Participated 9 times
Between 1913 and 1926
Francois Chevalier, France
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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 2 on June 26th. 1961
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After stage 2:    Jacques Anquetil  
  Pontoise → Roubaix | Dist: 230.50km. | Winner: André Darrigade

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  41,384 km./hr.

1
 André Darrigade  France05h 31' 26"=41,728  km/h

2
 Emile Daems  Belgium05h 31' 26"=41,728  km/h

3
 Carlo Brugnami  Italy05h 31' 26"=41,728  km/h

4  Pierre Beuffeuil  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 31' 26"=41,728  km/h

5  Luis Otaño  Spain05h 31' 26"=41,728  km/h

6  Camille Le Menn  Centre-Midi05h 31' 26"=41,728  km/h

7  Joseph Vloeberghs  Belgium05h 31' 26"=41,728  km/h

8  Jean Forestier  France05h 31' 26"=41,728  km/h

9  Sigi Renz  Germany05h 31' 44"+  00:00:18 =41,690  km/h

10  Jean-Baptiste Claes  Belgium05h 31' 44"+  00:00:18 =41,690  km/h

11  Guido Carlesi  Italy05h 32' 04"+  00:00:38 =41,648  km/h

12  Philippe Gaudrillet  Paris-Nord Est05h 32' 04"+  00:00:38 =41,648  km/h

13  Michel Van Aerde  Belgium05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

14  Jo de Haan  Holland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

15  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

16  Adriano Zamboni  Italy05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

17  Bernard Viot  Paris-Nord Est05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

18  Armando Pellegrini  Italy05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

19  André Cloarec  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

20  Horst Oldenburg  Germany05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

21  Frans Aerenhouts  Belgium05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

22  Brian Robinson  Great Britain/Ireland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

23  Wim van Est  Holland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

24  Jan Westdorp  Holland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

25  Georges Groussard  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

26  Anatole Novak  Centre-Midi05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

27  Hans Junkermann  Germany05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

28  Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

29  Friedhelm Fischerkeller  Germany05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

30  Piet Damen  Holland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

31  Félix Le Buhotel  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

32  Elio Gerussi  Paris-Nord Est05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

33  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Paris-Nord Est05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

34  Joseph Planckaert  Belgium05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

35  Seamus Elliott  Great Britain/Ireland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

36  René Vanderveken  Belgium05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

37  Robert Cazala  France05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

38  Jacques Anquetil  France05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

39  José Pérez Francés  Spain05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

40  Anton van der Steen  Holland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

41  Joseph Thomin  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

42  Imerio Massignan  Italy05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

43  Eddy Pauwels  Belgium05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

44  André Le Dissez  Paris-Nord Est05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

45  Antonio Bertran  Spain05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

46  Stan Brittain  Great Britain/Ireland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

47  Albert Bouvet  Paris-Nord Est05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

48  Albertus Geldermans  Holland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

49  Jef Lahaye  Holland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

50  Joseph Wasko  Paris-Nord Est05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

51  Jean Milesi  Centre-Midi05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

52  Guy Ignolin  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

53  Jean Gainche  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

54  Joseph Groussard  France05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

55  Roberto Falaschi  Italy05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

56  Ludwig Troche  Germany05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

57  Raymond Mastrotto  France05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

58  Fernand Picot  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

59  Gérard Thiélin  Centre-Midi05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

60  Marc Huiart  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

61  Piet van Est  Holland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

62  Henri Anglade  France05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

63  Marcel Rohrbach  Centre-Midi05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

64  Claude Mattio  Centre-Midi05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

65  Graziano Battistini  Italy05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

66  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

67  Coen Niesten  Holland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

68  Renzo Accordi  Italy05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

69  Guido Boni  Italy05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

70  Vito Favero  Italy05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

71  Marino Minieri  Italy05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

72  Louis Rostollan  France05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

73  Fernando Manzaneque  Spain05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

74  Julio San Emeterio  Spain05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

75  Jaap Kersten  Holland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

76  Manfred Donike  Germany05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

77  Dieter Puschel  Germany05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

78  Fritz Gallati  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

79  Alfred Rüegg  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

80  Aldo Bolzan  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

81  Marcel Ernzer  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

82  Charly Gaul  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

83  Ron Coe  Great Britain/Ireland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

84  Kenneth Laidlaw  Great Britain/Ireland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

85  Pete Ryalls  Great Britain/Ireland05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

86  Stéphane Lach  Paris-Nord Est05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

87  Claude Sauvage  Paris-Nord Est05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

88  Antoine Abate  Centre-Midi05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

89  Manuel Busto  Centre-Midi05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

90  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Centre-Midi05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

91  Valentin Huot  Centre-Midi05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

92  Marcel Queheille  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 32' 07"+  00:00:41 =41,642  km/h

93  Louis Proost  Belgium05h 33' 17"+  00:01:51 =41,496  km/h

94  Wout Wagtmans  Holland05h 33' 19"+  00:01:53 =41,492  km/h

95  Edouard Bihouee  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 33' 47"+  00:02:21 =41,434  km/h

96  Tom Simpson  Great Britain/Ireland05h 34' 27"+  00:03:01 =41,351  km/h

97  Vic Denson  Great Britain/Ireland05h 34' 27"+  00:03:01 =41,351  km/h

98  René Marigil  Spain05h 35' 18"+  00:03:52 =41,247  km/h

99  Pierre Everaert  France05h 35' 52"+  00:04:26 =41,177  km/h

100  Rolf Graf  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 36' 15"+  00:04:49 =41,130  km/h

101  André Geneste  Paris-Nord Est05h 36' 15"+  00:04:49 =41,130  km/h

102  Jean Stablinski  France05h 36' 15"+  00:04:49 =41,130  km/h

103  Serge Ruchet  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 36' 59"+  00:05:33 =41,041  km/h

104  Jean Luisier  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 37' 33"+  00:06:07 =40,972  km/h

105  Jean-Claude Lefebvre  Paris-Nord Est05h 37' 36"+  00:06:10 =40,966  km/h

106  André Foucher  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 40' 20"+  00:08:54 =40,637  km/h

107  Louis Bergaud  Centre-Midi05h 40' 20"+  00:08:54 =40,637  km/h

108  Vicente Iturat  Spain05h 44' 53"+  00:13:27 =40,101  km/h

109  Juan Campillo  Spain05h 44' 53"+  00:13:27 =40,101  km/h

110  Dick Enthoven  Holland05h 44' 53"+  00:13:27 =40,101  km/h

111  Albert Hitchen  Great Britain/Ireland05h 44' 53"+  00:13:27 =40,101  km/h

112  Dieter Kemper  Germany05h 45' 15"+  00:13:49 =40,058  km/h

113  Josef Borghard  Germany05h 46' 30"+  00:15:04 =39,913  km/h

114  Ian Moore  Great Britain/Ireland05h 53' 50"+  00:22:24 =39,086  km/h

115  Jean-Pierre Sintges  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 54' 13"+  00:22:47 =39,044  km/h

116  Roger Thull  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 54' 13"+  00:22:47 =39,044  km/h

117  Raymond Bley  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 54' 13"+  00:22:47 =39,044  km/h

118  George O'Brien  Great Britain/Ireland05h 56' 23"+  00:24:57 =38,807  km/h


Withdrawls: 14
 RiderTeamReason
11   Ezio Pizzoglio ItalyDid not finish
19   René Privat FranceDid not finish
44   Carmelo Morales SpainDid not finish
46   Miguel Pacheco SpainDid not finish
64   Hans Jaroszewicz GermanyDid not finish
67   Helmut Kuckelkorn GermanyDid not finish
69   Reinhold Pommer GermanyDid not finish
74   Kurt Gimmi Switzerland-LuxembourgDid not finish
102   Henry Duez Paris-Nord EstDid not finish
21   François Mahé FranceExceeded time limit
37   Jaime Alomar SpainExceeded time limit
40   José Gomez del Moral SpainExceeded time limit
94   Sean Ryan Great Britain/IrelandExceeded time limit
123   Pierre Ruby Centre-MidiExceeded time limit
Todays birthdays.

1888 • Giuseppe Contesini
1911 • Edmond Pages
1935 • Eddy Pauwels
1940 • Julien Haelterman
1958 • Luc Colijn
1962 • Jean-François Bernard
1984 • Yann Huguet
1993 • Owain Doull

 

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