1986 TOUR DE FRANCE

The '1986 Tour de France' was the 73rd Tour de France, taking place July 4 to July 27, 1986. It was won by Greg LeMond, the first American to win the Tour. This year also had the first American cycling team, 7-Eleven, entered in Tour history.
Following the success of Bernard Hinault the previous year, the La Vie Claire team was heavily favored. In the 1985 Tour de France, Bernard Hinault promised to return LeMond's support to win the race. However, continuing attacks cast doubt on Hinault's sincerity. He claimed that his tactics were simply to wear down LeMond's (and his) opponents and that he ultimately knew that LeMond would be the winner because of time losses earlier in the race. Regardless of his true motives, this tactic worked well, and rivals Laurent Fignon and Urs Zimmermann were put on the defensive from the first day. Laurent Fignon quit the race due to injuries aggravated by stress.
The ascent of the legendary Alpe d'Huez gave spectators a spectacular stage in which Hinault made a suicidal solo attack to demoralize the opposition, to be matched only by LeMond at the top. In a gesture of respect, the two riders reached the top hand-in-hand, beaming smiles, and LeMond let Hinault finish first to claim the stage. However, within hours their competition resumed during interviews in French television.
In the end, LeMond was crowned winner of the race and Hinault retired shortly afterwards.

Contents

Stages

Jersey progress

Overall standings

External links

Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date
P	Boulogne-Billancourt	5 km	Individual time trial	Friday, July 4
1	Nanterre - Sceaux	85 km		Saturday, July 5
2	Meudon - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	56 km	Team time trial	Saturday, July 5
3	Levallois-Perret - Liévin	214 km		Sunday, July 6
4	Liévin - Évreux	243 km		Monday, July 7
5	Évreux - Villers-sur-Mer	125 km		Tuesday, July 8
6	Villers-sur-Mer - Cherbourg	200 km		Wednesday, July 9
7	Cherbourg - Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët	201 km		Thursday, July 10
8	Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët - Nantes	204 km		Friday, July 11
9	Nantes - Nantes	61 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 12
10	Nantes - Futuroscope	183 km		Sunday, July 13
11	Poitiers - Bordeaux	258 km		Monday, July 14
12	Bayonne - Pau	218 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 15
13	Pau - Superbagnères	186 km	Mountain stage	Wednesday, July 16
14	Luchon - Blagnac	154 km		Thursday, July 17
''Rest day''				Friday, July 18
15	Carcassonne - Nîmes	226 km		Saturday, July 19
16	Nîmes - Gap	246 km	Mountain stage	Sunday, July 20
17	Gap - Serre Chevalier	190 km	Mountain stage	Monday, July 21
18	Briançon - Alpe d'Huez	163 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 22
19	Villard-de-Lans - Saint-Étienne	179 km	Mountain stage	Wednesday, July 23
20	Saint-Étienne - Saint-Étienne	58 km	Individual time trial	Thursday, July 24
21	Saint-Étienne - Puy de Dôme	190 km	Mountain stage	Friday, July 25
22	Clermont-Ferrand - Nevers	194 km		Saturday, July 26
23	Cosne-sur-Loire - Paris Champs-Élysées	255 km		Sunday, July 27
''Total''		4,094 km

Jersey progress

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Overall standings

=== General Classification===

External links

★ Official 1986 Tour de France website

★ 1986 Tour de France results

★ Torelli's History - 1986 Tour de France