1975 Tour de France

Template:Use British English Template:Short description The 1975 Tour de France was the 62nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 26 June and 20 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of . Eddy Merckx was attempting to win his sixth Tour de France, but became a victim of violence. Many French spectators were upset that a Belgian might beat the record of five wins set by France's Jacques Anquetil. During stage 14 a spectator leapt from the crowd and punched Merckx in the kidney. Frenchman Bernard Thévenet took over the lead. After Merckx subsequently fell and broke his cheekbone, he was unable to challenge Thévenet, who went on to win the Tour with Merckx second.

Belgian cyclists were successful in the secondary classifications: the points classification was won by Rik Van Linden, mountains classification by Lucien Van Impe, and the intermediate sprints classification by Marc Demeyer. For the first time, there was young rider classification, won by Italian Francesco Moser.

Teams

There were 14 teams participating, with 10 cyclists each.

The teams entering the race were:

• Template:Cycling data Molteni
• Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson
• Template:Cycling data KAS
• Template:Cycling data Jollj
• Template:Cycling data Super Ser
• Template:Cycling data Peugeot
• Bianchi–Campagnolo
• Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo
• Template:Cycling data Filotex
• Template:Cycling data Flandria
• Template:Cycling data Sporting
• Template:Cycling data Miko–de Gribaldy
• Template:Cycling data Frisol
• Template:Cycling data Jobo

Pre-race favourites

File:Eddy Merckx Amstel Gold Race 1975 (cropped).jpg

Five-time winner of the general classification Eddy Merckx (pictured at the 1975 Amstel Gold Race)

Eddy Merckx, who had won all five times that he participated, was again the big favourite. Merckx' first part of the season had been going well, winning Milan–San Remo, the Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. If Merckx would win again, he would beat Jacques Anquetil and become the first cyclist to win the Tour six times. Merckx did not care about that record: "The idea doesn't interest me very much because then people would want me to go for a seventh and then an eighth".

A few months before the race, Merckx was unsure if he would start the Tour. His race schedule had been very busy, and he thought riding the Giro and the Tour in the same year would not work. Merckx preferred to ride the Tour, but his Italian team preferred the Giro.

Bernard Thévenet contracted shingles during the 1975 Vuelta a España, but recovered and won the Dauphiné Liberé.

Route and stages

The 1975 Tour de France started on 26 June, and had two rest days, the first in Auch the second after the finish on the Puy de Dôme, during which the cyclists were transferred to Nice. The 1975 Tour de France did not include a team time trial for the first time since 1962. After 1975, it would be included again every year until 1995. The final stage had become more popular over the years, and the Tour organisers therefore moved the finish line from the Vélodrome de Vincennes to the more prestigious Champs-Élysées. The highest point of elevation in the race was at the summit of the Col d'Izoard mountain pass on stage 16.

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	26 June	Charleroi (Belgium)		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Francesco Moser (ITA)
1a	27 June	Charleroi (Belgium) to Molenbeek (Belgium)		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Cees Priem (NED)
1b		Molenbeek (Belgium) to Roubaix		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Rik Van Linden (BEL)
2	28 June	Roubaix to Amiens		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Ronald de Witte (BEL)
3	29 June	Amiens to Versailles		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Karel Rottiers (BEL)
4	30 June	Versailles to Le Mans		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Jacques Esclassan (FRA)
5	1 July	Sablé-sur-Sarthe to Merlin-Plage		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Theo Smit (NED)
6	2 July	Merlin-Plage		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
7	3 July	Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie to Angoulême		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Francesco Moser (ITA)
8	4 July	Angoulême to Bordeaux		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Barry Hoban (GBR)
9a	5 July	Langon to Fleurance		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Theo Smit (NED)
9b		Fleurance to Auch		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
	6 July	Auch			Rest day
10	7 July	Auch to Pau		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
11	8 July	Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
12	9 July	Tarbes to Albi		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Gerrie Knetemann (NED)
13	10 July	Albi to Super-Lioran		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Michel Pollentier (BEL)
14	11 July	Aurillac to Puy de Dôme		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
	12 July	Nice			Rest day
15	13 July	Nice to Pra-Loup		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
16	14 July	Barcelonnette to Serre Chevalier		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
17	15 July	Valloire to Morzine Avoriaz		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Vicente López Carril (ESP)
18	16 July	Morzine to Châtel		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
19	17 July	Thonon-les-Bains to Chalon-sur-Saône		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Rik Van Linden (BEL)
20	18 July	Pouilly-en-Auxois to Melun		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Giacinto Santambrogio (ITA)
21	19 July	Melun to Senlis		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Rik Van Linden (BEL)
22	20 July	Paris to Paris (Champs-Élysées)		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Walter Godefroot (BEL)
	Total

Race overview

File:Bernhard Thevenet (1978).jpg

Bernard Thévenet (pictured in 1978), winner of the general classification

Francesco Moser won the prologue, and kept the lead until the first time trial. Merckx started the Tour aggressively, which caused the peloton to split in two groups in the first stage. Eddy Merckx and Moser were in the first group, and won a minute on most of their competitors. In the second part of the first stage, the field split again, but this time Thevenet and Poulidor were also in the first group. In stage six, a time trial, Merckx beat Moser and became the leader.

The first climbing was done in the tenth stage, but the favourites stayed together, and the general classification was not changed. The major Pyrenéan mountains were scheduled in stage eleven. In that stage, Bernard Thévenet and Joop Zoetemelk escaped together, while Merckx could not follow them. Zoetemelk won, with Merckx almost one minute behind. From this point on only Thevenet, Lucien Van Impe, Zoetemelk and Merckx had a realistic chance of winning the maillot jaune as the other favourites finished much later, and lost their hopes of winning the Tour. The fourteenth stage had its finish on top of the Puy de Dôme. When Merckx was about to catch Joop Zoetemelk, a French spectator punched Merckx in the stomach. Zoetemelk did not capitalize and gain time on Merckx because of this as they crossed the finish line with the same time 0:49 behind stage winner Van Impe, who did win some time over the rest of the field together with Thevenet who came in a few seconds behind Van Impe.

After the rest day, the fifteenth stage would end in Pra-Loup. Merckx was still the leader, and escaped from the rest. But on the final climb, Merckx was out of energy, and Thévenet was able to reach Merckx two kilometres from the finish, leave Merckx behind, and win with a margin of two minutes. Trying to follow Gimondi on a downhill, the team car of Bianchi went off the road, falling 150 meters down a cliff. The mechanic separated from the car, landed in a tree and survived. Thévenet was the new leader, and improved his margin in the sixteenth stage by winning with more than two minutes on Merckx.

While riding to the start of the seventeenth stage, Merckx collided with Ole Ritter, and broke a cheekbone. Merckx' broken cheekbone gave him problems with eating, and the Tour doctor gave him the advice to abandon the race. Merckx decided to stay in the race, because of the prize money for his teammates that his second place in the general classification and other classifications would earn them.

Doping

After every stage in the 1975 Tour de France, the leader of the race, the winner of the stage and the runner-up, and two random cyclists were checked. In total, 110 tests were done, of which three returned positive, Régis Delépine (after stage 5), Felice Gimondi and José-Luis Viejo (both after stage 15). All three were fined with 1000 Swiss Francs, received one month suspended sentence, were set back to the last place in the stage where they tested positive, and received 10 minutes penalty time in the general classification. This meant that Gimondi, who initially finished the Tour in fifth place, was set back to the sixth place.

Classification leadership and minor prizes

There were several classifications in the 1975 Tour de France, four of them awarding jerseys to their leaders. The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour. Time bonuses for stage winners were removed for the 1975 Tour.

Additionally, there was a points classification, where cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and was identified with a green jersey.

There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification. 1975 was the first year that the leader of the classification wore a white jersey with red polka dots.

The combination classification was removed, and the young rider classification was added. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only neo-professionals were eligible, and the leader wore a white jersey.

The fifth individual classification was the intermediate sprints classification. This classification had similar rules as the points classification, but only points were awarded on intermediate sprints. In 1975, this classification had no associated jersey.

For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that led this classification were identified by yellow caps. There was also a team points classification. Cyclists received points according to their finishing position on each stage, with the first rider receiving one point. The first three finishers of each team had their points combined, and the team with the fewest points led the classification. The riders of the team leading this classification wore green caps.

In addition, there was a combativity award, in which a jury composed of journalists gave points after certain stages to the cyclist they considered most combative. The split stages each had a combined winner. At the conclusion of the Tour, Eddy Merckx won the overall super-combativity award, also decided by journalists. The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Télégraphe on stage 17. This prize was won by Luis Balagué.

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Stage winner	General classification File:Jersey yellow.svg	Points classification File:Jersey green.svg	Mountains classification File:Jersey polkadot.svg	Young rider classification File:Jersey white.svg	Intermediate sprints classification	Team classifications		Combativity award
							By time	By points
P	Francesco Moser	Francesco Moser	Francesco Moser	no award	Francesco Moser	no award	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	no award
1a	Cees Priem		Eddy Merckx	Joop Zoetemelk		Marc Demeyer		Template:Cycling data Flandria	Eddy Merckx
1b	Rik Van Linden		Francesco Moser				Template:Cycling data Flandria
2	Ronald De Witte		Rik Van Linden	Lucien Van Impe					Jean-Claude Misac
3	Karel Rottiers								Jean-Claude Misac
4	Jacques Esclassan								Martín Emilio Rodríguez
5	Theo Smit								Michel Laurent
6	Eddy Merckx	Eddy Merckx							Yves Hézard
7	Francesco Moser								Luis Ocaña
8	Barry Hoban								Fedor den Hertog
9a	Theo Smit							Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	Guy Sibille
9b	Eddy Merckx						Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson
10	Felice Gimondi								Lucien Van Impe
11	Joop Zoetemelk				Giovanni Battaglin				Joop Zoetemelk
12	Gerrie Knetemann								Gerrie Knetemann
13	Michel Pollentier				Francesco Moser				Hennie Kuiper
14	Lucien Van Impe								Eddy Merckx
15	Bernard Thévenet	Bernard Thévenet							Eddy Merckx
16	Bernard Thévenet								Joop Zoetemelk
17	Vicente López Carril								Vicente López Carril
18	Lucien Van Impe								Ole Ritter
19	Rik Van Linden								Jean-Claude Misac
20	Giacinto Santambrogio								Roger Legeay
21	Rik Van Linden								Herman Van Springel
22	Walter Godefroot								Fedor den Hertog
Final		Bernard Thévenet	Rik Van Linden	Lucien Van Impe	Francesco Moser	Marc Demeyer	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	Eddy Merckx

Final standings

Legend
A yellow jersey.	Denotes the winner of the general classification	A green jersey.	Denotes the winner of the points classification
A white jersey with red polka dots.	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification	A white jersey.	Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Bernard Thévenet (FRA) A yellow jersey.	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	114h 35' 31"
2	Eddy Merckx (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	+ 2' 47"
3	Lucien Van Impe (BEL) A white jersey with red polka dots.	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	+ 5' 01"
4	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 6' 42"
5	Vicente López Carril (ESP)	Template:Cycling data KAS	+ 19' 29"
6	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 23' 05"
7	Francesco Moser (ITA) A white jersey.	Template:Cycling data Filotex	+ 24' 13"
8	Josef Fuchs (SUI)	Template:Cycling data Filotex	+ 25' 51"
9	Edouard Janssens (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	+ 32' 01"
10	Pedro Torres (ESP)	Template:Cycling data Super Ser	+ 35' 36"

Final general classification (11–86)
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
11	Hennie Kuiper (NED)	Template:Cycling data Frisol	+ 40' 45"
12	André Romero (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Jobo	+ 44' 24"
13	Georges Talbourdet (FRA)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 44' 49"
14	Mariano Martínez (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	+ 45' 41"
15	Joaquim Agostinho (POR)	Template:Cycling data Sporting	+ 50' 46"
16	Raymond Delisle (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	+ 55' 21"
17	Jos Deschoenmaecker (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	+ 55' 24"
18	Fedor Iwan den Hertog (NED)	Template:Cycling data Frisol	+ 56' 45"
19	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 58' 57"
20	Ferdinand Julien (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Sporting	+ 1h 05' 27"
21	Yves Hézard (FRA)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 1h 05' 54"
22	Roberto Poggiali (ITA)	Template:Cycling data Filotex	+ 1h 06' 02"
23	Michel Pollentier (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Flandria	+ 1h 15' 23"
24	Tony Houbrechts (BEL)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 1h 19' 54"
25	José-Luis Viejo (ESP)	Template:Cycling data Super Ser	+ 1h 22' 29"
26	Luis Balagué (ESP)	Template:Cycling data Super Ser	+ 1h 23' 27"
27	Martín Emilio Rodríguez (COL)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 1h 23' 56"
28	Régis Ovion (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	+ 1h 29' 23"
29	Carlos Melero (ESP)	Template:Cycling data KAS	+ 1h 29' 23"
30	Raymond Martin (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	+ 1h 34' 06"
31	Herman Van Springel (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Flandria	+ 1h 37' 52"
32	Albert Van Vlierberghe (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Miko–de Gribaldy	+ 1h 40' 54"
33	Fabrizio Fabbri (ITA)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 1h 41' 22"
34	José Pesarrodona (ESP)	Template:Cycling data KAS	+ 1h 42' 06"
35	Simone Fraccaro (ITA)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 1h 42' 09"
36	José Casas (ESP)	Template:Cycling data Super Ser	+ 1h 43' 22"
37	Ronald De Witte (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Flandria	+ 1h 46' 11"
38	Joël Millard (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Jobo	+ 1h 47' 01"
39	Renato Marchetti (ITA)	Template:Cycling data Filotex	+ 1h 55' 32"
40	Bernard Bourreau (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	+ 1h 57' 19"
41	Hubert Mathis (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Miko–de Gribaldy	+ 1h 58' 52"
42	Marc Demeyer (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Flandria	+ 2h 00' 39"
43	Sigfrido Fontanelli (ITA)	Template:Cycling data Filotex	+ 2h 03' 13"
44	Sylvain Vasseur (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Super Ser	+ 2h 04' 26"
45	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	+ 2h 05' 37"
46	Giacinto Santambrogio (ITA)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 2h 05' 45"
47	Ole Ritter (DEN)	Template:Cycling data Filotex	+ 2h 05' 58"
48	Giovanni Cavalcanti (ITA)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 2h 06' 59"
49	Francis Campaner (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Sporting	+ 2h 08' 42"
50	Gerben Karstens (NED)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	+ 2h 09' 47"
51	Walter Godefroot (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Flandria	+ 2h 15' 25"
52	Charles Rouxel (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	+ 2h 15' 26"
53	Robert Mintkiewicz (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	+ 2h 15' 56"
54	Mauro Simonetti (ITA)	Template:Cycling data Filotex	+ 2h 16' 15"
55	Guy Leleu (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	+ 2h 18' 15"
56	Frans Mintjens (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	+ 2h 19' 01"
57	Ludo Delcroix (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	+ 2h 19' 02"
58	José Grande (ESP)	Template:Cycling data KAS	+ 2h 20' 25"
59	Jos Huysmans (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	+ 2h 20' 26"
60	Karel Rottiers (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	+ 2h 21' 37"
61	Fernando Ferreira (POR)	Template:Cycling data Sporting	+ 2h 26' 52"
62	Marc Lievens (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	+ 2h 27' 05"
63	Gerrie Knetemann (NED)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 2h 28' 48"
64	Richard Pianaro (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Jobo	+ 2h 29' 01"
65	Jean-Claude Misac (FRA)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 2h 29' 54"
66	Gerard Vianen (NED)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 2h 32' 56"
67	José De Cauwer (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Frisol	+ 2h 35' 17"
68	Barry Hoban (GBR)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 2h 41' 17"
69	Andre Doyen (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Miko–de Gribaldy	+ 2h 43' 35"
70	René Dillen (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	+ 2h 44' 49"
71	Roger Legeay (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Jobo	+ 2h 44' 49"
72	Maurice Le Guilloux (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	+ 2h 46' 48"
73	Joel Hauvieux (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Jobo	+ 2h 47' 26"
74	Claude Magni (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Jobo	+ 2h 47' 50"
75	Frans Van Vlierberghe (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Miko–de Gribaldy	+ 2h 49' 35"
76	Serge Parsani (ITA)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 2h 51' 26"
77	Régis Delépine (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Flandria	+ 2h 54' 05"
78	Patrick Béon (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	+ 2h 54' 33"
79	Rik Van Linden (BEL) A green jersey.	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 2h 55' 56"
80	Gérard Moneyron (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Flandria	+ 2h 58' 43"
81	Luigi Castelletti (ITA)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 3h 00' 09"
82	Henk Prinsen (NED)	Template:Cycling data Frisol	+ 3h 04' 47"
83	José Manuel Amaro (POR)	Template:Cycling data Sporting	+ 3h 10' 13"
84	Gerard Kamper (NED)	Template:Cycling data Frisol	+ 3h 16' 59"
85	Donald John Allan (AUS)	Template:Cycling data Frisol	+ 3h 24' 36"
86	Jacques Boulas (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Jobo	+ 3h 31' 21"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Rik Van Linden (BEL) A green jersey.	Bianchi–Campagnolo	342
2	Eddy Merckx (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	240
3	Francesco Moser (ITA) A white jersey.	Template:Cycling data Filotex	199
4	Walter Godefroot (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Flandria	190
5	Barry Hoban (GBR)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	183
6	Gerben Karstens (NED)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	182
7	Robert Mintkiewicz (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	155
8	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	109
9	Bernard Thévenet (FRA) A yellow jersey.	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	108
10	Lucien Van Impe (BEL) A white jersey with red polka dots.	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	107

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Lucien Van Impe (BEL) A white jersey with red polka dots.	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	285
2	Eddy Merckx (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	206
3	Bernard Thévenet (FRA) A yellow jersey.	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	166
4	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	161
5	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	78
6	Pedro Torres (ESP)	Template:Cycling data Super Ser	63
7	Vicente López Carril (ESP)	Template:Cycling data KAS	58
8	Luis Balagué (ESP)	Template:Cycling data Super Ser	57
9	Jos Deschoenmaecker (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Molteni	56
10	Mariano Martínez (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	48

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Francesco Moser (ITA) A white jersey.	Template:Cycling data Filotex	114h 59' 44"
2	Hennie Kuiper (NED)	Template:Cycling data Frisol	+ 16' 32"
3	André Romero (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Jobo	+ 20' 11"
4	Georges Talbourdet (FRA)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 20' 36"
5	Fedor den Hertog (NED)	Template:Cycling data Frisol	+ 32' 32"
6	Ferdinand Julien (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Sporting	+ 41' 24"
7	Michel Pollentier (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Flandria	+ 51' 10"
8	José Viejo (ESP)	Template:Cycling data Super Ser	+ 57' 41"
9	Martín Emilio Rodríguez (COL)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 59' 43"
10	Régis Ovion (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	+ 1h 05' 10"

Intermediate sprints classification

Final intermediate sprints classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Marc Demeyer (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Flandria	77
2	Barry Hoban (GBR)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	47
3	Robert Mintkiewicz (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	35
4	Guy Sibille (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	16
5	Claude Magni (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Jobo	12
6	Francis Campaner (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Sporting	10
7	Mariano Martínez (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	9
8	Jean-Claude Misac (FRA)	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	9
9	Guy Leleu (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	8
10	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	8

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)

Rank	Team	Time
1	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	345h 03' 49"
2	Template:Cycling data Molteni	+ 8' 28"
3	Template:Cycling data Filotex	+ 11' 17"
4	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	+ 20' 08"
5	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	+ 28' 47"
6	Bianchi–Campagnolo	+ 41' 13"
7	Template:Cycling data KAS	+ 1h 04' 48"
8	Template:Cycling data Super Ser	+ 1h 05' 22"
9	Template:Cycling data Sporting	+ 2h 34' 45"
10	Template:Cycling data Frisol	+ 2h 37' 19"

Team points classification

Final team points classification (1–10)

Rank	Team	Points
1	Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson	950
2	Template:Cycling data Gitane–Campagnolo	1072
3	Template:Cycling data Molteni	1425
4	Bianchi–Campagnolo	1538
5	Template:Cycling data Peugeot	1553
6	Template:Cycling data Filotex	1560
7	Template:Cycling data Flandria	1605
8	Template:Cycling data Frisol	2269
9	Template:Cycling data Super Ser	2319
10	Template:Cycling data Miko–de Gribaldy	2565

Aftermath

Later, Merckx said that his decision to stay in the Tour after he broke his cheekbone was stupid. He felt that it cut his career short. He said that, instead of worrying about sharing his prize money with his teammates, he should have just paid them out of his own pockets.

Thevenet later confessed that he had used cortisones in 1975.