Most Starts for a Tour de France?

[Bob]

Who has the record for the most Tour starts? In recent
history, say after WWII? Is Viatcheslav Ekimov close to
record? I think this year will be 14 or 15?

Thanks

[Martin Honnen]

Bob wrote:

> Who has the record for the most Tour starts? In recent
> history, say after WWII? Is Viatcheslav Ekimov close to
> record? I think this year will be 14 or 15?

I don't know what the record is but Joop Zoetemelk had 16
participatations from 1970 to 1986.

--

Martin Honnen

[Ewoud Dronkert]

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:43:58 -0700, Bob wrote:
>Who has the record for the most Tour starts? In recent
>history, say after WWII? Is Viatcheslav Ekimov close to
>record? I think this year will be 14 or 15?

Who else but Thomas Dekker's great-uncle, Joop Zoetemelk: 16
starts, 16 finishes.

[Bob Schwartz]

Bob <ivanpah1@yahoo.com.remove> wrote:

> Who has the record for the most Tour starts? In recent
> history, say after WWII? Is Viatcheslav Ekimov close to
> record? I think this year will be 14 or 15?

> Thanks

http://www.angelfire.com/realm/cvccbikers/tour/eddy/ri-
derrec.htm

Joop Zoetemelk has 16. If Eki starts this year it will be
number 14 for him.

Bob Schwartz cvcc@execpc.com

[Stewart Fleming]

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:43:58 -0700, Bob wrote:
>
>>Who has the record for the most Tour starts? In recent
>>history, say after WWII? Is Viatcheslav Ekimov close to
>>record? I think this year will be 14 or 15?
>
>
> Who else but Thomas Dekker's great-uncle, Joop Zoetemelk:
> 16 starts, 16 finishes.

Who has the record for most overall wins? Is Thomas
Dekker related to Erik Dekker? How do you pronouce
Zoetemelk's name?

[Sonarrat]

"Stewart Fleming" <stewart.fleming@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
news:91pyc.1959$NA1.201362@news02.tsnz.net...

> Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:43:58 -0700, Bob wrote:
> >
> >>Who has the record for the most Tour starts? In recent
> >>history, say after WWII? Is Viatcheslav Ekimov close to
> >>record? I think this year will be 14 or 15?
> >
> >
> > Who else but Thomas Dekker's great-uncle, Joop
> > Zoetemelk: 16 starts, 16 finishes.
>
> Who has the record for most overall wins?

5-way tie between LANCE, Miguel Indurain, Bernard
Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil, going backward
in time. Each won 5 times. Armstrong and Indurain each
won 5 in a row.

> Is Thomas Dekker related to Erik Dekker?

Another RBR poster today said no... I'm not sure.

> How do you pronouce Zoetemelk's name?

According to Mike Jacoubowsky, "Yowp Zootemelk."

-Sonarrat.

[Stewart Fleming]

Sonarrat wrote:
> "Stewart Fleming" <stewart.fleming@paradise.net.nz> wrote
> in message news:91pyc.1959$NA1.201362@news02.tsnz.net...
>
>
>>Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:43:58 -0700, Bob wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Who has the record for the most Tour starts? In recent
>>>>history, say after WWII? Is Viatcheslav Ekimov close to
>>>>record? I think this year will be 14 or 15?
>>>
>>>
>>>Who else but Thomas Dekker's great-uncle, Joop Zoetemelk:
>>>16 starts, 16 finishes.
>>
>>Who has the record for most overall wins?
>
>
> 5-way tie between LANCE, Miguel Indurain, Bernard
> Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil, going backward
> in time. Each won 5 times. Armstrong and Indurain each
> won 5 in a row.
>
>
>>Is Thomas Dekker related to Erik Dekker?
>
>
> Another RBR poster today said no... I'm not sure.
>
>
>>How do you pronouce Zoetemelk's name?
>
>
> According to Mike Jacoubowsky, "Yowp Zootemelk."

These should be in the FAQ...that hasn't been added to since
April 2003.

[Howard Kveck]

In article <91pyc.1959$NA1.201362@news02.tsnz.net>,
Stewart Fleming <stewart.fleming@paradise.net.nz> wrote:

> How do you pronouce Zoetemelk's name?

In all honesty, I probably pronounce it badly.

--
tanx, Howard

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