1968 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall	Jan Janssen	133h 49' 42"
Second	Herman Van Springel	+38"
Third	Ferdinand Bracke	+3' 03"
Points	Franco Bitossi	241 points
Second	Walter Godefroot	219 points
Third	Jan Janssen	200 points
Climber	Aurelio Gonzalez	96 points
Second	Franco Bitossi	84 points
Third	Julio Jimenez	72 points
Teams	Spain
Second
Third

The 1968 Tour de France was the 55th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 21, 1968. It was comprised of 22 stages over 4684.8 km, ridden at an average speed of 34.894 km/h. Eleven national teams of 10 riders competed, with three French teams, two Belgian teams and one from Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, and a combined Swiss/Luxembourgian team.

[edit] Results

[edit] Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Jan Janssen	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	133h 49' 42"
2	Herman Van Springel	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	38"
3	Ferdinand Bracke	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	3' 03"
4	Gregorio San Miguel	Image:Flag of the Spain Under Franco.png Spain	3' 17"
5	Roger Pingeon	Image:Flag of France.svg France	3' 29"
6	Rolf Wolfshohl	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	3' 46"
7	Lucien Aimar	Image:Flag of France.svg France	4' 44"
8	Franco Bitossi	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4' 59"
9	Andres Gandarias	Image:Flag of the Spain Under Franco.png Spain	5' 05"
10	Ugo Colombo	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	7' 55"