The 1969 Tour de France was the 56th Tour de France, taking place June 28 to July 20, 1969. It consisted of 22 stages over 4110 km , ridden at an average speed of 35.409 km/h. The participant teams were no longer national teams, but were once more commercially sponsored.
The 1969 Tour de France was the first which Merckx won and the race is unique in that it’s the only time a cyclist has dominated the Tour de France where Merckx won six stages and grabbed the Yellow (general classification), Green (points classification), Mountains and Young Rider jerseys!
Eddy Merckx rode on the winning team, FAEMA, won the combination classification and the combativity award.
FAEMA had become practically a Belgian team through its riders. The crafty Guillaume Driessens had become directeur sportif and performed a psychological exercise of the highest importance, not hiding from anyone that he intended to construct a monolithic block: everyone for Merckx!
Merckxissimo!
Posted on August 22, 2011
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