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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 1972
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Stage 10 on July 12th. 1972
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After stage 10:    Eddy Merckx  
  CastresLa Grande-Motte | Dist: 210.00km. | Winner: Willy Teirlinck

Podium
4  Côte de la Fontasse Mathieu Pustjensafter6.00 km.

3  Col de la Croix de Mounis Lucien Van Impeafter70.00 km.

3  Côte des Treize Vents Lucien Van Impeafter88.00 km.


Average speed for all riders in stage:  34,141 km./hr.

1
 Willy Teirlinck  Sonolor06h 08' 19"=34,210  km/h

2
 Barry Hoban  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

3
 Frans Verbeeck  Watney-Avia06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

4  Guido Reybrouck  Salvarani06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

5  Cyrille Guimard  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

6  Rini Wagtmans  Goudsmit-Hoff06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

7  Pieter Nassen  Watney-Avia06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

8  Marino Basso  Salvarani06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

9  Roger Swerts  Molteni06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

10  Rik Van Linden  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

11  Jan Krekels  Goudsmit-Hoff06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

12  Mariano Martinez  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

13  Gerben Karstens  Rokado06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

14  Leif Mortensen  Bic06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

15  Marc Sohet  Watney-Avia06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

16  Jacky Mourioux  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

17  Rolf Wolfshohl  Rokado06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

18  Bernard Labourdette  Bic06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

19  Fernando Mendes  Beaulieu-Flandria06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

20  Serge Bolley  Gitane06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

21  Régis Délépine  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

22  Raymond Riotte  Sonolor06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

23  Willy Abbeloos  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

24  José Catieau  Sonolor06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

25  Luis Ocaña  Bic06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

26  Lucien Van Impe  Sonolor06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

27  Johny Schleck  Bic06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

28  Felice Gimondi  Salvarani06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

29  Eddy Merckx  Molteni06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

30  Joop Zoetemelk  Beaulieu-Flandria06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

31  Joaquim Agostinho  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

32  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Rokado06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

33  Wim Prinsen  Goudsmit-Hoff06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

34  Giacinto Santambrogio  Salvarani06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

35  Italo Zilioli  Salvarani06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

36  René Grenier  Gitane06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

37  Ludo Van Staeyen  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

38  Marc Lievens  Molteni06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

39  Walter Godefroot  Peugeot-BP-Michelin06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

40  Yves Hézard  Sonolor06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

41  Dieter Puschel  Rokado06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

42  Bernard Thevenet  Peugeot-BP-Michelin06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

43  Pietro Campagnari  Salvarani06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

44  Pietro Guerra  Salvarani06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

45  Jean-Claude Largeau  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

46  Raymond Poulidor  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

47  Léon-Paul Menard  Gitane06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

48  Jürgen Tschan  Peugeot-BP-Michelin06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

49  Tony Houbrechts  Salvarani06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

50  Pierre Matignon  Gitane06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

51  Sylvain Vasseur  Bic06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

52  Gérard David  Beaulieu-Flandria06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

53  Harrie van Leeuwen  Goudsmit-Hoff06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

54  Walter Ricci  Sonolor06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

55  Willy Van Neste  Beaulieu-Flandria06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

56  Noël Vanclooster  Watney-Avia06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

57  Bernard Guyot  Sonolor06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

58  Eduard Janssens  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

59  Martin Van Den Bossche  Molteni06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

60  Roland Berland  Bic06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

61  Primo Mori  Salvarani06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

62  Gilbert Bellone  Rokado06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

63  Wilfried David  Peugeot-BP-Michelin06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

64  Willy In 't Ven  Molteni06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

65  Ronald De Witte  Peugeot-BP-Michelin06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

66  Frans Mintjens  Molteni06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

67  Tino Tabak  Goudsmit-Hoff06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

68  Joseph Bruyere  Molteni06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

69  Herman Beyssens  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

70  Jos De Schoenmaecker  Molteni06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

71  Joseph Huysmans  Molteni06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

72  Jean-Pierre Danguillaume  Peugeot-BP-Michelin06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

73  Gerard Moneyron  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

74  Mathieu Pustjens  Sonolor06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

75  Jan Van De Wiele  Beaulieu-Flandria06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

76  Jacques Cadiou  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson06h 08' 22"+  00:00:03 =34,205  km/h

77  Jean-Pierre Parenteau  Peugeot-BP-Michelin06h 09' 05"+  00:00:46 =34,139  km/h

78  Michael Wright  Gitane06h 09' 06"+  00:00:47 =34,137  km/h

79  Jean-Claude Genty  Bic06h 09' 06"+  00:00:47 =34,137  km/h

80  Raymond Delisle  Peugeot-BP-Michelin06h 09' 06"+  00:00:47 =34,137  km/h

81  Joël Millard  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter06h 09' 06"+  00:00:47 =34,137  km/h

82  Paul Aerts  Watney-Avia06h 09' 06"+  00:00:47 =34,137  km/h

83  Eddy Verstraeten  Watney-Avia06h 09' 16"+  00:00:57 =34,122  km/h

84  Willy Van Malderghem  Watney-Avia06h 09' 16"+  00:00:57 =34,122  km/h

85  Lucien Aimar  Rokado06h 09' 27"+  00:01:08 =34,105  km/h

86  Wilfried Peffgen  Rokado06h 09' 27"+  00:01:08 =34,105  km/h

87  Jésus Aranzabal  Bic06h 09' 35"+  00:01:16 =34,092  km/h

88  Guy Santy  Bic06h 09' 36"+  00:01:17 =34,091  km/h

89  Evert Dolman  Beaulieu-Flandria06h 10' 41"+  00:02:22 =33,991  km/h

90  Michel Coulon  Watney-Avia06h 10' 41"+  00:02:22 =33,991  km/h

91  Hans Junkermann  Rokado06h 10' 41"+  00:02:22 =33,991  km/h

92  Georges Chappe  Gitane06h 10' 41"+  00:02:22 =33,991  km/h

93  Alain Bellouis  Gitane06h 10' 58"+  00:02:39 =33,965  km/h

94  Jean-Claude Daunat  Gitane06h 10' 58"+  00:02:39 =33,965  km/h

95  Ronny Vanmarcke  Beaulieu-Flandria06h 10' 58"+  00:02:39 =33,965  km/h

96  Michel Perin  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson06h 11' 40"+  00:03:21 =33,901  km/h

97  Christian Raymond  Peugeot-BP-Michelin06h 11' 40"+  00:03:21 =33,901  km/h

98  René Grelin  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson06h 11' 40"+  00:03:21 =33,901  km/h

99  Gerard Briend  Gitane06h 11' 40"+  00:03:21 =33,901  km/h

100  Robert Mintkiewicz  Sonolor06h 11' 40"+  00:03:21 =33,901  km/h

101  Gerard Harings  Goudsmit-Hoff06h 11' 40"+  00:03:21 =33,901  km/h

102  Désiré Letort  Bic06h 12' 41"+  00:04:22 =33,809  km/h

103  Jos van der Vleuten  Goudsmit-Hoff06h 12' 41"+  00:04:22 =33,809  km/h

104  Karl-Heinz Muddemann  Rokado06h 12' 41"+  00:04:22 =33,809  km/h

105  Etienne Antheunis  Watney-Avia06h 12' 41"+  00:04:22 =33,809  km/h

106  Gerard Vianen  Goudsmit-Hoff06h 12' 41"+  00:04:22 =33,809  km/h

107  Luigi Castelletti  Salvarani06h 12' 41"+  00:04:22 =33,809  km/h


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