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	Overview of the year 1981  back to list  wikipedia information 1981  see overall standings in 1981 select year: 202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998199719961995199419931992199119901989198819871986198519841983198219811980197919781977197619751974197319721971197019691968196719661965196419631962196119601959195819571956195519541953195219511950194919481947193919381937193619351934193319321931193019291928192719261925192419231922192119201919191419131912191119101909190819071906190519041903 1981 | June 25 - July 19 Nice - Paris total distance: 3753.0 km number of stages: 24 money for winner: 130 000 F money total: 2 324 000 F Bernard Hinault | Renault | France | age: 26 time: 96hr 19min 38sec | average speed: 38.960 km/h 2nd place: Lucien Van Impe (+ 14min 34sec) 3rd place: Robert Alban (+ 17min 4sec) winning team: Peugeot number of participants: 150 finished: 121 not finished: 29 Jerseys winners:  Bernard Hinault  Freddy Maertens  Lucien van Impe  Peter Winnen Tour de France start: Statistic of the riders: Route length: (compared with longest route in 1926 - 5745 km)  3 753 / 5 745   65,3% Stages number of stages in this year*: 25 | display finish towns on map *total number of posibbilities to win the stage STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed P Nice - Nice   5.8 km     Bernard HINAULT   0:06:48   51.2 km/h 1a Nice - Nice   97.0 km     Freddy MAERTENS   2:23:19   40.6 km/h 1b Nice - Nice   40.0 km     Raleigh   0:46:20   51.8 km/h 2 Nice - Martigues   254.0 km     Johan VAN DER VELDE   6:32:27   38.8 km/h 3 Martigues - Narbonne   232.0 km     Freddy MAERTENS   6:33:50   35.3 km/h 4 Narbonne - Carcassonne   77.2 km     Raleigh   1:41:03   45.8 km/h 5 Saint-Gaudens - Saint-Lary-Soulan   117.5 km     Lucien VAN IMPE   3:32:32   33.2 km/h 6 Nay - Pau   26.7 km     Bernard HINAULT   0:35:52   44.7 km/h 7 Pau - Bordeaux   227.0 km     Urs FREULER   5:37:24   40.4 km/h 8 Rochefort - Nantes   182.0 km     Ad WIJNANDS   4:35:37   39.6 km/h 9 Nantes - Le Mans   196.5 km     René MARTENS   4:23:09   44.8 km/h 10 Le Mans - Aulnay-sous-Bois   264.0 km     Ad WIJNANDS   6:30:41   39.7 km/h 11 Compiègne - Roubaix   246.0 km     Daniel WILLEMS   6:18:34   39.0 km/h 12a Roubaix - Brussel   107.3 km     Freddy MAERTENS   2:25:48   44.2 km/h 12b Brussel - Zolder   137.8 km     Eddy PLANCKAERT   3:22:31   40.8 km/h 13 Beringen - Hasselt   157.4 km     Freddy MAERTENS   4:01:20   39.1 km/h 14 Mulhouse - Mulhouse   38.5 km     Bernard HINAULT   0:50:30   45.7 km/h 15 Besançon - Thonon   231.0 km     Sean KELLY   5:47:07   39.9 km/h 16 Thonon - Morzine-Avoriaz   199.5 km     Robert ALBAN   6:14:29   32.0 km/h 17 Morzine-Avoriaz - Alpe d’Huez   230.5 km     Peter WINNEN   7:36:18   30.3 km/h 18 Bourg-d’Oisans - Le Pleynet   134.0 km     Bernard HINAULT   4:16:43   31.3 km/h 19 Veurey - Saint-Priest   117.5 km     Daniel WILLEMS   3:07:02   37.7 km/h 20 Saint-Priest - Saint-Priest   46.5 km     Bernard HINAULT   1:01:16   45.5 km/h 21 Auxerre - Fontenay-sous-Bois   207.0 km     Johan VAN DER VELDE   5:32:36   37.3 km/h 22 Fontenay-sous-Bois - Paris   186.8 km     Freddy MAERTENS   4:45:24   39.3 km/h Winners of stages in 1981 by nations (5):  nation   No.wins  share (%)  BEL   10   40,00%   NED   7   28,00%   FRA   6   24,00%   IRL   1   4,00%   SUI   1   4,00%  Winners of stages in 1981 by cyclists (13):  name   No.wins  share (%)  Freddy MAERTENS   5   20,00%   Bernard HINAULT   5   20,00%   Ad WIJNANDS   2   8,00%   Raleigh   2   8,00%   Johan VAN DER VELDE   2   8,00%   Daniel WILLEMS   2   8,00%   Robert ALBAN   1   4,00%   Lucien VAN IMPE   1   4,00%   Eddy PLANCKAERT   1   4,00%   René MARTENS   1   4,00%   Peter WINNEN   1   4,00%   Urs FREULER   1   4,00%   Sean KELLY   1   4,00%  Ascents number of ascents in this year*: 16 | display ascents on map *ascents of the second, first and "hors" category THE ALPES [14] Alpe-d’Huez (1860 m):     Peter WINNEN Barioz (1041 m):     Jean-René Jean-René BERNAUDEAU Col de Cou (1116 m):     Vicente BELDA Col de la Madeleine (2000 m):     Lucien VAN IMPE Col du Glandon (1924 m):     Lucien VAN IMPE Cordon (Sallanches) (975 m):     William TACKAERT Joux-Plane (1713 m):     Robert ALBAN Joux-Verte (1760 m):     Robert ALBAN Le col des Mouilles (1016 m):     Juan FERNÁNDEZ MARTIN Le Pleynet (1445 m):     Bernard HINAULT Luitel (1262 m):     Roger DE CNIJF Mont Salève (1307 m):     Hendrik DEVOS Montaud (689 m):     Lucien VAN IMPE Roquette (570 m):     Bernard HINAULT THE PYRENEES [2] Peyresourde (1569 m):     Bernard HINAULT Pla d’Adet (Saint-Lary-Soulan) (1680 m):     Lucien VAN IMPE Other mountains [0] Winners of ascents in 1981 by nations (4):  nation   No. wins  share (%)  BEL   7   43,75%   FRA   6   37,50%   ESP   2   12,50%   NED   1   6,25%  Winners of ascents in 1981 by cyclists (10):  name   No. wins  share (%)  Lucien VAN IMPE   4   25,00%   Bernard HINAULT   3   18,75%   Robert ALBAN   2   12,50%   Vicente BELDA   1   6,25%   Jean-René Jean-René BERNAUDEAU   1   6,25%   Roger DE CNIJF   1   6,25%   Juan FERNÁNDEZ MARTIN   1   6,25%   Peter WINNEN   1   6,25%   Hendrik DEVOS   1   6,25%   William TACKAERT   1   6,25%  Video highlights No video available
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