1985 Tour de France

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1985 final standings
Overall	Bernard Hinault	113h 24' 23"
Second	Greg LeMond	+1' 42"
Third	Stephen Roche	+4' 29"
Points	Seán Kelly	434 points
Second	Greg LeMond	332 points
Third	Stephen Roche	279 points
Climber	Luis Herrera	440 points
Second	Pedro Delgado	274 points
Third	Robert Millar	270 points
Youth	Fabio Parra	113h 37' 58"
Second
Third
Teams	La Vie Claire
Second
Third

The 1985 Tour de France was the 72nd Tour de France, taking place June 28 to July 21, 1985.

Bernard Hinault would attempt to equal the records of Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx who had each won the Tour de France five times. Hinault was unable to compete due to tendonitis in 1983. In 1984 Hinault had finished second to Laurent Fignon, and was threatened by Greg LeMond who ended in third position on the final podium. In order to ensure the best support, Hinault's La Vie Claire team recruited LeMond for the 1985 tour. In return for his support, Hinault promised on television that he would support LeMond the following year in the 1986 Tour de France.

Despite crashing on a fast descent and riding with black eyes due to his injuries, Hinault won convincingly and publicly again stated his promise to help LeMond the following year.

This edition of Tour de France saw the first use of clipless pedals (made by LOOK) by Bernard Hinault, among other riders. Hinault credited their use to saving him from worse injuries in his crash, and popularized them. Their use is now widespread among cyclists, on both road and mountain bikes.

[edit] Results

[edit] General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Bernard Hinault	France	La Vie Claire	113h 24' 23"
2	Greg LeMond	United States	La Vie Claire	1' 42"
3	Stephen Roche	Ireland		4' 29"
4	Seán Kelly	Ireland		6' 26"
5	Phil Anderson	Australia		7' 44"
6	Pedro Delgado	Spain		11' 53"
7	Luis Herrera	Colombia	Cafe de Colombia	12' 53"
8	Fabio Parra	Colombia	Cafe de Colombia	13' 35"
9	Eduardo Chozas	Spain		13' 56"
10	Steve Bauer	Canada	La Vie Claire	14' 57"