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Between 1953 and 1959
Fred De Bruyne, Belgium
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After stage 21 - 2026:
 16451 starters.
  5513 different riders.
  689 teams.
  2419 stages.
  470 restdays.
  469752.50 km.
  5946 abandoned riders.

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 Facts from Tour de France 1968
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Stage 5b on July 2nd. 1968
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After stage 5b:    Georges Van Den Berghe  
  Bagnoles-de-l´Orne → Dinard | Dist: 154.50km. | Winner: Jean Dumont

Podium
4  Côte du  Vauroux Michael Wrightafter58.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  34,014 km./hr.

1
 Jean Dumont  France C04h 32' 21"=34,037  km/h

2
 Franco Bitossi  Italy04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

3
 Georges Van Den Berghe  Belgium B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

4  Paul Lemeteyer  France B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

5  Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Belgium A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

6  Eric De Vlaeminck  Belgium B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

7  Jan Janssen  Holland04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

8  Walter Godefroot  Belgium B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

9  Serge Bolley  France B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

10  Harm Ottenbros  Holland04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

11  Flaviano Vicentini  Italy04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

12  Gerard Vianen  Holland04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

13  Gilbert Bellone  France B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

14  Michael Wright  Great Britain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

15  John Clarey  Great Britain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

16  Michel Grain  France B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

17  Remi Van Vreckom  Belgium B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

18  Georges Pintens  Belgium A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

19  Barry Hoban  Great Britain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

20  Eric Leman  Belgium B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

21  Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

22  Roland Smaniotto  Switzerland-Luxembourg04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

23  Jean-Pierre Genet  France A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

24  Victor Nuelant  Belgium B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

25  Arthur Metcalfe  Great Britain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

26  Robert Addy  Great Britain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

27  Maurice Izier  France C04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

28  Jean-Louis Bodin  France C04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

29  Désiré Letort  France C04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

30  Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

31  Lucien Aimar  France B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

32  Peter Glemser  Germany04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

33  Charly Grosskost  France B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

34  Tony Houbrechts  Belgium B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

35  André Bayssiere  France C04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

36  Herman Van Springel  Belgium A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

37  José Samyn  France A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

38  José Manuel Lasa  Spain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

39  Henk Nijdam  Holland04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

40  Raymond Riotte  France A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

41  Bernard Guyot  France A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

42  Raymond Poulidor  France A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

43  Wim Schepers  Holland04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

44  Adriano Passuello  Italy04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

45  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Germany04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

46  José Pérez Francés  Spain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

47  André Desvages  France C04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

48  Jean Stablinski  France A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

49  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Spain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

50  Vicente Lopez Carril  Spain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

51  Jean-Marie Leblanc  France B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

52  Vic Denson  Great Britain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

53  Silvano Schiavon  Italy04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

54  Aurelio Gonzalez  Spain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

55  Roger Pingeon  France A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

56  Joseph Huysmans  Belgium A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

57  Italo Zilioli  Italy04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

58  Johny Schleck  Switzerland-Luxembourg04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

59  Carlos Echeverría  Spain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

60  Jacques Cadiou  France C04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

61  André Poppe  Belgium A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

62  Severino Andreoli  Italy04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

63  Henri Rabaute  France C04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

64  Ugo Colombo  Italy04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

65  Ernst Streng  Germany04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

66  Frans Brands  Belgium A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

67  Fernand Etter  France B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

68  Dieter Puschel  Germany04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

69  Jean Jourden  France A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

70  Gregorio San Miguel  Spain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

71  Jean Monteyne  Belgium B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

72  Willy In 't Ven  Belgium A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

73  Sebastián Elorza  Spain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

74  Andrès Gandarias  Spain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

75  Arie den Hartog  Holland04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

76  Anatole Novak  France A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

77  Derek Green  Great Britain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

78  Francis Blanc  Switzerland-Luxembourg04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

79  Georges Chappe  France B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

80  Christian Raymond  France A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

81  Marcel Maes  Belgium A04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

82  Wilfried David  Belgium B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

83  Jean-Pierre Ducasse  France B04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

84  Herbert Wilde  Germany04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

85  Julio Jiménez  Spain04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

86  Carlo Chiappano  Italy04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

87  Mino Denti  Italy04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

88  Evert Dolman  Holland04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

89  Winfried Bölke  Germany04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

90  Eddy Beugels  Holland04h 32' 30"+  00:00:09 =34,018  km/h

91  Edy Schutz  Switzerland-Luxembourg04h 33' 32"+  00:01:11 =33,890  km/h

92  Willy Spuhler  Switzerland-Luxembourg04h 33' 32"+  00:01:11 =33,890  km/h

93  Edouard Weckx  Belgium A04h 33' 32"+  00:01:11 =33,890  km/h


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1895 • Jules Dubois
1903 • Julien Delbecque
1915 • Emile Masson jr.
1922 • Maurice Lauze
1923 • Franco Franchi
1932 • Kurt Schneider
1940 • Franco Bitossi
1948 • Juan Zurano
1949 • Richard Pianaro
1954 • Alain Vigneron
1969 • Andrea Ferrigato
1975 • Dario Pieri
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