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After stage 21 - 2025:
 16267 starters.
  5463 different riders.
  683 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

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 Facts from Tour de France 1978 More from 1978.
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  |   Rookies.  |   Withdrawls.  |   Average speed.  |   GC.  |   Polka  |   Green  |   White  |   Summits. (In tour)  |   Miscellaneous.  |  

Stages:
24 		Distance:
3939.50 km. 		Average speed:
35,267 km/h. 		Started:
110 riders. 		Finished:
78 riders. 		Withdrawn:
32 riders. 		Restdays:
2		 Ind. Time Trials:
3		 Team Time Trials:
1

General classification.
1 Bernard Hinault Renault-Elf-Gitane112h 03' 02"
2 Joop Zoetemelk Miko-Mercier112h 06' 58"
3 Joaquim Agostinho Velda-Lano-Flandria112h 09' 56"

Team classification introduced in 1930.
1 Miko-Mercier     France 562h 05' 52"
2 Ti-Raleigh-Creda     Holland 562h 23' 12"
3 Kas-Campagnolo     Belgium 562h 23' 14"

Climbers classification introduced in 1933.
1 Mariano Martinez Jobo-Superia 187 pt.
2 Bernard Hinault Renault-Elf-Gitane 176 pt.
3 Joop Zoetemelk Miko-Mercier 155 pt.

Sprinters classification introduced in 1953.
1 Freddy Maertens Velda-Lano-Flandria 242 pt.
2 Jacques Esclassan Peugeot-Esso-Michelin 189 pt.
3 Bernard Hinault Renault-Elf-Gitane 123 pt.

Combative classification introduced in 1953.
1 Paul Wellens Ti-Raleigh-Creda

Youth classification introduced in 1975.
1 Henk Lubberding Ti-Raleigh-Creda112h 20' 28"
2 Sven-Åke Nilsson Miko-Mercier112h 26' 02"
3 René Bittinger Velda-Lano-Flandria112h 56' 49"
Todays birthdays.

1878 • Gustave Pasquier
1884 • Victor Dupré
1887 • Émile Wirtz
1890 • Joseph Rouaix
1891 • Luigi Vertemati
1894 • Baptiste Mousset
1903 • Alfredo Francini
1907 • Félicien Vervaecke
1927 • Mario Baroni
1929 • Alfred Tonello
1943 • Attilio Benfatto
1943 • Raymond Delisle
1955 • Jean-Paul Hosotte
1959 • Angel Camarillo
1960 • Dany Schoonbaert
1964 • Frédéric Garnier
1964 • Christian Henn
1971 • Steffen Wesemann
1975 • David Cañada
1976 • Enrico Degano
1987 • Tanel Kangert
1994 • Tiesj Benoot

 

Latest deaths.

12/02 2026
 • Frans Van Vlierberghe
08/02 2026
 • Frans Verhaegen
22/12 2025
 • Frédéric Brun
22/12 2025
 • Jean Gainche
18/12 2025
 • Michele Dancelli

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