Participated 2 times
Between 1927 and 1928
René Hamel, France
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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.  |  

Ave. speed for all riders in stage (- TTT)

Stage: Pro7.20 km.  44,763 km/hr
Stage: 1235.50 km.  39,174 km/hr
Stage: 2206.50 km.  39,980 km/hr
Stage: 3a161.00 km.  40,809 km/hr
Stage: 4236.00 km.  43,454 km/hr
Stage: 5a133.50 km.  44,595 km/hr
Stage: 5b12.70 km.  42,896 km/hr
Stage: 6205.00 km.  35,581 km/hr
Stage: 7220.50 km.  34,912 km/hr
Stage: 8163.50 km.  31,449 km/hr
Stage: 9179.00 km.  37,728 km/hr
Stage: 10210.00 km.  34,141 km/hr
Stage: 11207.00 km.  27,956 km/hr
Stage: 12192.00 km.  33,038 km/hr
Stage: 13201.00 km.  29,971 km/hr
Stage: 14a51.00 km.  31,730 km/hr
Stage: 14b151.00 km.  30,541 km/hr
Stage: 1528.00 km.  22,054 km/hr
Stage: 16198.50 km.  32,216 km/hr
Stage: 17213.00 km.  34,829 km/hr
Stage: 18257.50 km.  33,681 km/hr
Stage: 19230.00 km.  34,313 km/hr
Stage: 20a42.00 km.  40,640 km/hr
Stage: 20b89.00 km.  35,039 km/hr

 Ave. speed for winner of stage (- TTT)

Eddy Merckx48,814  km/hr 
Cyrille Guimard39,194  km/hr 
Rik Van Linden40,004  km/hr 
Ercole Gualazzini40,837  km/hr 
Cyrille Guimard43,877  km/hr 
Walter Godefroot44,612  km/hr 
Eddy Merckx47,378  km/hr 
Leo Duyndam35,738  km/hr 
Yves Hézard36,515  km/hr 
Eddy Merckx33,277  km/hr 
Joseph Huysmans37,948  km/hr 
Willy Teirlinck34,210  km/hr 
Bernard Thevenet28,634  km/hr 
Lucien Van Impe34,027  km/hr 
Eddy Merckx31,227  km/hr 
Eddy Merckx33,249  km/hr 
Cyrille Guimard31,362  km/hr 
Cyrille Guimard24,063  km/hr 
Willy Teirlinck32,339  km/hr 
Bernard Thevenet35,586  km/hr 
Rini Wagtmans33,708  km/hr 
Joseph Bruyere34,335  km/hr 
Eddy Merckx45,446  km/hr 
Willy Teirlinck35,078  km/hr 

| - Plain | - Hilly | - High | - ITT | - TTT | - Rest |
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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