And yet Merckx won th Tour in 1971. Ocana was leading by more than 8 m in in th GC after stage 13, but crashed badly and had to retire during stage 14. The Tour is never over until Avenue des Champs Élysées.
Good point, SB. I knew that Merckx won the 1971 Tour, but wasn’t sure what had happened after the stage mentioned by velonews.
Ocaña won in 1973, only the 2nd Spaniard to win le Tour. 10 more wins after Ocaña, 5 of them being by Indurain. And the last 4 winners.