Stages
The 1986 Tour de France started on 4 July, and had one rest day, after the finish on the Alpe d'Huez.
| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 4 July | Boulogne-Billancourt | Individual time trial | 4 km (2.5 mi) | Thierry Marie (FRA) |
| 1 | 5 July | Nanterre – Sceaux | Plain stage | 85 km (53 mi) | Pol Verschuere (BEL) |
| 2 | 5 July | Meudon – Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | Team time trial | 56 km (35 mi) | Système U |
| 3 | 6 July | Levallois-Perret – Liévin | Plain stage | 214 km (133 mi) | Davis Phinney (USA) |
| 4 | 7 July | Liévin – Évreux | Plain stage | 243 km (151 mi) | Pello Ruiz (ESP) |
| 5 | 8 July | Évreux – Villers-sur-Mer | Plain stage | 124 km (77 mi) | Johan van der Velde (NED) |
| 6 | 9 July | Villers-sur-Mer – Cherbourg | Plain stage | 200 km (120 mi) | Guido Bontempi (ITA) |
| 7 | 10 July | Cherbourg – Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | Plain stage | 201 km (125 mi) | Ludo Peeters (BEL) |
| 8 | 11 July | Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët – Nantes | Plain stage | 204 km (127 mi) | Eddy Planckaert (BEL) |
| 9 | 12 July | Nantes | Individual time trial | 62 km (39 mi) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) |
| 10 | 13 July | Nantes – Futuroscope | Plain stage | 183 km (114 mi) | Jose-Angel Sarrapio (ESP) |
| 11 | 14 July | Poitiers – Bordeaux | Plain stage | 258 km (160 mi) | Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) |
| 12 | 15 July | Bayonne – Pau | Stage with mountain(s) | 217 km (135 mi) | Pedro Delgado (ESP) |
| 13 | 16 July | Pau – Superbagnères | Stage with mountain(s) | 186 km (116 mi) | Greg LeMond (USA) |
| 14 | 17 July | Luchon – Blagnac | Stage with mountain(s) | 154 km (96 mi) | Niki Rüttimann (SUI) |
| 15 | 18 July | Carcassonne – Nîmes | Plain stage | 226 km (140 mi) | Frank Hoste (BEL) |
| 16 | 19 July | Nîmes – Gap | Hilly stage | 246 km (153 mi) | Jean-François Bernard (FRA) |
| 17 | 20 July | Gap – Serre Chevalier | Stage with mountain(s) | 190 km (120 mi) | Eduardo Chozas (ESP) |
| 18 | 21 July | Briançon – Alpe d'Huez | Stage with mountain(s) | 163 km (101 mi) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) |
| 19 | 23 July | Villard-de-Lans – Saint-Étienne | Hilly stage | 179 km (111 mi) | Julián Gorospe (ESP) |
| 20 | 24 July | Saint-Étienne | Individual time trial | 58 km (36 mi) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) |
| 21 | 25 July | Saint-Étienne – Puy de Dôme | Hilly stage | 190 km (120 mi) | Erich Mächler (SUI) |
| 22 | 26 July | Clermont-Ferrand – Nevers | Plain stage | 194 km (121 mi) | Guido Bontempi (ITA) |
| 23 | 27 July | Cosne-sur-Loire – Paris (Champs-Élysées) | Plain stage | 255 km (158 mi) | Guido Bontempi (ITA) |
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Famous quotes containing the word stages:
“Whoe’er has travelled life’s dull round,
Where’er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he still has found
The warmest welcome, at an inn.”
—William Shenstone (1714–1763)
“But parents can be understanding and accept the more difficult stages as necessary times of growth for the child. Parents can appreciate the fact that these phases are not easy for the child to live through either; rapid growth times are hard on a child. Perhaps it’s a small comfort to know that the harder-to-live-with stages do alternate with the calmer times,so parents can count on getting periodic breaks.”
—Saf Lerman (20th century)
“Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
And the profit and loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)