Route de France 1966

The 53. Route de France found of 21. June up to 14. July 1966 instead of and led on 22 stages across 4303 km. Again the Frenchman Raymond Poulidor started as favorite could not succeed.

The German Rudi Altig triumphed on the first stage with 47 seconds projection/lead and took over the yellow leotard that it could defend up to the foot of the Pyreneeses. Besides Altig won still the 12. Stage after Revel. On this stage the Cologne Karl-Heinz customer took over the total guidance and could five days long into yellow drive.

Raymond Poulidor could hope after its victory in the second time driving into Vals les Bains for the total victory, it for the first time the strong time driver Jacques Anquetil in its special discipline had finally struck. But after the time driving Poulidor was appropriate for already nearly five minutes behind the Dutchman January Janssen and to a large extent unknown Frenchman Lucien Aimar.

On the first heavy stages in the alps after Briançon won the Julio Jiménez, which could decide the mountain valuation at the end of the route also for itself. The favorites Anquetil and Poulidor beäugten themselves mutually and drove at the same time into the goal, as also on the next day on the stage to Turin. On this stage Aimar drove out sufficient projection/lead on the two Frenchmen as well as the Dutchman Janssen, so that he could not be caught up to of Paris no more.

Poulidor noticed the danger too late by its compatriot, it could its arrears only reduce and occupied at the end third total rank. With Jenssen as route second for the first time a Dutchman stood on the podium. Anquetil rose to the 19. Stage with its last route participation by an illness weakened out. It could contribute however nevertheless to the victory of its crew, since Poulidor was diverted by it, when Anquetils team companion Aimar drove out the crucial minutes on Poulidor.

Into Bordeaux it came to a strike of the drivers to a unangekündigten Doping Kontolle of the French law. Five kilometers after the start stopped the drivers and Rik Van Looy demanded as speakers of the drivers to accomplish no nocturnal controls more. As on the 13. Stage controls took place again, six drivers were tested positively.

the stages

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