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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 17 on July 16th. 1968
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After stage 17:    Rolf Wolfshohl  
  Aurillac → Saint-Étienne | Dist: 236.50km. | Winner: Jean-Pierre Genet

Podium
3  Puy Mary Pas de Peyrol Aurelio Gonzalezafter36.50 km.

4  Côte de Collat Georges Chappeafter146.50 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  32,629 km./hr.

1
 Jean-Pierre Genet  France A07h 02' 33"=33,582  km/h

2
 Georges Chappe  France B07h 02' 35"+  00:00:02 =33,579  km/h

3
 Willy Spuhler  Switzerland-Luxembourg07h 03' 00"+  00:00:27 =33,546  km/h

4  Christian Raymond  France A07h 14' 36"+  00:12:03 =32,651  km/h

5  Eric De Vlaeminck  Belgium B07h 14' 51"+  00:12:18 =32,632  km/h

6  Eric Leman  Belgium B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

7  Franco Bitossi  Italy07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

8  Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Belgium A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

9  Michael Wright  Great Britain07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

10  Georges Pintens  Belgium A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

11  Barry Hoban  Great Britain07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

12  Serge Bolley  France B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

13  Evert Dolman  Holland07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

14  Michel Grain  France B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

15  Georges Van Den Berghe  Belgium B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

16  John Clarey  Great Britain07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

17  Joseph Huysmans  Belgium A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

18  Herbert Wilde  Germany07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

19  Bernard Guyot  France A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

20  Jean Dumont  France C07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

21  Frans Brands  Belgium A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

22  Walter Godefroot  Belgium B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

23  Lucien Aimar  France B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

24  Tony Houbrechts  Belgium B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

25  Raymond Riotte  France A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

26  Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

27  Andrès Gandarias  Spain07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

28  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Germany07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

29  Roger Pingeon  France A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

30  Herman Van Springel  Belgium A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

31  Gregorio San Miguel  Spain07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

32  Jan Janssen  Holland07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

33  Arie den Hartog  Holland07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

34  Jean-Marie Leblanc  France B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

35  Maurice Izier  France C07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

36  Charly Grosskost  France B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

37  Jean-Pierre Ducasse  France B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

38  Edouard Weckx  Belgium A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

39  Jean-Louis Bodin  France C07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

40  Ugo Colombo  Italy07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

41  Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

42  Anatole Novak  France A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

43  Eddy Beugels  Holland07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

44  Flaviano Vicentini  Italy07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

45  Silvano Schiavon  Italy07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

46  Dieter Puschel  Germany07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

47  Carlo Chiappano  Italy07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

48  André Poppe  Belgium A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

49  André Bayssiere  France C07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

50  Peter Glemser  Germany07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

51  Vic Denson  Great Britain07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

52  Gilbert Bellone  France B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

53  Adriano Passuello  Italy07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

54  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Spain07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

55  Aurelio Gonzalez  Spain07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

56  Mino Denti  Italy07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

57  Willy In 't Ven  Belgium A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

58  Vicente Lopez Carril  Spain07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

59  Francis Blanc  Switzerland-Luxembourg07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

60  Jean Monteyne  Belgium B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

61  Marcel Maes  Belgium A07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

62  Sebastián Elorza  Spain07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

63  Victor Nuelant  Belgium B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

64  Remi Van Vreckom  Belgium B07h 15' 28"+  00:12:55 =32,586  km/h

65  Julio Jiménez  Spain07h 15' 40"+  00:13:07 =32,571  km/h

66  Carlos Echeverría  Spain07h 16' 42"+  00:14:09 =32,494  km/h


Withdrawls: 2
 RiderTeamReason
6   Raymond Poulidor France ADid not start
78   Arthur Metcalfe Great BritainDid not finish
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