Participated 6 times
Between 1978 and 1984
Lucien Didier, 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 1955
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Stage 8 on July 14th. 1955
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After stage 8:    Antonin Rolland  
  Thonon-les-Bains → Briançon | Dist: 253.00km. | Winner: Charly Gaul

Podium
2  Col de l'Aravis - Thônes Charly Gaulafter78.00 km.

2  Col du Télégraphe Charly Gaulafter197.00 km.

1  Col du Galibier Charly Gaulafter220.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  30,976 km./hr.

1
 Charly Gaul  Internations07h 42' 55"=32,792  km/h

2
 Ferdi Kubler  Switzerland07h 56' 42"+  00:13:47 =31,844  km/h

3
 Agostino Coletto  Italy07h 56' 42"+  00:13:47 =31,844  km/h

4  Louison Bobet  France07h 56' 42"+  00:13:47 =31,844  km/h

5  Antonio Gelabert  Spain07h 56' 42"+  00:13:47 =31,844  km/h

6  Vincent Vitetta  Sud Est07h 56' 42"+  00:13:47 =31,844  km/h

7  Pasquale Fornara  Italy07h 56' 42"+  00:13:47 =31,844  km/h

8  Jean Brankart  Belgium07h 56' 42"+  00:13:47 =31,844  km/h

31  François Mahé  France07h 56' 42"+  00:13:47 =31,844  km/h

9  Raphaël Geminiani  France07h 58' 41"+  00:15:46 =31,712  km/h

10  Antonin Rolland  France07h 58' 41"+  00:15:46 =31,712  km/h

11  Maurice Quentin  Ouest07h 58' 41"+  00:15:46 =31,712  km/h

12  Jan Nolten  Holland07h 59' 45"+  00:16:50 =31,641  km/h

13  Miguel Poblet  Spain07h 59' 49"+  00:16:54 =31,637  km/h

14  Gilbert Bauvin  Nord Est-Centre07h 59' 53"+  00:16:58 =31,633  km/h

15  Jean Robic  Ouest07h 59' 57"+  00:17:02 =31,628  km/h

16  Wout Wagtmans  Holland07h 59' 57"+  00:17:02 =31,628  km/h

17  Carlo Clerici  Switzerland08h 00' 20"+  00:17:25 =31,603  km/h

18  Stan Ockers  Belgium08h 00' 33"+  00:17:38 =31,589  km/h

19  Bruno Monti  Italy08h 00' 33"+  00:17:38 =31,589  km/h

20  Lucien Teisseire  Sud Est08h 00' 33"+  00:17:38 =31,589  km/h

21  Richard Van Genechten  Belgium08h 00' 37"+  00:17:42 =31,584  km/h

22  Jean Malléjac  France08h 00' 43"+  00:17:48 =31,578  km/h

23  Gabriel Company  Spain08h 01' 11"+  00:18:16 =31,547  km/h

24  Alexandre Close  Belgium08h 01' 14"+  00:18:19 =31,544  km/h

25  Willy Kemp  Internations08h 01' 34"+  00:18:39 =31,522  km/h

26  Giancarlo Astrua  Italy08h 02' 12"+  00:19:17 =31,481  km/h

27  Pietro Giudici  Italy08h 02' 12"+  00:19:17 =31,481  km/h

28  Louis Bergaud  Sud Ouest08h 03' 51"+  00:20:56 =31,373  km/h

29  Roger Walkowiak  Nord Est-Centre08h 03' 51"+  00:20:56 =31,373  km/h

30  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  France08h 03' 51"+  00:20:56 =31,373  km/h

32  Hein Van Breenen  Holland08h 04' 05"+  00:21:10 =31,358  km/h

33  Philippe Agut  Sud Ouest08h 05' 39"+  00:22:44 =31,257  km/h

34  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium08h 05' 39"+  00:22:44 =31,257  km/h

35  Jean Bobet  France08h 05' 39"+  00:22:44 =31,257  km/h

36  Luciano Pezzi  Italy08h 05' 39"+  00:22:44 =31,257  km/h

37  Hans Hollenstein  Switzerland08h 05' 39"+  00:22:44 =31,257  km/h

38  Wim van Est  Holland08h 06' 31"+  00:23:36 =31,201  km/h

39  Raymond Impanis  Belgium08h 06' 31"+  00:23:36 =31,201  km/h

40  Adolphe Deledda  Sud Est08h 06' 31"+  00:23:36 =31,201  km/h

41  Francisco Alomar  Spain08h 06' 31"+  00:23:36 =31,201  km/h

42  Armand Di Caro  Sud Est08h 07' 08"+  00:24:13 =31,162  km/h

43  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium08h 07' 08"+  00:24:13 =31,162  km/h

44  Ugo Anzile  Nord Est-Centre08h 07' 10"+  00:24:15 =31,160  km/h

45  Nello Lauredi  Sud Est08h 07' 10"+  00:24:15 =31,160  km/h

46  Jean-Apotre Lazarides  Sud Est08h 07' 20"+  00:24:25 =31,149  km/h

47  Jacky Bovay  Switzerland08h 07' 26"+  00:24:31 =31,143  km/h

48  Marcel Huber  Switzerland08h 07' 45"+  00:24:50 =31,123  km/h

49  Roger Buchonnet  Nord Est-Centre08h 07' 45"+  00:24:50 =31,123  km/h

50  André Darrigade  France08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

51  Lucien Lazarides  Sud Est08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

52  Kurt Schneider  Internations08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

53  Jesus Loroño  Spain08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

54  Danilo Barozzi  Italy08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

55  Carmelo Morales  Spain08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

56  Brian Robinson  Great Britain08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

57  Bernardo Ruíz  Spain08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

58  Salvador Botella  Spain08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

59  Russel Mockridge  Internations08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

60  André Dupré  Sud Ouest08h 08' 49"+  00:25:54 =31,055  km/h

61  Alessandro Fantini  Italy08h 11' 10"+  00:28:15 =30,906  km/h

62  Claude Colette  Ouest08h 11' 10"+  00:28:15 =30,906  km/h

63  Ken Mitchell  Great Britain08h 11' 10"+  00:28:15 =30,906  km/h

64  Jean-Marie Cieliczka  Nord Est-Centre08h 11' 14"+  00:28:19 =30,902  km/h

65  Fred Krebs  Great Britain08h 11' 25"+  00:28:30 =30,890  km/h

66  Georges Gay  Sud Ouest08h 12' 33"+  00:29:38 =30,819  km/h

67  Francis Siguenza  Île-de-France08h 12' 33"+  00:29:38 =30,819  km/h

68  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Île-de-France08h 13' 31"+  00:30:36 =30,759  km/h

69  José Mateo  Spain08h 13' 37"+  00:30:42 =30,753  km/h

70  Fernand Picot  Ouest08h 14' 04"+  00:31:09 =30,725  km/h

71  Pierre Ruby  Ouest08h 14' 25"+  00:31:30 =30,703  km/h

72  Jean Dacquay  Île-de-France08h 15' 17"+  00:32:22 =30,649  km/h

73  Henri Sitek  Ouest08h 15' 17"+  00:32:22 =30,649  km/h

74  Rino Benedetti  Italy08h 15' 17"+  00:32:22 =30,649  km/h

75  Rik Van Steenbergen  Belgium08h 15' 17"+  00:32:22 =30,649  km/h

76  Bernard Bultel  Ouest08h 15' 17"+  00:32:22 =30,649  km/h

77  Bernard Gauthier  France08h 15' 17"+  00:32:22 =30,649  km/h

78  Jean Forestier  France08h 15' 17"+  00:32:22 =30,649  km/h

79  Louis Caput  Île-de-France08h 15' 17"+  00:32:22 =30,649  km/h

80  Raymond Reisser  Nord Est-Centre08h 17' 52"+  00:34:57 =30,490  km/h

81  Gilbert Scodeller  Nord Est-Centre08h 18' 04"+  00:35:09 =30,478  km/h

82  Günther Pankoke  Internations08h 18' 04"+  00:35:09 =30,478  km/h

83  Maurice Lampre  Sud Ouest08h 18' 09"+  00:35:14 =30,473  km/h

84  Eugène Telotte  Île-de-France08h 18' 26"+  00:35:31 =30,455  km/h

85  Emilio Croci-Torti  Switzerland08h 18' 26"+  00:35:31 =30,455  km/h

86  Ernst Rudolf  Switzerland08h 18' 26"+  00:35:31 =30,455  km/h

87  René Genin  Sud Est08h 18' 43"+  00:35:48 =30,438  km/h

88  Max Cohen  Nord Est-Centre08h 20' 18"+  00:37:23 =30,342  km/h

89  Jean Stablinski  Nord Est-Centre08h 20' 18"+  00:37:23 =30,342  km/h

90  Daniël de Groot  Holland08h 20' 20"+  00:37:25 =30,340  km/h

91  Jos Hinsen  Holland08h 20' 20"+  00:37:25 =30,340  km/h

92  Bob Maitland  Great Britain08h 22' 20"+  00:39:25 =30,219  km/h

93  Max Schellenberg  Switzerland08h 22' 56"+  00:40:01 =30,183  km/h

94  Otto Meili  Switzerland08h 22' 56"+  00:40:01 =30,183  km/h

95  Dominique Forlini  Île-de-France08h 24' 16"+  00:41:21 =30,103  km/h

96  Nicolas Barone  Île-de-France08h 24' 16"+  00:41:21 =30,103  km/h

97  Tony Hoar  Great Britain08h 29' 29"+  00:46:34 =29,795  km/h

98  Adrie Voorting  Holland08h 48' 05"+  01:05:10 =28,745  km/h

99  Wies van Dongen sr.  Holland08h 48' 05"+  01:05:10 =28,745  km/h

100  Piet Haan  Holland08h 48' 05"+  01:05:10 =28,745  km/h

101  Rolf Graf  Switzerland08h 48' 42"+  01:05:47 =28,712  km/h


Withdrawls: 7
 RiderTeamReason
18   Edgard Sorgeloos BelgiumDid not finish
39   Ian Steel Great BritainDid not finish
49   Gerrit Voorting HollandDid not finish
90   Isaac Vitré Île-de-FranceDid not finish
96   Roger Hassenforder Nord Est-CentreDid not finish
110   Robert Varnajo OuestDid not finish
118   Raoul Remy Sud EstDid not finish
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