Marianne Martin: Remembering the magic of the 1984 women's Tour de France

The following exclusive feature includes a rarely-seen photo gallery from the 1984 Women's Tour de France by John Pierce, PhotoSport International UK.

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Stage 1 - Bobigny to Saint Denis, 67km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mieke Havik (Ned) 1:39:56
2Petra de Bruin (Ned)
3Marianne Martin (USA) 0:00:08
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Stage 2 - Guise to Louvroil, 61km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mieke Havik (Ned) 1:38:35
2Connie Meijer (Ned) 0:00:24
3Hanneke Lieverse (Ned)
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Stage 3 - Douai to Béthune, 49km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Petra De Bruin (Ned) 1:21:51
2Mieke Havik (Ned) 0:00:03
3Corinne Le Gal (Fra)
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Stage 4 - Beauvais to Cergy Pontoise, 57km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Heleen Hage (Ned) 1:24:43
2Mieke Havik (Ned)
3Hanneke Lieverse (Ned)
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Stage 5 - L'Aigle to Alençon, 76km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mieke Havik (Ned) 1:57:25
2Rita Timpers (Ned)
3Connie Meijer (Ned)
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Stage 6 - Condé to Nantes, 74km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Connie Meijer (Ned) 1:47:30
2Valerie Simonnet (Fra)
3Betsy King (USA)
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Stage 7 - Blaye to Bordeaux, 54km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Petra De Bruin (Ned) 1:29:18
2Corinne Lutz (Fra)
3Connie Meijer (Ned) 0:00:01
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Stage 8 - Aire sur Adour to Pau, 70km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Kelly-Ann Way (Can) 1:52:39
2Heleen Hage (Ned)
3Marianne Martin (USA)
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Stage 9 - Montesquieu to Volvestre-Blagnac, 77km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Petra De Bruin (Ned) 2:08:33
2Valerie Simonnet (Fra)
3Corinne Le Gal (Fra)
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Stage 10 - Villefranche de Rouergue to Rodez, 60km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Hanneke Lieverse (Ned) 1:52:40
2Heleen Hage (Ned) 0:00:01
3Mieke Havik (Ned)
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Stage 11 - Vialas to Domaine du Rouet, 60km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mieke Havik (Ned) 1:37:27
2Valerie Simonnet (Fra)
3Heleen Hage (Ned)
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Stage 12 - La Chapelle en Vercors to Grenoble, 73km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Marianne Martin (USA) 2:07:22
2Heleen Hage (Ned) 0:01:33
3Judith Painter (GBr)
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Stage 13 - Voreppe to Voreppe, ITT, 23km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Heleen Hage (Ned) 0:44:21
2Christine Waller (Fra) 0:00:07
3Marianne Martin (USA) 0:00:38
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Stage 14 - Moutiers to La Plagne, 32km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Marianne Martin (USA) 1:33:29
2Judith Painter (GBr) 0:01:48
3Christine Waller (Fra) 0:02:30
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Stage 15 - Scionzier to Morzine, 51km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Heleen Hage (Ned) 1:53:47
2Marianne Martin (USA) 0:00:22
3Corinne Lutz (Fra)0:02:40
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Stage 16 - Ambérieu to Villefranche sur Saône, 57km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Connie Meijer (Ned) 1:23:02
2Corinne Le Gal (Fra)
3Marylin Wells (Can)
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Stage 17 - Villé Morgan to Villefranche en Beaujolais, 51km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mieke Havik (Ned) 1:22:04
2Connie Meijer (Ned)
3Valerie Simonnet (Fra)
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Stage 18 - Chaville to Champs Elysées, 67km
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Connie Meijer (Ned) 1:40:30
2Marie-Françoise Potereau (Fra)
3Chantal Diaz (Fra)
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Final General classification after stage 18
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Marianne Martin (United States) 29:39:02
2Heleen Hage (Netherlands) 0:03:17
3Deborah Schumway (United States) 0:11:51
4Valerie Simonnet (France A) 0:12:13
5Corinne Lutz (France A) 0:13:22
6Betty Wise (United States) 0:14:47
7Clare Greenwood (Great Britain) 0:14:44
8Marylin Wells (Canada) 0:15:20
9Chantal Broca (France A) 0:18:05
10Annie Rebière (France B) 0:18:24
11Mieke Havik (Netherlands) 0:19:31
12Suzanne Lemieux (Canada) 0:20:11
13Corinne le Gal (France A) 0:21:09
14Hilary Matte (Canada) 0:21:12
15Christine Waller (France B) 0:22:52
16Connie Meijer (Netherlands) 0:22:59
17Rita Timpers (Netherlands) 0:23:02
18Patty Peoples (United States) 0:23:05
19Judith Painter (Great Britain) 0:24:45
20Kelly-ann Way (Canada) 0:25:19
21Marie-françoise Potereau (France A) 0:29:11
22Senta Bauermeister (Canada) 0:30:32
23Béatrice Labarthe (France B) 0:30:38
24Petra de Bruin (Netherlands) 0:30:50
25Hanneke Lieverse (Netherlands) 0:31:31
26Betsy King (United States) 0:32:39
27Pauline Strong (Great Britain) 0:33:53
28Laure Lisnard (France B) 0:33:59
29Jacqueline Shaw (Canada) 0:37:51
30Nathalie Diart (France A) 0:41:15
31Helen Edwards (Great Britain) 0:41:20
32Louise Garbutt (Great Britain) 0:44:57
33Christine Gourmelon (France B) 0:45:50
34Chantal Diaz (France B)
35Jolanda Goral (United States) 0:49:05
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