Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
They made the final stage a time trial (into Paris) once - that was a good year. But ASO said "never again".
1965-1972 were all Final TT stages. (I think going back a lot before 65, that is were I got bored checking.
About half were Versailles-Paris. All ended in Paris.
68 was a nail biter. Every spot in the top 5 could easily change.
69 the lead was so great that half the riders in this forum would have been able to hold the lead, at least with some training and in our primes.
That is the thing with a final TT stage. One year in 20 it is great. The rest it is snoozeville.
1969-1972 the same rider won the final TT stage. 1974 he won the final stage which was a regular stage wearing Yellow. As far as I can determine only one other rider has won a final regular stage in yellow and he did it twice.
I don't think we will see that again.