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Marcel Lequatre, Switzerland
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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 1956
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Stage 2 on July 6th. 1956
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After stage 2:    André Darrigade  
  Liège → Lille | Dist: 217.00km. | Winner: Fred De Bruyne

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  32,440 km./hr.

1
 Fred De Bruyne  Belgium06h 35' 31"=32,919  km/h

2
 Pierre Pardoën  Nord Est-Centre06h 35' 31"=32,919  km/h

3
 Jean Malléjac  France06h 35' 31"=32,919  km/h

4  Jean-Pierre Schmitz  Luxembourg06h 35' 31"=32,919  km/h

5  Louis Caput  Ouest06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

6  Roger Hassenforder  Ouest06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

7  Louis Rostollan  France06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

8  Nicolas Barone  Île-de-France06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

9  Gilbert Scodeller  Nord Est-Centre06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

10  Bruno Monti  Italy06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

11  Camille Huyghe  Nord Est-Centre06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

12  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Île-de-France06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

13  Marcel Ernzer  Luxembourg06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

14  Angelo Conterno  Italy06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

15  Gilbert Desmet 1  Belgium06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

16  Stanislas Bober  Île-de-France06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

17  Armand Audaire  Ouest06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

18  Nello Lauredi  Sud Est06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

19  Mario Bertolo  Nord Est-Centre06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

20  André Darrigade  France06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

21  François Mahé  France06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

22  Alfred Tonello  Île-de-France06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

23  Jean Forestier  France06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

24  Raymond Impanis  Belgium06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

25  Vincent Vitetta  Sud Est06h 36' 20"+  00:00:49 =32,851  km/h

26  Gilbert Bauvin  France06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

27  Fernand Picot  Ouest06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

28  Jean-Claude Grèt  Switzerland06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

29  Stan Ockers  Belgium06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

30  Francis Siguenza  Île-de-France06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

31  Daniël de Groot  Holland06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

32  Alexandre Close  Belgium06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

33  Richard Van Genechten  Belgium06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

34  Nino Defilippis  Italy06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

35  Joseph Thomin  Ouest06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

36  Jean Brankart  Belgium06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

37  Aldo Bolzan  Luxembourg06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

38  Wout Wagtmans  Holland06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

39  Maurice Quentin  Ouest06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

40  Gerrit Voorting  Holland06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

41  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

42  Nicolas Morn  Luxembourg06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

43  Pasquale Fornara  Italy06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

44  Pierre Beuffeuil  Sud Ouest06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

45  Agostino Coletto  Italy06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

46  Pietro Giudici  Italy06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

47  Pierino Baffi  Italy06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

48  Charly Gaul  Luxembourg06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

49  Arrigo Padovan  Italy06h 36' 44"+  00:01:13 =32,818  km/h

50  Alessandro Fantini  Italy06h 37' 44"+  00:02:13 =32,736  km/h

51  Salvador Botella  Spain06h 37' 44"+  00:02:13 =32,736  km/h

52  Roger Chupin  Nord Est-Centre06h 38' 16"+  00:02:45 =32,692  km/h

53  Raymond Elena  Sud Est06h 38' 16"+  00:02:45 =32,692  km/h

54  Fritz Schär  Switzerland06h 38' 16"+  00:02:45 =32,692  km/h

55  Brian Robinson  Luxembourg06h 38' 16"+  00:02:45 =32,692  km/h

56  Roger Walkowiak  Nord Est-Centre06h 38' 16"+  00:02:45 =32,692  km/h

57  Georges Gay  Sud Ouest06h 39' 11"+  00:03:40 =32,617  km/h

58  Eugène Letendre  Ouest06h 39' 11"+  00:03:40 =32,617  km/h

59  Raymond Reisser  Nord Est-Centre06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

60  Miguel Poblet  Spain06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

61  Raphaël Geminiani  France06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

62  Jos Hinsen  Holland06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

63  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Sud Est06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

64  Roger Chaussabel  Sud Est06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

65  Philippe Agut  Sud Ouest06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

66  René Privat  France06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

67  Pierre Barbotin  France06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

68  Carmelo Morales  Spain06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

69  Federico Bahamontes  Spain06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

70  Joseph Morvan  Ouest06h 39' 14"+  00:03:43 =32,613  km/h

71  André Vlayen  Belgium06h 39' 44"+  00:04:13 =32,572  km/h

72  Settimo Sabbadini  Sud Ouest06h 40' 35"+  00:05:04 =32,503  km/h

73  Willy Kemp  Luxembourg06h 40' 35"+  00:05:04 =32,503  km/h

74  Pierre Scribante  Nord Est-Centre06h 40' 35"+  00:05:04 =32,503  km/h

75  Marcel Janssens  Belgium06h 40' 35"+  00:05:04 =32,503  km/h

76  Jean-Claude Skerl  Île-de-France06h 41' 46"+  00:06:15 =32,407  km/h

77  Marcel Guitard  Sud Ouest06h 41' 46"+  00:06:15 =32,407  km/h

78  Jan Nolten  Holland06h 41' 46"+  00:06:15 =32,407  km/h

79  Piet Van De Brekel  Holland06h 42' 12"+  00:06:41 =32,372  km/h

80  Wies van Dongen sr.  Holland06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

81  Jef Lahaye  Holland06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

82  Claude Le Ber  Ouest06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

83  Leo van Der Pluijm  Holland06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

84  Adolphe Deledda  Nord Est-Centre06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

85  Seamus Elliott  Île-de-France06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

86  Michel Stolker  Holland06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

87  Gastone Nencini  Italy06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

88  José Serra Gil  Spain06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

89  Ernst Traxel  Switzerland06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

90  Remo Pianezzi  Switzerland06h 42' 59"+  00:07:28 =32,309  km/h

91  Jean Le Guilly  Île-de-France06h 45' 49"+  00:10:18 =32,083  km/h

92  Albert Dolhats  Sud Ouest06h 45' 50"+  00:10:19 =32,082  km/h

93  René Marigil  Spain06h 45' 50"+  00:10:19 =32,082  km/h

94  René Fournier  Île-de-France06h 47' 54"+  00:12:23 =31,920  km/h

95  Alves Barbosa  Luxembourg06h 48' 13"+  00:12:42 =31,895  km/h

96  Louis Bergaud  France06h 49' 02"+  00:13:31 =31,831  km/h

97  Giuseppe Mirando  Sud Est06h 49' 02"+  00:13:31 =31,831  km/h

98  Claude Frei  Switzerland06h 49' 16"+  00:13:45 =31,813  km/h

99  Werner Arnold  Switzerland06h 49' 19"+  00:13:48 =31,809  km/h

100  Bernardo Ruíz  Spain06h 49' 19"+  00:13:48 =31,809  km/h

101  Miguel Chacón  Spain06h 49' 19"+  00:13:48 =31,809  km/h

102  Miguel Bover  Spain06h 49' 19"+  00:13:48 =31,809  km/h

103  Max Schellenberg  Switzerland06h 49' 19"+  00:13:48 =31,809  km/h

104  Jesus Loroño  Spain06h 49' 19"+  00:13:48 =31,809  km/h

105  Jängy Schmit  Luxembourg06h 51' 04"+  00:15:33 =31,674  km/h

106  Valentin Huot  Sud Ouest06h 51' 04"+  00:15:33 =31,674  km/h

107  Jean Lerda  Sud Est06h 55' 54"+  00:20:23 =31,306  km/h

108  Ugo Anzile  Nord Est-Centre06h 55' 54"+  00:20:23 =31,306  km/h

109  Maurice Lampre  Sud Ouest06h 55' 54"+  00:20:23 =31,306  km/h

110  Arthur Bihannic  Ouest06h 55' 54"+  00:20:23 =31,306  km/h

111  José Gil Sole  Sud Est06h 55' 54"+  00:20:23 =31,306  km/h

112  Robert Gibanel  Sud Ouest06h 55' 54"+  00:20:23 =31,306  km/h

113  Jacky Bovay  Switzerland06h 55' 54"+  00:20:23 =31,306  km/h

114  Jacques Vivier  Sud Ouest07h 06' 23"+  00:30:52 =30,536  km/h

115  Raymond Meyzenq  Sud Est07h 14' 07"+  00:38:36 =29,992  km/h


Withdrawls: 3
 RiderTeamReason
55   Hans Hollenstein SwitzerlandDid not finish
56   Fausto Lurati SwitzerlandDid not finish
65   Edmond Jacobs LuxembourgExceeded time limit
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