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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 8 on July 5th. 1968
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After stage 8:    Georges Van Den Berghe  
  Nantes → Royan | Dist: 223.00km. | Winner: Daniel Van Ryckeghem

Podium

Average speed for all riders in stage:  41,113 km./hr.

1
 Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Belgium A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

2
 Jan Janssen  Holland05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

3
 Franco Bitossi  Italy05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

4  Eric Leman  Belgium B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

5  Gerard Vianen  Holland05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

6  Walter Godefroot  Belgium B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

7  Georges Van Den Berghe  Belgium B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

8  André Desvages  France C05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

9  Michael Wright  Great Britain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

10  Paul Lemeteyer  France B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

11  Remi Van Vreckom  Belgium B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

12  Arthur Metcalfe  Great Britain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

13  Harm Ottenbros  Holland05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

14  Victor Nuelant  Belgium B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

15  Michel Grain  France B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

16  Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

17  Serge Bolley  France B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

18  John Clarey  Great Britain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

19  Gilbert Bellone  France B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

20  Ernst Streng  Germany05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

21  Robert Addy  Great Britain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

22  Barry Hoban  Great Britain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

23  André Poppe  Belgium A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

24  Eric De Vlaeminck  Belgium B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

25  Georges Pintens  Belgium A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

26  Jean Dumont  France C05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

27  Jean-Louis Bodin  France C05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

28  Vic Denson  Great Britain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

29  Carlos Echeverría  Spain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

30  Mino Denti  Italy05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

31  Joseph Huysmans  Belgium A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

32  Severino Andreoli  Italy05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

33  Frans Brands  Belgium A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

34  Wim Schepers  Holland05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

35  Maurice Izier  France C05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

36  Christian Raymond  France A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

37  Peter Glemser  Germany05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

38  Raymond Riotte  France A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

39  Dieter Puschel  Germany05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

40  Tony Houbrechts  Belgium B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

41  Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

42  Flaviano Vicentini  Italy05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

43  Vicente Lopez Carril  Spain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

44  Jean Monteyne  Belgium B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

45  José Pérez Francés  Spain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

46  Raymond Poulidor  France A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

47  Edouard Weckx  Belgium A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

48  Andrès Gandarias  Spain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

49  Silvano Schiavon  Italy05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

50  Evert Dolman  Holland05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

51  Désiré Letort  France C05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

52  Johny Schleck  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

53  Charly Grosskost  France B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

54  Roger Pingeon  France A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

55  Jean-Marie Leblanc  France B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

56  Lucien Aimar  France B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

57  Adriano Passuello  Italy05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

58  Herman Van Springel  Belgium A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

59  Wilfried David  Belgium B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

60  Jean-Pierre Genet  France A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

61  Henri Rabaute  France C05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

62  Willy Spuhler  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

63  Bernard Guyot  France A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

64  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Spain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

65  Aurelio Gonzalez  Spain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

66  Italo Zilioli  Italy05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

67  Henk Nijdam  Holland05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

68  Jean Jourden  France A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

69  Anatole Novak  France A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

70  Roland Smaniotto  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

71  Ugo Colombo  Italy05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

72  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Germany05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

73  Jean Stablinski  France A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

74  Jean-Pierre Ducasse  France B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

75  Arie den Hartog  Holland05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

76  Willy In 't Ven  Belgium A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

77  Herbert Wilde  Germany05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

78  Sebastián Elorza  Spain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

79  Carlo Chiappano  Italy05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

80  Edy Schutz  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

81  Georges Chappe  France B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

82  Francis Blanc  Switzerland-Luxembourg05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

83  Fernand Etter  France B05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

84  Gregorio San Miguel  Spain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

85  Julio Jiménez  Spain05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

86  Winfried Bölke  Germany05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

87  Eddy Beugels  Holland05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

88  Jacques Cadiou  France C05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

89  Marcel Maes  Belgium A05h 25' 26"=41,114  km/h

90  André Bayssiere  France C05h 26' 05"+  00:00:39 =41,032  km/h


Withdrawls: 1
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