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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 2 on June 29th. 1968
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After stage 2:    Charly Grosskost  
  ArlonForest | Dist: 201.50km. | Winner: Eric De Vlaeminck

Podium
4  Côte de Anthee Franco Bitossiafter116.50 km.

4  Côte de Alsemberg Jean-Pierre Genetafter201.00 km.


Average speed for all riders in stage:  36,317 km./hr.

1
 Eric De Vlaeminck  Belgium B05h 31' 41"=36,450  km/h

2
 Jean-Pierre Genet  France A05h 31' 42"+  00:00:01 =36,449  km/h

3
 Georges Pintens  Belgium A05h 31' 42"+  00:00:01 =36,449  km/h

4  Carlos Echeverría  Spain05h 31' 43"+  00:00:02 =36,447  km/h

5  Tony Houbrechts  Belgium B05h 31' 43"+  00:00:02 =36,447  km/h

6  Jean Monteyne  Belgium B05h 31' 50"+  00:00:09 =36,434  km/h

7  Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Belgium A05h 31' 55"+  00:00:14 =36,425  km/h

8  Gerard Vianen  Holland05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

9  Edy Schutz  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

10  Franco Bitossi  Italy05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

11  Walter Godefroot  Belgium B05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

12  Raymond Poulidor  France A05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

13  Karl Brand  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

14  Herman Van Springel  Belgium A05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

15  José Pérez Francés  Spain05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

16  Jan Janssen  Holland05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

17  Wilfried David  Belgium B05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

18  Georges Van Den Berghe  Belgium B05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

19  Italo Zilioli  Italy05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

20  Barry Hoban  Great Britain05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

21  Lucien Aimar  France B05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

22  André Poppe  Belgium A05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

23  Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

24  Johny Schleck  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

25  Gilbert Bellone  France B05h 32' 05"+  00:00:24 =36,407  km/h

26  Wim Schepers  Holland05h 32' 12"+  00:00:31 =36,394  km/h

27  Edward Sels  Belgium A05h 32' 12"+  00:00:31 =36,394  km/h

28  Michael Wright  Great Britain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

29  Bernard Guyot  France A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

30  Remi Van Vreckom  Belgium B05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

31  Christian Raymond  France A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

32  Colin Lewis  Great Britain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

33  Jean-Pierre Ducasse  France B05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

34  Ugo Colombo  Italy05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

35  Paul Köchli  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

36  Frans Brands  Belgium A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

37  Joseph Huysmans  Belgium A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

38  Roland Smaniotto  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

39  Roger Pingeon  France A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

40  Eric Leman  Belgium B05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

41  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Spain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

42  Willy In 't Ven  Belgium A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

43  Raymond Riotte  France A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

44  Klemens Grossimlinghaus  Germany05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

45  John Clarey  Great Britain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

46  José Samyn  France A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

47  Jean Jourden  France A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

48  Vicente Lopez Carril  Spain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

49  Carlo Chiappano  Italy05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

50  Henri Rabaute  France C05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

51  Andrès Gandarias  Spain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

52  Henk Nijdam  Holland05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

53  Paul Lemeteyer  France B05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

54  Gregorio San Miguel  Spain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

55  Peter Glemser  Germany05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

56  Dieter Puschel  Germany05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

57  Derek Harrison  Great Britain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

58  Julio Jiménez  Spain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

59  Désiré Letort  France C05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

60  Anatole Novak  France A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

61  Edouard Weckx  Belgium A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

62  Aurelio Gonzalez  Spain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

63  Jean-Marie Leblanc  France B05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

64  Silvano Schiavon  Italy05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

65  Evert Dolman  Holland05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

66  Winfried Gottschalk  Germany05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

67  José Manuel Lasa  Spain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

68  Marcel Maes  Belgium A05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

69  Arthur Metcalfe  Great Britain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

70  Fernand Etter  France B05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

71  André Bayssiere  France C05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

72  Willy Spuhler  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

73  Herbert Wilde  Germany05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

74  Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium B05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

75  Arie den Hartog  Holland05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

76  Sebastián Elorza  Spain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

77  Victor Nuelant  Belgium B05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

78  Robert Addy  Great Britain05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

79  Winfried Bölke  Germany05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

80  Adriano Passuello  Italy05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

81  Flaviano Vicentini  Italy05h 32' 17"+  00:00:36 =36,385  km/h

82  Huub Zilverberg  Holland05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

83  Charly Grosskost  France B05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

84  Georges Chappe  France B05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

85  Eddy Beugels  Holland05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

86  Francis Blanc  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

87  Vic Denson  Great Britain05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

88  Derek Green  Great Britain05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

89  Siegfried Adler  Germany05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

90  Jean Stablinski  France A05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

91  Jacques Cadiou  France C05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

92  Harm Ottenbros  Holland05h 32' 38"+  00:00:57 =36,346  km/h

93  Michel Grain  France B05h 33' 00"+  00:01:19 =36,306  km/h

94  Mino Denti  Italy05h 33' 02"+  00:01:21 =36,303  km/h

95  Pietro Guerra  Italy05h 33' 04"+  00:01:23 =36,299  km/h

96  Francis Ducreux  France C05h 33' 22"+  00:01:41 =36,266  km/h

97  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Germany05h 33' 41"+  00:02:00 =36,232  km/h

98  Christian Robini  France C05h 34' 34"+  00:02:53 =36,136  km/h

99  Severino Andreoli  Italy05h 34' 36"+  00:02:55 =36,133  km/h

100  Jean Dumont  France C05h 40' 12"+  00:08:31 =35,538  km/h

101  Maurice Izier  France C05h 40' 12"+  00:08:31 =35,538  km/h

102  Jean-Louis Bodin  France C05h 40' 18"+  00:08:37 =35,527  km/h

103  Ernst Streng  Germany05h 40' 26"+  00:08:45 =35,514  km/h

104  Albert Herger  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 41' 17"+  00:09:36 =35,425  km/h

105  Serge Bolley  France B05h 41' 23"+  00:09:42 =35,415  km/h

106  André Desvages  France C05h 42' 10"+  00:10:29 =35,334  km/h


Withdrawls: 3
 RiderTeamReason
79   Hugh Porter Great BritainDid not finish
103   Robert Hagmann Switzerland-LuxembourgDid not finish
105   Josef Johanns Switzerland-LuxembourgExceeded time limit
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