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in 1962
Alessandro Rimessi, Italy
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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 17 on July 13th. 1959
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After stage 17:    Federico Bahamontes  
  Saint-Étienne → Grenoble | Dist: 197.00km. | Winner: Charly Gaul

Podium
2  Col de Grand Bois Federico Bahamontesafter14.00 km.

2  Col de la Romeyere Federico Bahamontesafter130.50 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  34,178 km./hr.

1
 Charly Gaul  Holland-Luxembourg05h 37' 16"=35,046  km/h

2
 Federico Bahamontes  Spain05h 37' 16"=35,046  km/h

3
 Jean Graczyk  France05h 40' 49"+  00:03:33 =34,681  km/h

4  André Darrigade  France05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

5  Piet Damen  Holland-Luxembourg05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

6  Michel Van Aerde  Belgium05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

7  Arrigo Padovan  Italy05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

8  Joseph Thomin  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

9  Joseph Groussard  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

10  Marcel Ernzer  Holland-Luxembourg05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

11  Brian Robinson  Internations05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

12  Armand Desmet  Belgium05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

13  Gerard Saint  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

14  Eddy Pauwels  Belgium05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

15  Victor Sutton  Internations05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

16  François Mahé  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

17  Roberto Falaschi  Italy05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

18  Jean Brankart  Belgium05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

19  Aldo Bolzan  Holland-Luxembourg05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

20  Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

21  Nello Fabbri  Italy05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

22  Jacques Anquetil  France05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

23  Raphaël Geminiani  France05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

24  Ercole Baldini  Italy05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

25  Carmelo Morales  Spain05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

26  Michel Vermeulin  Paris-Nord Est05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

27  Julio San Emeterio  Spain05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

28  Roger Rivière  France05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

29  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Centre-Midi05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

30  Valentin Huot  Centre-Midi05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

31  René Marigil  Spain05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

32  Michele Gismondi  Italy05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

33  Fred De Bruyne  Belgium05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

34  Louis Bergaud  Centre-Midi05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

35  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

36  Fernando Manzaneque  Spain05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

37  Marcel Janssens  Belgium05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

38  Henri Anglade  Centre-Midi05h 40' 58"+  00:03:42 =34,666  km/h

39  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Paris-Nord Est05h 42' 49"+  00:05:33 =34,479  km/h

40  Mathias Löder  Switzerland-Germany05h 47' 33"+  00:10:17 =34,009  km/h

41  Aurelio Cestari  Italy05h 47' 33"+  00:10:17 =34,009  km/h

42  Lothar Friedrich  Switzerland-Germany05h 47' 33"+  00:10:17 =34,009  km/h

43  Jaap Kersten  Holland-Luxembourg05h 47' 33"+  00:10:17 =34,009  km/h

44  Jean Forestier  Centre-Midi05h 47' 33"+  00:10:17 =34,009  km/h

45  Pierino Baffi  Italy05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

46  Jean Robic  Paris-Nord Est05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

47  Fernand Picot  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

48  Félix Le Buhotel  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

49  Max Bleneau  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

50  Dino Bruni  Italy05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

51  Kamiel Buysse  Belgium05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

52  Marcel Queheille  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

53  Orphée Meneghini  Paris-Nord Est05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

54  Joseph Planckaert  Belgium05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

55  Tadeusz Wierucki  Internations05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

56  Jean Gainche  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

57  Ernesto Bono  Italy05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

58  Juan Campillo  Spain05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

59  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

60  Waldemaro Bartolozzi  Italy05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

61  Manuel Busto  Centre-Midi05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

62  Louison Bobet  France05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

63  Robert Cazala  France05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

64  Adolf Christian  Internations05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

65  Marcel Rohrbach  Centre-Midi05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

66  Rolf Graf  Switzerland-Germany05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

67  Ernst Traxel  Switzerland-Germany05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

68  Louis Rostollan  Centre-Midi05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

69  Settimo Sabbadini  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 49' 46"+  00:12:30 =33,794  km/h

70  Jean-Claude Annaert  Paris-Nord Est05h 56' 33"+  00:19:17 =33,151  km/h

71  Antonio Baptista  Internations05h 56' 33"+  00:19:17 =33,151  km/h

72  Louis Bisilliat  Centre-Midi05h 56' 33"+  00:19:17 =33,151  km/h

73  Edouard Delberghe  Paris-Nord Est05h 56' 33"+  00:19:17 =33,151  km/h

74  José Gomez del Moral  Spain05h 56' 33"+  00:19:17 =33,151  km/h

75  Stéphane Lach  Paris-Nord Est05h 56' 33"+  00:19:17 =33,151  km/h

76  Frans Reitz  Switzerland-Germany06h 10' 33"+  00:33:17 =31,899  km/h


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