The 1966 Tour de France was the 53rd Tour de France, taking place June 21 to July 14, 1966. It consisted of 22 stages over 4303 km, ridden at an average speed of 36.760 km/h.

Lucien Aimar was a domestique of 5-time Tour winner Jacques Anquetil. Aimar joined a breakaway in the middle of the tour and ended up on the leader board. Anquetil then began helping Aimar win the Tour, to make sure and deny it to his then-enemy Poulidor. After stage 18 Aimar's victory was certain barring disaster, Anquetil had ridden hard that day to ensure it, and then quit the race.

During the Tour word spread that there was going to be a dope test, and all the riders but Raymond Poulidor, the darling of French cycling fans, left their hotels. The other riders staged a strike in protest during stage 9 dismounting and walking their bicycles. Eventually they started riding again, but only after arguing with officials.

Results

Stage results

Stage	Route	Length (km)	Winner	Race leader
1	Nancy - Charleville	209
2	Charleville - Tournai	198
3A	Tournai - Tournai	212	Televizier
3B	Tournai - Dunkirk	131
4	Dunkirk - Dieppe	205
5	Dieppe - Caen	178
6	Caen - Angers	217
7	Angers - Royan	252
8	Royan - Bordeaux	138
9	Bordeaux - Bayonne	201
10	Bayonne - Pau	234
11	Pau - Luchon	188
12	Luchon - Revel	219
13	Revel - Sète	191
14A	Montpellier - Vals-les-Bains	144
14B	Vals-les-Bains - Vals-les-Bains	20*
15	Privas - Le Bourg-d'Oisans	203
16	Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Briançon	148
17	Briançon - Turin	160
18	Ivrea - Chamonix	188
19	Chamonix - Saint-Etienne	265
20	Saint-Etienne - Montluçon	223
21	Montluçon - Orléans	232
22A	Orléans - Rambouillet	111
22B	Rambouillet - Paris	51*

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

Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Lucien Aimar			117h 34' 21"
2	Jan Janssen			1' 07"
3	Raymond Poulidor			2' 02"
4	José-Antonio Momene			5' 19"
5	Marcello Mugnaini			5' 27"
6	Herman Van Springel			5' 44"
7	Francisco Gabica			6' 25"
8	Roger Pingeon			8' 22"
9	Karl-Heinz Kunde			9' 06"
10	Martin Vandenbossche			9' 57"

References

External links

• 1966 Tour de France results