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Gottlieb Wanzenried, Switzerland
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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 14b on July 17th. 1972
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After stage 14b:    Eddy Merckx  
  Valloire → Aix-les-Bains | Dist: 151.00km. | Winner: Cyrille Guimard

Podium
3  Col du Télégraphe Pietro Campagnariafter5.00 km.

2  Col du Grand Cucheron Eddy Merckxafter69.00 km.

1  Col du Granier Lucien Van Impeafter113.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  30,541 km./hr.

1
 Cyrille Guimard  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson04h 48' 53"=31,362  km/h

2
 Eddy Merckx  Molteni04h 48' 53"=31,362  km/h

3
 Felice Gimondi  Salvarani04h 48' 53"=31,362  km/h

4  Joop Zoetemelk  Beaulieu-Flandria04h 48' 53"=31,362  km/h

5  Lucien Van Impe  Sonolor04h 48' 53"=31,362  km/h

6  Joaquim Agostinho  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter04h 48' 53"=31,362  km/h

7  Raymond Poulidor  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson04h 48' 53"=31,362  km/h

8  Mariano Martinez  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter04h 48' 53"=31,362  km/h

9  Raymond Delisle  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 48' 57"+  00:00:04 =31,355  km/h

10  Jacky Mourioux  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

11  Frans Verbeeck  Watney-Avia04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

12  Rolf Wolfshohl  Rokado04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

13  Tony Houbrechts  Salvarani04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

14  Mathieu Pustjens  Sonolor04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

15  Michel Perin  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

16  Marc Lievens  Molteni04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

17  René Grelin  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

18  Eduard Janssens  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

19  Martin Van Den Bossche  Molteni04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

20  Jean-Pierre Danguillaume  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

21  Yves Hézard  Sonolor04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

22  Lucien Aimar  Rokado04h 52' 19"+  00:03:26 =30,994  km/h

23  Willy Teirlinck  Sonolor04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

24  Tino Tabak  Goudsmit-Hoff04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

25  Léon-Paul Menard  Gitane04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

26  Walter Ricci  Sonolor04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

27  Jean-Pierre Parenteau  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

28  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Rokado04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

29  Ronald De Witte  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

30  Roger Swerts  Molteni04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

31  Johny Schleck  Bic04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

32  Leif Mortensen  Bic04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

33  Luis Ocaña  Bic04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

34  Guy Santy  Bic04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

35  Gilbert Bellone  Rokado04h 54' 12"+  00:05:19 =30,795  km/h

36  Gerben Karstens  Rokado04h 55' 36"+  00:06:43 =30,650  km/h

37  Wilfried Peffgen  Rokado04h 56' 56"+  00:08:03 =30,512  km/h

38  Ludo Van Staeyen  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter04h 56' 56"+  00:08:03 =30,512  km/h

39  Serge Bolley  Gitane04h 56' 56"+  00:08:03 =30,512  km/h

40  Primo Mori  Salvarani04h 56' 56"+  00:08:03 =30,512  km/h

41  Paul Aerts  Watney-Avia04h 56' 56"+  00:08:03 =30,512  km/h

42  Bernard Thevenet  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 56' 56"+  00:08:03 =30,512  km/h

43  Christian Raymond  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 56' 56"+  00:08:03 =30,512  km/h

44  Joseph Huysmans  Molteni04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

45  Joseph Bruyere  Molteni04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

46  Georges Chappe  Gitane04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

47  Jos De Schoenmaecker  Molteni04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

48  Willy In 't Ven  Molteni04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

49  Frans Mintjens  Molteni04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

50  Wilfried David  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

51  Jürgen Tschan  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

52  Herman Beyssens  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

53  Joël Millard  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

54  Karl-Heinz Muddemann  Rokado04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

55  Dieter Puschel  Rokado04h 58' 16"+  00:09:23 =30,376  km/h

56  Pietro Campagnari  Salvarani04h 59' 21"+  00:10:28 =30,266  km/h

57  Raymond Riotte  Sonolor04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

58  Jan Krekels  Goudsmit-Hoff04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

59  Bernard Guyot  Sonolor04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

60  Marino Basso  Salvarani04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

61  Giacinto Santambrogio  Salvarani04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

62  Rik Van Linden  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

63  Rini Wagtmans  Goudsmit-Hoff04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

64  Jos van der Vleuten  Goudsmit-Hoff04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

65  Evert Dolman  Beaulieu-Flandria04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

66  Noël Vanclooster  Watney-Avia04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

67  Pieter Nassen  Watney-Avia04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

68  Marc Sohet  Watney-Avia04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

69  Walter Godefroot  Peugeot-BP-Michelin04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

70  Willy Van Neste  Beaulieu-Flandria04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

71  Willy Abbeloos  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

72  Jean-Claude Largeau  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

73  Roland Berland  Bic04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

74  Sylvain Vasseur  Bic04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

75  Jésus Aranzabal  Bic04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

76  Gérard David  Beaulieu-Flandria04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

77  Jan Van De Wiele  Beaulieu-Flandria04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

78  Gerard Vianen  Goudsmit-Hoff04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

79  Barry Hoban  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

80  Wim Prinsen  Goudsmit-Hoff04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

81  Régis Délépine  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

82  José Catieau  Sonolor04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

83  Jean-Claude Daunat  Gitane04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

84  René Grenier  Gitane04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

85  Michael Wright  Gitane04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

86  Jean-Claude Genty  Bic04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

87  Gerard Moneyron  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson04h 59' 39"+  00:10:46 =30,235  km/h

88  Eddy Verstraeten  Watney-Avia05h 02' 14"+  00:13:21 =29,977  km/h

89  Pietro Guerra  Salvarani05h 02' 41"+  00:13:48 =29,932  km/h

90  Pierre Matignon  Gitane05h 02' 41"+  00:13:48 =29,932  km/h

91  Luigi Castelletti  Salvarani05h 02' 41"+  00:13:48 =29,932  km/h

92  Ronny Vanmarcke  Beaulieu-Flandria05h 02' 41"+  00:13:48 =29,932  km/h

93  Robert Mintkiewicz  Sonolor05h 02' 41"+  00:13:48 =29,932  km/h

94  Alain Bellouis  Gitane05h 02' 41"+  00:13:48 =29,932  km/h


Withdrawls: 2
 RiderTeamReason
17   Fernando Mendes Beaulieu-FlandriaDid not finish
60   Désiré Letort BicDid not finish
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