Participated 3 times
Between 1991 and 1994
Rob Harmeling, Holland
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After stage 21 - 2025:
 16451 starters.
  5463 different riders.
  689 teams.
  2398 stages.
  470 restdays.
  466506.50 km.
  5925 abandoned riders.

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 Facts from Tour de France 1961
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Stage 1a on June 25th. 1961
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After stage 1a:
  Rouen → Versailles | Dist: 136.50km. | Winner: André Darrigade

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  41,019 km./hr.

1
 André Darrigade  France03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

2
 Marino Minieri  Italy03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

3
 Jean Gainche  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

4  Joseph Groussard  France03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

5  Seamus Elliott  Great Britain/Ireland03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

6  Frans Aerenhouts  Belgium03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

7  Philippe Gaudrillet  Paris-Nord Est03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

8  Jacques Anquetil  France03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

9  Guido Carlesi  Italy03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

10  Eddy Pauwels  Belgium03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

11  Antonio Bertran  Spain03h 15' 16"=41,943  km/h

12  Roberto Falaschi  Italy03h 15' 21"+  00:00:05 =41,925  km/h

13  Marc Huiart  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 15' 31"+  00:00:15 =41,889  km/h

14  José Pérez Francés  Spain03h 15' 31"+  00:00:15 =41,889  km/h

15  Armando Pellegrini  Italy03h 15' 31"+  00:00:15 =41,889  km/h

16  André Cloarec  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

17  Félix Le Buhotel  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

18  Vicente Iturat  Spain03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

19  Dieter Kemper  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

20  Jo de Haan  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

21  Bernard Viot  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

22  Brian Robinson  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

23  Emile Daems  Belgium03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

24  Anatole Novak  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

25  Georges Groussard  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

26  Horst Oldenburg  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

27  Pierre Beuffeuil  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

28  Marcel Rohrbach  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

29  Kenneth Laidlaw  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

30  Joseph Vloeberghs  Belgium03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

31  Serge Ruchet  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

32  Wim van Est  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

33  Anton van der Steen  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

34  Alfred Rüegg  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

35  Hans Jaroszewicz  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

36  Claude Mattio  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

37  Stéphane Lach  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

38  Dick Enthoven  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

39  Robert Cazala  France03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

40  Henri Anglade  France03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

41  Albert Hitchen  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

42  François Mahé  France03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

43  Friedhelm Fischerkeller  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

44  Jaap Kersten  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

45  Jan Westdorp  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

46  Louis Proost  Belgium03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

47  Albert Bouvet  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

48  Jean Forestier  France03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

49  Luis Otaño  Spain03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

50  Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

51  André Foucher  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

52  Joseph Thomin  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

53  Michel Van Aerde  Belgium03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

54  Jean Stablinski  France03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

55  Roger Thull  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

56  Gérard Thiélin  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

57  Marcel Ernzer  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

58  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

59  Jean-Baptiste Claes  Belgium03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

60  Charly Gaul  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

61  Joseph Planckaert  Belgium03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

62  Aldo Bolzan  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

63  Fernand Picot  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

64  Joseph Wasko  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

65  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

66  André Le Dissez  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

67  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

68  René Vanderveken  Belgium03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

69  Piet van Est  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

70  Sigi Renz  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

71  Albertus Geldermans  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

72  Manfred Donike  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

73  Hans Junkermann  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

74  Jef Lahaye  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

75  Juan Campillo  Spain03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

76  Ron Coe  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

77  Guido Boni  Italy03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

78  Piet Damen  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

79  Ludwig Troche  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

80  Ezio Pizzoglio  Italy03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

81  Marcel Queheille  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

82  Reinhold Pommer  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

83  Raymond Mastrotto  France03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

84  Pierre Ruby  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

85  Coen Niesten  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

86  Pete Ryalls  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

87  Jaime Alomar  Spain03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

88  Claude Sauvage  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

89  Ian Moore  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

90  Dieter Puschel  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

91  José Gomez del Moral  Spain03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

92  Imerio Massignan  Italy03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

93  Carlo Brugnami  Italy03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

94  Tom Simpson  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

95  Vito Favero  Italy03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

96  Julio San Emeterio  Spain03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

97  Josef Borghard  Germany03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

98  Valentin Huot  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

99  Louis Rostollan  France03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

100  Graziano Battistini  Italy03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

101  Adriano Zamboni  Italy03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

102  André Geneste  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

103  Sean Ryan  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

104  Carmelo Morales  Spain03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

105  Guy Ignolin  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

106  Vic Denson  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

107  Fernando Manzaneque  Spain03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

108  Stan Brittain  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

109  Wout Wagtmans  Holland03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

110  René Marigil  Spain03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

111  Jean Luisier  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

112  Fritz Gallati  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

113  Renzo Accordi  Italy03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

114  Louis Bergaud  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

115  Manuel Busto  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

116  Elio Gerussi  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

117  Antoine Abate  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

118  Henry Duez  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

119  Jean-Claude Lefebvre  Paris-Nord Est03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

120  Miguel Pacheco  Spain03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

121  Jean Milesi  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

122  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

123  Edouard Bihouee  Ouest-Sud Ouest03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

124  Raymond Bley  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

125  Rolf Graf  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

126  Jean-Pierre Sintges  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

127  Kurt Gimmi  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

128  Camille Le Menn  Centre-Midi03h 20' 04"+  00:04:48 =40,936  km/h

129  George O'Brien  Great Britain/Ireland03h 20' 43"+  00:05:27 =40,804  km/h

130  Helmut Kuckelkorn  Germany03h 25' 45"+  00:10:29 =39,806  km/h

131  Pierre Everaert  France03h 25' 45"+  00:10:29 =39,806  km/h

132  René Privat  France03h 25' 45"+  00:10:29 =39,806  km/h


Todays birthdays.

1888 • Giuseppe Contesini
1911 • Edmond Pages
1935 • Eddy Pauwels
1940 • Julien Haelterman
1958 • Luc Colijn
1962 • Jean-François Bernard
1984 • Yann Huguet
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