The 1968 Tour de France was the 55th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Vittel with an individual time trial on 27 June and Stage 11 occurred on 9 July with a flat stage from Bayonne. The race finished in Paris on 21 July.
Stage 11 9 July 1968 - Bayonne to Pau,
Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium A 2 Belgium B s.t. 3 Italy s.t. 4 Switzerland/Luxembourg s.t. 5 Spain s.t. 6 France C s.t. 7 France A s.t. 8 Italy + 40" 9 Belgium A s.t. 10 France B s.t.General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium B 2 France A + 2' 29" 3 Italy + 3' 26" 4 France A + 3' 27" 5 Netherlands + 3' 36" 6 Belgium A + 3' 45" 7 France B + 3' 54" 8 Spain + 3' 57" 9 Italy + 4' 03" 10 France B + 4' 08"
Stage 12 10 July 1968 - Pau to Saint-Gaudens,
Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium A 2 Italy s.t. 3 Spain s.t. 4 Spain s.t. 5 Germany s.t. 6 France A s.t. 7 Spain s.t. 8 Belgium B + 40" 9 Germany + 4" 10 Spain + 8"General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium B 2 Italy + 1' 34" 3 Italy + 3' 26" 4 Belgium A + 3' 43" 5 France A + 4' 13" 6 Spain + 4' 22" 7 Belgium B + 4' 35" 8 Germany + 4' 47" 9 Spain + 4' 56" 10 Spain + 5' 09"
Stage 13 11 July 1968 - Saint-Gaudens to La Seu d'Urgell,
Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium A 2 Spain s.t. 3 Germany + 1" 4 Spain s.t. 5 Italy + 2" 6 Italy s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 Belgium B s.t. 9 Great Britain s.t. 10 Belgium B s.t.General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium B 2 Italy + 1' 34" 3 Italy + 3' 26" 4 Belgium A + 3' 43" 5 France A + 4' 13" 6 Spain + 4' 21" 7 Belgium B + 4' 36" 8 Germany + 4' 46" 9 Spain + 4' 56" 10 Spain + 5' 09"
Stage 14 12 July 1968 - La Seu d'Urgell to Perpignan,
Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Belgium B + 2" 3 Belgium A s.t. 4 Belgium B s.t. 5 Belgium B s.t. 6 Great Britain s.t. 7 France B s.t. 8 Great Britain s.t. 9 Belgium A s.t. 10 France C s.t.General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium B 2 Italy + 1' 34" 3 Italy + 3' 26" 4 Belgium A + 4' 13" 5 France A s.t. 6 Spain + 4' 21" 7 Belgium B + 4' 36" 8 Germany + 4' 46" 9 Spain + 4' 56" 10 Spain + 5' 09"
Rest Day 2 13 July 1968 - Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Stage 15 14 July 1968 - Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via to Albi,
Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France A 2 Belgium B + 2' 58" 3 Great Britain s.t. 4 Netherlands s.t. 5 Belgium B s.t. 6 Great Britain s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 Belgium B s.t. 10 France C s.t.General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium B 2 Italy + 1' 34" 3 Italy + 3' 26" 4 France A + 4' 01" 5 Belgium A + 4' 13" 6 Spain + 4' 21" 7 Germany + 4' 46" 8 Spain + 5' 09" 9 France A + 5' 18" 10 Belgium A + 5' 40"
Stage 16 15 July 1968 - Albi to Aurillac,
Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Germany s.t. 3 Belgium B + 1' 05" 4 Netherlands s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 Belgium A s.t. 7 Spain s.t. 8 Spain s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 Belgium B s.t.General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Germany 2 Spain + 50" 3 Italy + 1' 17" 4 Belgium A + 2' 09" 5 Belgium B + 2' 10" 6 Spain + 2' 18" 7 Netherlands + 2' 21" 8 Spain + 3' 08" 9 Italy + 3' 59" 10 Belgium B + 4' 10"
Stage 17 16 July 1968 - Aurillac to Saint-Étienne,
Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France A 2 France B + 2" 3 Switzerland/Luxembourg + 27" 4 France A + 12' 03" 5 Belgium B + 12' 18" 6 Belgium B + 12' 55" 7 Italy s.t. 8 Belgium A s.t. 9 Great Britain s.t. 10 Belgium A s.t.General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Germany 2 Spain + 50" 3 Italy + 1' 17" 4 Belgium A + 2' 09" 5 Belgium B + 2' 10" 6 Spain + 2' 18" 7 Netherlands + 2' 21" 8 Spain + 3' 08" 9 Italy + 3' 59" 10 Belgium B + 4' 10"
Stage 18 17 July 1968 - Saint-Étienne to Grenoble,
Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France A 2 France B + 2' 35" 3 Netherlands + 3' 53" 4 Belgium A s.t. 5 Belgium B s.t. 6 Belgium A s.t. 7 Belgium B + 4' 29" 8 Spain + 4' 42" 9 Spain s.t. 10 Belgium B + 5' 45"General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 Belgium A + 30" 3 Netherlands + 42" 4 Belgium B + 1' 07" 5 Spain + 1' 28" 6 Italy + 1' 30" 7 France B + 1' 51" 8 Germany + 2' 02" 9 France A + 2' 54" 10 Spain + 3' 21"
Stage 19 18 July 1968 - Grenoble to Sallanches,
Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Great Britain 2 Italy + 4' 06" 3 Belgium A + 4' 07" 4 France A + 4' 11" 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 Spain + 4' 24" 7 France B s.t. 8 Italy + 4' 47" 9 Germany s.t. 10 Spain + 4' 49"General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium A 2 Spain + 12" 3 Netherlands + 16" 4 Italy + 59" 5 Spain + 1' 15" 6 France B + 1' 38" 7 Belgium B + 1' 56" 8 Germany + 2' 12" 9 France A + 2' 28" 10 Spain + 3' 38"
Stage 20 19 July 1968 - Sallanches to Besançon,
Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium A 2 France B s.t. 3 Spain s.t. 4 Belgium B + 10' 18" 5 Italy s.t. 6 Germany s.t. 7 France B s.t. 8 Belgium A s.t. 9 Belgium A s.t. 10 Belgium A s.t.General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium A 2 Spain + 12" 3 Netherlands + 16" 4 Italy + 59" 5 Spain + 1' 15" 6 France B + 1' 38" 7 Belgium B + 1' 56" 8 Germany + 2' 12" 9 France A + 2' 28" 10 Spain + 3' 38"
Stage 21 20 July 1968 - Besançon to Auxerre,
Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium B 2 Great Britain s.t. 3 Spain + 2" 4 France B + 4" 5 France C + 6" 6 Belgium A + 7" 7 Netherlands + 5' 54" 8 Great Britain + 5' 56" 9 France B + 6' 46" 10 France A + 6' 47"General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium A 2 Spain + 12" 3 Netherlands + 16" 4 Italy + 58" 5 Spain + 1' 15" 6 France B + 1' 38" 7 Belgium B + 1' 56" 8 Germany + 2' 12" 9 France A + 2' 28" 10 Spain + 3' 38"
Stage 22a 21 July 1968 - Auxerre to Melun,
Stage 22a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France C 2 Germany + 2' 17" 3 Switzerland/Luxembourg + 5' 07" 4 Belgium A + 11' 10" 5 Italy s.t. 6 Great Britain s.t. 7 Belgium A s.t. 8 France B s.t. 9 Germany s.t. 10 Great Britain s.t.General classification after stage 22a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium A 2 Spain + 12" 3 Netherlands + 16" 4 Italy + 58" 5 Spain + 1' 15" 6 France B + 1' 38" 7 Belgium B + 1' 56" 8 Germany + 2' 12" 9 France A + 2' 28" 10 Spain + 3' 38"
Stage 22b 21 July 1968 - Melun to Paris, (ITT)
Stage 22a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Belgium A + 54" 3 France A + 1' 17" 4 Belgium B + 1' 23" 5 Germany + 1' 50" 6 Netherlands + 2' 14" 7 Belgium A + 2' 54" 8 France B + 3' 09" 9 Spain + 3' 21" 10 France B + 3' 22"General classification after stage 22b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Belgium A + 38" 3 Belgium B + 3' 03" 4 Spain + 3' 17" 5 France A + 3' 29" 6 Germany + 3' 46" 7 France B + 4' 44" 8 Italy + 4' 59" 9 Spain + 5' 05" 10 Italy + 7' 55"
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