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in 1962
Alessandro Rimessi, Italy
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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.

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Facts from Tour de France 1997
  |   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.  |  

Stages:
22
Distance:
3942.30 km.
Average speed:
39,447 km/h.
Started:
198 riders.
Finished:
139 riders.
Withdrawn:
59 riders.
Restdays:
1
Ind. Time Trials:
2

General classification.
1 Jan Ullrich Deutsche Telekom100h 30' 35"
2 Richard Virenque Festina100h 39' 44"
3 Marco Pantani Mercatone Uno100h 44' 38"

Team classification introduced in 1930.
1 Deutsche Telekom     Germany 301h 51' 30"
2 Mercatone Uno     Italy 302h 23' 26"
3 Festina     France 302h 39' 22"

Climbers classification introduced in 1933.
1 Richard Virenque Festina 579 pt.
2 Jan Ullrich Deutsche Telekom 328 pt.
3 Francesco Casagrande Saeco-Estro 309 pt.

Sprinters classification introduced in 1953.
1 Erik Zabel Deutsche Telekom 350 pt.
2 Frédéric Moncassin Gan 223 pt.
3 Mario Traversoni Mercatone Uno 198 pt.

Combative classification introduced in 1953.
1 Richard Virenque Festina

Youth classification introduced in 1975.
1 Jan Ullrich Deutsche Telekom100h 30' 35"
2 Peter Luttenberger Rabobank101h 16' 14"
3 Michael Boogerd Rabobank101h 31' 08"
Todays birthdays.

1873 • Ernest Garnier
1885 • Alfons Lauwers
1886 • Leon Kopp
1892 • Camille Leroy
1894 • Charles Martinet
1912 • Karl Litschi
1935 • Francois Goasduff
1937 • Ezio Pizzoglio
1942 • Paul Köchli
1945 • Harry Steevens
1949 • Pedro Torres
1963 • Dante Rezze
1970 • Gilles Talmant
1976 • Remmert Wielinga
1987 • Jonathan Castroviejo
1997 • Harold Tejada

 

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