A few moments after the arrival of the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 1970, Roanne-Chalon-sur-Saône (224 kilometers) which has just been won by the Belgian Daniel Van Rijckeghem ahead of the Dutch Jan Janssen (2nd) and Marinus Wagtmans (3rd). Filmmaker Gérard Courant photographed Raymond Delisle (yellow jersey), Luis Ocaña (final winner), Gilbert Bellone, Lucien Aimar, Roger de Vlaeminck (Belgian champion), Jan Janssen (green jersey), Harm Ottenbros (world champion), Jean Dumont, Marinus Wagtmans, Raymond Poulidor, Georges Chappe on the song "Poets" by Léo Ferré.