Stage results with running GC:
Prologue: Saturday, July 1, Angers 7.2 km Individual Time Trial
- Eddy Merckx: 8min 51.21sec
- Roger Swerts @ 11sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 12sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 13sec
- Leo Duyndam @ 15sec
- Luis Ocaña s.t.
- Leif Mortensen @ 17sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 19sec
- Gilbert Bellone @ 20sec
- Yves Hézard @ 21sec
GC after Prologue: Same as prologue standings and times
Stage 1: Snday, July 2, Angers - St. Brieuc, 235.5 km
- Cyrille Guimard: 6hr 31sec
- Michael Wright s.t.
- Gerben Karstens s.t.
- Rik Van Linden s.t.
- Eddy Merckx s.t.
- Marino Basso s.t.
- Pieter Nassen s.t.
- Rolf Wolfshohl s.t.
- Frans Verbeeck s.t.
- Gérard Vianen s.t.
GC after Stage 1:
- Cyrille Guimard: 6hr 9min 15sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 7sec
- Gerben Karstens @ 16sec
- Roger Swerts @ 18sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 19sec
- Luis Ocaña s.t.
- Leo Duyndam @ 22sec
- Leif Mortensen @ 24sec
- Gilbert Bellone @ 27sec
Stage 2: Monday, July 3, St. Brieuc - La Baule, 206.5 km
- Rik Van Linden: 5hr 9min 43sec
- Walter Godefroot s.t.
- Daniel Van Rijckeghem s.t.
- Marino Basso s.t.
- Régis Delépine s.t.
- Cyrille Guimard s.t.
- Wilfried Peffgen s.t.
- Guido Reybrouck s.t.
- Gerben Karstens s.t.
- Leif Mortensen s.t.
GC after Stage 2:
- Cyrille Guimard: 11hr 18min 52sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 9sec
- Rik Van Linden @ 18sec
- Gerben Karstens @ 22sec
- Roger Swerts @ 24sec
- Joop Zoetemelk s.t.
- Raymond Poulidor @ 25sec
- Leo Duyndam @ 28sec
- Luis Ocaña s.t.
- Leif Mortensen @ 30sec
Stage 3A: Tuesday, July 4, Pornichet - St. Jean de Monts, 161 km
- Ercole Gualazzini: 3hr 56min 33sec
- Van Clooster s.t.
- Herman Beysens s.t.
- Jurgen Tschan s.t.
- Bernard Guyot s.t.
- Gérard Moneyron s.t.
- Jos Deschoenmaecker s.t.
- Marino Basso @ 7sec
- Rik Van Linden s.t.
- Cyrille Guimard s.t.
GC after Stage 3A:
- Cyrille Guimard: 15hr 15min 32sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 9sec
- Rik Van Linden @ 18sec
- Gerben Karstens @ 20sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 24sec
- Roger Swerts s.t. (tied with Zoetemelk for 5th place)
- Noël Van Clooster @ 25sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 28sec
- Leo Duyndam s.t. (Tied with Poulidor for 8th place)
- Luis Ocaña s.t.
Stage 3B: Tuesday, July 4, Merlin Plage 16.2 km Team Time Trial
Times were calculated by adding up the elapsed times of the first five riders of each team. Riders were competing for individual GC time bonifications and team GC.
- Molteni: 1hr 37min 3sec
- Peugeot-BP @ 1min 39sec
- Bic @ 2min 17sec
- Gan-Mercier @ 3min 14sec
- Sonolor @ 3min 41sec
- Watneys-Avia @ 4min 49sec
- Goudsmit-Hoff @ 4min 57sec
- Rokado @ 4min 59sec
- Beaulieu-Flandria @ 5min 5sec
- De Gribaldy-Magniflex @ 5min 8sec
- Salvarani @ 5min 21sec
- Gitane @ 10min 40sec
GC after Stage 3B:
- Eddy Merckx: 15hr 15min 21sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 11sec
- Roger Swerts @ 15sec
- Rik Van Linden @ 29sec
- Gerben Karstens @ 31sec
- Joop Zoetemelk s.t.
- Luis Ocaña @ 34sec
- Jurgen Tschan @ 35sec
- Noël Van Clooster @ 36sec
- Raymond Poulidor s.t.
Stage 4: Wednesday, July 5, Merlin Plage - Royan, 236 km
- Cyrille Guimard: 5hr 22min 43sec
- Ronny Van Marcke s.t.
- Frans Verbeeck s.t.
- Walter Godefroot s.t.
- Cees Koeken s.t.
- Italo Zilioli s.t.
- Eddy Merckx s.t.
- Ludo Van Staeyen s.t.
- Herman Beysens s.t.
- Roger Swerts s.t.
GC after Stage 4:
- Cyrille Guimard: 20hr 37min 45sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 19sec
- Roger Swerts @ 34sec
- Walter Godefroot @ 53sec
- Luis Ocaña s.t.
- Bernard Thévenet @ 59sec
- Yves Hézard @ 1min 4sec
- Frans Verbeeck @ 1min 6sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 1min 7sec
- Ronny Van Marcke @ 1min 12sec
Stage 5A: Thursday, July 6, Royan - Bordeaux, 133.5 km
- Walter Godefroot: 2hr 59min 33sec
- Marino Basso s.t.
- Cyrille Guimard s.t.
- Daniel Van Rijckeghem s.t.
- Gerben Karstens s.t.
- Rik Van Linden s.t.
- Frans Verbeeck s.t.
- Marinus Wagtmans s.t.
- Gérard Vianen s.t.
- Pieter Nassen s.t.
GC after Stage 5A:
- Cyrille Guimard: 23hr 37hr 4sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 33sec
- Walter Godefroot @ 47sec
- Roger Swerts @ 48sec
- Luis Ocana @ 1min 7sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 1min 13sec
- Yves Hézard @ 1min 18sec
- Frans Verbeeck @ 1min 20sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 1min 21sec
- Ronny Van Marcke @ 1min 26sec
Stage 5B: Thursday, July 6, Bordeaux 12.7 km Individual Time Trial
- Eddy Merckx: 16min 5sec
- Roger Swerts @ 2sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 15sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 20sec
- Yves Hézard @ 23sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 24sec
- Joaquim Agostinho s.t.
- Bernard Thévenet @ 32sec
- Leif Mortensen @ 40sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 41sec
GC after Stage 5B:
- Cyrille Guimard: 23hr 53min 33sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 9sec
- Roger Swerts @ 26sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 58sec
- Yves Hézard @ 1min 17sec
- Beranrd Thévenet @ 1min 21sec
- Walter Godefroot @ 1min 32sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 1min 38sec
- Frans Verbeeck @ 1min 48sec
- Gérard Vianen @ 2min 15sec
Stage 6: Friday, July 7, Bordeaux - Bayonne, 205 km
- Leo Duyndam: 5hr 44min 10sec
- Luigi Castelletti s.t.
- Guy Santy s.t.
- René Grelin s.t.
- Willy Van Neste s.t.
- Joseph Bruyère @ 42sec
- Ercole Gualazzini @ 1min 29sec
- Régis Delépine s.t.
- Eddy Merckx @ 1min 33sec
- Rik Van Linden s.t.
GC after Stage 6:
- Cyrille Guimard: 29hr 39min 12sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 11sec
- Roger Swerts @ 30sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 1min 2sec
- Yves Hézard @ 1min 21sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 1min 25sec
- Walter Godefroot @ 1min 36sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 1min 42sec
- Frans Verbeeck @ 1min 52sec
- Gérard Vianen @ 2min 19sec
Stage 7: Sunday, July 9, Bayonne - Pau, 220.5 km
Major ascent: Aubisque
- Yves Hézard: 6hr 2min 19sec
- Cyrille Guimard s.t.
- Felice Gimondi s.t.
- Joop Zoetemelk s.t.
- Eddy Merckx s.t.
- Raymond Poulidor s.t.
- Luis Ocaña @ 1min 49sec
- Edouard Janssens @ 3min 9sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 5min 3sec
- Roger Pingeon @ 6min 6sec
GC after Stage 7:
- Cyrille Guimard: 35hr 41min 31sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 11sec
- Yves Hézard @ 1min 21sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 1min 42sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 2min 51sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 4min 17sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 4min 39sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 7min 57sec
- Roger Swerts @ 10min 29sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 10min 49sec
Stage 8: Monday, July 10, Pau - Luchon, 163.5 km
Major ascents: Tourmalet, Aspin, Peyresourde
- Eddy Merckx: 4hr 54min 48sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 1sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 8sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 2min 15sec
- Mariano Martinez s.t.
- Raymond Poulidor s.t.
- Felice Gimondi @ 2min 44sec
- Cyrille Guimard s.t.
- Bernard Thévenet s.t.
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 3min 31sec
GC after Stage 8:
- Eddy Merckx: 40hr 36min 30sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 2min 33sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 2min 48sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 4min 15sec
- Yves Hézard @ 5min 48sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 6min 21sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 6min 43sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 10min 30sec
- Lucien Van Impe @ 10min 39sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 13min 59sec
Stage 9: Tuesday, July 11, Luchon - Colomiers, 179km
Major ascent: Portet d'Aspet
- Jozef Huysmans: 4hr 43min 1sec
- Michael Wright s.t.
- Jean-Pierre Danguillaume s.t.
- Jacques Cadiou s.t.
- Gérard Vianen s.t.
- Antoon Houbrechts s.t.
- Walter Ricci s.t.
- Ger Harings s.t.
- Jozef Spruyt s.t.
GC after Stage 9:
- Eddy Merckx: 45hr 20min 40sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 2min 37sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 2min 52sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 4min 19sec
- Yves Hézard @ 5min 52sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 6min 25sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 6min 47sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 10min 34sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 10min 43sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 14min 3sec
Stage 10: Wednesday, July 12, Castres - La Grande Motte, 210 km
- Willy Tierlinck: 6hr 8min 19sec
- Barry Hoban @ 3sec
- Frans Verbeeck s.t.
- Guido Reybrouck s.t.
- Cyrille Guimard s.t.
- Marinus Wagtmans s.t.
- Pieter Nassan s.t.
- Marino Basso s.t.
- Roger Swerts s.t.
- Rik Van Linden s.t.
GC after stage 10:
- Eddy Merckx: 51hr 28min 58sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 2min 39sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 2min 56sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 4min 23sec
- Yves Hézard @ 6min 11sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 6min 29sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 6min 51sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 10min 38sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 10min 47sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 14min 7sec
Stage 11: Thursday, July 13, Carnon Plage - Mt. Ventoux, 207 km
Major ascent: hilltop finish at Mt. Ventoux
- Bernard Thévenet: 7hr 13min 45sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 34sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 39sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 51sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 1min 1sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 1min 18sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 1min 25sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 1min 45sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 1min 55sec
- Edouard Janssens @ 1min 58sec
GC after Stage 11:
- Eddy Merckx: 58min 43sec 17sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 3min 1sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 4min 8sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 5min 35sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 6min 46sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 8min 12sec
- Yves Hézard @ 9min 45sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 10min 4sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 11min 38sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 14min 34sec
Stage 12: Friday, July 14, Carpentras - Orcières Merlette, 192 km
Major ascents: Perty, Manse, hilltop finish at Orcières Merlette
Agostinho was postive for dope and was eventually penalized 10 minutes.
- Lucien van Impe: 5hr 38min 33sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 3sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 1min 17sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 1min 18sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 1min 20sec
- Mariano Martinez s.t.
- Cyrille Guimard s.t.
- Raymond Poulidor s.t.
- Yves Hézard s.t.
- Felice Gimondi @ 1min 24sec
GC after Stage 12:
- Eddy Merckx: 64hr 23min 7sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 3min 2sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 4min 5sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 5min 42sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 6min 49sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 8min 15sec
- Yves Hézard @ 9min 48sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 10min 21sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 10min 53sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 14min 37sec
Stage 13: Sunday, July 16, Orcières Merlette - Briançon, 201 km
Major ascents: Vars, Izoard
- Eddy Merckx: 6hr 26min 12sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 1min 31sec
- Cyrille Guimard s.t.
- Lucien Van Impe s.t.
- Raymond Poulidor s.t.
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 1min 34sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 1min 37sec
- Yves Hézard @ 1min 40sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 1min 41sec
- Martin Van den Bossche @ 6min 5sec
GC after Stage 13:
- Eddy Merckx: 70hr 49min 19sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 4min 43sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 5min 32sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 7min 13sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 8min 20sec
- Yves Hézard @ 11min 28sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 11min 52sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 15min 42sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 16min 14sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 19min 9sec
Stage 14A: Monday, July 17, Briançon - Valloire, 51 km
Major ascents: Lautaret, Galibier
- Eddy Merckx: 1hr 32min 2sec
- Joop Zoetemelk s.t.
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 24sec
- Edouard Janssens s.t.
- Cyrille Guimard @ 56sec
- Felice Gimondi s.t.
- Mariano Martinez s.t.
- Antoon Houbrechts s.t.
- Leif Mortensen @ 58sec
- Raymond Delisle @ 1min
GC after Stage 14A:
- Eddy Merckx: 72hr 21min 21sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 6min 22sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 6min 54sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 8min 9sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 9min 54sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 14min 3sec
- Yves Hézard @ 15min 32sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 15min 42sec
- Mariano MArtinez @ 17min 10sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 19min 33sec
Stage 14B: Monday, July 17, Valloire - Aix les Bains, 151km
Major ascents: Télégraphe, Grand Cucheron, Granier
- Cyrille Guimard: 4hr 48min 53sec
- Eddy Merckx s.t.,
- Felice Gimondi s.t.
- Joop Zoetemelk s.t.
- Lucien van Impe s.t.
- Joaquim Agostinho s.t.
- Raymond Poulidor s.t.
- Mariano Martinez s.t.
- Raymond Delisle @ 4sec
- Jacky Mourioux @ 3min 26sec
GC after Stage 14B:
- Eddy Merckx: 77hr 10min 14sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 6min 20sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 8min 9sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 9min 54sec
- Luis Ocaña @ 12min 23sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 14min 3sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 15min 42sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 17min 10sec
- Yves Hézard @ 19min 8sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 19min 33sec
Stage 15: Tuesday, July 18, Aix les Bains - Le Revard, 28 km
Major ascent: hilltop finish at Le Revard
Luis Ocaña did not start
- Cyrille Guimard: 1hr 9min 49sec
- Eddy Merckx s.t.
- Lucien van Impe s.t.
- Raymond Poulidor s.t.
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 3sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 4sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 6sec
- Raymond Delisle @ 15sec
- Edouard Janssens @ 43sec
- Yves Hézard @ 1min 28sec
GC after Stage 15:
- Eddy Merckx: 18hr 19min 53sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 6min 20sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 9min 54sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 10min 1sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 14min 3sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 15min 45sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 17min 13sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 19min 37sec
- Yves Hézard @ 20min 36sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 34min 36sec
Stage 16: Wednesday, July 19, Aix les Bains - Pontarlier, 198.5 km
- Willy Tierlinck: 6hr 8min 17sec
- Leif Mortensen s.t.
- Frans Verbeeck @ 45sec
- Eddy Verstraeten @ 46sec
- Jan Krekels @ 56sec
- Rik Van Linden s.t.
- Gerben Karstens s.t.
- Marino Basso s.t.
- Wilfried Peffgen s.t.
- Cyrille Guimard s.t.
GC after Stage 16:
- Eddy Merckx: 84hr 29min 6sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 6min 16sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 9min 54sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 10min 1sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 14min 3sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 15min 45sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 17min 13sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 19min 37sec
- Yves Hézard @ 20min 36sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 34min 36sec
Stage 17: Thursday, July 20, Pontarlier - Ballon d'Alsace, 213 km
Major ascents: Hundruck, Oderen, hilltop finish at Ballon d'Alsace
- Bernard Thévenet: 5hr 59min 8sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 4sec
- Mariano MArtinez @ 7sec
- Eddy Merckx @ 30sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 32sec
- Yves Hézard @ 36sec
- Felice Gimondi s.t.
- Karl-Heinz Kunde s.t.
- Raymond Poulidor @ 39sec
- Leif Mortensen @ 42sec
GC after Stage 17:
- Eddy Merckx: 90hr 28min 44sec
- Cyrille Guimard @ 7min 58sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 10min 3sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 10min 7sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 14min 5sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 15min 17sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 16min 53sec
- Yves Hézard @ 20min 42sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 34min 6sec
Stage 18: Friday, July 21, Belfort- Auxerre, 257.5 km
Cyrille Guimard abandoned
- Marinus Wagtmans: 7hr 38min 21sec
- Rik Van Linden @ 20sec
- Frans Verbeeck s.t.
- Willy Tierlinck s.t.
- Joop Zoetemelk s.t.
- Ludo Van Staeyen s.t.
- Marino Basso s.t.
- Jan Krekels s.t.
- Lucien van Impe s.t.
- Gérard Vianen s.t.
GC after stage 18:
- Eddy Merckx: 98hr 7min 25sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 10min 3sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 10min 7sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 14min 5sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 15min 17sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 16min 53sec
- Yves Hézard @ 20min 42sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 20min 52sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 34min 6sec
- Edouard Janssens @ 36min 37sec
Stage 19: Saturday, July 21, Auxerre - Versailles, 230 km
- Joseph Bruyère: 6hr 41min 55sec
- Giacinto Santambrogio s.t.
- Guy Santy @ 1sec
- Gerben Karstens @ 10sec
- Rik Van Linden @ 11sec
- Frans Verbeeck s.t.
- Marino Basso s.t.
- Jan Krekels s.t.
- Evert Dolman s.t.
- Marinus Wagtmans s.t.
GC after Stage 19:
- Eddy Merckx: 104hr 40min 31sec
- Raymond poulidor @ 10min 3sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 10min 7sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 14min 5sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 15min 17sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 16min 53sec
- Yves Hézard @ 20min 42sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 30min 52sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 34min 6sec
- Edouard Janssens @ 36min 37sec
Stage 20A: Sunday, July 23, Versailles 42 km Individual Time Trial
- Eddy Merckx: 55min 27sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 34sec
- Yves Hézard @ 1min 10sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 1min 31sec
- Leif Mortensen @ 2min 16sec
- Joseph Bruyère @ 2min 18sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 2min 40sec
- Gérard Moneyron @ 2min 52sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 3min 5sec
- Roger Swerts @ 3min 11sec
GC after stage 20A:
- Eddy Merckx: 105hr 44min 58sec
- Felice Gimondi @ 10min 41sec
- Raymond Poulidor @ 11min 34sec
- Lucien van Impe @ 16min 45sec
- Joop Zoetemelk @ 19min 9sec
- Mariano Martinez @ 21min 31sec
- Yves Hézard @ 21min 52sec
- Joaquim Agostinho @ 34min 16sec
- Bernard Thévenet @ 37min 11sec
- Edouard Janssens @ 42min 33sec
Stage 20B, final stage: Sunday, July 23, Versailles - Paris, 89 km
- Willy Tierlinck: 2hr 32min 14sec
- Marino Basso @ 6sec
- Rik Van Linden s.t.
- Walter Godefroot s.t.
- Gerben Karstens s.t.
- Jan Krekels s.t.
- Pieter Nassen s.t.
- Jacky Mourioux s.t.
- Marinus Wagtmans s.t.
- Frans Verbeeck s.t.
Complete Final 1972 Tour de France General Classification: