Participated 4 times
Between 1948 and 1952
Abdel-Kader Zaaf, France
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After stage 21 - 2025:
 16451 starters.
  5463 different riders.
  688 teams.
  2398 stages.
  470 restdays.
  466506.50 km.
  5925 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.

2025 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


  Dutch citizen
Name:  Frans Pauwels     Turned pro in 1937

  08 / 09 1918 in  Kieldrecht, Oost-Vlaanderen, Holland      24 / 01 2001
  • 82 years old.

Info from FirstCycling.
Participated: 2 times:   1949 1948 
Riders teams:

Holland:1949 
Holland-Luxembourg:1948 

Riders total:

Riding: 4 days 5 hours 49 min. 40 sec. | Dist:3450.00 km. | Speed:33,881 km./h.




1  time in top 20  in 15 stages

 
Abandonned: 2 times

1949Stage10Exceeded time limit  
1948Stage7Disqualified  


Stages: 15
194930 / 061Paris - Reims  nr.82 182.00 km.05h 13' 59" 33,766 km./h. 
194901 / 072Reims - Bruxelles  nr.73 273.00 km.08h 37' 58" 30,956 km./h. 
194902 / 073Bruxelles - Boulogne-sur-Mer  nr.84 211.00 km.06h 05' 50" 33,871 km./h. 
194903 / 074Boulogne-sur-Mer - Rouen  nr.96 185.00 km.05h 10' 04" 32,821 km./h. 
194904 / 075Rouen - Saint-Malo  nr.32 293.00 km.08h 27' 13" 33,426 km./h. 
194905 / 076Saint-Malo - Les Sables-d´Olonne  nr.86 305.00 km.08h 39' 07" 33,792 km./h. 
194907 / 077Les Sables-d´Olonne - La Rochelle  nr.78 92.00 km.02h 18' 10" 36,348 km./h. 
194908 / 078La Rochelle - Bordeaux  nr.81 262.00 km.07h 27' 22" 33,943 km./h. 
194909 / 079Bordeaux - San-Sebastian  nr.76 228.00 km.06h 30' 49" 33,854 km./h. 
194830 / 061Paris - Trouville  nr.104 237.00 km.06h 50' 24" 32,813 km./h. 
194801 / 072Trouville - Dinard  nr.93 259.00 km.07h 29' 55" 32,090 km./h. 
194802 / 073Dinard - Nantes  nr.21 251.00 km.06h 48' 31" 35,642 km./h. 
194803 / 074Nantes - La Rochelle  nr.18 166.00 km.04h 01' 42" 40,400 km./h. 
194804 / 075La Rochelle - Bordeaux  nr.101 262.00 km.07h 03' 32" 34,742 km./h. 
194805 / 076Bordeaux - Biarritz  nr.98 244.00 km.06h 27' 14" 34,906 km./h. 
Todays birthdays.

1875 • Gabriel Cist
1877 • Francois Leclerc
1885 • Jules Deloffre
1889 • Angelo Erba
1891 • Alfons Van Hecke
1895 • Umberto Ripamonti
1903 • Charles Roux
1904 • Emile Joly
1906 • Camille Foucaux
1912 • André Auville
1946 • Wilfried David
1947 • Renato Marchetti
1949 • Michel Charlier
1959 • Francis Castaing
1975 • Carlos Sastre
1977 • Robert Hunter
1991 • Anthony Perez

 

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