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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 15 on July 14th. 1968
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After stage 15:    Georges Van Den Berghe  
  Font-Romeu → Albi | Dist: 250.50km. | Winner: Roger Pingeon

Podium
4  Côte de Chapelle Roger Pingeonafter59.00 km.

4  Côte de Espezel Roger Pingeonafter70.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  38,978 km./hr.

1
 Roger Pingeon  France A06h 20' 36"=39,490  km/h

2
 Walter Godefroot  Belgium B06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

3
 Michael Wright  Great Britain06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

4  Jan Janssen  Holland06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

5  Georges Van Den Berghe  Belgium B06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

6  Barry Hoban  Great Britain06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

7  Franco Bitossi  Italy06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

8  Adriano Passuello  Italy06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

9  Victor Nuelant  Belgium B06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

10  Jean Dumont  France C06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

11  Georges Pintens  Belgium A06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

12  Herman Van Springel  Belgium A06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

13  Frans Brands  Belgium A06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

14  Jean-Pierre Ducasse  France B06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

15  Joseph Huysmans  Belgium A06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

16  Charly Grosskost  France B06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

17  Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

18  Vicente Lopez Carril  Spain06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

19  Jean-Louis Bodin  France C06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

20  Tony Houbrechts  Belgium B06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

21  Eddy Beugels  Holland06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

22  Arie den Hartog  Holland06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

23  Lucien Aimar  France B06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

24  Edouard Weckx  Belgium A06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

25  Ugo Colombo  Italy06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

26  Carlos Echeverría  Spain06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

27  Gregorio San Miguel  Spain06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

28  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Spain06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

29  Gilbert Bellone  France B06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

30  Sebastián Elorza  Spain06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

31  Andrès Gandarias  Spain06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

32  Silvano Schiavon  Italy06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

33  Peter Glemser  Germany06h 23' 34"+  00:02:58 =39,185  km/h

34  Bernard Guyot  France A06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

35  Eric Leman  Belgium B06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

36  Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Belgium A06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

37  Raymond Poulidor  France A06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

38  Serge Bolley  France B06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

39  Michel Grain  France B06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

40  Flaviano Vicentini  Italy06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

41  Aurelio Gonzalez  Spain06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

42  André Bayssiere  France C06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

43  André Poppe  Belgium A06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

44  Carlo Chiappano  Italy06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

45  Mino Denti  Italy06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

46  Jean-Marie Leblanc  France B06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

47  Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium B06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

48  Remi Van Vreckom  Belgium B06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

49  Marcel Maes  Belgium A06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

50  Jean Monteyne  Belgium B06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

51  Evert Dolman  Holland06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

52  Willy Spuhler  Switzerland-Luxembourg06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

53  Dieter Puschel  Germany06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

54  Francis Blanc  Switzerland-Luxembourg06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

55  Georges Chappe  France B06h 24' 39"+  00:04:03 =39,074  km/h

56  Eric De Vlaeminck  Belgium B06h 25' 03"+  00:04:27 =39,034  km/h

57  Raymond Riotte  France A06h 28' 51"+  00:08:15 =38,652  km/h

58  Maurice Izier  France C06h 28' 51"+  00:08:15 =38,652  km/h

59  Willy In 't Ven  Belgium A06h 28' 51"+  00:08:15 =38,652  km/h

60  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Germany06h 29' 57"+  00:09:21 =38,543  km/h

61  Jean-Pierre Genet  France A06h 30' 58"+  00:10:22 =38,443  km/h

62  Jean Stablinski  France A06h 30' 58"+  00:10:22 =38,443  km/h

63  Christian Raymond  France A06h 30' 58"+  00:10:22 =38,443  km/h

64  Anatole Novak  France A06h 30' 58"+  00:10:22 =38,443  km/h

65  John Clarey  Great Britain06h 36' 50"+  00:16:14 =37,875  km/h

66  Julio Jiménez  Spain06h 36' 50"+  00:16:14 =37,875  km/h

67  Herbert Wilde  Germany06h 36' 50"+  00:16:14 =37,875  km/h

68  Vic Denson  Great Britain06h 36' 50"+  00:16:14 =37,875  km/h

69  Arthur Metcalfe  Great Britain06h 36' 50"+  00:16:14 =37,875  km/h


Withdrawls: 2
 RiderTeamReason
24   André Desvages France CDid not finish
29   Henri Rabaute France CDid not finish
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