Participated 7 times
Between 1958 and 1964
Jos Hoevenaers, Belgium
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 16451 starters.
  5513 different riders.
  689 teams.
  2419 stages.
  470 restdays.
  469752.50 km.
  5946 abandoned riders.

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Stage 1 on June 23rd. 1963
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After stage 1:    Eddy Pauwels  
  Paris → Épernay | Dist: 152.50km. | Winner: Eddy Pauwels

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  43,187 km./hr.

1
 Eddy Pauwels  Wiel's-Groene Leeuw03h 30' 03"=43,561  km/h

2
 Edgard Sorgeloos  G.B.C-Libertas03h 30' 03"=43,561  km/h

3
 Alan Ramsbottom  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune03h 30' 03"=43,561  km/h

4  Federico Bahamontes  Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop03h 30' 03"=43,561  km/h

5  Guillaume Van Tongerloo  G.B.C-Libertas03h 31' 26"+  00:01:23 =43,276  km/h

6  Rik Van Looy  G.B.C-Libertas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

7  Benoni Beheyt  Wiel's-Groene Leeuw03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

8  Gilbert Desmet 1  Wiel's-Groene Leeuw03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

9  Jean Graczyk  Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

10  Martin Van Geneugden  G.B.C-Libertas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

11  Jos Wouters  Solo-Terrot-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

12  Robert Lelangue  Solo-Terrot-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

13  Michel Van Aerde  Solo-Terrot-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

14  Joseph Groussard  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

15  Giancarlo Gentina  Carpano03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

16  Emile Daems  Peugeot-BP-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

17  Willy Derboven  G.B.C-Libertas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

18  Ludo Janssens  G.B.C-Libertas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

19  Jean Simon  Peugeot-BP-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

20  Frans Aerenhouts  G.B.C-Libertas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

21  Arthur Decabooter  Solo-Terrot-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

22  Noël Foré  Faema-Flandria03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

23  Willy Bocklant  Faema-Flandria03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

24  Frans Melckenbeeck  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

25  Antonio Barrutia  Kas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

26  Jan Janssen  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

27  Willy Vannitsen  Peugeot-BP-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

28  Marcel Ongenae  Faema-Flandria03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

29  Henri De Wolf  Solo-Terrot-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

30  Daniel Doom  Wiel's-Groene Leeuw03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

31  André Foucher  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

32  August Verhaegen  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

33  Jean Gainche  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

34  Anatole Novak  Saint Raphael-Gitane03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

35  Roger De Breuker  Solo-Terrot-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

36  Alfons Hellemans  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

37  André Darrigade  Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

38  Rolf Wolfshohl  Peugeot-BP-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

39  Georges Groussard  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

40  Dick Enthoven  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

41  Victor Van Schil  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

42  Dieter Puschel  Wiel's-Groene Leeuw03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

43  Pierre Beuffeuil  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

44  Joseph Velly  Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

45  Danilo Ferrari  I.B.A.C-Molteni03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

46  José Pérez Francés  Ferrys03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

47  Vendramino Bariviera  Carpano03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

48  Manuel Martin Piñera  Kas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

49  Antonio Bertran  Ferrys03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

50  Henri Anglade  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

51  Roland Lacombe  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

52  Carlos Echeverría  Kas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

53  François Mahé  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

54  Gilbert Desmet 2  Wiel's-Groene Leeuw03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

55  Yvo Molenaers  Wiel's-Groene Leeuw03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

56  Carlo Azzini  Carpano03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

57  Joseph Planckaert  Faema-Flandria03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

58  Jaak De Boever  Solo-Terrot-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

59  Raymond Poulidor  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

60  André Messelis  Wiel's-Groene Leeuw03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

61  Albertus Geldermans  Saint Raphael-Gitane03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

62  Giuseppe Sartore  Carpano03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

63  Franco Balmamion  Carpano03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

64  Louis Proost  Solo-Terrot-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

65  Huub Zilverberg  G.B.C-Libertas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

66  Fernando Manzaneque  Ferrys03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

67  Frans Brands  Faema-Flandria03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

68  Guy Ignolin  Saint Raphael-Gitane03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

69  Joseph Thomin  Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

70  Clément Roman  Faema-Flandria03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

71  Jean Milesi  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

72  Luis Otaño  Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

73  Hans Junkermann  Wiel's-Groene Leeuw03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

74  Armand Desmet  Faema-Flandria03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

75  Robert Cazala  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

76  Simon Le Borgne  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

77  Claude Mattio  Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

78  Henry Duez  Peugeot-BP-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

79  Guy Epaud  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

80  Marcel Seynaeve  Solo-Terrot-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

81  Jean-Claude Lebaube  Saint Raphael-Gitane03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

82  René Van Meenen  Wiel's-Groene Leeuw03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

83  Antonio Suarez  Faema-Flandria03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

84  Seamus Elliott  Saint Raphael-Gitane03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

85  Gérard Thiélin  Saint Raphael-Gitane03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

86  Jacques Anquetil  Saint Raphael-Gitane03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

87  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Faema-Flandria03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

88  Giuseppe Dante  I.B.A.C-Molteni03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

89  Francisco Gabica  Kas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

90  Jean Stablinski  Saint Raphael-Gitane03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

91  Pierre Everaert  Saint Raphael-Gitane03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

92  Pino Cerami  Peugeot-BP-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

93  Raymond Impanis  Peugeot-BP-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

94  Marcel Janssens  Solo-Terrot-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

95  Angelino Soler  Faema-Flandria03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

96  Eusebio Velez  Kas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

97  Renzo Fontona  I.B.A.C-Molteni03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

98  Loris Guernieri  Carpano03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

99  Jos Hoevenaers  Peugeot-BP-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

100  Ferdinand Bracke  Peugeot-BP-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

101  Louis Rostollan  Saint Raphael-Gitane03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

102  Guido Carlesi  I.B.A.C-Molteni03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

103  Roberto Falaschi  I.B.A.C-Molteni03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

104  Willy Schroeders  G.B.C-Libertas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

105  Charly Gaul  Peugeot-BP-Englebert03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

106  Antonio Bailetti  Carpano03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

107  Sebastián Elorza  Kas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

108  Jean Dupont  Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

109  Graziano Battistini  I.B.A.C-Molteni03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

110  Nello Velucchi  I.B.A.C-Molteni03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

111  Ottavio Cogliati  Carpano03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

112  Jean-Baptiste Dotto  Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

113  Miguel Pacheco  Kas03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

114  Giacomo Fornoni  I.B.A.C-Molteni03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

115  Germano Barale  Carpano03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

116  Kurt Gimmi  Carpano03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

117  Antonio Karmany  Ferrys03h 31' 31"+  00:01:28 =43,259  km/h

118  Valentin Uriona  Kas03h 32' 09"+  00:02:06 =43,130  km/h

119  Roger Baens  G.B.C-Libertas03h 32' 23"+  00:02:20 =43,082  km/h

120  Esteban Martin  Ferrys03h 34' 11"+  00:04:08 =42,720  km/h

121  Angelo Ottaviani  I.B.A.C-Molteni03h 34' 11"+  00:04:08 =42,720  km/h

122  Ernesto Minetto  I.B.A.C-Molteni03h 34' 11"+  00:04:08 =42,720  km/h

123  Rogelio Hernandez  Ferrys03h 36' 46"+  00:06:43 =42,211  km/h

124  Gabriel Mas  Ferrys03h 36' 46"+  00:06:43 =42,211  km/h

125  Raúl Rey  Ferrys03h 36' 46"+  00:06:43 =42,211  km/h

126  Juan Sanchez  Kas03h 36' 46"+  00:06:43 =42,211  km/h

127  Emilio Cruz Diaz  Ferrys03h 36' 46"+  00:06:43 =42,211  km/h

128  José Lopez  Kas03h 36' 46"+  00:06:43 =42,211  km/h

129  Juan Campillo  Margnat-Paloma-Dunlop03h 36' 46"+  00:06:43 =42,211  km/h

130  Julio San Emeterio  Ferrys03h 36' 46"+  00:06:43 =42,211  km/h


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