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  13633 starters.
  4854 diff. riders.
  520 teams.
  2107 stages.
  421694.19 km.
  5429 abandonnees.
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Welcome to "Tourfacts.dk".
Special riders in Tour de France
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Maurice Garin
First winner
  Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong
Most won tours
  Eddy Merckx
Eddy Merckx
Most aggressive
  Fausto Coppi
Fausto Coppi
Most fearless
About Tourfacts.dk
Tourfacts.dk is a private one man site, trying to gather all that's worth gathering about the biggest cycling event in the world.

Please enjoy a trip and learn a lot of different facts from the tour.

If you find something wrong, or know something that is missing, please let me know, and I'll do what I can to correct it.
Did you know that
The highest average speed is
41,193 km/h in 2005
The oldest rider to compete is
Henri Paret in 1904  50 Years  201 Days
The city with most departures is
Bordeaux
Youngest rider to win a stage is
Fabio Battesini in 1931  19 Years  138 Days
The most climbed mountain is
Tourmalet
Heighest average age for team
1928South-East34 years152 days 
Working on 1935 ↓ 1903

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