Participated 1 time
in 1935
Robert Renonce, France
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After stage 21 - 2025:
 16451 starters.
  5463 different riders.
  688 teams.
  2398 stages.
  470 restdays.
  466506.50 km.
  5925 abandoned riders.

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 Facts from Tour de France 1979 Additional info and images from 1979.
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 Participated:1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 

The riders in 1979
Average age: 28 years 84 days

61. Hennie Kuiper30 years  151 days
GC 4
62. Jacques Bossis26 years  193 days
GC 60
63. Bernard Bourreau27 years  305 days
GC 79
64. José De Cauwer29 years  313 days
GC 85
65. Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle24 years  312 days
GC 46
66. Jacques Esclassan30 years  304 days
DNF stage 16
67. Yves Hézard30 years  257 days
GC 17
68. Michel Laurent25 years  327 days
GC 37
69. Roger Legeay29 years  330 days
GC 63
70. Patrick Perret25 years  239 days
DNF stage 12
Todays birthdays.

1882 • Auguste Dufour
1912 • Raoul Lesueur
1913 • Hans Martin
1938 • Franco Magnani
1945 • Attilio Rota
1964 • Gert Jakobs
1984 • Michal Golas
1991 • Carlos Barbero
1994 • Antwan Tolhoek
1996 • Kobe Goossens
1999 • Sébastien Grignard

 

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