Participated 4 times
Between 1956 and 1959
Arrigo Padovan, 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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Stage 2 on July 4th. 1953
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After stage 2:    Fritz Schär  
  Metz → Liège | Dist: 227.00km. | Winner: Fritz Schär

Podium
3  Moulin du Roy Wout Wagtmansafter188.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  34,961 km./hr.

1
 Fritz Schär  Switzerland06h 20' 52"=35,761  km/h

2
 Wout Wagtmans  Holland06h 20' 54"+  00:00:02 =35,757  km/h

3
 Gino Bartali  Italy06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

4  Hugo Koblet  Switzerland06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

5  Fiorenzo Magni  Italy06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

6  Jean Robic  Ouest06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

7  Alexandre Close  Belgium06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

8  Giancarlo Astrua  Italy06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

9  Ugo Anzile  Nord Est-Centre06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

10  Louison Bobet  France06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

11  Vincenzo Rossello  Italy06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

12  Jacques Vivier  Sud Ouest06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

13  Gerrit Voorting  Holland06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

14  Wim van Est  Holland06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

15  Marcel Ernzer  Luxembourg06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

16  Gilbert Bauvin  Nord Est-Centre06h 21' 39"+  00:00:47 =35,687  km/h

17  Thijs Roks  Holland06h 22' 47"+  00:01:55 =35,581  km/h

18  Hilaire Couvreur  Belgium06h 22' 47"+  00:01:55 =35,581  km/h

19  Raymond Impanis  Belgium06h 23' 39"+  00:02:47 =35,501  km/h

20  Pierre Molineris  Sud Est06h 24' 27"+  00:03:35 =35,427  km/h

21  René Privat  Sud Est06h 25' 49"+  00:04:57 =35,302  km/h

22  Maurice Diot  Île-de-France06h 25' 56"+  00:05:04 =35,291  km/h

23  René Desmet  Belgium06h 25' 56"+  00:05:04 =35,291  km/h

24  Armand Audaire  Ouest06h 25' 56"+  00:05:04 =35,291  km/h

25  Jan Nolten  Holland06h 25' 56"+  00:05:04 =35,291  km/h

26  Giovanni Corrieri  Italy06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

27  Jean Forestier  Nord Est-Centre06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

28  Louis Caput  Île-de-France06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

29  Robert Desbats  Sud Ouest06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

30  Henri Paret  Sud Ouest06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

31  Antonin Rolland  France06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

32  Maurice Quentin  Île-de-France06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

33  Mario Baroni  Italy06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

34  Roger Chupin  Ouest06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

35  Settimo Sabbadini  Sud Ouest06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

36  Hein Van Breenen  Holland06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

37  Adri Suykerbuyk  Holland06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

38  Siro Bianchi  Sud Est06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

39  Guy Buchaille  Nord Est-Centre06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

40  Georges Meunier  Nord Est-Centre06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

41  Jean Le Guilly  France06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

42  Jacques Renaud  Île-de-France06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

43  Jefke Janssen  Holland06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

44  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

45  Remo Pianezzi  Switzerland06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

46  Marcel Huber  Switzerland06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

47  Lucien Teisseire  France06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

48  Giuseppe Mirando  Sud Est06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

49  Andrès Trobat  Spain06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

50  François Mahé  Ouest06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

51  Jean Malléjac  Ouest06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

52  Adolphe Deledda  France06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

53  Raphaël Geminiani  France06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

54  Roger Pontet  Ouest06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

55  Marcel Zelasco  Sud Est06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

56  Carlo Lafranchi  Switzerland06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

57  Charly Gaul  Luxembourg06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

58  Richard Van Genechten  Belgium06h 26' 07"+  00:05:15 =35,274  km/h

59  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium06h 27' 05"+  00:06:13 =35,186  km/h

60  Edy Hein  Luxembourg06h 27' 05"+  00:06:13 =35,186  km/h

61  Louis Bares  Sud Ouest06h 27' 05"+  00:06:13 =35,186  km/h

62  Vincent Vitetta  Sud Est06h 27' 13"+  00:06:21 =35,174  km/h

63  Robert Vanderstockt  Belgium06h 27' 13"+  00:06:21 =35,174  km/h

64  Attilio Redolfi  Île-de-France06h 29' 42"+  00:08:50 =34,950  km/h

65  José Serra Gil  Spain06h 29' 42"+  00:08:50 =34,950  km/h

66  Norbert Esnault  Ouest06h 29' 42"+  00:08:50 =34,950  km/h

67  Rene Rotta  Sud Est06h 29' 42"+  00:08:50 =34,950  km/h

68  Claude Colette  Sud Ouest06h 29' 42"+  00:08:50 =34,950  km/h

69  Hervé Prouzet  Sud Ouest06h 30' 39"+  00:09:47 =34,865  km/h

70  Stanislas Bober  Île-de-France06h 30' 39"+  00:09:47 =34,865  km/h

71  Dalmácio Langarica  Spain06h 30' 39"+  00:09:47 =34,865  km/h

72  Roger Hassenforder  Nord Est-Centre06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

73  Bernard Bultel  Ouest06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

74  Alfred Tonello  Île-de-France06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

75  Jean Dacquay  Nord Est-Centre06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

76  Jängy Schmit  Luxembourg06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

77  Roger Walkowiak  Nord Est-Centre06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

78  Lucien Lazarides  Sud Est06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

79  Jean Diederich  Luxembourg06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

80  Nello Lauredi  France06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

81  Jean Goldschmit  Luxembourg06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

82  Willy Kemp  Luxembourg06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

83  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium06h 31' 49"+  00:10:57 =34,761  km/h

84  Alois De Hertog  Belgium06h 32' 09"+  00:11:17 =34,732  km/h

85  Antonio Gelabert  Spain06h 33' 16"+  00:12:24 =34,633  km/h

86  Joseph Morvan  Ouest06h 34' 11"+  00:13:19 =34,552  km/h

87  Emile Baffert  Sud Est06h 34' 11"+  00:13:19 =34,552  km/h

88  Bernard Gauthier  France06h 34' 11"+  00:13:19 =34,552  km/h

89  Francisco Masip  Spain06h 34' 11"+  00:13:19 =34,552  km/h

90  Jesus Loroño  Spain06h 34' 24"+  00:13:32 =34,533  km/h

91  Vicente Iturat  Spain06h 34' 28"+  00:13:36 =34,528  km/h

92  Adrie Voorting  Holland06h 34' 56"+  00:14:04 =34,487  km/h

93  José Gil Sole  Spain06h 35' 45"+  00:14:53 =34,416  km/h

94  Eugène Telotte  Île-de-France06h 35' 45"+  00:14:53 =34,416  km/h

95  Jose Vidal Porcar  Spain06h 35' 45"+  00:14:53 =34,416  km/h

96  Jean Gueguen  Île-de-France06h 35' 45"+  00:14:53 =34,416  km/h

97  Jacques Labertonnière  Nord Est-Centre06h 35' 45"+  00:14:53 =34,416  km/h

98  Adolfo Grosso  Italy06h 35' 45"+  00:14:53 =34,416  km/h

99  Umberto Drei  Italy06h 35' 45"+  00:14:53 =34,416  km/h

100  Livio Isotti  Italy06h 35' 45"+  00:14:53 =34,416  km/h

101  Ahmed Kebaïli  Sud Est06h 35' 45"+  00:14:53 =34,416  km/h

102  Giuseppe Minardi  Italy06h 35' 45"+  00:14:53 =34,416  km/h

103  Martin Metzger  Switzerland06h 36' 24"+  00:15:32 =34,359  km/h

104  Jacques Dupont  Sud Ouest06h 37' 32"+  00:16:40 =34,261  km/h

105  Hubert Bastianelli  Sud Ouest06h 38' 56"+  00:18:04 =34,141  km/h

106  Henk Steevens  Holland06h 39' 48"+  00:18:56 =34,067  km/h

107  Emile Guerinel  Ouest06h 39' 51"+  00:18:59 =34,063  km/h

108  Jean Kirchen  Luxembourg06h 40' 37"+  00:19:45 =33,998  km/h

109  Claude Rouer  Île-de-France06h 41' 54"+  00:21:02 =33,889  km/h

110  André Darrigade  Sud Ouest06h 41' 54"+  00:21:02 =33,889  km/h

111  Marcel Dierkens  Luxembourg06h 41' 54"+  00:21:02 =33,889  km/h

112  Victorio Garcia  Spain06h 41' 57"+  00:21:05 =33,885  km/h

113  Bernard Quennehen  Nord Est-Centre06h 41' 57"+  00:21:05 =33,885  km/h

114  Max Schellenberg  Switzerland06h 46' 37"+  00:25:45 =33,496  km/h

115  Raoul Remy  France07h 01' 07"+  00:40:15 =32,343  km/h


Withdrawls: 3
 RiderTeamReason
63   Jean-Baptiste Dotto FranceDid not finish
11   François Chevalley SwitzerlandExceeded time limit
18   Otto Meili SwitzerlandExceeded time limit
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