1984 Tour de France

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1984 final standings
Overall Laurent Fignon 112h 03' 40"
Second Bernard Hinault +10' 32"
Third Greg LeMond +11' 46"
Points Frank Hoste 322 points
Second Seán Kelly 318 points
Third Eric Vanderaerden 247 points
Climber Robert Millar 284 points
Second Laurent Fignon 212 points
Third Ángel Arroyo 140 points
Youth Greg LeMond 112h 15' 26"
Second
Third
Teams Renault
Second
Third

At the 1984 Tour de France, the 71st Tour de France, French rider Laurent Fignon won his second consecutive Tour, beating teammate Bernard Hinault by over 10 minutes. Hinault was pursuing his fifth Tour victory after having sat out the 1983 Tour because of injuries. Also that year, Greg LeMond became the first American rider to finish in the top three and stand on the podium. Frank Hoste of Belgium won the green jersey, and Robert Millar of the United Kingdom won the polka dot jersey. The race consisted of 23 stages, totaling 4020 kilometers (2498 miles).

[edit] Results

Stage results
Stage Route Length (km) Winner Race leader
P Noisy-le-Sec - Noisy-le-Sec 5* Bernard Hinault Flag of France Bernard Hinault Flag of France
1 Bondy - Saint-Denis 149 Frank Hoste Flag of Belgium Ludo Peeters Flag of Belgium
2 Bobigny - Louvroil 250 Marc Madiot Flag of France Jacques Hanegraaf Flag of the Netherlands
3 Louvroil - Valenciennes 512 Renault Jacques Hanegraaf Flag of the Netherlands
4 Valenciennes - Béthune 83 Ferdi Van Den Haute Flag of Belgium Adri van der Poel Flag of the Netherlands
5 Béthune - Cergy-Pontoise 207 Paulo Ferreira Flag of Portugal Vincent Barteau Flag of France
6 Cergy-Pontoise - Alençon 202 Frank Hoste Flag of Belgium Vincent Barteau Flag of France
7 Alençon - Le Mans 67* Laurent Fignon Flag of France Vincent Barteau Flag of France
8 Le Mans - Nantes 192 Pascal Jules Flag of France Vincent Barteau Flag of France
9 Nantes - Bordeaux 338 Jan Raas Flag of the Netherlands Vincent Barteau Flag of France
10 Bordeaux - Pau 198 Eric Vanderaerden Flag of Belgium Vincent Barteau Flag of France
11 Pau - Guzet-Neige 226 Robert Millar Flag of the United Kingdom Vincent Barteau Flag of France
12 Saint-Girons - Blagnac 111 Pascal Poisson Flag of France Vincent Barteau Flag of France
13 Blagnac - Rodez 221 Pierre-Henri Menthéour Flag of France Vincent Barteau Flag of France
14 Rodez - Domaine-de-Rouret 228 Alfons De Wolf Flag of Belgium Vincent Barteau Flag of France
15 Domaine-de-Rouret - Grenoble 241 Frédéric Vichot Flag of France Vincent Barteau Flag of France
16 Les Echelles - La Ruchère-en-Chartreuse 22* Laurent Fignon Flag of France Vincent Barteau Flag of France
17 Grenoble - Alpe d'Huez 151 Luis Herrera Flag of Colombia Laurent Fignon Flag of France
18 Le Bourg-d'Oisans - La Plagne 185 Laurent Fignon Flag of France Laurent Fignon Flag of France
19 La Plagne - Morzine 186 Ángel Arroyo Flag of Spain Laurent Fignon Flag of France
20 Morzine - Crans Montana Flag of Switzerland 141 Laurent Fignon Flag of France Laurent Fignon Flag of France
21 Crans Montana Flag of Switzerland - Villefranche-en-Beau 320 Frank Hoste Flag of Belgium Laurent Fignon Flag of France
22 Villié-Morgon - Villefranche-en-Beau 51* Laurent Fignon Flag of France Laurent Fignon Flag of France
23 Pantin - Paris 196 Eric Vanderaerden Flag of Belgium Laurent Fignon Flag of France

Stages with a * were individual time trials, stages marked with 2 were team time trials.

[edit] General classification

Rank Name Country Team Time
1 Laurent Fignon  France Renault-Elf-Gitane 112h 03' 40"
2 Bernard Hinault  France La Vie Claire 10' 32"
3 Greg LeMond  United States Renault-Elf-Gitane 11' 46"
4 Robert Millar  United Kingdom Peugeot Shell Michelin 14' 42"
5 Seán Kelly  Ireland Skil-Sem-Reydel 16' 35"
6 Ángel Arroyo  Spain Reynolds 19' 22"
7 Pascal Simon  France Peugeot Shell Michelin 21' 17"
8 Pedro Muñoz  Spain Teka 26' l7"
9 Claude Criquielion  Belgium Splendor-Mondial 29' 12"
10 Phil Anderson  Australia Panasonic-Raleigh 29' 16"

[edit] References

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