Participated 2 times
Between 1978 and 1981
Jésus Suárez Cueva, Spain
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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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Stage 3 on June 27th. 1961
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After stage 3:    Jacques Anquetil  
  Roubaix → Charleroi | Dist: 197.50km. | Winner: Emile Daems

Podium
3  Muur van Geraardsbergen Eddy Pauwelsafter82.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  38,622 km./hr.

1
 Emile Daems  Belgium05h 00' 51"=39,388  km/h

2
 Frans Aerenhouts  Belgium05h 00' 53"+  00:00:02 =39,384  km/h

3
 Michel Van Aerde  Belgium05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

4  Carlo Brugnami  Italy05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

5  André Darrigade  France05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

6  Hans Junkermann  Germany05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

7  Jean Gainche  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

8  Jaap Kersten  Holland05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

9  Brian Robinson  Great Britain/Ireland05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

10  Georges Groussard  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

11  Horst Oldenburg  Germany05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

12  Imerio Massignan  Italy05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

13  Joseph Groussard  France05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

14  Jean-Baptiste Claes  Belgium05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

15  Friedhelm Fischerkeller  Germany05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

16  Armando Pellegrini  Italy05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

17  Eddy Pauwels  Belgium05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

18  Jacques Anquetil  France05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

19  José Pérez Francés  Spain05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

20  Bernard Viot  Paris-Nord Est05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

21  Jean Milesi  Centre-Midi05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

22  Anatole Novak  Centre-Midi05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

23  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

24  Vic Denson  Great Britain/Ireland05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

25  Piet van Est  Holland05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

26  Elio Gerussi  Paris-Nord Est05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

27  Seamus Elliott  Great Britain/Ireland05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

28  Robert Cazala  France05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

29  Albertus Geldermans  Holland05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

30  Guido Carlesi  Italy05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

31  Adriano Zamboni  Italy05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

32  Camille Le Menn  Centre-Midi05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

33  Félix Le Buhotel  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

34  André Le Dissez  Paris-Nord Est05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

35  Ezio Pizzoglio  Italy05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

36  Charly Gaul  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

37  Joseph Wasko  Paris-Nord Est05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

38  Marcel Ernzer  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

39  Aldo Bolzan  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

40  Raymond Mastrotto  France05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

41  Wout Wagtmans  Holland05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

42  Gérard Thiélin  Centre-Midi05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

43  Wim van Est  Holland05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

44  Louis Rostollan  France05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

45  Marino Minieri  Italy05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

46  Graziano Battistini  Italy05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

47  Sigi Renz  Germany05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

48  Henri Anglade  France05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

49  René Vanderveken  Belgium05h 00' 56"+  00:00:05 =39,377  km/h

50  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium05h 01' 19"+  00:00:28 =39,327  km/h

51  Alfred Rüegg  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 01' 21"+  00:00:30 =39,323  km/h

52  Edouard Bihouee  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

53  Philippe Gaudrillet  Paris-Nord Est05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

54  André Cloarec  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

55  Marc Huiart  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

56  Roberto Falaschi  Italy05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

57  Albert Bouvet  Paris-Nord Est05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

58  Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

59  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Centre-Midi05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

60  Jean Stablinski  France05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

61  Coen Niesten  Holland05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

62  Marcel Rohrbach  Centre-Midi05h 01' 23"+  00:00:32 =39,319  km/h

63  Fernand Picot  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 01' 29"+  00:00:38 =39,306  km/h

64  Stéphane Lach  Paris-Nord Est05h 01' 37"+  00:00:46 =39,288  km/h

65  André Foucher  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 01' 44"+  00:00:53 =39,273  km/h

66  Anton van der Steen  Holland05h 01' 44"+  00:00:53 =39,273  km/h

67  Pierre Beuffeuil  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 01' 44"+  00:00:53 =39,273  km/h

68  Fernando Manzaneque  Spain05h 01' 52"+  00:01:01 =39,256  km/h

69  Julio San Emeterio  Spain05h 01' 52"+  00:01:01 =39,256  km/h

70  Renzo Accordi  Italy05h 02' 37"+  00:01:46 =39,158  km/h

71  Dick Enthoven  Holland05h 06' 43"+  00:05:52 =38,635  km/h

72  Dieter Puschel  Germany05h 06' 43"+  00:05:52 =38,635  km/h

73  Guido Boni  Italy05h 06' 47"+  00:05:56 =38,627  km/h

74  Manuel Busto  Centre-Midi05h 08' 02"+  00:07:11 =38,470  km/h

75  Juan Campillo  Spain05h 08' 14"+  00:07:23 =38,445  km/h

76  Antonio Bertran  Spain05h 08' 14"+  00:07:23 =38,445  km/h

77  Dieter Kemper  Germany05h 08' 14"+  00:07:23 =38,445  km/h

78  Joseph Thomin  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 09' 25"+  00:08:34 =38,298  km/h

79  Luis Otaño  Spain05h 09' 44"+  00:08:53 =38,259  km/h

80  Louis Bergaud  Centre-Midi05h 09' 47"+  00:08:56 =38,253  km/h

81  Ron Coe  Great Britain/Ireland05h 09' 54"+  00:09:03 =38,238  km/h

82  Albert Hitchen  Great Britain/Ireland05h 09' 54"+  00:09:03 =38,238  km/h

83  Claude Mattio  Centre-Midi05h 09' 54"+  00:09:03 =38,238  km/h

84  Antoine Abate  Centre-Midi05h 09' 56"+  00:09:05 =38,234  km/h

85  Marcel Queheille  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 09' 59"+  00:09:08 =38,228  km/h

86  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Paris-Nord Est05h 13' 04"+  00:12:13 =37,851  km/h

87  Vicente Iturat  Spain05h 15' 23"+  00:14:32 =37,573  km/h

88  Jef Lahaye  Holland05h 15' 30"+  00:14:39 =37,559  km/h

89  Piet Damen  Holland05h 15' 53"+  00:15:02 =37,514  km/h

90  Ludwig Troche  Germany05h 15' 53"+  00:15:02 =37,514  km/h

91  Jan Westdorp  Holland05h 15' 53"+  00:15:02 =37,514  km/h

92  Claude Sauvage  Paris-Nord Est05h 15' 53"+  00:15:02 =37,514  km/h

93  Josef Borghard  Germany05h 15' 53"+  00:15:02 =37,514  km/h

94  Jo de Haan  Holland05h 15' 57"+  00:15:06 =37,506  km/h

95  Joseph Vloeberghs  Belgium05h 19' 43"+  00:18:52 =37,064  km/h

96  Serge Ruchet  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 19' 43"+  00:18:52 =37,064  km/h

97  Joseph Planckaert  Belgium05h 19' 45"+  00:18:54 =37,060  km/h

98  Valentin Huot  Centre-Midi05h 21' 07"+  00:20:16 =36,902  km/h

99  André Geneste  Paris-Nord Est05h 21' 07"+  00:20:16 =36,902  km/h

100  Roger Thull  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

101  Pierre Everaert  France05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

102  René Marigil  Spain05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

103  Jean-Claude Lefebvre  Paris-Nord Est05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

104  Louis Proost  Belgium05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

105  Vito Favero  Italy05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

106  Guy Ignolin  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

107  Raymond Bley  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

108  Manfred Donike  Germany05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

109  Rolf Graf  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

110  Fritz Gallati  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 21' 09"+  00:20:18 =36,899  km/h

111  Jean Luisier  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 21' 30"+  00:20:39 =36,858  km/h

112  Jean-Pierre Sintges  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 21' 59"+  00:21:08 =36,803  km/h

113  Stan Brittain  Great Britain/Ireland05h 25' 26"+  00:24:35 =36,413  km/h

114  Kenneth Laidlaw  Great Britain/Ireland05h 25' 26"+  00:24:35 =36,413  km/h


Withdrawls: 4
 RiderTeamReason
91   Ian Moore Great Britain/IrelandDid not finish
92   George O'Brien Great Britain/IrelandDid not finish
93   Pete Ryalls Great Britain/IrelandDid not finish
96   Tom Simpson Great Britain/IrelandDid not finish
Todays birthdays.

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

 

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