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School book by Augustine Fouillée under the 'nom de plume' G. Bruno.
* Some cities and towns have hosted 25 or more stage starts and finishes :
Charles Pélissier (FRA) (1930, in addition to seven second places)
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Eddy Merckx (BEL) (1970, 1974)
* Freddy Maertens (BEL) (1976)
Stage wins by nationality
Stage towns
* Bordeaux – 79 (most recent: 2006)
* Pau – 61 (most recent: 2007)
* Luchon – 50 (most recent: 2006)
* Metz – 40 (most recent: 2002)
* Grenoble – 38 (most recent: 2005)
* Perpignan – 36 (most recent: 2009)
* Caen – 35 (most recent: 2006)
* Nice – 35 (most recent: 1981)
* Briançon – 34 (most recent: 2009)
* Marseille – 34 (most recent: 2009)
* Bayonne – 32 (most recent: 2003)
* Nantes – 30 (most recent: 2008)
* Belfort – 29 (most recent: 2000) The fastest massed-start stage was in 1999 from Laval to Blois (194.5 km), won by Mario Cipollini at 50.355 kmh. The fastest full-length time-trial is David Zabriskie's opening stage of 2005, Fromentine – Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile (19 km) at 54.676 kmh. Chris Boardman rode faster during
* Montpellier – 29 (most recent: 2009)
* Brest – 28 (most recent: 2008)
* L'Alpe d'Huez – 26 (most recent: 2008)
* Toulouse – 25 (most recent: 2008)
* Roubaix – 25 (most recent: 1994)
Stage speeds