1981 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11
The 1981 Tour de France was the 68th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Nice with a prologue individual time trial on 25 June and Stage 12a occurred on 8 July with a flat stage to Brussels, Belgium. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 19 July.
![Map of France with the route of the 1981 Tour de France](../I/Route_of_the_1981_Tour_de_France.png.webp)
Prologue
25 June 1981 — Nice, 5.85 km (3.6 mi) (individual time trial)[1]
Prologue result and general classification after prologue[2]
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Stage 1a
26 June 1981 — Nice, 97 km (60.3 mi)[3]
Stage 1b
26 June 1981 — Nice, 40 km (24.9 mi) (team time trial)[3]
Stage 1b result[5]
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General classification after stage 1b[5]
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Stage 2
27 June 1981 — Nice to Martigues, 254 km (157.8 mi)[6]
Stage 2 result[2]
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General classification after stage 2[7]
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Stage 3
28 June 1981 — Martigues to Narbonne, 232.5 km (144.5 mi)[8]
Stage 3 result[2]
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General classification after stage 3[9]
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Stage 4
29 June 1981 — Narbonne to Carcassonne, 77.2 km (48.0 mi) (team time trial)[10]
Stage 4 result[11]
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General classification after stage 4[11]
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Stage 5
30 June 1981 — Saint-Gaudens to Pla d'Adet, 117.5 km (73.0 mi)[10]
Stage 5 result[2]
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General classification after stage 5[12]
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Stage 6
1 July 1981 — Nay to Pau, 26.7 km (16.6 mi) (individual time trial)[13]
Stage 6 result[2]
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General classification after stage 6[14]
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Stage 7
2 July 1981 — Pau to Bordeaux, 227 km (141 mi)[15]
Stage 7 result[2]
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General classification after stage 7[16]
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Stage 8
3 July 1981 — Rochefort to Nantes, 180 km (110 mi)[17]
Stage 8 result[2]
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General classification after stage 8[18]
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Stage 9
5 July 1981 — Nantes to Le Mans, 194 km (121 mi)[19]
Stage 9 result[2]
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General classification after stage 9[20]
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Stage 10
6 July 1981 — Le Mans to Aulnay-sous-Bois, 258.5 km (160.6 mi)[21]
Stage 10 result[2]
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General classification after stage 10[22]
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Stage 11
7 July 1981 — Compiègne to Roubaix, 246 km (153 mi)[21]
Stage 11 result[2]
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General classification after stage 11[23]
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References
- ""Tour-81" Clasificaciones" [Tour 81 Classifications]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 26 June 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
- ""Tour-81" Clasificaciones" [Tour 81 Classifications]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 27 June 1981. p. 28. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 1ère étape (a)". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 1ère étape (b)". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
- ""Tour-81" Clasificaciones" [Tour 81 Classifications]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 June 1981. p. 24. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 2ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
- ""Tour-81" Clasificaciones" [Tour 81 Classifications]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 29 June 1981. p. 24. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 3ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
- ""Tour-81" Clasificaciones" [Tour 81 Classifications]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 July 1981. p. 24. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 4ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 5ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011.
- ""Tour-81" Clasificaciones" [Tour 81 Classifications]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2 July 1981. p. 21. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 6ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
- ""Tour-81" Clasificaciones" [Tour 81 Classifications]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 July 1981. p. 24. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 7ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
- ""Tour-81" Clasificaciones" [Tour 81 Classifications]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 4 July 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 8ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
- ""Tour-81" Clasificaciones" [Tour 81 Classifications]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 July 1981. p. 32. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 9ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
- ""Tour-81" Clasificaciones" [Tour 81 Classifications]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 July 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 10ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
- "68ème Tour de France 1981 - 11ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.