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After stage 21 - 2026:
 16451 starters.
  5514 different riders.
  689 teams.
  2419 stages.
  470 restdays.
  469752.50 km.
  5946 abandoned riders.

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 Facts from Tour de France 1978 Additional info and images from 1978.
  |   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 32 riders that withdrew in 1978.

32  Julian Carlos AndianoStage1a Did not finish

61  Pedro TorresStage2 Did not finish

33  José Enrique CimaStage3 Did not finish

66  Paulino MartinezStage3 Did not finish

35  Enrique Martinez HerediaStage10 Did not finish

37  José PesarrodonaStage10 Did not finish

75  Joël GallopinStage10 Did not finish

1  Bernard ThevenetStage11 Did not finish

30  Walter PlanckaertStage11 Did not finish

34  Faustino FernandezStage11 Did not finish

89  Didier Van VlaslaerStage11 Did not finish

40  Jésus Suárez CuevaStage13 Did not finish

63  Javier ElorriagaStage13 Did not finish

106  Hervé InaudiStage13 Disqualified

27  Ludo LoosStage15 Did not finish

103  Jean-Pierre BiderreStage15 Did not finish

109  Jean-François PescheuxStage15 Did not finish

39  Sebastian PozoStage16 Did not finish

78  Antoine GutierrezStage16 Disqualified

92  Michel PollentierStage16 Disqualified

3  Jean-Pierre DanguillaumeStage17 Did not finish

8  Régis OvionStage17 Did not finish

9  Guy SibilleStage17 Did not finish

11  Hennie KuiperStage17 Did not finish

28  Jacques MartinStage17 Did not finish

64  Eulalio GarcíaStage17 Did not finish

74  Patrick FriouStage17 Did not finish

79  Michel Le DenmatStage17 Did not finish

13  Gerben KarstensStage17 Disqualified

36  José NazábalStage18 Did not start

52  Jean-René BernaudeauStage18 Did not start

85  Jacky HardyStage18 Exceeded time limit

The withdrawn in 1978 are from:

 France1443,750 %  

 Spain1237,500 %  

 Belgium412,500 %  

 Holland26,250 %  
Todays birthdays.

1878 • Georges Woiron
1887 • Hubert Samyn
1902 • Angelo Tintori
1904 • Omer Taverne
1913 • Glauco Servadei
1930 • Louis Bares
1942 • Colin Lewis
1944 • Jean-Marie Leblanc
1951 • Alfred Gaida
1963 • Toine Poels
1964 • Atle Pedersen
1971 • Alessandro Bertolini
1971 • Nicola Loda
1980 • Allan Davis
1983 • Martijn Maaskant
1995 • Cees Bol

 

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