Participated 5 times
Between 1924 and 1929
Giovanni Canova, Italy
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After stage 21 - 2026:
 16451 starters.
  5513 different riders.
  689 teams.
  2419 stages.
  470 restdays.
  469752.50 km.
  5946 abandoned riders.

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 Facts from Tour de France 1959
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 Participated:1959 1958 

The riders in 1959
Average age: 26 years 80 days

101. Ernest Ecuyer25 years  51 days
DNF stage 13
102. Rolf Graf26 years  316 days
GC 21
103. Hans Hollenstein30 years  92 days
DNF stage 8
104. Emmanuel Plattner24 years  33 days
DNF stage 13
105. Max Schellenberg31 years  270 days
DNF stage 14
106. Attilio Moresi21 years  339 days
DNF stage 13
107. Ernst Traxel25 years  220 days
GC 55
108. Otto Altweck22 years  94 days
DNF stage 8
109. Lothar Friedrich28 years  203 days
GC 18
110. Mathias Löder25 years  184 days
DNF stage 18
111. Wilfried Ommer22 years  175 days
DNF stage 8
112. Frans Reitz30 years  155 days
GC 49
Todays birthdays.

1879 • Adrien Blanqui
1880 • Auguste Lapree
1892 • Fernand Bozzo
1905 • Achille Viaene
1912 • Albert Van Schendel
1930 • Benigno Aspuru
1936 • Guy Epaud
1937 • Göran Karlsson
1941 • Jorge Marine
1942 • René Grelin
1948 • Daniel Verplancke
1951 • Giovanni Dalla Bona
1966 • Didier Virvaleix
1971 • Jérôme Bernard
1994 • Davide Ballerini
1998 • Tadej Pogacar
2000 • Florian Lipowitz

 

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