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Stéphane Heulot, 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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Stage 15 on July 18th. 1972
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After stage 15:    Eddy Merckx  
  Aix-les-Bains → Le Revard | Dist: 28.00km. | Winner: Cyrille Guimard

Podium
1  Le Mont Revard - Chambery  Cyrille Guimardafter28.00 km.

Average speed for all riders in stage:  22,054 km./hr.

1
 Cyrille Guimard  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson01h 09' 49"=24,063  km/h

2
 Eddy Merckx  Molteni01h 09' 49"=24,063  km/h

3
 Lucien Van Impe  Sonolor01h 09' 49"=24,063  km/h

4  Raymond Poulidor  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson01h 09' 49"=24,063  km/h

5  Joop Zoetemelk  Beaulieu-Flandria01h 09' 52"+  00:00:03 =24,046  km/h

6  Joaquim Agostinho  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter01h 09' 53"+  00:00:04 =24,040  km/h

7  Mariano Martinez  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter01h 09' 55"+  00:00:06 =24,029  km/h

8  Raymond Delisle  Peugeot-BP-Michelin01h 10' 04"+  00:00:15 =23,977  km/h

9  Eduard Janssens  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter01h 10' 32"+  00:00:43 =23,819  km/h

10  Yves Hézard  Sonolor01h 11' 17"+  00:01:28 =23,568  km/h

11  Guy Santy  Bic01h 11' 32"+  00:01:43 =23,486  km/h

12  Felice Gimondi  Salvarani01h 11' 41"+  00:01:52 =23,436  km/h

13  Walter Ricci  Sonolor01h 11' 41"+  00:01:52 =23,436  km/h

14  Tony Houbrechts  Salvarani01h 11' 47"+  00:01:58 =23,404  km/h

15  Leif Mortensen  Bic01h 11' 47"+  00:01:58 =23,404  km/h

16  Jos De Schoenmaecker  Molteni01h 12' 21"+  00:02:32 =23,220  km/h

17  Tino Tabak  Goudsmit-Hoff01h 12' 39"+  00:02:50 =23,125  km/h

18  Joseph Huysmans  Molteni01h 12' 41"+  00:02:52 =23,114  km/h

19  Gerard Moneyron  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson01h 12' 43"+  00:02:54 =23,103  km/h

20  Mathieu Pustjens  Sonolor01h 13' 06"+  00:03:17 =22,982  km/h

21  Roger Swerts  Molteni01h 13' 13"+  00:03:24 =22,946  km/h

22  Lucien Aimar  Rokado01h 13' 13"+  00:03:24 =22,946  km/h

23  Bernard Thevenet  Peugeot-BP-Michelin01h 13' 15"+  00:03:26 =22,935  km/h

24  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Rokado01h 13' 15"+  00:03:26 =22,935  km/h

25  Herman Beyssens  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter01h 13' 17"+  00:03:28 =22,925  km/h

26  Jean-Claude Genty  Bic01h 13' 22"+  00:03:33 =22,899  km/h

27  Joël Millard  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter01h 13' 31"+  00:03:42 =22,852  km/h

28  Jean-Pierre Danguillaume  Peugeot-BP-Michelin01h 13' 31"+  00:03:42 =22,852  km/h

29  Wim Prinsen  Goudsmit-Hoff01h 13' 44"+  00:03:55 =22,785  km/h

30  Martin Van Den Bossche  Molteni01h 13' 54"+  00:04:05 =22,733  km/h

31  Rolf Wolfshohl  Rokado01h 14' 02"+  00:04:13 =22,692  km/h

32  Sylvain Vasseur  Bic01h 14' 30"+  00:04:41 =22,550  km/h

33  Gilbert Bellone  Rokado01h 14' 31"+  00:04:42 =22,545  km/h

34  Johny Schleck  Bic01h 15' 09"+  00:05:20 =22,355  km/h

35  Barry Hoban  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson01h 15' 14"+  00:05:25 =22,331  km/h

36  Willy Van Neste  Beaulieu-Flandria01h 15' 50"+  00:06:01 =22,154  km/h

37  Michel Perin  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson01h 16' 00"+  00:06:11 =22,105  km/h

38  Joseph Bruyere  Molteni01h 16' 00"+  00:06:11 =22,105  km/h

39  Jean-Pierre Parenteau  Peugeot-BP-Michelin01h 16' 00"+  00:06:11 =22,105  km/h

40  Roland Berland  Bic01h 16' 00"+  00:06:11 =22,105  km/h

41  Frans Mintjens  Molteni01h 16' 00"+  00:06:11 =22,105  km/h

42  Frans Verbeeck  Watney-Avia01h 16' 00"+  00:06:11 =22,105  km/h

43  Christian Raymond  Peugeot-BP-Michelin01h 16' 29"+  00:06:40 =21,966  km/h

44  Karl-Heinz Muddemann  Rokado01h 16' 33"+  00:06:44 =21,946  km/h

45  Raymond Riotte  Sonolor01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

46  Walter Godefroot  Peugeot-BP-Michelin01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

47  Rik Van Linden  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

48  Willy Abbeloos  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

49  Pietro Campagnari  Salvarani01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

50  Marc Lievens  Molteni01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

51  Gerben Karstens  Rokado01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

52  Rini Wagtmans  Goudsmit-Hoff01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

53  Giacinto Santambrogio  Salvarani01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

54  Jos van der Vleuten  Goudsmit-Hoff01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

55  Noël Vanclooster  Watney-Avia01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

56  Marc Sohet  Watney-Avia01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

57  Dieter Puschel  Rokado01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

58  Ronald De Witte  Peugeot-BP-Michelin01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

59  Bernard Guyot  Sonolor01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

60  Marino Basso  Salvarani01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

61  Gérard David  Beaulieu-Flandria01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

62  Ludo Van Staeyen  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

63  Jan Krekels  Goudsmit-Hoff01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

64  Jacky Mourioux  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

65  Léon-Paul Menard  Gitane01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

66  Paul Aerts  Watney-Avia01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

67  Régis Délépine  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

68  Pieter Nassen  Watney-Avia01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

69  René Grenier  Gitane01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

70  Gerard Vianen  Goudsmit-Hoff01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

71  Jürgen Tschan  Peugeot-BP-Michelin01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

72  Wilfried David  Peugeot-BP-Michelin01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

73  Willy In 't Ven  Molteni01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

74  Wilfried Peffgen  Rokado01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

75  Jean-Claude Largeau  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

76  Ronny Vanmarcke  Beaulieu-Flandria01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

77  Pierre Matignon  Gitane01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

78  Michael Wright  Gitane01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

79  Primo Mori  Salvarani01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

80  Eddy Verstraeten  Watney-Avia01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

81  Jean-Claude Daunat  Gitane01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

82  Willy Teirlinck  Sonolor01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

83  Jésus Aranzabal  Bic01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

84  René Grelin  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson01h 18' 55"+  00:09:06 =21,288  km/h

85  Georges Chappe  Gitane01h 19' 40"+  00:09:51 =21,088  km/h

86  Evert Dolman  Beaulieu-Flandria01h 19' 53"+  00:10:04 =21,031  km/h

87  Robert Mintkiewicz  Sonolor01h 19' 53"+  00:10:04 =21,031  km/h

88  Pietro Guerra  Salvarani01h 19' 53"+  00:10:04 =21,031  km/h

89  Luigi Castelletti  Salvarani01h 19' 53"+  00:10:04 =21,031  km/h

90  Serge Bolley  Gitane01h 20' 22"+  00:10:33 =20,904  km/h

91  Alain Bellouis  Gitane01h 20' 34"+  00:10:45 =20,852  km/h


Withdrawls: 3
 RiderTeamReason
62   Luis Ocaña BicDid not start
23   José Catieau SonolorDid not finish
18   Jan Van De Wiele Beaulieu-FlandriaExceeded time limit
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