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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 18 on July 17th. 1968
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After stage 18:    Gregorio San Miguel  
  Saint-Étienne → Grenoble | Dist: 235.00km. | Winner: Roger Pingeon

Podium
3  Col de Grand Bois Aurelio Gonzalezafter13.50 km.

2  Col de l'Épine Aurelio Gonzalezafter154.50 km.

1  Col du Granier Roger Pingeonafter185.00 km.

3  Col du Cucheron Roger Pingeonafter203.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  29,311 km./hr.

1
 Roger Pingeon  France A07h 47' 13"=30,179  km/h

29  Christian Raymond  France A07h 47' 13"=30,179  km/h

2
 Lucien Aimar  France B07h 49' 48"+  00:02:35 =30,013  km/h

3
 Jan Janssen  Holland07h 51' 06"+  00:03:53 =29,930  km/h

4  Georges Pintens  Belgium A07h 51' 06"+  00:03:53 =29,930  km/h

5  Tony Houbrechts  Belgium B07h 51' 06"+  00:03:53 =29,930  km/h

6  Herman Van Springel  Belgium A07h 51' 06"+  00:03:53 =29,930  km/h

7  Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium B07h 51' 42"+  00:04:29 =29,892  km/h

8  Andrès Gandarias  Spain07h 51' 55"+  00:04:42 =29,878  km/h

9  Gregorio San Miguel  Spain07h 51' 55"+  00:04:42 =29,878  km/h

10  Georges Van Den Berghe  Belgium B07h 52' 58"+  00:05:45 =29,812  km/h

11  Franco Bitossi  Italy07h 52' 58"+  00:05:45 =29,812  km/h

12  Frans Brands  Belgium A07h 52' 58"+  00:05:45 =29,812  km/h

13  Arie den Hartog  Holland07h 52' 58"+  00:05:45 =29,812  km/h

14  Vicente Lopez Carril  Spain07h 52' 58"+  00:05:45 =29,812  km/h

15  André Poppe  Belgium A07h 52' 58"+  00:05:45 =29,812  km/h

16  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Spain07h 52' 58"+  00:05:45 =29,812  km/h

17  Jean Dumont  France C07h 53' 08"+  00:05:55 =29,801  km/h

18  Marcel Maes  Belgium A07h 53' 08"+  00:05:55 =29,801  km/h

19  Ugo Colombo  Italy07h 53' 08"+  00:05:55 =29,801  km/h

20  André Bayssiere  France C07h 53' 59"+  00:06:46 =29,748  km/h

21  Charly Grosskost  France B07h 54' 47"+  00:07:34 =29,698  km/h

22  Adriano Passuello  Italy07h 54' 47"+  00:07:34 =29,698  km/h

23  Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany07h 54' 47"+  00:07:34 =29,698  km/h

24  Bernard Guyot  France A07h 54' 52"+  00:07:39 =29,693  km/h

25  Silvano Schiavon  Italy07h 54' 52"+  00:07:39 =29,693  km/h

26  Carlos Echeverría  Spain07h 54' 52"+  00:07:39 =29,693  km/h

27  Julio Jiménez  Spain07h 54' 52"+  00:07:39 =29,614  km/h

28  Michael Wright  Great Britain07h 55' 30"+  00:08:17 =29,653  km/h

30  Aurelio Gonzalez  Spain07h 57' 24"+  00:10:11 =29,535  km/h

31  Dieter Puschel  Germany07h 57' 38"+  00:10:25 =29,521  km/h

32  Jean Monteyne  Belgium B07h 58' 00"+  00:10:47 =29,498  km/h

33  Walter Godefroot  Belgium B07h 58' 00"+  00:10:47 =29,498  km/h

34  Carlo Chiappano  Italy07h 58' 00"+  00:10:47 =29,498  km/h

35  Flaviano Vicentini  Italy07h 58' 00"+  00:10:47 =29,498  km/h

36  Sebastián Elorza  Spain07h 58' 00"+  00:10:47 =29,498  km/h

37  Georges Chappe  France B07h 58' 19"+  00:11:06 =29,478  km/h

38  Jean-Pierre Ducasse  France B07h 59' 13"+  00:12:00 =29,423  km/h

39  Joseph Huysmans  Belgium A08h 02' 00"+  00:14:47 =29,253  km/h

40  Francis Blanc  Switzerland-Luxembourg08h 02' 12"+  00:14:59 =29,241  km/h

41  Eric De Vlaeminck  Belgium B08h 02' 12"+  00:14:59 =29,241  km/h

42  Maurice Izier  France C08h 03' 41"+  00:16:28 =29,151  km/h

43  Willy Spuhler  Switzerland-Luxembourg08h 04' 16"+  00:17:03 =29,116  km/h

44  Michel Grain  France B08h 05' 42"+  00:18:29 =29,030  km/h

45  Barry Hoban  Great Britain08h 05' 42"+  00:18:29 =29,030  km/h

46  Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Belgium A08h 06' 20"+  00:19:07 =28,992  km/h

47  Jean-Pierre Genet  France A08h 06' 20"+  00:19:07 =28,992  km/h

48  Herbert Wilde  Germany08h 06' 20"+  00:19:07 =28,992  km/h

49  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Germany08h 06' 20"+  00:19:07 =28,992  km/h

50  Evert Dolman  Holland08h 06' 57"+  00:19:44 =28,956  km/h

51  Anatole Novak  France A08h 12' 22"+  00:25:09 =28,637  km/h

52  Serge Bolley  France B08h 15' 17"+  00:28:04 =28,469  km/h

53  Gilbert Bellone  France B08h 15' 17"+  00:28:04 =28,469  km/h

54  Victor Nuelant  Belgium B08h 15' 38"+  00:28:25 =28,448  km/h

55  Remi Van Vreckom  Belgium B08h 15' 38"+  00:28:25 =28,448  km/h

56  Willy In 't Ven  Belgium A08h 18' 38"+  00:31:25 =28,277  km/h

57  Peter Glemser  Germany08h 20' 37"+  00:33:24 =28,165  km/h

58  Jean-Marie Leblanc  France B08h 21' 00"+  00:33:47 =28,144  km/h

59  John Clarey  Great Britain08h 21' 00"+  00:33:47 =28,144  km/h

60  Eddy Beugels  Holland08h 21' 00"+  00:33:47 =28,144  km/h

61  Jean-Louis Bodin  France C08h 21' 00"+  00:33:47 =28,144  km/h

62  Eric Leman  Belgium B08h 21' 00"+  00:33:47 =28,144  km/h

63  Vic Denson  Great Britain08h 21' 00"+  00:33:47 =28,144  km/h

64  Edouard Weckx  Belgium A08h 22' 31"+  00:35:18 =28,059  km/h

65  Mino Denti  Italy08h 23' 19"+  00:36:06 =28,014  km/h


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