Participated 3 times
Between 1954 and 1957
Carlo Clerici, Switzerland
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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 12 on July 6th. 1961
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After stage 12:    Jacques Anquetil  
  Juan-les-Pins → Aix-en-Provence | Dist: 199.00km. | Winner: Michel Van Aerde

Podium
3  Petit Galibier Renzo Accordiafter164.50 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  33,241 km./hr.

1
 Michel Van Aerde  Belgium05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

2
 Jean Stablinski  France05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

3
 Jean-Baptiste Claes  Belgium05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

4  Fernand Picot  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

5  Renzo Accordi  Italy05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

6  Joseph Thomin  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

7  Louis Bergaud  Centre-Midi05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

8  Edouard Bihouee  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

9  Antoine Abate  Centre-Midi05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

10  André Le Dissez  Paris-Nord Est05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

11  Jean Milesi  Centre-Midi05h 43' 08"=34,797  km/h

12  Guido Carlesi  Italy05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

13  Bernard Viot  Paris-Nord Est05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

14  Frans Aerenhouts  Belgium05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

15  Eddy Pauwels  Belgium05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

16  Imerio Massignan  Italy05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

17  Claude Mattio  Centre-Midi05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

18  Friedhelm Fischerkeller  Germany05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

19  Hans Junkermann  Germany05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

20  Joseph Planckaert  Belgium05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

21  Elio Gerussi  Paris-Nord Est05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

22  Adriano Zamboni  Italy05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

23  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Centre-Midi05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

24  Jos Hoevenaers  Belgium05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

25  Jacques Anquetil  France05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

26  Jean Forestier  France05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

27  José Pérez Francés  Spain05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

28  Jan Adriaensens  Belgium05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

29  Charly Gaul  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

30  Fernando Manzaneque  Spain05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

31  Alfred Rüegg  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 49' 50"+  00:06:42 =34,131  km/h

32  Marcel Queheille  Ouest-Sud Ouest05h 51' 49"+  00:08:41 =33,938  km/h

33  Kenneth Laidlaw  Great Britain/Ireland06h 01' 45"+  00:18:37 =33,006  km/h

34  Julio San Emeterio  Spain06h 01' 45"+  00:18:37 =33,006  km/h

35  Jean Gainche  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 04' 57"+  00:21:49 =32,717  km/h

36  Anton van der Steen  Holland06h 04' 57"+  00:21:49 =32,717  km/h

37  André Darrigade  France06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

38  Vicente Iturat  Spain06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

39  Georges Groussard  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

40  Joseph Groussard  France06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

41  Henri Anglade  France06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

42  Fritz Gallati  Switzerland-Luxembourg06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

43  Marcel Ernzer  Switzerland-Luxembourg06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

44  Piet Damen  Holland06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

45  Jaap Kersten  Holland06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

46  Aldo Bolzan  Switzerland-Luxembourg06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

47  Serge Ruchet  Switzerland-Luxembourg06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

48  Jan Westdorp  Holland06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

49  Roberto Falaschi  Italy06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

50  Pierre Beuffeuil  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

51  Armando Pellegrini  Italy06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

52  Marino Minieri  Italy06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

53  Joseph Wasko  Paris-Nord Est06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

54  Brian Robinson  Great Britain/Ireland06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

55  Raymond Hoorelbeke  Paris-Nord Est06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

56  Jean-Claude Lefebvre  Paris-Nord Est06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

57  Guido Boni  Italy06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

58  Luis Otaño  Spain06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

59  René Marigil  Spain06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

60  Seamus Elliott  Great Britain/Ireland06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

61  Piet van Est  Holland06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

62  Robert Cazala  France06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

63  Raymond Mastrotto  France06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

64  Guy Ignolin  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

65  Louis Rostollan  France06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

66  Pierre Everaert  France06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

67  Juan Campillo  Spain06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

68  Gérard Thiélin  Centre-Midi06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

69  Dieter Puschel  Germany06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

70  Marcel Rohrbach  Centre-Midi06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

71  Martin Van Geneugden  Belgium06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

72  André Foucher  Ouest-Sud Ouest06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

73  Manuel Busto  Centre-Midi06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

74  Rolf Graf  Switzerland-Luxembourg06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

75  André Geneste  Paris-Nord Est06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

76  Stéphane Lach  Paris-Nord Est06h 07' 40"+  00:24:32 =32,475  km/h

77  Valentin Huot  Centre-Midi06h 14' 49"+  00:31:41 =31,856  km/h


Withdrawls: 6
 RiderTeamReason
4   Carlo Brugnami ItalyDid not finish
84   Roger Thull Switzerland-LuxembourgDid not finish
101   Albert Bouvet Paris-Nord EstDid not finish
118   Camille Le Menn Centre-MidiDid not finish
127   André Cloarec Ouest-Sud OuestDid not finish
131   Marc Huiart Ouest-Sud OuestDid not finish
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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