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Between 1978 and 1982
Sven-Åke Nilsson, Sweden
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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 1953
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Stage 1 on July 3rd. 1953
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After stage 1:    Fritz Schär  
  Strasbourg → Metz | Dist: 195.00km. | Winner: Fritz Schär

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  38,442 km./hr.

1
 Fritz Schär  Switzerland04h 55' 00"=39,661  km/h

2
 Wout Wagtmans  Holland04h 55' 00"=39,661  km/h

3
 Thijs Roks  Holland04h 55' 00"=39,661  km/h

4  Nello Lauredi  France04h 55' 00"=39,661  km/h

5  Jacques Dupont  Sud Ouest04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

6  Raphaël Geminiani  France04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

7  Vincenzo Rossello  Italy04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

8  Giancarlo Astrua  Italy04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

9  Attilio Redolfi  Île-de-France04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

10  Jean Robic  Ouest04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

11  Hein Van Breenen  Holland04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

12  Raoul Remy  France04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

13  Alois De Hertog  Belgium04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

14  Ugo Anzile  Nord Est-Centre04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

15  Roger Hassenforder  Nord Est-Centre04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

16  Georges Meunier  Nord Est-Centre04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

17  Jacques Renaud  Île-de-France04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

18  Jean Le Guilly  France04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

19  Guy Buchaille  Nord Est-Centre04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

20  José Serra Gil  Spain04h 58' 13"+  00:03:13 =39,233  km/h

21  Gilbert Bauvin  Nord Est-Centre05h 01' 06"+  00:06:06 =38,858  km/h

22  Antonin Rolland  France05h 04' 32"+  00:09:32 =38,419  km/h

23  Maurice Quentin  Île-de-France05h 04' 32"+  00:09:32 =38,419  km/h

24  Wim van Est  Holland05h 04' 37"+  00:09:37 =38,409  km/h

25  André Darrigade  Sud Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  François Mahé  Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Charly Gaul  Luxembourg05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Raymond Impanis  Belgium05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Marcel Ernzer  Luxembourg05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Hilaire Couvreur  Belgium05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jean Forestier  Nord Est-Centre05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  René Privat  Sud Est05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Claude Colette  Sud Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Settimo Sabbadini  Sud Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Louison Bobet  France05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Max Schellenberg  Switzerland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Roger Walkowiak  Nord Est-Centre05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Gerrit Voorting  Holland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jean Malléjac  Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Joseph Morvan  Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Stanislas Bober  Île-de-France05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jean Dacquay  Nord Est-Centre05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Alexandre Close  Belgium05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Mario Baroni  Italy05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Andrès Trobat  Spain05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Willy Kemp  Luxembourg05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Richard Van Genechten  Belgium05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jan Nolten  Holland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Remo Pianezzi  Switzerland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jängy Schmit  Luxembourg05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Roger Chupin  Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Giuseppe Mirando  Sud Est05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Vincent Vitetta  Sud Est05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Armand Audaire  Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Louis Caput  Île-de-France05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Alfred Tonello  Île-de-France05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jacques Vivier  Sud Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Antonio Gelabert  Spain05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Adrie Voorting  Holland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Marcel Huber  Switzerland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Otto Meili  Switzerland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Maurice Diot  Île-de-France05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Eugène Telotte  Île-de-France05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Lucien Lazarides  Sud Est05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Pierre Molineris  Sud Est05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Lucien Teisseire  France05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Robert Desbats  Sud Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Adri Suykerbuyk  Holland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  René Desmet  Belgium05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Francisco Masip  Spain05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Hugo Koblet  Switzerland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Martin Metzger  Switzerland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Marcel Dierkens  Luxembourg05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Emile Guerinel  Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Siro Bianchi  Sud Est05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Ahmed Kebaïli  Sud Est05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Gino Bartali  Italy05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Giovanni Corrieri  Italy05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Umberto Drei  Italy05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Adolfo Grosso  Italy05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Livio Isotti  Italy05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Giuseppe Minardi  Italy05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Carlo Lafranchi  Switzerland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Robert Vanderstockt  Belgium05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jean Diederich  Luxembourg05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jean Goldschmit  Luxembourg05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Edy Hein  Luxembourg05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jean Kirchen  Luxembourg05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jefke Janssen  Holland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Henk Steevens  Holland05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jean Gueguen  Île-de-France05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Claude Rouer  Île-de-France05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Jacques Labertonnière  Nord Est-Centre05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Bernard Quennehen  Nord Est-Centre05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Emile Baffert  Sud Est05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Rene Rotta  Sud Est05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Marcel Zelasco  Sud Est05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Norbert Esnault  Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Roger Pontet  Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Hubert Bastianelli  Sud Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Henri Paret  Sud Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Hervé Prouzet  Sud Ouest05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

26  Fiorenzo Magni  Italy05h 04' 50"+  00:09:50 =38,382  km/h

107  Bernard Bultel  Ouest05h 07' 00"+  00:12:00 =38,111  km/h

108  Adolphe Deledda  France05h 13' 57"+  00:18:57 =37,267  km/h

109  Jose Vidal Porcar  Spain05h 13' 57"+  00:18:57 =37,267  km/h

110  Dalmácio Langarica  Spain05h 13' 57"+  00:18:57 =37,267  km/h

111  Victorio Garcia  Spain05h 13' 57"+  00:18:57 =37,267  km/h

112  Jesus Loroño  Spain05h 13' 57"+  00:18:57 =37,267  km/h

113  José Gil Sole  Spain05h 13' 57"+  00:18:57 =37,267  km/h

114  François Chevalley  Switzerland05h 13' 57"+  00:18:57 =37,267  km/h

115  Louis Bares  Sud Ouest05h 13' 57"+  00:18:57 =37,267  km/h

116  Vicente Iturat  Spain05h 13' 57"+  00:18:57 =37,267  km/h

117  Bernard Gauthier  France05h 13' 57"+  00:18:57 =37,267  km/h


Withdrawls: 1
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12   Emilio Croci-Torti SwitzerlandExceeded time limit
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