Participated 2 times
Between 2014 and 2019
Benjamin King
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After stage 21 - 2024:
 16083 starters.
  5412 different riders.
  676 teams.
  2377 stages.
  468 restdays.
  463204.50 km.
  5902 abandoned riders.




2024 stagehilites from TdF.
Stage 1.Stage 2.Stage 3.
Stage 4.Stage 5.Stage 6.
Stage 7.Stage 8.Stage 9.
Stage 10.Stage 11.Stage 12.
Stage 13.Stage 14.Stage 15.
Stage 16.Stage 17.Stage 18.
Stage 19.Stage 20.Stage 21.
2024 hilites.

2024 stagepresentaion from TdF.
Stage 1. Stage 2. Stage 3.
Stage 4. Stage 5. Stage 6.
Stage 7. Stage 8. Stage 9.
Stage 10. Stage 11. Stage 12.
Stage 13. Stage 14. Stage 15.
Stage 16. Stage 17. Stage 18.
Stage 19. Stage 20. Stage 21.

Source: Tour de France



            

French citizen
Name:  Gérard Besnard
  09 / 05 1945 in  Saint-Symphorien, Centre-Val de Loire, France  

79 years old. | Turned pro in: 1970

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Best results in career.
1969 : 2e étape du Tour de l'Avenir
1972 : 2e du Grand Prix de Plouay, 3e du Tour de la Nouvelle-France
1973 : 2e de Liège-Tongrinne
1974 : 5e du Circuit de l'Indre
Participated: 1 time:   1973 
Riders teams:

Sonolor:1973 

Riders total:

Riding: 5 days 5 hours 5 min. 38 sec. | Dist:4150.20 km. | Speed:33,177 km./h.




2  times in top 10 | 2  times in top 15 | 5  times in top 20  in 27 stages

  Completed: 1 time

1973as number 61



Stages: 27
197330 / 06ProScheveningen - Scheveningen  nr.85 7.10 km.00h 09' 58" 40,126 km./h. 
197301 / 071aScheveningen - Rotterdam  nr.85 84.00 km.01h 47' 44" 46,437 km./h. 
197301 / 071bRotterdam - Sint-Nicolas  nr.107 137.50 km.03h 33' 41" 38,536 km./h. 
197302 / 072bSint-Nicolas - Roubaix  nr.27 138.00 km.03h 34' 49" 38,544 km./h. 
197303 / 073Roubaix - Reims  nr.90 226.00 km.05h 41' 54" 37,849 km./h. 
197304 / 074Reims - Nancy  nr.45 214.00 km.06h 09' 42" 34,682 km./h. 
197305 / 075Nancy - Mulhouse  nr.17 188.00 km.05h 12' 19" 36,117 km./h. 
197306 / 076Belfort - Divonne-les-Bains  nr.74 244.50 km.06h 53' 02" 35,509 km./h. 
197308 / 077aDivonne-les-Bains - Gaillard  nr.102 86.50 km.02h 20' 39" 34,797 km./h. 
197308 / 077bGaillard - Méribel-les-Allues  nr.69 150.50 km.04h 44' 30" 30,716 km./h. 
197309 / 078Moûtiers - Les Orres  nr.74 237.50 km.07h 55' 47" 27,277 km./h. 
197310 / 079Embrun - Nice  nr.38 234.50 km.08h 20' 29" 27,211 km./h. 
197311 / 0710Nice - Aubagne  nr.44 222.50 km.07h 18' 34" 30,022 km./h. 
197312 / 0711Montpellier - Argelès-sur-Mer  nr.8 238.00 km.07h 45' 21" 30,687 km./h. 
197313 / 0712aPerpignan - Thuir  nr.52 28.30 km.00h 37' 24" 40,205 km./h. 
197313 / 0712bThuir - Pyrénées 2000  nr.79 76.00 km.02h 35' 02" 27,879 km./h. 
197315 / 0713Bourg-Madame - Luchon  nr.57 235.00 km.06h 51' 50" 32,999 km./h. 
197316 / 0714Luchon - Pau  nr.61 227.50 km.07h 10' 41" 30,290 km./h. 
197317 / 0715Pau - Fleurance  nr.20 137.00 km.03h 44' 34" 36,525 km./h. 
197318 / 0716aFleurance - Bordeaux  nr.23 210.00 km.06h 23' 50" 32,827 km./h. 
197318 / 0716bBordeaux - Bordeaux  nr.36 12.40 km.00h 16' 23" 42,074 km./h. 
197319 / 0717Sainte-Foy-la-Grande - Brive-la-Gaillarde  nr.17 248.00 km.06h 34' 45" 37,275 km./h. 
197320 / 0718Brive-la-Gaillarde - Le Puy-de-Dôme  nr.48 216.50 km.06h 36' 21" 32,377 km./h. 
197321 / 0719Bourges - Versailles  nr.9 233.50 km.06h 59' 28" 33,400 km./h. 
197322 / 0720aVersailles - Versailles  nr.74 16.00 km.00h 20' 57" 39,425 km./h. 
197322 / 0720bVersailles - Paris  nr.75 89.00 km.02h 21' 37" 37,707 km./h. 

Todays birthdays.

1885 • François Lafourcade
1900 • Jean De Busschere
1913 • Hermann Schild
1923 • Vincenzo Rossello
1924 • François Chevalley
1930 • Camille Huyghe
1935 • José da Silva
1940 • Raymond Riotte
1953 • Faustino Fernandez
1971 • José Maria Jimenez
1973 • Gianluca Valoti
1978 • Sébastien Talabardon
1984 • Brent Bookwalter
2000 • Evgeny Fedorov

 

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30/12 2024
 • Emile Idée
25/12 2024
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24/11 2024
 • Jos Lammertink
23/11 2024
 • Jean Jourden
28/10 2024
 • Jean-Pierre Parenteau

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