Participated 10 times
Between 1927 and 1938
Antonin Magne, France
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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 3 on July 7th. 1956
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After stage 3:    Gilbert Desmet 1  
  Lille → Rouen | Dist: 225.00km. | Winner: Arrigo Padovan

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  33,048 km./hr.

1
 Arrigo Padovan  Italy06h 34' 31"=34,219  km/h

2
 Gilbert Desmet 1  Belgium06h 34' 31"=34,219  km/h

3
 Claude Le Ber  Ouest06h 34' 31"=34,219  km/h

4  François Mahé  France06h 34' 31"=34,219  km/h

5  Roger Chaussabel  Sud Est06h 34' 41"+  00:00:10 =34,205  km/h

6  Leo van Der Pluijm  Holland06h 34' 41"+  00:00:10 =34,205  km/h

7  Claude Frei  Switzerland06h 34' 41"+  00:00:10 =34,205  km/h

8  Alves Barbosa  Luxembourg06h 34' 51"+  00:00:20 =34,190  km/h

9  Camille Huyghe  Nord Est-Centre06h 35' 56"+  00:01:25 =34,097  km/h

10  Fernand Picot  Ouest06h 49' 25"+  00:14:54 =32,974  km/h

11  Pierre Beuffeuil  Sud Ouest06h 49' 25"+  00:14:54 =32,974  km/h

12  Roger Chupin  Nord Est-Centre06h 49' 25"+  00:14:54 =32,974  km/h

13  Stan Ockers  Belgium06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

14  Gilbert Bauvin  France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

15  Armand Audaire  Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

16  Joseph Thomin  Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

17  Daniël de Groot  Holland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

18  Louis Rostollan  France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

19  Gerrit Voorting  Holland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

20  Bruno Monti  Italy06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

21  Roger Hassenforder  Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

22  Nello Lauredi  Sud Est06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

23  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

24  Wout Wagtmans  Holland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

25  Michel Stolker  Holland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

26  Marcel Guitard  Sud Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

27  Nicolas Barone  Île-de-France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

28  Eugène Letendre  Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

29  Mario Bertolo  Nord Est-Centre06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

30  Marcel Ernzer  Luxembourg06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

31  Miguel Poblet  Spain06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

32  Albert Dolhats  Sud Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

33  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

34  Fritz Schär  Switzerland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

35  Richard Van Genechten  Belgium06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

36  André Darrigade  France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

37  Pierre Scribante  Nord Est-Centre06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

38  Alfred Tonello  Île-de-France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

39  Alessandro Fantini  Italy06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

40  Maurice Lampre  Sud Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

41  Angelo Conterno  Italy06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

42  Salvador Botella  Spain06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

43  André Vlayen  Belgium06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

44  Jean Forestier  France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

45  Piet Van De Brekel  Holland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

46  Vincent Vitetta  Sud Est06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

47  Jean-Claude Skerl  Île-de-France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

48  Aldo Bolzan  Luxembourg06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

49  Jean Brankart  Belgium06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

50  Gastone Nencini  Italy06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

51  Francis Siguenza  Île-de-France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

52  Pietro Giudici  Italy06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

53  Georges Gay  Sud Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

54  Wies van Dongen sr.  Holland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

55  Seamus Elliott  Île-de-France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

56  Pasquale Fornara  Italy06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

57  Jean Malléjac  France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

58  Pierre Pardoën  Nord Est-Centre06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

59  Louis Caput  Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

60  Raymond Impanis  Belgium06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

61  Nino Defilippis  Italy06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

62  Maurice Quentin  Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

63  Werner Arnold  Switzerland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

64  Federico Bahamontes  Spain06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

65  Raphaël Geminiani  France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

66  Max Schellenberg  Switzerland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

67  Jacky Bovay  Switzerland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

68  Alexandre Close  Belgium06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

69  Robert Gibanel  Sud Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

70  Carmelo Morales  Spain06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

71  Ernst Traxel  Switzerland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

72  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Île-de-France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

73  Agostino Coletto  Italy06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

74  Marcel Janssens  Belgium06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

75  Settimo Sabbadini  Sud Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

76  Pierre Barbotin  France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

77  Louis Bergaud  France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

78  Remo Pianezzi  Switzerland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

79  Jef Lahaye  Holland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

80  Brian Robinson  Luxembourg06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

81  Jängy Schmit  Luxembourg06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

82  Jos Hinsen  Holland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

83  Charly Gaul  Luxembourg06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

84  Raymond Elena  Sud Est06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

85  Roger Walkowiak  Nord Est-Centre06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

86  Willy Kemp  Luxembourg06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

87  Joseph Morvan  Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

88  Miguel Bover  Spain06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

89  Bernardo Ruíz  Spain06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

90  Jan Nolten  Holland06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

91  Ugo Anzile  Nord Est-Centre06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

92  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Sud Est06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

93  Giuseppe Mirando  Sud Est06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

94  Raymond Reisser  Nord Est-Centre06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

95  Nicolas Morn  Luxembourg06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

96  René Privat  France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

97  Jean Lerda  Sud Est06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

98  José Serra Gil  Spain06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

99  Jean-Pierre Schmitz  Luxembourg06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

100  Pierino Baffi  Italy06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

101  Jesus Loroño  Spain06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

102  Philippe Agut  Sud Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

103  Adolphe Deledda  Nord Est-Centre06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

104  José Gil Sole  Sud Est06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

105  Stanislas Bober  Île-de-France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

106  Arthur Bihannic  Ouest06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

107  Gilbert Scodeller  Nord Est-Centre06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

108  René Marigil  Spain06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

109  Jean Le Guilly  Île-de-France06h 49' 37"+  00:15:06 =32,958  km/h

110  Jean-Claude Grèt  Switzerland06h 50' 28"+  00:15:57 =32,889  km/h

111  Miguel Chacón  Spain06h 50' 44"+  00:16:13 =32,868  km/h

112  Raymond Meyzenq  Sud Est06h 52' 01"+  00:17:30 =32,766  km/h

113  Valentin Huot  Sud Ouest06h 52' 19"+  00:17:48 =32,742  km/h


Withdrawls: 2
 RiderTeamReason
104   René Fournier Île-de-FranceDid not finish
120   Jacques Vivier Sud OuestDid not finish
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