Participated 4 times
Between 1936 and 1939
Arsène Mersch, Luxembourg
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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 1952 Additional info and images from 1952.
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Stage 8 on July 2nd. 1952
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After stage 8:    Fiorenzo Magni  
  NancyMulhouse | Dist: 252.00km. | Winner: Raphaël Geminiani

Podium
3  Col de Bussang Raphaël Geminianiafter153.00 km.

2  Ballon d'Alsace Raphaël Geminianiafter171.00 km.

3  Col du Hundsruck - Thann Raphaël Geminianiafter202.00 km.

2  Col Amic Raphaël Geminianiafter218.00 km.


Average speed for all riders in stage:  29,109 km./hr.

1
 Raphaël Geminiani  France08h 17' 21"=30,401  km/h

2
 Fiorenzo Magni  Italy08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

3
 Stan Ockers  Belgium08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

4  Fausto Coppi  Italy08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

5  Gottfried Weilenmann  Switzerland08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

6  Alois De Hertog  Belgium08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

7  Nello Lauredi  France08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

8  Alexandre Close  Belgium08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

9  Jean Le Guilly  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

10  Antonio Gelabert  Spain08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

11  Pierre Molineris  Sud Est08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

12  Gino Bartali  Italy08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

13  José Serra Gil  Spain08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

14  Eduard Van Ende  Belgium08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

15  Bernardo Ruíz  Spain08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

16  Andrea Carrea  Italy08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

17  Franco Franchi  Italy08h 22' 40"+  00:05:19 =30,080  km/h

18  Jean Robic  France08h 27' 47"+  00:10:26 =29,776  km/h

19  Martin Metzger  Switzerland08h 28' 09"+  00:10:48 =29,755  km/h

20  Maurice Neyt  Belgium08h 28' 09"+  00:10:48 =29,755  km/h

21  Marcel Zelasco  North Africa08h 28' 36"+  00:11:15 =29,729  km/h

22  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  France08h 28' 36"+  00:11:15 =29,729  km/h

23  Wim van Est  Holland08h 28' 36"+  00:11:15 =29,729  km/h

24  Vincent Vitetta  Sud Est08h 28' 36"+  00:11:15 =29,729  km/h

25  Jacques Renaud  Paris08h 28' 42"+  00:11:21 =29,723  km/h

26  Walter Diggelmann  Switzerland08h 30' 57"+  00:13:36 =29,592  km/h

27  José Gil Sole  Spain08h 30' 57"+  00:13:36 =29,592  km/h

28  Gerrit Voorting  Holland08h 30' 57"+  00:13:36 =29,592  km/h

29  André Rosseel  Belgium08h 30' 57"+  00:13:36 =29,592  km/h

30  Jean Goldschmit  Luxembourg08h 30' 57"+  00:13:36 =29,592  km/h

31  Roger Decock  Belgium08h 30' 57"+  00:13:36 =29,592  km/h

32  Jean Malléjac  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 30' 57"+  00:13:36 =29,592  km/h

33  Jean De Gribaldy  Nord Est-Centre08h 33' 44"+  00:16:23 =29,432  km/h

34  Siro Bianchi  Sud Est08h 33' 44"+  00:16:23 =29,432  km/h

35  Johny Goedert  Luxembourg08h 34' 24"+  00:17:03 =29,393  km/h

36  Antonin Rolland  France08h 34' 24"+  00:17:03 =29,393  km/h

37  Andrès Trobat  Spain08h 34' 24"+  00:17:03 =29,393  km/h

38  Francisco Masip  Spain08h 34' 24"+  00:17:03 =29,393  km/h

39  Eugène Telotte  Paris08h 37' 11"+  00:19:50 =29,235  km/h

40  Jan Nolten  Holland08h 37' 11"+  00:19:50 =29,235  km/h

41  Marcel Fernandez  North Africa08h 37' 11"+  00:19:50 =29,235  km/h

42  Hein Van Breenen  Holland08h 37' 11"+  00:19:50 =29,235  km/h

43  Henk Faanhof  Holland08h 37' 15"+  00:19:54 =29,232  km/h

44  Giuseppe Mirando  Sud Est08h 37' 15"+  00:19:54 =29,232  km/h

45  Paul Giguet  Sud Est08h 37' 15"+  00:19:54 =29,232  km/h

46  Jean Diederich  Luxembourg08h 37' 15"+  00:19:54 =29,232  km/h

47  Roger Rossinelli  Nord Est-Centre08h 37' 15"+  00:19:54 =29,232  km/h

48  Ahmed Kebaïli  North Africa08h 37' 15"+  00:19:54 =29,232  km/h

49  Luciano Pezzi  Italy08h 37' 15"+  00:19:54 =29,232  km/h

50  Ettore Milano  Italy08h 37' 15"+  00:19:54 =29,232  km/h

51  Thijs Roks  Holland08h 42' 09"+  00:24:48 =28,957  km/h

52  Robert Bintz  Luxembourg08h 42' 09"+  00:24:48 =28,957  km/h

53  Adolphe Deledda  Nord Est-Centre08h 42' 33"+  00:25:12 =28,935  km/h

54  Maurice Quentin  France08h 42' 33"+  00:25:12 =28,935  km/h

55  Michel Llorca  Sud Est08h 42' 33"+  00:25:12 =28,935  km/h

56  Guy Lapébie  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 42' 33"+  00:25:12 =28,935  km/h

57  Hans Dekkers  Holland08h 42' 33"+  00:25:12 =28,935  km/h

58  Raoul Remy  France08h 42' 33"+  00:25:12 =28,935  km/h

59  Wout Wagtmans  Holland08h 42' 33"+  00:25:12 =28,935  km/h

60  Carlo Lafranchi  Switzerland08h 46' 02"+  00:28:41 =28,743  km/h

61  Heinrich Spuhler  Switzerland08h 46' 02"+  00:28:41 =28,743  km/h

62  José Pérez  Spain08h 46' 02"+  00:28:41 =28,743  km/h

63  Settimo Sabbadini  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 46' 38"+  00:29:17 =28,711  km/h

64  Jean Delahaye  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 46' 38"+  00:29:17 =28,711  km/h

65  Rene Rotta  Sud Est08h 46' 38"+  00:29:17 =28,711  km/h

66  Jacques Vivier  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 46' 59"+  00:29:38 =28,692  km/h

67  André Bernard  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 47' 56"+  00:30:35 =28,640  km/h

68  Jacques Marinelli  Paris08h 47' 56"+  00:30:35 =28,640  km/h

69  Mario Baroni  Italy08h 49' 08"+  00:31:47 =28,575  km/h

70  Alfredo Martini  Italy08h 49' 08"+  00:31:47 =28,575  km/h

71  Giovanni Corrieri  Italy08h 49' 08"+  00:31:47 =28,575  km/h

72  Giulio Bresci  Italy08h 49' 08"+  00:31:47 =28,575  km/h

73  Fiorenzo Crippa  Italy08h 49' 08"+  00:31:47 =28,575  km/h

74  Adolphe Pezzuli  Sud Est08h 49' 08"+  00:31:47 =28,575  km/h

75  Bernard Gauthier  France08h 49' 08"+  00:31:47 =28,575  km/h

76  Georges Decaux  Paris08h 50' 30"+  00:33:09 =28,501  km/h

77  Pierre Pardoën  Nord Est-Centre08h 50' 30"+  00:33:09 =28,501  km/h

78  Lucien Teisseire  France08h 52' 51"+  00:35:30 =28,376  km/h

79  Lucien Lazarides  France08h 52' 51"+  00:35:30 =28,376  km/h

80  Robert Bonnaventure  France08h 52' 51"+  00:35:30 =28,376  km/h

81  Jean Bertaina  Sud Est08h 52' 51"+  00:35:30 =28,376  km/h

82  Gerard Guercy  North Africa08h 52' 51"+  00:35:30 =28,376  km/h

83  Gilbert Bauvin  Nord Est-Centre08h 58' 57"+  00:41:36 =28,055  km/h

84  Vincent Soler  North Africa09h 01' 47"+  00:44:26 =27,908  km/h

85  Willy Kemp  Luxembourg09h 09' 29"+  00:52:08 =27,517  km/h

86  Raymond Scardin  Ouest-Sud Ouest09h 09' 29"+  00:52:08 =27,517  km/h

87  Noel Lajoie  Nord Est-Centre09h 10' 46"+  00:53:25 =27,453  km/h

88  Abdel-Kader Zaaf  North Africa09h 12' 26"+  00:55:05 =27,370  km/h

89  Henri Paret  North Africa09h 14' 56"+  00:57:35 =27,247  km/h

90  Armand Papazian  Paris09h 22' 44"+  01:05:23 =26,869  km/h


Withdrawls: 9
 RiderTeamReason
3   Marcel Huber SwitzerlandDid not finish
17   Robert Vanderstockt BelgiumDid not finish
19   Henri Van Kerckhove BelgiumDid not finish
79   Gino Sciardis ParisDid not finish
83   Jean-Marie Cieliczka Nord Est-CentreDid not finish
87   Marcel Dussault Nord Est-CentreDid not finish
89   Georges Meunier Nord Est-CentreDid not finish
95   Dominique Canavese Sud EstDid not finish
112   Alain Moineau Ouest-Sud OuestDid not finish
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1926 • Giovanni Rossi
1928 • Serge Blusson
1928 • Alois Vansteenkiste
1931 • André Dupré
1934 • Alfred Rüegg
1962 • Francisco Espinosa
1962 • Paul Kimmage
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1966 • Andrea Tafi
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