Participated 2 times
Between 1953 and 1961
Vicente Iturat, Spain
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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 17 on July 23rd. 1956
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After stage 17:    Wout Wagtmans  
  Gap → Torino | Dist: 234.00km. | Winner: Nino Defilippis

Podium
1  Col de l'Izoard Valentin Huotafter91.00 km.

2  Col du Montgenèvre - Briancon Valentin Huotafter125.00 km.

1  Sestrieres Charly Gaulafter141.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  33,595 km./hr.

1
 Nino Defilippis  Italy06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

2
 Stan Ockers  Belgium06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

3
 Gilbert Bauvin  France06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

4  Gastone Nencini  Italy06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

5  Roger Walkowiak  Nord Est-Centre06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

6  Brian Robinson  Luxembourg06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

7  Alexandre Close  Belgium06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

8  Leo van Der Pluijm  Holland06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

9  Federico Bahamontes  Spain06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

10  Wout Wagtmans  Holland06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

11  René Privat  France06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

12  Jean Malléjac  France06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

13  Charly Gaul  Luxembourg06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

14  Jesus Loroño  Spain06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

15  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

16  Valentin Huot  Sud Ouest06h 42' 09"=34,912  km/h

17  Miguel Bover  Spain06h 49' 30"+  00:07:21 =34,286  km/h

18  Vincent Vitetta  Sud Est06h 49' 30"+  00:07:21 =34,286  km/h

19  Raymond Meyzenq  Sud Est06h 49' 30"+  00:07:21 =34,286  km/h

20  Nello Lauredi  Sud Est06h 49' 30"+  00:07:21 =34,286  km/h

21  Arrigo Padovan  Italy06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

22  Pietro Giudici  Italy06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

23  Max Schellenberg  Switzerland06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

24  Fernand Picot  Ouest06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

25  Angelo Conterno  Italy06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

26  Raphaël Geminiani  France06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

27  Daniël de Groot  Holland06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

28  Remo Pianezzi  Switzerland06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

29  Gerrit Voorting  Holland06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

30  Louis Rostollan  France06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

31  Bruno Monti  Italy06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

32  Joseph Thomin  Ouest06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

33  Pasquale Fornara  Italy06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

34  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

35  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Île-de-France06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

36  Mario Bertolo  Nord Est-Centre06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

37  Raymond Impanis  Belgium06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

38  Alves Barbosa  Luxembourg06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

39  Jan Nolten  Holland06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

40  Gilbert Desmet 1  Belgium06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

41  Agostino Coletto  Italy06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

42  Jean-Pierre Schmitz  Luxembourg06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

43  Nicolas Barone  Île-de-France06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

44  Jean Forestier  France06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

45  José Serra Gil  Spain06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

46  Joseph Morvan  Ouest06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

47  Louis Bergaud  France06h 52' 37"+  00:10:28 =34,027  km/h

48  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Sud Est06h 53' 54"+  00:11:45 =33,921  km/h

49  Jean Le Guilly  Île-de-France06h 55' 01"+  00:12:52 =33,830  km/h

50  Robert Gibanel  Sud Ouest06h 55' 01"+  00:12:52 =33,830  km/h

51  Marcel Janssens  Belgium06h 58' 17"+  00:16:08 =33,566  km/h

52  Maurice Quentin  Ouest06h 58' 17"+  00:16:08 =33,566  km/h

53  Jean Lerda  Sud Est06h 58' 17"+  00:16:08 =33,566  km/h

54  Alessandro Fantini  Italy07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

55  André Darrigade  France07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

56  Marcel Ernzer  Luxembourg07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

57  Nicolas Morn  Luxembourg07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

58  Marcel Guitard  Sud Ouest07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

59  Adolphe Deledda  Nord Est-Centre07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

60  Jean-Claude Grèt  Switzerland07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

61  Jean Brankart  Belgium07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

62  Francis Siguenza  Île-de-France07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

63  Pierre Scribante  Nord Est-Centre07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

64  Pierino Baffi  Italy07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

65  Roger Chaussabel  Sud Est07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

65  Pierre Barbotin  France07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

65  Giuseppe Mirando  Sud Est07h 02' 29"+  00:20:20 =33,232  km/h

68  René Marigil  Spain07h 05' 37"+  00:23:28 =32,987  km/h

69  Carmelo Morales  Spain07h 05' 37"+  00:23:28 =32,987  km/h

70  Bernardo Ruíz  Spain07h 05' 37"+  00:23:28 =32,987  km/h

71  Salvador Botella  Spain07h 05' 37"+  00:23:28 =32,987  km/h

72  Roger Hassenforder  Ouest07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

73  Werner Arnold  Switzerland07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

74  Claude Frei  Switzerland07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

75  Pierre Beuffeuil  Sud Ouest07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

76  Miguel Chacón  Spain07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

77  Willy Kemp  Luxembourg07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

78  Claude Le Ber  Ouest07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

79  Albert Dolhats  Sud Ouest07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

80  Maurice Lampre  Sud Ouest07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

81  Louis Caput  Ouest07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

82  Roger Chupin  Nord Est-Centre07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

83  Gilbert Scodeller  Nord Est-Centre07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

84  Jean-Claude Skerl  Île-de-France07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

85  Jacques Vivier  Sud Ouest07h 08' 05"+  00:25:56 =32,797  km/h

86  Camille Huyghe  Nord Est-Centre07h 16' 47"+  00:34:38 =32,144  km/h

87  Philippe Agut  Sud Ouest07h 16' 47"+  00:34:38 =32,144  km/h

88  Jef Lahaye  Holland07h 16' 47"+  00:34:38 =32,144  km/h

89  Aldo Bolzan  Luxembourg07h 16' 47"+  00:34:38 =32,144  km/h

90  Ernst Traxel  Switzerland07h 21' 13"+  00:39:04 =31,821  km/h

91  Richard Van Genechten  Belgium07h 21' 13"+  00:39:04 =31,821  km/h

92  Raymond Elena  Sud Est07h 21' 13"+  00:39:04 =31,821  km/h

93  Armand Audaire  Ouest07h 21' 13"+  00:39:04 =31,821  km/h

94  Alfred Tonello  Île-de-France07h 30' 41"+  00:48:32 =31,153  km/h


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1858 • Aimé Monin
1894 • Camille Nicou
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1902 • Aleardo Simoni
1903 • Jean-Gabriel Zenon
1926 • Isidoor De Ryck
1931 • Miguel Pacheco
1946 • Stéphane Abrahamian
1956 • Siegfried Hekimi
1957 • Peter Winnen
1958 • Marcel Russenberger
1958 • Patrick Versluys
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1989 • Joey Rosskopf

 

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