Participated 4 times
Between 2001 and 2005
Óscar Sevilla, Spain
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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 6 on June 30th. 1959
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After stage 6:    Robert Cazala  
  Blain → Nantes | Dist: 45.30km. | Winner: Roger Rivière

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  43,595 km./hr.

1
 Roger Rivière  France00h 56' 46"=47,880  km/h

2
 Ercole Baldini  Italy00h 57' 09"+  00:00:23 =47,559  km/h

3
 Jacques Anquetil  France00h 57' 44"+  00:00:58 =47,079  km/h

4  Rolf Graf  Switzerland-Germany00h 57' 51"+  00:01:05 =46,984  km/h

5  Gerard Saint  Ouest-Sud Ouest00h 57' 58"+  00:01:12 =46,889  km/h

6  Charly Gaul  Holland-Luxembourg00h 58' 22"+  00:01:36 =46,568  km/h

7  Jean Brankart  Belgium00h 58' 47"+  00:02:01 =46,238  km/h

8  Henri Anglade  Centre-Midi00h 58' 57"+  00:02:11 =46,107  km/h

9  Ernesto Bono  Italy00h 59' 43"+  00:02:57 =45,515  km/h

10  Federico Bahamontes  Spain00h 59' 44"+  00:02:58 =45,502  km/h

11  Joseph Planckaert  Belgium00h 59' 47"+  00:03:01 =45,464  km/h

12  Piet van Est  Holland-Luxembourg00h 59' 51"+  00:03:05 =45,414  km/h

13  Marcel Ernzer  Holland-Luxembourg01h 00' 10"+  00:03:24 =45,175  km/h

14  Jesús Galdeano  Spain01h 00' 13"+  00:03:27 =45,137  km/h

15  Antonio Suarez  Spain01h 00' 19"+  00:03:33 =45,062  km/h

16  Jean Forestier  Centre-Midi01h 00' 25"+  00:03:39 =44,988  km/h

17  Robert Cazala  France01h 00' 31"+  00:03:45 =44,913  km/h

18  Luis Otaño  Spain01h 00' 34"+  00:03:48 =44,876  km/h

19  Félix Le Buhotel  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 00' 39"+  00:03:53 =44,815  km/h

20  Jean-Pierre Schmitz  Holland-Luxembourg01h 00' 42"+  00:03:56 =44,778  km/h

20  Louison Bobet  France01h 00' 42"+  00:03:56 =44,778  km/h

22  Jean-Claude Lefebvre  Paris-Nord Est01h 00' 50"+  00:04:04 =44,679  km/h

23  Raymond Mastrotto  France01h 00' 56"+  00:04:10 =44,606  km/h

24  Guillaume Van Tongerloo  Belgium01h 00' 57"+  00:04:11 =44,594  km/h

24  Jean-Claude Annaert  Paris-Nord Est01h 00' 57"+  00:04:11 =44,594  km/h

26  Michel Vermeulin  Paris-Nord Est01h 01' 01"+  00:04:15 =44,545  km/h

27  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium01h 01' 05"+  00:04:19 =44,497  km/h

28  Daniël de Groot  Holland-Luxembourg01h 01' 11"+  00:04:25 =44,424  km/h

29  Otto Altweck  Switzerland-Germany01h 01' 15"+  00:04:29 =44,376  km/h

30  François Mahé  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 01' 21"+  00:04:35 =44,303  km/h

31  Vito Favero  Italy01h 01' 22"+  00:04:36 =44,291  km/h

32  Jean Graczyk  France01h 01' 28"+  00:04:42 =44,219  km/h

32  Piet Damen  Holland-Luxembourg01h 01' 28"+  00:04:42 =44,219  km/h

32  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium01h 01' 28"+  00:04:42 =44,219  km/h

35  Michel Van Aerde  Belgium01h 01' 29"+  00:04:43 =44,207  km/h

35  Aniceto Utset  Spain01h 01' 29"+  00:04:43 =44,207  km/h

37  Bernard Gauthier  Centre-Midi01h 01' 31"+  00:04:45 =44,183  km/h

38  Edouard Delberghe  Paris-Nord Est01h 01' 33"+  00:04:47 =44,159  km/h

39  René Marigil  Spain01h 01' 35"+  00:04:49 =44,135  km/h

40  Lothar Friedrich  Switzerland-Germany01h 01' 36"+  00:04:50 =44,123  km/h

41  Seamus Elliott  Internations01h 01' 45"+  00:04:59 =44,016  km/h

42  José-Sousa Cardoso  Internations01h 01' 46"+  00:05:00 =44,004  km/h

43  René Privat  France01h 01' 52"+  00:05:06 =43,933  km/h

44  René Pavard  Paris-Nord Est01h 01' 54"+  00:05:08 =43,910  km/h

45  Jacques Champion  Paris-Nord Est01h 01' 56"+  00:05:10 =43,886  km/h

46  Louis Rostollan  Centre-Midi01h 01' 57"+  00:05:11 =43,874  km/h

46  Armand Desmet  Belgium01h 01' 57"+  00:05:11 =43,874  km/h

48  Aurelio Cestari  Italy01h 01' 58"+  00:05:12 =43,862  km/h

49  Jean Gainche  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 02' 01"+  00:05:15 =43,827  km/h

50  Marcel Queheille  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 02' 02"+  00:05:16 =43,815  km/h

51  Aldo Bolzan  Holland-Luxembourg01h 02' 03"+  00:05:17 =43,803  km/h

51  Louis Bergaud  Centre-Midi01h 02' 03"+  00:05:17 =43,803  km/h

53  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Centre-Midi01h 02' 05"+  00:05:19 =43,780  km/h

53  Valentin Huot  Centre-Midi01h 02' 05"+  00:05:19 =43,780  km/h

55  Martin van der Borgh  Holland-Luxembourg01h 02' 07"+  00:05:21 =43,756  km/h

56  Roberto Falaschi  Italy01h 02' 10"+  00:05:24 =43,721  km/h

56  Giuseppe Fallarini  Italy01h 02' 10"+  00:05:24 =43,721  km/h

58  Francis Pipelin  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 02' 11"+  00:05:25 =43,709  km/h

59  Tadeusz Wierucki  Internations01h 02' 16"+  00:05:30 =43,651  km/h

59  Emmanuel Plattner  Switzerland-Germany01h 02' 16"+  00:05:30 =43,651  km/h

61  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium01h 02' 21"+  00:05:35 =43,593  km/h

62  Albert Bouvet  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 02' 22"+  00:05:36 =43,581  km/h

62  Raphaël Geminiani  France01h 02' 22"+  00:05:36 =43,581  km/h

64  Fernando Manzaneque  Spain01h 02' 26"+  00:05:40 =43,534  km/h

65  Julio San Emeterio  Spain01h 02' 28"+  00:05:42 =43,511  km/h

66  Brian Robinson  Internations01h 02' 30"+  00:05:44 =43,488  km/h

67  Arrigo Padovan  Italy01h 02' 32"+  00:05:46 =43,465  km/h

68  José Herrero  Spain01h 02' 36"+  00:05:50 =43,419  km/h

68  Richard Durlacher  Internations01h 02' 36"+  00:05:50 =43,419  km/h

70  Joseph Thomin  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 02' 37"+  00:05:51 =43,407  km/h

70  Max Schellenberg  Switzerland-Germany01h 02' 37"+  00:05:51 =43,407  km/h

72  Eddy Pauwels  Belgium01h 02' 39"+  00:05:53 =43,384  km/h

72  Piet de Jongh  Holland-Luxembourg01h 02' 39"+  00:05:53 =43,384  km/h

74  Juan Campillo  Spain01h 02' 40"+  00:05:54 =43,372  km/h

75  Gerrit Voorting  Holland-Luxembourg01h 02' 46"+  00:06:00 =43,303  km/h

76  Ernest Ecuyer  Switzerland-Germany01h 02' 52"+  00:06:06 =43,234  km/h

77  Fernand Picot  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 02' 58"+  00:06:12 =43,166  km/h

78  Frans Reitz  Switzerland-Germany01h 03' 03"+  00:06:17 =43,109  km/h

79  Adolf Christian  Internations01h 03' 09"+  00:06:23 =43,040  km/h

80  Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium01h 03' 10"+  00:06:24 =43,029  km/h

81  André Darrigade  France01h 03' 18"+  00:06:32 =42,938  km/h

81  Marcel Rohrbach  Centre-Midi01h 03' 18"+  00:06:32 =42,938  km/h

83  Nello Fabbri  Italy01h 03' 21"+  00:06:35 =42,904  km/h

84  Kamiel Buysse  Belgium01h 03' 23"+  00:06:37 =42,882  km/h

85  André Le Dissez  Paris-Nord Est01h 03' 24"+  00:06:38 =42,871  km/h

86  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Paris-Nord Est01h 03' 26"+  00:06:40 =42,848  km/h

87  Attilio Moresi  Switzerland-Germany01h 03' 30"+  00:06:44 =42,803  km/h

87  Louis Bisilliat  Centre-Midi01h 03' 30"+  00:06:44 =42,803  km/h

89  Marcel Janssens  Belgium01h 03' 32"+  00:06:46 =42,781  km/h

90  Pierre Everaert  France01h 03' 36"+  00:06:50 =42,736  km/h

91  Michel Dejouhannet  Centre-Midi01h 03' 43"+  00:06:57 =42,658  km/h

92  Jaap Kersten  Holland-Luxembourg01h 03' 45"+  00:06:59 =42,635  km/h

93  Jean Robic  Paris-Nord Est01h 03' 46"+  00:07:00 =42,624  km/h

94  Carmelo Morales  Spain01h 03' 49"+  00:07:03 =42,591  km/h

95  Joseph Groussard  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 03' 50"+  00:07:04 =42,580  km/h

96  Roger Hassenforder  France01h 03' 51"+  00:07:05 =42,569  km/h

97  Michele Gismondi  Italy01h 03' 54"+  00:07:08 =42,535  km/h

98  Bram Kool  Holland-Luxembourg01h 03' 57"+  00:07:11 =42,502  km/h

99  Hans Hollenstein  Switzerland-Germany01h 04' 01"+  00:07:15 =42,458  km/h

100  Manuel Busto  Centre-Midi01h 04' 07"+  00:07:21 =42,391  km/h

101  Antonio Baptista  Internations01h 04' 08"+  00:07:22 =42,380  km/h

102  Settimo Sabbadini  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 04' 11"+  00:07:25 =42,347  km/h

103  José Gomez del Moral  Spain01h 04' 12"+  00:07:26 =42,336  km/h

104  Dino Bruni  Italy01h 04' 21"+  00:07:35 =42,238  km/h

105  Orphée Meneghini  Paris-Nord Est01h 04' 25"+  00:07:39 =42,194  km/h

106  Max Bleneau  Ouest-Sud Ouest01h 04' 27"+  00:07:41 =42,172  km/h

107  Jean Stablinski  France01h 04' 29"+  00:07:43 =42,150  km/h

108  Pierino Baffi  Italy01h 04' 31"+  00:07:45 =42,129  km/h

109  Wilfried Ommer  Switzerland-Germany01h 04' 45"+  00:07:59 =41,977  km/h

110  Waldemaro Bartolozzi  Italy01h 04' 55"+  00:08:09 =41,869  km/h

111  Stéphane Lach  Paris-Nord Est01h 05' 03"+  00:08:17 =41,783  km/h

112  Jean Hoffmann  Paris-Nord Est01h 05' 25"+  00:08:39 =41,549  km/h

113  Victor Sutton  Internations01h 05' 41"+  00:08:55 =41,380  km/h

114  Ernst Traxel  Switzerland-Germany01h 05' 47"+  00:09:01 =41,317  km/h

115  Arne Kjeld Jonsson  Internations01h 06' 05"+  00:09:19 =41,130  km/h

116  Mathias Löder  Switzerland-Germany01h 06' 23"+  00:09:37 =40,944  km/h

117  Tony Hewson  Internations01h 06' 57"+  00:10:11 =40,597  km/h

118  Bent Ole Retvig  Internations01h 12' 48"+  00:16:02 =37,335  km/h


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