Participated 5 times
Between 1974 and 1979
Wilfried Wesemael, Belgium
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After stage 21 - 2026:
 16451 starters.
  5513 different riders.
  689 teams.
  2419 stages.
  470 restdays.
  469752.50 km.
  5946 abandoned riders.

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Facts from Tour de France 1973
  |   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: Pro7.10 km.  40,507 km/hr
Stage: 1a84.00 km.  46,463 km/hr
Stage: 1b137.50 km.  38,457 km/hr
Stage: 2b138.00 km.  38,418 km/hr
Stage: 3226.00 km.  38,491 km/hr
Stage: 4214.00 km.  34,619 km/hr
Stage: 5188.00 km.  35,920 km/hr
Stage: 6244.50 km.  35,278 km/hr
Stage: 7a86.50 km.  35,591 km/hr
Stage: 7b150.50 km.  30,868 km/hr
Stage: 8237.50 km.  27,876 km/hr
Stage: 9234.50 km.  26,978 km/hr
Stage: 10222.50 km.  30,041 km/hr
Stage: 11238.00 km.  30,659 km/hr
Stage: 12a28.30 km.  40,762 km/hr
Stage: 12b76.00 km.  28,390 km/hr
Stage: 13235.00 km.  33,213 km/hr
Stage: 14227.50 km.  30,785 km/hr
Stage: 15137.00 km.  36,459 km/hr
Stage: 16a210.00 km.  32,820 km/hr
Stage: 16b12.40 km.  41,499 km/hr
Stage: 17248.00 km.  37,257 km/hr
Stage: 18216.50 km.  32,386 km/hr
Stage: 19233.50 km.  33,386 km/hr
Stage: 20a16.00 km.  40,885 km/hr
Stage: 20b89.00 km.  37,707 km/hr

Ave. speed for winner of stage (- TTT)

Joop Zoetemelk42,742  km/hr 
Willy Teirlinck46,782  km/hr 
José Catieau38,609  km/hr 
Eddy Verstraeten38,544  km/hr 
Cyrille Guimard39,661  km/hr 
Joop Zoetemelk34,731  km/hr 
Walter Godefroot36,117  km/hr 
Jean-Pierre Danguillaume35,518  km/hr 
Luis Ocaña36,900  km/hr 
Bernard Thevenet31,740  km/hr 
Luis Ocaña29,951  km/hr 
Vicente Lopez Carril28,113  km/hr 
Michael Wright30,440  km/hr 
Barry Hoban30,687  km/hr 
Luis Ocaña45,401  km/hr 
Lucien Van Impe29,413  km/hr 
Luis Ocaña34,237  km/hr 
Pedro Torres31,694  km/hr 
Wilfried David36,604  km/hr 
Walter Godefroot32,827  km/hr 
Joaquim Agostinho45,412  km/hr 
Claude Tollet37,695  km/hr 
Luis Ocaña32,774  km/hr 
Barry Hoban33,400  km/hr 
Luis Ocaña45,823  km/hr 
Bernard Thevenet37,707  km/hr 

| - Plain | - Hilly | - High | - ITT | - TTT | - Rest |
Todays birthdays.

1885 • Alcide Riviere
1912 • Éloi Meulenberg
1913 • Giovanni Valetti
1914 • Fritz Scheller
1924 • Hilaire Couvreur
1924 • Bernard Gauthier
1945 • Pierre Rivory
1948 • François Coquery
1957 • Giuseppe Saronni
1958 • Eddy Planckaert
1965 • Søren Lilholt
1969 • Oleg Kozlitine
1974 • Daniel Atienza
1978 • John Gadret
1984 • Yukiya Arashiro
1992 • Bob Jungels

 

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