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The 1981 Tour de France was the 68th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Nice with a prologue individual time trial on 25 June and Stage 12a occurred on 8 July with a flat stage to Brussels, Belgium. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 19 July.
Contents
Prologue
25 June 1981 — Nice, 5.85 km (3.6 mi) (individual time trial)
Stage 1a
26 June 1981 — Nice, 97 km (60.3 mi)
Stage 1b
26 June 1981 — Nice, 40 km (24.9 mi) (team time trial)
Stage 2
27 June 1981 — Nice to Martigues, 254 km (157.8 mi)
Stage 3
28 June 1981 — Martigues to Narbonne, 232.5 km (144.5 mi)
Stage 4
29 June 1981 — Narbonne to Carcassonne, 77.2 km (48.0 mi) (team time trial)
Stage 5
30 June 1981 — Saint-Gaudens to Pla d'Adet, 117.5 km (73.0 mi)
Stage 6
1 July 1981 — Nay to Pau, 26.7 km (16.6 mi) (individual time trial)
Stage 7
2 July 1981 — Pau to Bordeaux, 227 km (141 mi)
Stage 8
3 July 1981 — Rochefort to Nantes, 180 km (110 mi)
Stage 9
5 July 1981 — Nantes to Le Mans, 194 km (121 mi)
Stage 10
6 July 1981 — Le Mans to Aulnay-sous-Bois, 258.5 km (160.6 mi)
Stage 11
7 July 1981 — Compiègne to Roubaix, 246 km (153 mi)