Participated 4 times
Between 1971 and 1977
Luis Balague, Spain
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After stage 21 - 2025:
 16451 starters.
  5464 different riders.
  689 teams.
  2398 stages.
  470 restdays.
  466506.50 km.
  5925 abandoned riders.

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Stage 1 on June 21st. 1966
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After stage 1:    Rudi Altig  
  Nancy → Charleville | Dist: 208.50km. | Winner: Rudi Altig

Podium
4  Côte de la Chevée Giacomo Fornoniafter143.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  42,589 km./hr.

1
 Rudi Altig  Molteni-Hutchinson04h 52' 56"=42,706  km/h

2
 Willy Planckaert  Smiths04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

3
 Georges Van Den Berghe  Smiths04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

4  Rik Van Looy  Solo-Superia04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

5  Jo De Roo  Televizier-Batavus04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

6  Guido Reybrouck  Smiths04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

7  Georges Van Coningsloo  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

8  Gerben Karstens  Televizier-Batavus04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

9  Jan Janssen  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

10  Herman Van Springel  Mann-Grundig04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

11  Edward Sels  Solo-Superia04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

12  Rik Wouters  Televizier-Batavus04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

13  Roger Swerts  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

14  Jos van der Vleuten  Televizier-Batavus04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

15  Frans Brands  Smiths04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

16  Michel Grain  Ford France-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

17  Tom Simpson  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

18  Maurice Benet  Kamome-Dilecta04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

19  Jean-Louis Bodin  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

20  Lucien Aimar  Ford France-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

21  Edgard Sorgeloos  Solo-Superia04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

22  Maurice Izier  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

23  Willy Derboven  Solo-Superia04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

24  José Momeñe  Kas-Kaskol04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

25  Guido Neri  Molteni-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

26  Vic Denson  Ford France-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

27  Jan Boonen  Mann-Grundig04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

28  Noël De Pauw  Solo-Superia04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

29  Albertus Geldermans  Molteni-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

30  Raymond Poulidor  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

31  Leo van Dongen  Televizier-Batavus04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

32  Domingo Perurena  Fagor04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

33  Bas Maliepaard  Televizier-Batavus04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

34  Willy Altig  Molteni-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

35  Jean-Pierre Genet  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

36  Rolf Wolfshohl  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

37  Henri De Wolf  Solo-Superia04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

38  Roger Pingeon  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

39  Edy Schutz  Smiths04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

40  Joseph Spruyt  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

41  Johny Schleck  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

42  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Kas-Kaskol04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

43  Carlos Echeverría  Kas-Kaskol04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

44  Pierre Everaert  Ford France-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

45  Jozef Boons  Mann-Grundig04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

46  André Messelis  Mann-Grundig04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

47  Roger Milliot  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

48  Walter Boucquet  Mann-Grundig04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

49  Albert Van Vlierberghe  Smiths04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

50  Alain Le Greves  Kamome-Dilecta04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

51  Jean Dupont  Kamome-Dilecta04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

52  Christian Raymond  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

53  André Foucher  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

54  Luis Otaño  Fagor04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

55  Jan Nolmans  Mann-Grundig04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

56  Guido De Rosso  Molteni-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

57  Yvo Molenaers  Smiths04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

58  Edouard Delberghe  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

59  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

60  Arie den Hartog  Ford France-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

61  Tommaso De Pra  Molteni-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

62  Jean Stablinski  Ford France-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

63  Aurelio Gonzalez  Kas-Kaskol04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

64  Victor Van Schil  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

65  Georges Groussard  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

66  Giacomo Fornoni  Molteni-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

67  Luis Santamarina  Fagor04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

68  Désiré Letort  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

69  Willy Monty  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

70  Francisco Gabica  Kas-Kaskol04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

71  André Darrigade  Kamome-Dilecta04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

72  José Lopez Rodriguez  Fagor04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

73  Joseph Huysmans  Mann-Grundig04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

74  Joseph Mathy  Smiths04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

75  René Binggeli  Molteni-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

76  Jacques Anquetil  Ford France-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

77  Robert Cazala  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

78  Willy Van den Eynde  Smiths04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

79  Jean-Claude Lebaube  Kamome-Dilecta04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

80  Willy Vannitsen  Mann-Grundig04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

81  Jean Monteyne  Solo-Superia04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

82  Ramon Mendiburu  Fagor04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

83  Martin Van Den Bossche  Smiths04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

84  Henri Guimbard  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

85  Joaquin Galera  Kas-Kaskol04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

86  Mariano Diaz  Fagor04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

87  Julien Stevens  Solo-Superia04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

88  Huub Harings  Televizier-Batavus04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

89  Jean-Claude Lefebvre  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

90  Sebastián Elorza  Kas-Kaskol04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

91  Huub Zilverberg  Televizier-Batavus04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

92  Eusebio Velez  Kas-Kaskol04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

93  Ferdinand Bracke  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

94  Julio Jiménez  Ford France-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

95  Armand Desmet  Solo-Superia04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

96  Jésus Aranzabal  Fagor04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

97  Jean Milesi  Ford France-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

98  Raymond Delisle  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

99  Herman Vrancken  Mann-Grundig04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

100  André Zimmermann  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

101  Julien De Locht  Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

102  José-Maria Errandonea  Fagor04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

103  Raymond Mastrotto  Kamome-Dilecta04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

104  Esteban Martin  Fagor04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

105  Gines Garcia  Fagor04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

106  Willy In 't Ven  Mann-Grundig04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

107  Mario Zanchi  Filotex-Fiorelli04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

108  Joseph Novales  Kamome-Dilecta04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

109  Franco Bitossi  Filotex-Fiorelli04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

110  Ambrogio Colombo  Molteni-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

111  Valentin Uriona  Kas-Kaskol04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

112  Mathieu Maes  Solo-Superia04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

113  Henry Duez  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

114  Gilbert Bellone  Mercier-BP-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

115  Raymond Lebreton  Kamome-Dilecta04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

116  Vittorio Chiarini  Filotex-Fiorelli04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

117  Cees Haast  Televizier-Batavus04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

118  Ugo Colombo  Filotex-Fiorelli04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

119  Anatole Novak  Ford France-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

120  Gregorio San Miguel  Kas-Kaskol04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

121  Louis Rostollan  Kamome-Dilecta04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

122  Marcello Mugnaini  Filotex-Fiorelli04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

123  Guido Carlesi  Filotex-Fiorelli04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

124  Rolando Picchiotti  Filotex-Fiorelli04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

125  Paolo Mannucci  Filotex-Fiorelli04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

126  Giuseppe Fezzardi  Molteni-Hutchinson04h 53' 43"+  00:00:47 =42,592  km/h

127  Henk Nijdam  Televizier-Batavus04h 54' 54"+  00:01:58 =42,421  km/h

128  Pierre Beuffeuil  Kamome-Dilecta04h 54' 59"+  00:02:03 =42,409  km/h

129  Pasquale Fabbri  Filotex-Fiorelli04h 55' 09"+  00:02:13 =42,385  km/h


Withdrawls: 1
 RiderTeamReason
66   Guerrando Lenzi Filotex-FiorelliExceeded time limit
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