Participated 5 times
Between 1908 and 1920
Jules Masselis, Belgium
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After stage 21 - 2025:
 16451 starters.
  5464 different riders.
  689 teams.
  2398 stages.
  470 restdays.
  466506.50 km.
  5925 abandoned riders.

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 Facts from Tour de France 1972
  |   Stages.  |   Stage winners.  |   Days in jerseys.  |   Teams.  |   All riders.  |   All riders by age.  |   All riders from.  |  

  |   Rookies.  |   Withdrawls.  |   Average speed.  |   GC.  |   Polka  |   Green  |   White  |   Summits. (In tour)  |   Miscellaneous.  |  

The 44 riders that withdrew in 1972.

12  Joaquim AndradeStage1 Did not start

120  Jean VidamentStage3a Did not finish

11  Victor Van SchilStage3b Did not start

14  Johan De MuynckStage4 Did not start

69  Jean-Pierre GenetStage5b Did not start

33  Daniel Van RyckeghemStage7 Did not finish

63  Alain SantyStage7 Did not finish

86  Bernd RasingStage7 Did not finish

93  Ercole GualazziniStage7 Did not finish

100  Leo DuyndamStage7 Did not finish

49  Roger KindtStage7 Exceeded time limit

53  André PoppeStage7 Exceeded time limit

102  Cees KoekenStage7 Exceeded time limit

127  Walter PlanckaertStage7 Exceeded time limit

15  André DierickxStage8 Exceeded time limit

19  Herman Van der SlagmolenStage8 Exceeded time limit

126  Englebert OpdebeeckStage8 Exceeded time limit

30  Jean-Jacques SanquerStage9 Did not start

41  Roger PingeonStage9 Did not start

77  Yves RavaleuStage9 Did not finish

117  Loïc Le BourhisStage9 Did not finish

87  Wim SchepersStage9 Exceeded time limit

107  Jan Van KatwijkStage9 Exceeded time limit

8  Joseph SpruytStage10 Did not start

123  Etienne AntheunisStage11 Did not start

101  Gerard HaringsStage11 Did not finish

130  Willy Van MalderghemStage11 Did not finish

67  Jacques CadiouStage12 Did not finish

97  Guido ReybrouckStage12 Did not finish

113  Gerard BriendStage12 Did not finish

124  Michel CoulonStage12 Did not finish

80  Hans JunkermannStage13 Did not start

99  Italo ZilioliStage13 Did not start

34  Robert BoulouxStage13 Did not finish

59  Bernard LabourdetteStage13 Did not finish

108  Harrie van LeeuwenStage13 Did not finish

17  Fernando MendesStage14b Did not finish

60  Désiré LetortStage14b Did not finish

62  Luis OcañaStage15 Did not start

23  José CatieauStage15 Did not finish

18  Jan Van De WieleStage15 Exceeded time limit

70  René GrelinStage16 Did not finish

112  Serge BolleyStage16 Did not finish

71  Cyrille GuimardStage18 Did not finish

The withdrawn in 1972 are from:

 France1636,364 %  

 Belgium1534,091 %  

 Holland613,636 %  

 Germany24,545 %  

 Italy24,545 %  

 Portugal24,545 %  

 Spain12,273 %  
Todays birthdays.

1884 • Vincenzo Borgarello
1889 • Emile Bonnefoi
1889 • Auguste Denizot
1890 • Maurice Petit
1904 • Pierino Ferioli
1905 • Vincent Carrara
1910 • Antoon Van Schendel
1925 • Georges Meunier
1945 • Gérard Besnard
1950 • Wim Kelleners
1960 • Ivan Ivanov
1960 • Pierre-Henri Menthéour
1962 • Giovanni Bottoia
1964 • Flavio Giupponi
1974 • Benoit Salmon
1977 • Iñigo Landaluze
1977 • Svein Tuft
1979 • Rubens Bertogliati
1985 • Matthew Busche

 

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