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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 7 on July 1st. 1959
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After stage 7:    Robert Cazala  
  Nantes → La Rochelle | Dist: 190.00km. | Winner: Roger Hassenforder

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  42,664 km./hr.

1
 Roger Hassenforder  France04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

2
 Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

3
 Settimo Sabbadini  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

4  Gerrit Voorting  Holland-Luxembourg04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

5  Pierino Baffi  Italy04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

6  Brian Robinson  Internations04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

7  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

8  Max Bleneau  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

9  Jaap Kersten  Holland-Luxembourg04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

10  Arne Kjeld Jonsson  Internations04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

11  Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

12  Henri Anglade  Centre-Midi04h 22' 44"=43,390  km/h

13  Vito Favero  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

14  Jean Graczyk  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

15  Fernand Picot  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

16  Otto Altweck  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

17  Jean Gainche  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

18  Adolf Christian  Internations04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

19  Bram Kool  Holland-Luxembourg04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

20  André Darrigade  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

21  Roberto Falaschi  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

22  Michel Dejouhannet  Centre-Midi04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

23  Piet van Est  Holland-Luxembourg04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

24  Armand Desmet  Belgium04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

25  Joseph Thomin  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

26  Kamiel Buysse  Belgium04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

27  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Paris-Nord Est04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

28  Michel Van Aerde  Belgium04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

29  Jesús Galdeano  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

30  Félix Le Buhotel  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

31  Joseph Groussard  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

32  Max Schellenberg  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

33  Michel Vermeulin  Paris-Nord Est04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

34  François Mahé  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

35  Eddy Pauwels  Belgium04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

36  Arrigo Padovan  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

37  Martin van der Borgh  Holland-Luxembourg04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

38  Antonio Suarez  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

39  Gerard Saint  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

40  Raymond Mastrotto  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

41  Stéphane Lach  Paris-Nord Est04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

42  Lothar Friedrich  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

43  Jacques Anquetil  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

44  Emmanuel Plattner  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

45  José-Sousa Cardoso  Internations04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

46  Jean Brankart  Belgium04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

47  Antonio Baptista  Internations04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

48  Jean-Claude Annaert  Paris-Nord Est04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

49  Dino Bruni  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

50  Joseph Planckaert  Belgium04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

51  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

52  Piet de Jongh  Holland-Luxembourg04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

53  Ercole Baldini  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

54  Guillaume Van Tongerloo  Belgium04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

55  Louis Bisilliat  Centre-Midi04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

56  Michele Gismondi  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

57  Aldo Bolzan  Holland-Luxembourg04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

58  Louis Bergaud  Centre-Midi04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

59  Ernesto Bono  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

60  Fernando Manzaneque  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

61  Marcel Rohrbach  Centre-Midi04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

62  Daniël de Groot  Holland-Luxembourg04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

63  Giuseppe Fallarini  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

64  Ernst Traxel  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

65  Edouard Delberghe  Paris-Nord Est04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

66  Pierre Everaert  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

67  Marcel Queheille  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

68  Roger Rivière  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

69  Charly Gaul  Holland-Luxembourg04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

70  Marcel Ernzer  Holland-Luxembourg04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

71  Piet Damen  Holland-Luxembourg04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

72  Aurelio Cestari  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

73  René Marigil  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

74  Louison Bobet  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

75  Robert Cazala  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

76  Jean Robic  Paris-Nord Est04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

77  Luis Otaño  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

78  Waldemaro Bartolozzi  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

79  Jean-Claude Lefebvre  Paris-Nord Est04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

80  Jean Stablinski  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

81  Nello Fabbri  Italy04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

82  Jean Forestier  Centre-Midi04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

83  René Privat  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

84  René Pavard  Paris-Nord Est04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

85  Francis Pipelin  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

86  Bernard Gauthier  Centre-Midi04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

87  Aniceto Utset  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

88  José Herrero  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

89  Raphaël Geminiani  France04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

90  Marcel Janssens  Belgium04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

91  Rolf Graf  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

92  José Gomez del Moral  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

93  Carmelo Morales  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

94  Albert Bouvet  Ouest-Sud Ouest04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

95  Seamus Elliott  Internations04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

96  Frans Reitz  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

97  Juan Campillo  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

98  Jean-Pierre Schmitz  Holland-Luxembourg04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

99  Federico Bahamontes  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

100  Julio San Emeterio  Spain04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

101  Ernest Ecuyer  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

102  Mathias Löder  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

103  Manuel Busto  Centre-Midi04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

104  Attilio Moresi  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

105  Louis Rostollan  Centre-Midi04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

106  Wilfried Ommer  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

107  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Centre-Midi04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

108  Richard Durlacher  Internations04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

109  Tadeusz Wierucki  Internations04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

110  Hans Hollenstein  Switzerland-Germany04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

111  Valentin Huot  Centre-Midi04h 27' 32"+  00:04:48 =42,612  km/h

112  Victor Sutton  Internations04h 28' 23"+  00:05:39 =42,477  km/h

113  André Le Dissez  Paris-Nord Est04h 33' 55"+  00:11:11 =41,618  km/h

114  Orphée Meneghini  Paris-Nord Est04h 33' 55"+  00:11:11 =41,618  km/h

115  Jean Hoffmann  Paris-Nord Est04h 33' 55"+  00:11:11 =41,618  km/h


Withdrawls: 3
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124   Bent Ole Retvig InternationsDid not finish
126   Tony Hewson InternationsDid not finish
163   Jacques Champion Paris-Nord EstDid not finish
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