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Claude Magni, France
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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 5 on June 29th. 1959
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After stage 5:    Robert Cazala  
  Rouen → Rennes | Dist: 286.00km. | Winner: Jean Graczyk

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  35,070 km./hr.

1
 Jean Graczyk  France08h 06' 36"=35,265  km/h

2
 André Darrigade  France08h 06' 36"=35,265  km/h

3
 Vito Favero  Italy08h 06' 36"=35,265  km/h

4  Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium08h 06' 36"=35,265  km/h

5  Pierino Baffi  Italy08h 06' 36"=35,265  km/h

6  Piet de Jongh  Holland-Luxembourg08h 06' 36"=35,265  km/h

7  Francis Pipelin  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 06' 36"=35,265  km/h

8  Jesús Galdeano  Spain08h 06' 36"=35,265  km/h

9  René Privat  France08h 06' 36"=35,265  km/h

10  Pierre Everaert  France08h 06' 36"=35,265  km/h

11  Dino Bruni  Italy08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

12  Michel Van Aerde  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

13  Otto Altweck  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

14  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

15  Jacques Anquetil  France08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

16  Nello Fabbri  Italy08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

17  Joseph Groussard  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

18  Fernand Picot  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

19  Michel Dejouhannet  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

20  Max Schellenberg  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

21  Félix Le Buhotel  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

22  Jean Brankart  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

23  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

24  Antonio Suarez  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

25  Jean Gainche  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

26  Piet van Est  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

27  Gerard Saint  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

28  Max Bleneau  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

29  Jean Robic  Paris-Nord Est08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

30  Martin van der Borgh  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

31  Brian Robinson  Internations08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

32  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Paris-Nord Est08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

33  Victor Sutton  Internations08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

34  Eddy Pauwels  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

35  Seamus Elliott  Internations08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

36  Adolf Christian  Internations08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

37  Joseph Thomin  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

38  Bram Kool  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

39  Guillaume Van Tongerloo  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

40  François Mahé  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

41  Jean-Claude Lefebvre  Paris-Nord Est08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

42  Aurelio Cestari  Italy08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

43  Michele Gismondi  Italy08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

44  José-Sousa Cardoso  Internations08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

45  Louis Bisilliat  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

46  Louison Bobet  France08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

47  Lothar Friedrich  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

48  Roger Rivière  France08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

49  Arrigo Padovan  Italy08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

50  Michel Vermeulin  Paris-Nord Est08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

51  Gerrit Voorting  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

52  Edouard Delberghe  Paris-Nord Est08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

53  Mathias Löder  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

54  Juan Campillo  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

55  Jean Stablinski  France08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

56  Roger Hassenforder  France08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

57  René Marigil  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

58  Giuseppe Fallarini  Italy08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

59  Kamiel Buysse  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

60  Armand Desmet  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

61  Albert Bouvet  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

62  Ernest Ecuyer  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

63  Luis Otaño  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

64  Roberto Falaschi  Italy08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

65  René Pavard  Paris-Nord Est08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

66  Orphée Meneghini  Paris-Nord Est08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

67  André Le Dissez  Paris-Nord Est08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

68  Joseph Planckaert  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

69  Carmelo Morales  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

70  Robert Cazala  France08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

71  Bernard Gauthier  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

72  Aniceto Utset  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

73  Emmanuel Plattner  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

74  Aldo Bolzan  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

75  Jean Forestier  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

76  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

77  Raymond Mastrotto  France08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

78  Piet Damen  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

79  Ernesto Bono  Italy08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

80  Attilio Moresi  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

81  Marcel Queheille  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

82  Rolf Graf  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

83  Raphaël Geminiani  France08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

84  José Herrero  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

85  Antonio Baptista  Internations08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

86  Louis Bergaud  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

87  Marcel Rohrbach  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

88  Valentin Huot  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

89  Henri Anglade  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

90  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

91  José Gomez del Moral  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

92  Hans Hollenstein  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

93  Settimo Sabbadini  Ouest-Sud Ouest08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

94  Charly Gaul  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

95  Marcel Ernzer  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

96  Daniël de Groot  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

97  Julio San Emeterio  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

98  Jean-Pierre Schmitz  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

99  Louis Rostollan  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

100  Jean-Claude Annaert  Paris-Nord Est08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

101  Manuel Busto  Centre-Midi08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

102  Ernst Traxel  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

103  Fernando Manzaneque  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

104  Richard Durlacher  Internations08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

105  Marcel Janssens  Belgium08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

106  Jaap Kersten  Holland-Luxembourg08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

107  Wilfried Ommer  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

108  Frans Reitz  Switzerland-Germany08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

109  Federico Bahamontes  Spain08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

110  Tadeusz Wierucki  Internations08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

111  Ercole Baldini  Italy08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

112  Waldemaro Bartolozzi  Italy08h 08' 54"+  00:02:18 =35,099  km/h

113  Jean Hoffmann  Paris-Nord Est08h 15' 28"+  00:08:52 =34,634  km/h

114  Jacques Champion  Paris-Nord Est08h 15' 28"+  00:08:52 =34,634  km/h

115  Stéphane Lach  Paris-Nord Est08h 15' 28"+  00:08:52 =34,634  km/h

116  Bent Ole Retvig  Internations08h 15' 40"+  00:09:04 =34,620  km/h

117  Arne Kjeld Jonsson  Internations08h 21' 12"+  00:14:36 =34,238  km/h

118  Tony Hewson  Internations08h 41' 49"+  00:35:13 =32,885  km/h


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