Ceramica + 2' 05" 7 Velda–Flandria + 4' 02" 8 Peugeot–Esso + 4' 17" 9 TI–Raleigh + 4' 36" 10 Kas–Campagnolo + 4' 56"
Stage 11 6 July 1976 – Montgenèvre to Manosque,
Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Super Ser 2 TI–Raleigh + 22' 50" 3 Velda–Flandria + 23' 07" 4 Scic–Fiat s.t. 5 Scic–Fiat s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 7 TI–Raleigh s.t. 8 Velda–Flandria s.t. 9 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 10 Kas–Campagnolo s.t.General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gitane–Campagnolo 2 Gan–Mercier + 7" 3 Gan–Mercier + 1' 36" 4 Peugeot–Esso + 1' 48" 5 Kas–Campagnolo + 2' 04" 6 Jolly Ceramica + 2' 05" 7 Velda–Flandria + 4' 02" 8 Peugeot–Esso + 4' 17" 9 TI–Raleigh + 4' 36" 10 Kas–Campagnolo + 4' 56"
Rest day 2 7 July 1976 – Le Barcarès
Stage 12 8 July 1976 – Le Barcarès to ,
Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Peugeot–Esso 2 Kas–Campagnolo + 4' 59" 3 Scic–Fiat + 5' 14" 4 TI–Raleigh + 6' 24" 5 Velda–Flandria + 6' 26" 6 Scic–Fiat + 6' 47" 7 Gan–Mercier + 6' 57" 8 Super Ser s.t. 9 Scic–Fiat + 6' 58" 10 Gan–Mercier s.t.General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Peugeot–Esso 2 Gitane–Campagnolo + 2' 41" 3 Gan–Mercier + 2' 47" 4 Gan–Mercier + 4' 17" 5 Kas–Campagnolo + 4' 45" 6 Peugeot–Esso + 4' 53" 7 Jolly Ceramica + 5' 58" 8 Velda–Flandria + 6' 11" 9 TI–Raleigh + 7' 17" 10 Kas–Campagnolo + 7' 45"
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