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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 1959
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Stage 2 on June 26th. 1959
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After stage 2:    André Darrigade  
  Metz → Namur | Dist: 240.00km. | Winner: Vito Favero

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  37,123 km./hr.

1
 Vito Favero  Italy06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

2
 Jean Gainche  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

3
 Michel Dejouhannet  Centre-Midi06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

4  Roger Rivière  France06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

5  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

6  Brian Robinson  Internations06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

7  Jacques Anquetil  France06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

8  Ercole Baldini  Italy06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

9  Federico Bahamontes  Spain06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

10  Seamus Elliott  Internations06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

11  Frans Reitz  Switzerland-Germany06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

12  Joseph Thomin  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

13  Louison Bobet  France06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

14  Charly Gaul  Holland-Luxembourg06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

15  Marcel Ernzer  Holland-Luxembourg06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

16  René Pavard  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

17  François Mahé  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

18  Michel Vermeulin  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

19  Antonio Suarez  Spain06h 25' 02"=37,399  km/h

20  André Darrigade  France06h 25' 15"+  00:00:13 =37,378  km/h

21  Jean Graczyk  France06h 25' 16"+  00:00:14 =37,377  km/h

22  Jean Robic  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 16"+  00:00:14 =37,377  km/h

23  Daniël de Groot  Holland-Luxembourg06h 25' 16"+  00:00:14 =37,377  km/h

24  Nello Fabbri  Italy06h 25' 16"+  00:00:14 =37,377  km/h

25  Max Schellenberg  Switzerland-Germany06h 25' 16"+  00:00:14 =37,377  km/h

26  Fernand Picot  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 16"+  00:00:14 =37,377  km/h

27  Bernard Gauthier  Centre-Midi06h 25' 16"+  00:00:14 =37,377  km/h

28  Juan Campillo  Spain06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

29  Marcel Rohrbach  Centre-Midi06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

30  Gerard Saint  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

31  Lothar Friedrich  Switzerland-Germany06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

32  Settimo Sabbadini  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

33  Aldo Bolzan  Holland-Luxembourg06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

34  Michele Gismondi  Italy06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

35  Guillaume Van Tongerloo  Belgium06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

36  Michel Van Aerde  Belgium06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

37  Piet Damen  Holland-Luxembourg06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

38  Jean Forestier  Centre-Midi06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

39  Julio San Emeterio  Spain06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

40  Waldemaro Bartolozzi  Italy06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

41  Armand Desmet  Belgium06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

42  Carmelo Morales  Spain06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

43  Henri Anglade  Centre-Midi06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

44  Joseph Groussard  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

45  Raymond Mastrotto  France06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

46  Joseph Planckaert  Belgium06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

47  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

48  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

49  Félix Le Buhotel  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

50  Louis Bergaud  Centre-Midi06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

51  Marcel Janssens  Belgium06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

52  Rolf Graf  Switzerland-Germany06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

53  Piet van Est  Holland-Luxembourg06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

54  José-Sousa Cardoso  Internations06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

55  Raphaël Geminiani  France06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

56  Victor Sutton  Internations06h 25' 21"+  00:00:19 =37,369  km/h

57  Jean Anastasi  Centre-Midi06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

58  Eddy Pauwels  Belgium06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

59  Jesús Galdeano  Spain06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

60  Stéphane Lach  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

61  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Centre-Midi06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

62  Pierre Everaert  France06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

63  Roberto Falaschi  Italy06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

64  Kamiel Buysse  Belgium06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

65  Luis Otaño  Spain06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

66  Robert Cazala  France06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

67  Fernando Manzaneque  Spain06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

68  Richard Durlacher  Internations06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

69  Orphée Meneghini  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

70  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

71  José Herrero  Spain06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

72  Aniceto Utset  Spain06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

73  Martin van der Borgh  Holland-Luxembourg06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

74  André Le Dissez  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

75  Edouard Delberghe  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

76  Pierino Baffi  Italy06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

77  Aurelio Cestari  Italy06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

78  José Gomez del Moral  Spain06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

79  Piet de Jongh  Holland-Luxembourg06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

80  Francis Pipelin  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

81  René Marigil  Spain06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

82  Jean-Claude Annaert  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 35"+  00:00:33 =37,346  km/h

83  Roger Hassenforder  France06h 25' 48"+  00:00:46 =37,325  km/h

84  Bram Kool  Holland-Luxembourg06h 25' 48"+  00:00:46 =37,325  km/h

85  Jean-Claude Lefebvre  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 48"+  00:00:46 =37,325  km/h

86  Arrigo Padovan  Italy06h 25' 48"+  00:00:46 =37,325  km/h

87  Jean Stablinski  France06h 25' 48"+  00:00:46 =37,325  km/h

88  Giuseppe Fallarini  Italy06h 25' 48"+  00:00:46 =37,325  km/h

89  René Privat  France06h 25' 48"+  00:00:46 =37,325  km/h

90  Jaap Kersten  Holland-Luxembourg06h 25' 48"+  00:00:46 =37,325  km/h

91  Max Bleneau  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 48"+  00:00:46 =37,325  km/h

92  Ernst Traxel  Switzerland-Germany06h 26' 04"+  00:01:02 =37,299  km/h

93  Jean Brankart  Belgium06h 26' 11"+  00:01:09 =37,288  km/h

94  Marcel Queheille  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 26' 13"+  00:01:11 =37,285  km/h

95  Jean Hoffmann  Paris-Nord Est06h 26' 17"+  00:01:15 =37,278  km/h

96  Ernesto Bono  Italy06h 26' 17"+  00:01:15 =37,278  km/h

97  Gerrit Voorting  Holland-Luxembourg06h 26' 17"+  00:01:15 =37,278  km/h

98  Tadeusz Wierucki  Internations06h 26' 25"+  00:01:23 =37,265  km/h

99  Louis Rostollan  Centre-Midi06h 26' 25"+  00:01:23 =37,265  km/h

100  Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium06h 26' 25"+  00:01:23 =37,265  km/h

101  Albert Bouvet  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 26' 25"+  00:01:23 =37,265  km/h

102  Adolf Christian  Internations06h 26' 25"+  00:01:23 =37,265  km/h

103  Jacques Champion  Paris-Nord Est06h 36' 38"+  00:11:36 =36,306  km/h

104  Jean-Pierre Schmitz  Holland-Luxembourg06h 36' 38"+  00:11:36 =36,306  km/h

105  Antonio Baptista  Internations06h 36' 47"+  00:11:45 =36,292  km/h

106  Tony Hewson  Internations06h 36' 52"+  00:11:50 =36,284  km/h

107  Arne Kjeld Jonsson  Internations06h 37' 03"+  00:12:01 =36,267  km/h

108  Emmanuel Plattner  Switzerland-Germany06h 38' 03"+  00:13:01 =36,176  km/h

109  Manuel Busto  Centre-Midi06h 43' 07"+  00:18:05 =35,722  km/h

110  Dino Bruni  Italy06h 43' 11"+  00:18:09 =35,716  km/h

111  Valentin Huot  Centre-Midi06h 43' 11"+  00:18:09 =35,716  km/h

112  Wilfried Ommer  Switzerland-Germany06h 43' 13"+  00:18:11 =35,713  km/h

113  Otto Altweck  Switzerland-Germany06h 43' 23"+  00:18:21 =35,698  km/h

114  Mathias Löder  Switzerland-Germany06h 43' 33"+  00:18:31 =35,683  km/h

115  Attilio Moresi  Switzerland-Germany06h 44' 07"+  00:19:05 =35,633  km/h

116  Louis Bisilliat  Centre-Midi06h 44' 10"+  00:19:08 =35,629  km/h

117  Bent Ole Retvig  Internations06h 44' 12"+  00:19:10 =35,626  km/h

118  John Andrews  Internations06h 44' 29"+  00:19:27 =35,601  km/h

119  Hans Hollenstein  Switzerland-Germany06h 44' 56"+  00:19:54 =35,561  km/h

120  Ernest Ecuyer  Switzerland-Germany06h 44' 58"+  00:19:56 =35,558  km/h


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