Participated 4 times
Between 1925 and 1929
Charles Martinet, Switzerland
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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 3 on June 27th. 1959
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After stage 3:    Robert Cazala  
  Namur → Roubaix | Dist: 217.00km. | Winner: Robert Cazala

Podium
3  Muur van Geraardsbergen Eddy Pauwelsafter104.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  34,058 km./hr.

1
 Robert Cazala  France06h 11' 04"=35,088  km/h

2
 Jean-Claude Annaert  Paris-Nord Est06h 11' 04"=35,088  km/h

3
 Max Schellenberg  Switzerland-Germany06h 11' 04"=35,088  km/h

4  Fernand Picot  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 11' 04"=35,088  km/h

5  Jean Stablinski  France06h 11' 04"=35,088  km/h

6  Armand Desmet  Belgium06h 11' 04"=35,088  km/h

7  Antonio Baptista  Internations06h 11' 04"=35,088  km/h

8  Michel Vermeulin  Paris-Nord Est06h 11' 04"=35,088  km/h

9  Bernard Gauthier  Centre-Midi06h 11' 04"=35,088  km/h

10  Eddy Pauwels  Belgium06h 11' 04"=35,088  km/h

11  Michel Van Aerde  Belgium06h 21' 50"+  00:10:46 =34,099  km/h

12  Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium06h 21' 50"+  00:10:46 =34,099  km/h

13  Joseph Planckaert  Belgium06h 21' 50"+  00:10:46 =34,099  km/h

14  Michel Dejouhannet  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

15  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

16  André Darrigade  France06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

17  Jacques Anquetil  France06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

18  Dino Bruni  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

19  Otto Altweck  Switzerland-Germany06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

20  Gerrit Voorting  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

21  François Mahé  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

22  Piet van Est  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

23  Kamiel Buysse  Belgium06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

24  Raymond Mastrotto  France06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

25  Pierre Everaert  France06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

26  Louis Bisilliat  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

27  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Paris-Nord Est06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

28  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

29  Jean-Claude Lefebvre  Paris-Nord Est06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

30  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

31  Antonio Suarez  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

32  Henri Anglade  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

33  Seamus Elliott  Internations06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

34  Félix Le Buhotel  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

35  Jean Brankart  Belgium06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

36  Lothar Friedrich  Switzerland-Germany06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

37  Jean Forestier  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

38  Fernando Manzaneque  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

39  Marcel Rohrbach  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

40  Joseph Thomin  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

41  Brian Robinson  Internations06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

42  Roger Rivière  France06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

43  Louison Bobet  France06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

44  Michele Gismondi  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

45  Gerard Saint  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

46  Vito Favero  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

47  Settimo Sabbadini  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

48  Giuseppe Fallarini  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

49  Louis Bergaud  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

50  René Pavard  Paris-Nord Est06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

51  Ercole Baldini  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

52  Jean Gainche  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

53  Roberto Falaschi  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

54  Francis Pipelin  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

55  Jaap Kersten  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

56  Piet de Jongh  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

57  Waldemaro Bartolozzi  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

58  Rolf Graf  Switzerland-Germany06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

59  Jean Anastasi  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

60  Aldo Bolzan  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

61  Jacques Champion  Paris-Nord Est06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

62  Pierino Baffi  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

63  Bram Kool  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

64  Hans Hollenstein  Switzerland-Germany06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

65  Julio San Emeterio  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

66  Federico Bahamontes  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

67  Daniël de Groot  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

68  Aniceto Utset  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

69  José Herrero  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

70  Emmanuel Plattner  Switzerland-Germany06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

71  Carmelo Morales  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

72  Jean-Pierre Schmitz  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

73  Luis Otaño  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

74  Aurelio Cestari  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

75  René Marigil  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

76  Richard Durlacher  Internations06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

77  Nello Fabbri  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

78  Guillaume Van Tongerloo  Belgium06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

79  Raphaël Geminiani  France06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

80  Piet Damen  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

81  Edouard Delberghe  Paris-Nord Est06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

82  Manuel Busto  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

83  Frans Reitz  Switzerland-Germany06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

84  Joseph Groussard  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

85  Louis Rostollan  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

86  Mathias Löder  Switzerland-Germany06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

87  Charly Gaul  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

88  Marcel Ernzer  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

89  Juan Campillo  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

90  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

91  José Gomez del Moral  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

92  Martin van der Borgh  Holland-Luxembourg06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

93  Ernesto Bono  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

94  Arrigo Padovan  Italy06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

95  Adolf Christian  Internations06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

96  Valentin Huot  Centre-Midi06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

97  Jean Hoffmann  Paris-Nord Est06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

98  Arne Kjeld Jonsson  Internations06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

99  Wilfried Ommer  Switzerland-Germany06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

100  Marcel Janssens  Belgium06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

101  Jesús Galdeano  Spain06h 22' 08"+  00:11:04 =34,072  km/h

102  Jean Graczyk  France06h 23' 13"+  00:12:09 =33,976  km/h

103  José-Sousa Cardoso  Internations06h 23' 13"+  00:12:09 =33,976  km/h

104  Marcel Queheille  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 23' 13"+  00:12:09 =33,976  km/h

105  Roger Hassenforder  France06h 23' 59"+  00:12:55 =33,908  km/h

106  René Privat  France06h 23' 59"+  00:12:55 =33,908  km/h

107  Ernest Ecuyer  Switzerland-Germany06h 25' 02"+  00:13:58 =33,815  km/h

108  Max Bleneau  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 25' 02"+  00:13:58 =33,815  km/h

109  Jean Robic  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 15"+  00:14:11 =33,796  km/h

110  André Le Dissez  Paris-Nord Est06h 25' 15"+  00:14:11 =33,796  km/h

111  Orphée Meneghini  Paris-Nord Est06h 26' 24"+  00:15:20 =33,696  km/h

112  Stéphane Lach  Paris-Nord Est06h 26' 24"+  00:15:20 =33,696  km/h

113  Albert Bouvet  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 26' 24"+  00:15:20 =33,696  km/h

114  Victor Sutton  Internations06h 31' 37"+  00:20:33 =33,247  km/h

115  Attilio Moresi  Switzerland-Germany06h 38' 33"+  00:27:29 =32,668  km/h

116  Ernst Traxel  Switzerland-Germany06h 38' 33"+  00:27:29 =32,668  km/h

117  Tony Hewson  Internations06h 40' 36"+  00:29:32 =32,501  km/h

118  Tadeusz Wierucki  Internations06h 40' 36"+  00:29:32 =32,501  km/h

119  Bent Ole Retvig  Internations06h 40' 36"+  00:29:32 =32,501  km/h


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