Participated 1 time
in 1930
Ernest Mottard, 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 1981
  |   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 29 riders that withdrew in 1981.

148  Michel PollentierStage2 Did not start

90  Benjamin VermeulenStage2 Exceeded time limit

67  Eric Van de WieleStage5 Did not finish

22  Kim AndersenStage6 Did not start

46  Fernando MendesStage7 Did not finish

127  Jan van HouwelingenStage11 Did not finish

87  Jan NevensStage12a Did not finish

43  Patrick ClercStage12a Exceeded time limit

76  Jacques OsmontStage12a Exceeded time limit

118  Avelino Perea DiezStage12a Exceeded time limit

126  Eric VandeperreStage12a Exceeded time limit

7  Cees PriemStage14 Did not start

2  Urs FreulerStage15 Did not finish

10  Ad WijnandsStage15 Did not finish

37  Eddy PlanckaertStage15 Did not finish

38  Walter PlanckaertStage15 Did not finish

102  Luc ColijnStage15 Did not finish

146  Roland LibotonStage15 Did not finish

27  Didier LebaudStage15 Exceeded time limit

56  William SherwenStage15 Exceeded time limit

94  Noël DejonckheereStage15 Exceeded time limit

116  Rafael Ladron De GuevaraStage15 Exceeded time limit

80  Claude VincendeauStage16 Did not finish

40  Guido Van CalsterStage17 Did not finish

99  José MayozStage17 Did not finish

41  Joaquim AgostinhoStage18 Did not finish

84  Marc GoossensStage19 Did not finish

143  Jan BogaertStage21 Did not start

61  Daniel WillemsStage21 Did not finish

The withdrawn in 1981 are from:

 Belgium1448,276 %  

 France413,793 %  

 Holland310,345 %  

 Spain310,345 %  

 Portugal26,897 %  

 England13,448 %  

 Denmark13,448 %  

 Switzerland13,448 %  
Todays birthdays.

1874 • Hippolyte Charpentier
1896 • Laurent Seret
1931 • Michele Gismondi
1953 • Ismael Lejarreta
1955 • Amilcare Sgalbazzi
1957 • Werner Devos
1965 • Marco Vermey
1972 • Mirko Crepaldi
1992 • Julian Alaphilippe

 

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