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Between 1912 and 1919
André Huret, France
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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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Prologue on July 1st. 1972
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Prologue on July 1st. 1972
   Eddy Merckx  
  Angers → Angers | Dist: 7.20km. | Winner: Eddy Merckx

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Average speed for all riders in stage:  44,763 km./hr.

1
 Eddy Merckx  Molteni00h 08' 51"=48,814  km/h

2
 Roger Swerts  Molteni00h 09' 02"+  00:00:11 =47,823  km/h

3
 Raymond Poulidor  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 03"+  00:00:12 =47,735  km/h

4  Joop Zoetemelk  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 09' 04"+  00:00:13 =47,647  km/h

5  Leo Duyndam  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 09' 06"+  00:00:15 =47,473  km/h

6  Luis Ocaña  Bic00h 09' 06"+  00:00:15 =47,473  km/h

7  Leif Mortensen  Bic00h 09' 08"+  00:00:17 =47,299  km/h

8  Cyrille Guimard  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 10"+  00:00:19 =47,127  km/h

9  Gilbert Bellone  Rokado00h 09' 11"+  00:00:20 =47,042  km/h

10  Yves Hézard  Sonolor00h 09' 12"+  00:00:21 =46,957  km/h

11  Gerben Karstens  Rokado00h 09' 14"+  00:00:23 =46,787  km/h

12  Roger Pingeon  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 09' 15"+  00:00:24 =46,703  km/h

13  Felice Gimondi  Salvarani00h 09' 15"+  00:00:24 =46,703  km/h

14  Bernard Thevenet  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 09' 17"+  00:00:26 =46,535  km/h

15  Eddy Verstraeten  Watney-Avia00h 09' 18"+  00:00:27 =46,452  km/h

16  Robert Bouloux  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 09' 20"+  00:00:29 =46,286  km/h

17  Gerard Moneyron  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 21"+  00:00:30 =46,203  km/h

18  Rik Van Linden  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 09' 21"+  00:00:30 =46,203  km/h

19  Joaquim Agostinho  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 09' 22"+  00:00:31 =46,121  km/h

20  Guy Santy  Bic00h 09' 23"+  00:00:32 =46,039  km/h

21  Frans Verbeeck  Watney-Avia00h 09' 24"+  00:00:33 =45,957  km/h

22  Jürgen Tschan  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 09' 24"+  00:00:33 =45,957  km/h

23  Alain Santy  Bic00h 09' 24"+  00:00:33 =45,957  km/h

24  Tino Tabak  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 09' 24"+  00:00:33 =45,957  km/h

25  Willy Van Malderghem  Watney-Avia00h 09' 24"+  00:00:33 =45,957  km/h

26  Noël Vanclooster  Watney-Avia00h 09' 25"+  00:00:34 =45,876  km/h

27  Joaquim Andrade  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 09' 25"+  00:00:34 =45,876  km/h

28  Pietro Guerra  Salvarani00h 09' 25"+  00:00:34 =45,876  km/h

29  Joël Millard  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 09' 26"+  00:00:35 =45,795  km/h

30  Mathieu Pustjens  Sonolor00h 09' 26"+  00:00:35 =45,795  km/h

31  Michael Wright  Gitane00h 09' 27"+  00:00:36 =45,714  km/h

32  Raymond Delisle  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 09' 27"+  00:00:36 =45,714  km/h

33  Victor Van Schil  Molteni00h 09' 27"+  00:00:36 =45,714  km/h

34  Jean-Pierre Genet  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 28"+  00:00:37 =45,634  km/h

35  André Dierickx  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 09' 28"+  00:00:37 =45,634  km/h

36  Tony Houbrechts  Salvarani00h 09' 28"+  00:00:37 =45,634  km/h

37  Barry Hoban  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 28"+  00:00:37 =45,634  km/h

38  Désiré Letort  Bic00h 09' 29"+  00:00:38 =45,554  km/h

39  Mariano Martinez  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 09' 30"+  00:00:39 =45,474  km/h

40  Paul Aerts  Watney-Avia00h 09' 30"+  00:00:39 =45,474  km/h

41  Walter Godefroot  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 09' 31"+  00:00:40 =45,394  km/h

42  Jean-Pierre Danguillaume  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 09' 31"+  00:00:40 =45,394  km/h

43  Jos van der Vleuten  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 09' 32"+  00:00:41 =45,315  km/h

44  Christian Raymond  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 09' 32"+  00:00:41 =45,315  km/h

45  Italo Zilioli  Salvarani00h 09' 32"+  00:00:41 =45,315  km/h

46  Lucien Van Impe  Sonolor00h 09' 32"+  00:00:41 =45,315  km/h

47  Joseph Bruyere  Molteni00h 09' 32"+  00:00:41 =45,315  km/h

48  Eduard Janssens  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 09' 33"+  00:00:42 =45,236  km/h

49  Willy Teirlinck  Sonolor00h 09' 33"+  00:00:42 =45,236  km/h

50  Georges Chappe  Gitane00h 09' 33"+  00:00:42 =45,236  km/h

51  Fernando Mendes  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 09' 33"+  00:00:42 =45,236  km/h

52  Hans Junkermann  Rokado00h 09' 34"+  00:00:43 =45,157  km/h

53  Wilfried Peffgen  Rokado00h 09' 34"+  00:00:43 =45,157  km/h

54  Lucien Aimar  Rokado00h 09' 34"+  00:00:43 =45,157  km/h

55  Raymond Riotte  Sonolor00h 09' 34"+  00:00:43 =45,157  km/h

56  Jean-Claude Genty  Bic00h 09' 34"+  00:00:43 =45,157  km/h

57  Michel Coulon  Watney-Avia00h 09' 34"+  00:00:43 =45,157  km/h

58  Wilfried David  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 09' 34"+  00:00:43 =45,157  km/h

59  Willy Abbeloos  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 09' 34"+  00:00:43 =45,157  km/h

60  Willy In 't Ven  Molteni00h 09' 35"+  00:00:44 =45,078  km/h

61  Ronny Vanmarcke  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 09' 35"+  00:00:44 =45,078  km/h

62  Sylvain Vasseur  Bic00h 09' 35"+  00:00:44 =45,078  km/h

63  Ronald De Witte  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 09' 35"+  00:00:44 =45,078  km/h

64  Pieter Nassen  Watney-Avia00h 09' 37"+  00:00:46 =44,922  km/h

65  Rini Wagtmans  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 09' 37"+  00:00:46 =44,922  km/h

66  Michel Perin  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 37"+  00:00:46 =44,922  km/h

67  Rolf Wolfshohl  Rokado00h 09' 37"+  00:00:46 =44,922  km/h

68  Gerard Vianen  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 09' 38"+  00:00:47 =44,844  km/h

69  Walter Ricci  Sonolor00h 09' 38"+  00:00:47 =44,844  km/h

70  José Catieau  Sonolor00h 09' 38"+  00:00:47 =44,844  km/h

71  Jan Krekels  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 09' 39"+  00:00:48 =44,767  km/h

72  Joseph Spruyt  Molteni00h 09' 39"+  00:00:48 =44,767  km/h

73  Jean-Claude Daunat  Gitane00h 09' 40"+  00:00:49 =44,690  km/h

74  André Poppe  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 09' 41"+  00:00:50 =44,613  km/h

75  Alain Bellouis  Gitane00h 09' 41"+  00:00:50 =44,613  km/h

76  Marc Sohet  Watney-Avia00h 09' 41"+  00:00:50 =44,613  km/h

77  Frans Mintjens  Molteni00h 09' 42"+  00:00:51 =44,536  km/h

78  Harrie van Leeuwen  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 09' 42"+  00:00:51 =44,536  km/h

79  Jacky Mourioux  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 42"+  00:00:51 =44,536  km/h

80  Jean-Claude Largeau  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 09' 42"+  00:00:51 =44,536  km/h

81  Jacques Cadiou  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 43"+  00:00:52 =44,460  km/h

82  Ludo Van Staeyen  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 09' 44"+  00:00:53 =44,384  km/h

83  Marc Lievens  Molteni00h 09' 44"+  00:00:53 =44,384  km/h

84  Wim Prinsen  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 09' 44"+  00:00:53 =44,384  km/h

85  Jésus Aranzabal  Bic00h 09' 45"+  00:00:54 =44,308  km/h

86  Jan Van De Wiele  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 09' 45"+  00:00:54 =44,308  km/h

87  Bernard Labourdette  Bic00h 09' 45"+  00:00:54 =44,308  km/h

88  Yves Ravaleu  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 45"+  00:00:54 =44,308  km/h

89  Jean-Jacques Sanquer  Sonolor00h 09' 46"+  00:00:55 =44,232  km/h

90  Willy Van Neste  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 09' 46"+  00:00:55 =44,232  km/h

91  Joseph Huysmans  Molteni00h 09' 47"+  00:00:56 =44,157  km/h

92  Roland Berland  Bic00h 09' 47"+  00:00:56 =44,157  km/h

93  Daniel Van Ryckeghem  Sonolor00h 09' 47"+  00:00:56 =44,157  km/h

94  Wim Schepers  Rokado00h 09' 47"+  00:00:56 =44,157  km/h

95  Luigi Castelletti  Salvarani00h 09' 47"+  00:00:56 =44,157  km/h

96  Karl-Heinz Muddemann  Rokado00h 09' 47"+  00:00:56 =44,157  km/h

97  Johny Schleck  Bic00h 09' 48"+  00:00:57 =44,082  km/h

98  Pietro Campagnari  Salvarani00h 09' 48"+  00:00:57 =44,082  km/h

99  Régis Délépine  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 50"+  00:00:59 =43,932  km/h

100  René Grelin  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson00h 09' 50"+  00:00:59 =43,932  km/h

101  Herman Van der Slagmolen  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 09' 50"+  00:00:59 =43,932  km/h

102  Léon-Paul Menard  Gitane00h 09' 51"+  00:01:00 =43,858  km/h

103  Herman Beyssens  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 09' 51"+  00:01:00 =43,858  km/h

104  Etienne Antheunis  Watney-Avia00h 09' 51"+  00:01:00 =43,858  km/h

105  Bernard Guyot  Sonolor00h 09' 54"+  00:01:03 =43,636  km/h

106  Bernd Rasing  Rokado00h 09' 56"+  00:01:05 =43,490  km/h

107  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Rokado00h 09' 57"+  00:01:06 =43,417  km/h

108  Walter Planckaert  Watney-Avia00h 09' 57"+  00:01:06 =43,417  km/h

109  Serge Bolley  Gitane00h 09' 57"+  00:01:06 =43,417  km/h

110  Robert Mintkiewicz  Sonolor00h 09' 58"+  00:01:07 =43,344  km/h

111  Ercole Gualazzini  Salvarani00h 09' 58"+  00:01:07 =43,344  km/h

112  Johan De Muynck  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 09' 59"+  00:01:08 =43,272  km/h

113  Evert Dolman  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 10' 00"+  00:01:09 =43,200  km/h

114  Jean-Pierre Parenteau  Peugeot-BP-Michelin00h 10' 01"+  00:01:10 =43,128  km/h

115  Roger Kindt  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter00h 10' 02"+  00:01:11 =43,056  km/h

116  Giacinto Santambrogio  Salvarani00h 10' 02"+  00:01:11 =43,056  km/h

117  Dieter Puschel  Rokado00h 10' 02"+  00:01:11 =43,056  km/h

118  René Grenier  Gitane00h 10' 03"+  00:01:12 =42,985  km/h

119  Jan Van Katwijk  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 10' 03"+  00:01:12 =42,985  km/h

120  Primo Mori  Salvarani00h 10' 03"+  00:01:12 =42,985  km/h

121  Jos De Schoenmaecker  Molteni00h 10' 03"+  00:01:12 =42,985  km/h

122  Pierre Matignon  Gitane00h 10' 04"+  00:01:13 =42,914  km/h

123  Englebert Opdebeeck  Watney-Avia00h 10' 05"+  00:01:14 =42,843  km/h

124  Gerard Briend  Gitane00h 10' 06"+  00:01:15 =42,772  km/h

125  Martin Van Den Bossche  Molteni00h 10' 09"+  00:01:18 =42,562  km/h

126  Cees Koeken  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 10' 11"+  00:01:20 =42,422  km/h

127  Loïc Le Bourhis  Gitane00h 10' 15"+  00:01:24 =42,146  km/h

128  Gérard David  Beaulieu-Flandria00h 10' 17"+  00:01:26 =42,010  km/h

129  Guido Reybrouck  Salvarani00h 10' 18"+  00:01:27 =41,942  km/h

130  Marino Basso  Salvarani00h 10' 18"+  00:01:27 =41,942  km/h

131  Jean Vidament  Gitane00h 10' 19"+  00:01:28 =41,874  km/h

132  Gerard Harings  Goudsmit-Hoff00h 10' 24"+  00:01:33 =41,538  km/h


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