It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 2,785 km, and was won by Freddy Maertens of the Flandria cycling team.
Freddy Fender | Fab Five Freddy | Freddy vs. Jason | Fat Freddy's Drop | Daddy Freddy | Freddy the Pig | Freddy's Nightmares | Freddy Curci | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | Freddy Martin | Freddy Maertens | Freddy Heineken | Freddy García | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | Freddy Wittop | Freddy Quinn | Freddy Bastone | Said "Freddy" Skouma | Freddy Thielemans | Freddy the Freshman | Freddy Simpson | Freddy Shepherd | Freddy Rincón | Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist | Freddy Parent | Freddy Marks | Freddy Kottulinsky | Freddy Kemayo | Freddy Head | Freddy Grisales |
It begins by introducing the contenders: Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck (the previous year's winner), Freddy Maertens, and Francesco Moser, each with their supporting riders (the domestiques), who are charged with helping their team leader win.
In a cruel twist of fate, in 1976 Monseré's seven-year-old son, Giovanni, died after a collision with a car, while riding his racing bike, given to him on his first communion by another world champion, Freddy Maertens.