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Gérard Besnard, France
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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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 Facts from Tour de France 1968
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Stage 22a on July 21st. 1968
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After stage 22a:    Herman Van Springel  
  Auxerre → Melun | Dist: 136.00km. | Winner: Maurice Izier

Podium
4  Côte de Champagne sur Seine Maurice Izierafter113.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  34,772 km./hr.

1
 Maurice Izier  France C03h 43' 56"=36,439  km/h

2
 Herbert Wilde  Germany03h 46' 15"+  00:02:19 =36,066  km/h

3
 Francis Blanc  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 49' 03"+  00:05:07 =35,625  km/h

4  Frans Brands  Belgium A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

5  Franco Bitossi  Italy03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

6  Barry Hoban  Great Britain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

7  Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Belgium A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

8  Serge Bolley  France B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

9  Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

10  John Clarey  Great Britain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

11  Joseph Huysmans  Belgium A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

12  Edouard Weckx  Belgium A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

13  Flaviano Vicentini  Italy03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

14  Eric Leman  Belgium B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

15  Jean-Louis Bodin  France C03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

16  Georges Pintens  Belgium A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

17  Evert Dolman  Holland03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

18  Bernard Guyot  France A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

19  Gilbert Bellone  France B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

20  Lucien Aimar  France B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

21  Dieter Puschel  Germany03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

22  Carlo Chiappano  Italy03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

23  Victor Nuelant  Belgium B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

24  Jean-Pierre Ducasse  France B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

25  Adriano Passuello  Italy03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

26  Walter Godefroot  Belgium B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

27  Andrès Gandarias  Spain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

28  Jean Dumont  France C03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

29  Jan Janssen  Holland03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

30  Eric De Vlaeminck  Belgium B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

31  André Bayssiere  France C03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

32  Herman Van Springel  Belgium A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

33  Gregorio San Miguel  Spain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

34  Marcel Maes  Belgium A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

35  André Poppe  Belgium A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

36  Ugo Colombo  Italy03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

37  Aurelio Gonzalez  Spain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

38  Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

39  Tony Houbrechts  Belgium B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

40  Vicente Lopez Carril  Spain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

41  Silvano Schiavon  Italy03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

42  Willy Spuhler  Switzerland-Luxembourg03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

43  Carlos Echeverría  Spain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

44  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Spain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

45  Roger Pingeon  France A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

46  Julio Jiménez  Spain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

47  Mino Denti  Italy03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

48  Jean Monteyne  Belgium B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

49  Georges Van Den Berghe  Belgium B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

50  Eddy Beugels  Holland03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

51  Arie den Hartog  Holland03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

52  Anatole Novak  France A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

53  Vic Denson  Great Britain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

54  Michel Grain  France B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

55  Jean-Marie Leblanc  France B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

56  Willy In 't Ven  Belgium A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

57  Charly Grosskost  France B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

58  Sebastián Elorza  Spain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

59  Remi Van Vreckom  Belgium B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

60  Christian Raymond  France A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

61  Michael Wright  Great Britain03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

62  Georges Chappe  France B03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h

63  Jean-Pierre Genet  France A03h 55' 05"+  00:11:09 =34,711  km/h


Todays birthdays.

1866 • Marcel Kerff
1909 • Marcel Renaud
1920 • Maurice Quentin
1948 • Tullio Rossi
1957 • Roberto Visentini
1964 • Erwin Nijboer
1970 • Xavier Jan
1971 • Dominique Rault
1984 • Tyler Farrar
1990 • Michal Kwiatkowski

 

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