Participated 9 times
Between 1975 and 1984
Michel Laurent, France
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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 1961
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 Participated:1961 

The riders in 1961
Average age: 25 years 187 days

85. Stan Brittain29 years  269 days
DNF stage 4
86. Ron Coe28 years  154 days
DNF stage 5
87. Vic Denson25 years  220 days
DNF stage 9
88. Seamus Elliott27 years  28 days
GC 47
89. Albert Hitchen22 years  362 days
DNF stage 4
90. Kenneth Laidlaw25 years  107 days
GC 65
91. Ian Moore22 years  232 days
DNF stage 3
92. George O'Brien26 years  180 days
DNF stage 3
93. Pete Ryalls23 years  153 days
DNF stage 3
94.  Sean Ryan20 years  160 days
ETL stage 2
95. Brian Robinson30 years  242 days
GC 53
96. Tom Simpson23 years  213 days
DNF stage 3
Todays birthdays.

1888 • Giuseppe Contesini
1911 • Edmond Pages
1935 • Eddy Pauwels
1940 • Julien Haelterman
1958 • Luc Colijn
1962 • Jean-François Bernard
1984 • Yann Huguet
1993 • Owain Doull

 

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