Participated 4 times
Between 1988 and 1993
Philippe Casado, 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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Facts from Tour de France 1972
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Stage 20b on July 23rd. 1972
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After stage 20b:    Eddy Merckx  
  VersaillesParis | Dist: 89.00km. | Winner: Willy Teirlinck

Podium
4  Côte de Senlisse Alain Bellouisafter21.00 km.


Average speed for all riders in stage:  35,039 km./hr.

1
 Willy Teirlinck  Sonolor02h 32' 14"=35,078  km/h

2
 Marino Basso  Salvarani02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

3
 Rik Van Linden  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

4  Walter Godefroot  Peugeot-BP-Michelin02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

5  Gerben Karstens  Rokado02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

6  Jan Krekels  Goudsmit-Hoff02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

7  Pieter Nassen  Watney-Avia02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

8  Jacky Mourioux  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

9  Rini Wagtmans  Goudsmit-Hoff02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

10  Frans Verbeeck  Watney-Avia02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

11  Rolf Wolfshohl  Rokado02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

12  Joop Zoetemelk  Beaulieu-Flandria02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

13  Primo Mori  Salvarani02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

14  Lucien Aimar  Rokado02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

15  Bernard Guyot  Sonolor02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

16  Karl-Heinz Muddemann  Rokado02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

17  Leif Mortensen  Bic02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

18  Frans Mintjens  Molteni02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

19  Walter Ricci  Sonolor02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

20  Michel Perin  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

21  Régis Délépine  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

22  Dieter Puschel  Rokado02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

23  Tino Tabak  Goudsmit-Hoff02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

24  Marc Sohet  Watney-Avia02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

25  Wim Prinsen  Goudsmit-Hoff02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

26  Evert Dolman  Beaulieu-Flandria02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

27  Barry Hoban  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

28  Alain Bellouis  Gitane02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

29  Tony Houbrechts  Salvarani02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

30  Johny Schleck  Bic02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

31  Raymond Poulidor  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

32  Pietro Guerra  Salvarani02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

33  Bernard Thevenet  Peugeot-BP-Michelin02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

34  Roger Swerts  Molteni02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

35  Raymond Riotte  Sonolor02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

36  Felice Gimondi  Salvarani02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

37  Joaquim Agostinho  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

38  Lucien Van Impe  Sonolor02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

39  Pietro Campagnari  Salvarani02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

40  Mathieu Pustjens  Sonolor02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

41  Giacinto Santambrogio  Salvarani02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

42  Marc Lievens  Molteni02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

43  Luigi Castelletti  Salvarani02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

44  Wilfried Peffgen  Rokado02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

45  Ronny Vanmarcke  Beaulieu-Flandria02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

46  Yves Hézard  Sonolor02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

47  Sylvain Vasseur  Bic02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

48  Eddy Merckx  Molteni02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

49  Eddy Verstraeten  Watney-Avia02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

50  Jürgen Tschan  Peugeot-BP-Michelin02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

51  Gerard Moneyron  Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

52  Noël Vanclooster  Watney-Avia02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

53  Roland Berland  Bic02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

54  Jean-Claude Largeau  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

55  Joseph Huysmans  Molteni02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

56  Gerard Vianen  Goudsmit-Hoff02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

57  Ludo Van Staeyen  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

58  Martin Van Den Bossche  Molteni02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

59  Paul Aerts  Watney-Avia02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

60  Mariano Martinez  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

61  Joseph Bruyere  Molteni02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

62  Willy In 't Ven  Molteni02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

63  Guy Santy  Bic02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

64  Willy Abbeloos  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

65  Jésus Aranzabal  Bic02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

66  Jean-Pierre Danguillaume  Peugeot-BP-Michelin02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

67  Raymond Delisle  Peugeot-BP-Michelin02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

68  Jos van der Vleuten  Goudsmit-Hoff02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

69  Karl-Heinz Kunde  Rokado02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

70  Léon-Paul Menard  Gitane02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

71  Jos De Schoenmaecker  Molteni02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

72  Eduard Janssens  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

73  René Grenier  Gitane02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

74  Christian Raymond  Peugeot-BP-Michelin02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

75  Wilfried David  Peugeot-BP-Michelin02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

76  Gilbert Bellone  Rokado02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

77  Jean-Claude Genty  Bic02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

78  Jean-Pierre Parenteau  Peugeot-BP-Michelin02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

79  Joël Millard  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

80  Michael Wright  Gitane02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

81  Georges Chappe  Gitane02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

82  Herman Beyssens  De Gribaldy-Magniflex-Van Cauter02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

83  Ronald De Witte  Peugeot-BP-Michelin02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

84  Jean-Claude Daunat  Gitane02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

85  Robert Mintkiewicz  Sonolor02h 32' 20"+  00:00:06 =35,055  km/h

86  Willy Van Neste  Beaulieu-Flandria02h 34' 21"+  00:02:07 =34,597  km/h

87  Pierre Matignon  Gitane02h 34' 21"+  00:02:07 =34,597  km/h

88  Gérard David  Beaulieu-Flandria02h 34' 21"+  00:02:07 =34,597  km/h


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1887 • Camille Fily
1959 • Luis Vicente Otin
1967 • Gerrit De Vries
1968 • Arunas Cepele
1981 • David Lopez
1982 • Maarten Wynants
1983 • Johnny Hoogerland
1986 • Thomas Degand

 

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