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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 19 on July 18th. 1968
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After stage 19:    Herman Van Springel  
  Grenoble → Sallanches-Cordon | Dist: 200.00km. | Winner: Barry Hoban

Podium
3  Côte de Tour Blanche Franco Bitossiafter81.00 km.

2  Col de l'Aravis - Thônes Barry Hobanafter135.50 km.

2  Col de la Colombiere  Barry Hobanafter159.50 km.

2  Montée de Cordon Barry Hobanafter199.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  27,453 km./hr.

1
 Barry Hoban  Great Britain07h 06' 23"=28,144  km/h

2
 Franco Bitossi  Italy07h 10' 29"+  00:04:06 =27,876  km/h

3
 Herman Van Springel  Belgium A07h 10' 30"+  00:04:07 =27,875  km/h

4  Roger Pingeon  France A07h 10' 34"+  00:04:11 =27,870  km/h

5  Jan Janssen  Holland07h 10' 34"+  00:04:11 =27,870  km/h

6  Andrès Gandarias  Spain07h 10' 47"+  00:04:24 =27,856  km/h

7  Lucien Aimar  France B07h 10' 47"+  00:04:24 =27,856  km/h

8  Ugo Colombo  Italy07h 11' 10"+  00:04:47 =27,831  km/h

9  Rolf Wolfshohl  Germany07h 11' 10"+  00:04:47 =27,831  km/h

10  Gregorio San Miguel  Spain07h 11' 12"+  00:04:49 =27,829  km/h

11  André Poppe  Belgium A07h 11' 12"+  00:04:49 =27,829  km/h

12  Antonio Gomez del Moral  Spain07h 11' 17"+  00:04:54 =27,824  km/h

13  Carlo Chiappano  Italy07h 11' 30"+  00:05:07 =27,810  km/h

14  Flaviano Vicentini  Italy07h 11' 30"+  00:05:07 =27,810  km/h

15  Silvano Schiavon  Italy07h 11' 35"+  00:05:12 =27,805  km/h

16  Arie den Hartog  Holland07h 11' 38"+  00:05:15 =27,801  km/h

17  André Bayssiere  France C07h 11' 40"+  00:05:17 =27,799  km/h

18  Aurelio Gonzalez  Spain07h 11' 45"+  00:05:22 =27,794  km/h

19  Tony Houbrechts  Belgium B07h 11' 47"+  00:05:24 =27,792  km/h

20  Marcel Maes  Belgium A07h 11' 49"+  00:05:26 =27,790  km/h

21  Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium B07h 11' 49"+  00:05:26 =27,790  km/h

22  Jean Dumont  France C07h 11' 49"+  00:05:26 =27,790  km/h

23  Georges Pintens  Belgium A07h 11' 49"+  00:05:26 =27,790  km/h

24  Francis Blanc  Switzerland-Luxembourg07h 12' 11"+  00:05:48 =27,766  km/h

25  Michel Grain  France B07h 12' 13"+  00:05:50 =27,764  km/h

26  Bernard Guyot  France A07h 12' 18"+  00:05:55 =27,759  km/h

27  Julio Jiménez  Spain07h 12' 31"+  00:06:08 =27,745  km/h

28  Walter Godefroot  Belgium B07h 12' 31"+  00:06:08 =27,745  km/h

29  Charly Grosskost  France B07h 12' 59"+  00:06:36 =27,715  km/h

30  Adriano Passuello  Italy07h 12' 59"+  00:06:36 =27,715  km/h

31  Herbert Wilde  Germany07h 13' 20"+  00:06:57 =27,692  km/h

32  Maurice Izier  France C07h 13' 24"+  00:07:01 =27,688  km/h

33  Frans Brands  Belgium A07h 13' 45"+  00:07:22 =27,666  km/h

34  Carlos Echeverría  Spain07h 13' 45"+  00:07:22 =27,666  km/h

35  Joseph Huysmans  Belgium A07h 13' 45"+  00:07:22 =27,666  km/h

36  Christian Raymond  France A07h 13' 57"+  00:07:34 =27,653  km/h

37  Evert Dolman  Holland07h 14' 08"+  00:07:45 =27,641  km/h

38  Michael Wright  Great Britain07h 15' 00"+  00:08:37 =27,586  km/h

39  Sebastián Elorza  Spain07h 15' 20"+  00:08:57 =27,565  km/h

40  Georges Van Den Berghe  Belgium B07h 15' 49"+  00:09:26 =27,535  km/h

41  Jean Monteyne  Belgium B07h 15' 49"+  00:09:26 =27,535  km/h

42  Serge Bolley  France B07h 17' 30"+  00:11:07 =27,429  km/h

43  Jean-Pierre Genet  France A07h 19' 15"+  00:12:52 =27,319  km/h

44  Jean-Marie Leblanc  France B07h 19' 15"+  00:12:52 =27,319  km/h

45  Anatole Novak  France A07h 19' 15"+  00:12:52 =27,319  km/h

46  Jean-Pierre Ducasse  France B07h 19' 19"+  00:12:56 =27,315  km/h

47  Dieter Puschel  Germany07h 19' 19"+  00:12:56 =27,315  km/h

48  Eric Leman  Belgium B07h 20' 11"+  00:13:48 =27,261  km/h

49  Victor Nuelant  Belgium B07h 20' 27"+  00:14:04 =27,245  km/h

50  Vicente Lopez Carril  Spain07h 22' 16"+  00:15:53 =27,133  km/h

51  Jean-Louis Bodin  France C07h 22' 48"+  00:16:25 =27,100  km/h

52  Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Belgium A07h 24' 30"+  00:18:07 =26,997  km/h

53  Eric De Vlaeminck  Belgium B07h 26' 26"+  00:20:03 =26,880  km/h

54  Willy In 't Ven  Belgium A07h 27' 08"+  00:20:45 =26,838  km/h

55  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Germany07h 27' 08"+  00:20:45 =26,838  km/h

56  Edouard Weckx  Belgium A07h 27' 08"+  00:20:45 =26,838  km/h

57  Eddy Beugels  Holland07h 27' 08"+  00:20:45 =26,838  km/h

58  Willy Spuhler  Switzerland-Luxembourg07h 27' 08"+  00:20:45 =26,838  km/h

59  Georges Chappe  France B07h 33' 43"+  00:27:20 =26,448  km/h

60  Gilbert Bellone  France B07h 33' 43"+  00:27:20 =26,448  km/h

61  Remi Van Vreckom  Belgium B07h 33' 57"+  00:27:34 =26,435  km/h

62  Mino Denti  Italy07h 34' 56"+  00:28:33 =26,377  km/h

63  Vic Denson  Great Britain07h 36' 04"+  00:29:41 =26,312  km/h

64  John Clarey  Great Britain07h 36' 24"+  00:30:01 =26,293  km/h


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