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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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Prologue on June 27th. 1968
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Prologue on June 27th. 1968
   Charly Grosskost  
  Vittel → Vittel | Dist: 6.10km. | Winner: Charly Grosskost

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  40,410 km./hr.

1
 Charly Grosskost  France B00h 08' 27"=43,314  km/h

2
 Jan Janssen  Holland00h 08' 29"+  00:00:02 =43,143  km/h

3
 Raymond Poulidor  France A00h 08' 32"+  00:00:05 =42,891  km/h

4  Franco Bitossi  Italy00h 08' 40"+  00:00:13 =42,231  km/h

5  Gilbert Bellone  France B00h 08' 41"+  00:00:14 =42,150  km/h

6  Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium B00h 08' 41"+  00:00:14 =42,150  km/h

7  Hugh Porter  Great Britain00h 08' 42"+  00:00:15 =42,069  km/h

8  Désiré Letort  France C00h 08' 45"+  00:00:18 =41,829  km/h

9  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Spain00h 08' 46"+  00:00:19 =41,749  km/h

10  Wilfried David  Belgium B00h 08' 48"+  00:00:21 =41,591  km/h

11  Walter Godefroot  Belgium B00h 08' 49"+  00:00:22 =41,512  km/h

12  Herman Van Springel  Belgium A00h 08' 50"+  00:00:23 =41,434  km/h

13  Bernard Guyot  France A00h 08' 51"+  00:00:24 =41,356  km/h

14  Flaviano Vicentini  Italy00h 08' 51"+  00:00:24 =41,356  km/h

15  Siegfried Adler  Germany00h 08' 51"+  00:00:24 =41,356  km/h

16  Lucien Aimar  France B00h 08' 51"+  00:00:24 =41,356  km/h

17  Eric Leman  Belgium B00h 08' 51"+  00:00:24 =41,356  km/h

18  José Samyn  France A00h 08' 52"+  00:00:25 =41,278  km/h

19  Gerard Vianen  Holland00h 08' 53"+  00:00:26 =41,201  km/h

20  Derek Harrison  Great Britain00h 08' 53"+  00:00:26 =41,201  km/h

21  Pietro Guerra  Italy00h 08' 53"+  00:00:26 =41,201  km/h

22  Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Belgium A00h 08' 54"+  00:00:27 =41,124  km/h

23  Silvano Schiavon  Italy00h 08' 54"+  00:00:27 =41,124  km/h

24  Jean Jourden  France A00h 08' 54"+  00:00:27 =41,124  km/h

25  José Manuel Lasa  Spain00h 08' 55"+  00:00:28 =41,047  km/h

26  Arie den Hartog  Holland00h 08' 55"+  00:00:28 =41,047  km/h

27  Tony Houbrechts  Belgium B00h 08' 55"+  00:00:28 =41,047  km/h

28  Mino Denti  Italy00h 08' 55"+  00:00:28 =41,047  km/h

29  Edy Schutz  Switzerland-Luxembourg00h 08' 55"+  00:00:28 =41,047  km/h

30  Willy In 't Ven  Belgium A00h 08' 56"+  00:00:29 =40,970  km/h

31  Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany00h 08' 56"+  00:00:29 =40,970  km/h

32  Raymond Riotte  France A00h 08' 56"+  00:00:29 =40,970  km/h

33  Peter Glemser  Germany00h 08' 56"+  00:00:29 =40,970  km/h

34  Roger Pingeon  France A00h 08' 56"+  00:00:29 =40,970  km/h

35  Italo Zilioli  Italy00h 08' 56"+  00:00:29 =40,970  km/h

36  Wim Schepers  Holland00h 08' 56"+  00:00:29 =40,970  km/h

37  Ugo Colombo  Italy00h 08' 56"+  00:00:29 =40,970  km/h

38  Eric De Vlaeminck  Belgium B00h 08' 58"+  00:00:31 =40,818  km/h

39  Jos van der Vleuten  Holland00h 08' 58"+  00:00:31 =40,818  km/h

40  Christian Raymond  France A00h 08' 58"+  00:00:31 =40,818  km/h

41  Gregorio San Miguel  Spain00h 08' 59"+  00:00:32 =40,742  km/h

42  Jean Dumont  France C00h 08' 59"+  00:00:32 =40,742  km/h

43  Eddy Beugels  Holland00h 09' 00"+  00:00:33 =40,667  km/h

44  Jacques Cadiou  France C00h 09' 01"+  00:00:34 =40,591  km/h

45  Jean Monteyne  Belgium B00h 09' 01"+  00:00:34 =40,591  km/h

46  Robert Hagmann  Switzerland-Luxembourg00h 09' 01"+  00:00:34 =40,591  km/h

47  Georges Chappe  France B00h 09' 01"+  00:00:34 =40,591  km/h

48  Adriano Passuello  Italy00h 09' 02"+  00:00:35 =40,517  km/h

49  Fernand Etter  France B00h 09' 02"+  00:00:35 =40,517  km/h

50  Vic Denson  Great Britain00h 09' 02"+  00:00:35 =40,517  km/h

51  Remi Van Vreckom  Belgium B00h 09' 03"+  00:00:36 =40,442  km/h

52  Jean-Pierre Ducasse  France B00h 09' 03"+  00:00:36 =40,442  km/h

53  Klemens Grossimlinghaus  Germany00h 09' 03"+  00:00:36 =40,442  km/h

54  André Poppe  Belgium A00h 09' 03"+  00:00:36 =40,442  km/h

55  José Pérez Francés  Spain00h 09' 03"+  00:00:36 =40,442  km/h

56  Jean-Pierre Genet  France A00h 09' 03"+  00:00:36 =40,442  km/h

57  Robert Addy  Great Britain00h 09' 04"+  00:00:37 =40,368  km/h

58  Arthur Metcalfe  Great Britain00h 09' 04"+  00:00:37 =40,368  km/h

59  Huub Zilverberg  Holland00h 09' 05"+  00:00:38 =40,294  km/h

60  Ernst Streng  Germany00h 09' 05"+  00:00:38 =40,294  km/h

61  Colin Lewis  Great Britain00h 09' 05"+  00:00:38 =40,294  km/h

62  Paul Lemeteyer  France B00h 09' 05"+  00:00:38 =40,294  km/h

63  Christian Robini  France C00h 09' 06"+  00:00:39 =40,220  km/h

64  Vicente Lopez Carril  Spain00h 09' 06"+  00:00:39 =40,220  km/h

65  Sebastián Elorza  Spain00h 09' 06"+  00:00:39 =40,220  km/h

66  Edward Sels  Belgium A00h 09' 06"+  00:00:39 =40,220  km/h

67  Joseph Huysmans  Belgium A00h 09' 07"+  00:00:40 =40,146  km/h

68  Winfried Bölke  Germany00h 09' 07"+  00:00:40 =40,146  km/h

69  Jean-Marie Leblanc  France B00h 09' 07"+  00:00:40 =40,146  km/h

70  John Clarey  Great Britain00h 09' 07"+  00:00:40 =40,146  km/h

71  Barry Hoban  Great Britain00h 09' 07"+  00:00:40 =40,146  km/h

72  André Bayssiere  France C00h 09' 07"+  00:00:40 =40,146  km/h

73  Derek Green  Great Britain00h 09' 07"+  00:00:40 =40,146  km/h

74  Maurice Izier  France C00h 09' 08"+  00:00:41 =40,073  km/h

75  Evert Dolman  Holland00h 09' 09"+  00:00:42 =40,000  km/h

76  André Desvages  France C00h 09' 09"+  00:00:42 =40,000  km/h

77  Georges Van Den Berghe  Belgium B00h 09' 09"+  00:00:42 =40,000  km/h

78  Jean-Louis Bodin  France C00h 09' 09"+  00:00:42 =40,000  km/h

79  Victor Nuelant  Belgium B00h 09' 09"+  00:00:42 =40,000  km/h

80  Herbert Wilde  Germany00h 09' 09"+  00:00:42 =40,000  km/h

81  Anatole Novak  France A00h 09' 09"+  00:00:42 =40,000  km/h

82  Carlo Chiappano  Italy00h 09' 10"+  00:00:43 =39,927  km/h

83  Carlos Echeverría  Spain00h 09' 10"+  00:00:43 =39,927  km/h

84  Johny Schleck  Switzerland-Luxembourg00h 09' 11"+  00:00:44 =39,855  km/h

85  Jean Stablinski  France A00h 09' 11"+  00:00:44 =39,855  km/h

86  Winfried Gottschalk  Germany00h 09' 11"+  00:00:44 =39,855  km/h

87  Michael Wright  Great Britain00h 09' 12"+  00:00:45 =39,783  km/h

88  Michel Grain  France B00h 09' 12"+  00:00:45 =39,783  km/h

89  Francis Blanc  Switzerland-Luxembourg00h 09' 13"+  00:00:46 =39,711  km/h

90  Aurelio Gonzalez  Spain00h 09' 14"+  00:00:47 =39,639  km/h

91  Marcel Maes  Belgium A00h 09' 14"+  00:00:47 =39,639  km/h

92  Francis Ducreux  France C00h 09' 15"+  00:00:48 =39,568  km/h

93  Dieter Puschel  Germany00h 09' 15"+  00:00:48 =39,568  km/h

94  Frans Brands  Belgium A00h 09' 15"+  00:00:48 =39,568  km/h

95  Henk Nijdam  Holland00h 09' 16"+  00:00:49 =39,496  km/h

96  Harm Ottenbros  Holland00h 09' 16"+  00:00:49 =39,496  km/h

97  Josef Johanns  Switzerland-Luxembourg00h 09' 17"+  00:00:50 =39,425  km/h

98  Edouard Weckx  Belgium A00h 09' 17"+  00:00:50 =39,425  km/h

99  Severino Andreoli  Italy00h 09' 17"+  00:00:50 =39,425  km/h

100  Roland Smaniotto  Switzerland-Luxembourg00h 09' 18"+  00:00:51 =39,355  km/h

101  Georges Pintens  Belgium A00h 09' 21"+  00:00:54 =39,144  km/h

102  Karl Brand  Switzerland-Luxembourg00h 09' 22"+  00:00:55 =39,075  km/h

103  Julio Jiménez  Spain00h 09' 24"+  00:00:57 =38,936  km/h

104  Albert Herger  Switzerland-Luxembourg00h 09' 25"+  00:00:58 =38,867  km/h

105  Henri Rabaute  France C00h 09' 25"+  00:00:58 =38,867  km/h

106  Paul Köchli  Switzerland-Luxembourg00h 09' 27"+  00:01:00 =38,730  km/h

107  Serge Bolley  France B00h 09' 29"+  00:01:02 =38,594  km/h

108  Willy Spuhler  Switzerland-Luxembourg00h 09' 37"+  00:01:10 =38,059  km/h

109  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Germany00h 09' 42"+  00:01:15 =37,732  km/h

110  Andrès Gandarias  Spain00h 09' 49"+  00:01:22 =37,284  km/h


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