Participated 3 times
Between 1982 and 1984
Julius Thalmann, Switzerland
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After stage 21 - 2025:
 16451 starters.
  5463 different riders.
  689 teams.
  2398 stages.
  470 restdays.
  466506.50 km.
  5925 abandoned riders.

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 Facts from Tour de France 1959
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 Participated:1961 1960 1959 1958 

The riders in 1959
Average age: 27 years 294 days

141. Jean Anastasi23 years  197 days
DNF stage 4
142. Henri Anglade25 years  360 days
GC 2
143. Louis Bergaud30 years  214 days
GC 13
144. Louis Bisilliat28 years  127 days
GC 65
145. Manuel Busto26 years  273 days
GC 39
146. Michel Dejouhannet23 years  363 days
DNF stage 13
147. Jean-Baptiste Dotto31 years  97 days
GC 15
148. Jean Forestier28 years  268 days
GC 34
149. Bernard Gauthier34 years  284 days
ETL stage 13
150. Valentin Huot30 years  62 days
GC 48
151. Marcel Rohrbach26 years  84 days
GC 51
152. Louis Rostollan23 years  181 days
GC 59
Todays birthdays.

1869 • Adolphe Dorion
1884 • Achille Germain
1886 • Emile Eigeldinger
1896 • Andre Léger
1907 • Frans Dictus
1921 • Alberto Ghirardi
1934 • Joseph Planckaert
1945 • Leif Mortensen
1952 • Alex Van Linden
1960 • Roberto Bressan
1960 • Bernard Chesneau
1962 • Paul Watson
1963 • Juan Rozas
1965 • Jean-Pierre Heynderickx
1967 • José-Manuel Oliveira
1970 • Wilfried Nelissen
1980 • Nick Nuyens
1996 • Jai Hindley

 

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