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Name and Nationality |
Track |
Distance (meters) |
Increase |
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| May 11, 1893 |
Desgrange, Henry (France) |
Paris |
35,325 |
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| Oct 31, 1894 |
Dubois, Jules (France) |
Paris |
38,220 |
2,895 |
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| July 30, 1897 |
van Den Eynde, Oscar (Belgium) |
Paris |
39,240 |
1,020 |
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| July 3, 1898 |
Hamilton, William (U.S.A.) |
Denver |
40,781 |
1,541 |
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| Aug 8, 1905 |
Petit-Breton, Lucien (France) |
Paris |
41,110 |
329 |
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| June 20, 1907 |
Berthet, Marcel (France) |
Paris |
41,520 |
410 |
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| Aug 22, 1912 |
Egg, Oscar (Switzerland) |
Paris |
42,122 |
602 |
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| Aug 7, 1913 |
Berthet, Marcel (France) |
Paris |
42,741 |
619 |
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| Aug 21, 1913 |
Egg, Oscar (Switzerland) |
Paris |
43,525 |
784 |
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| Sept 20, 1913 |
Berthet, Marcel (France) |
Paris |
43,775 |
250 |
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| Aug 8, 1914 |
Egg, Oscar (Switzerland) |
Paris |
44,247 |
472 |
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| Aug 8, 1933 |
Van Hout, Jan (Netherlands) |
Roermond |
44,588 |
388 |
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| Sept 28, 1933 |
Richard, Maurice (France) |
Saint Trond |
44,777 |
189 |
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| Oct 31, 1935 |
Olmo, Giuseppe (Italy) |
Milan |
45,090 |
313 |
Photo of Olmo |
| Oct 14, 1936 |
Richard, Maurice (France) |
Milan |
45,325 |
235 |
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| Sept 29, 1937 |
Slaats, Frans (Netherlands) |
Milan |
45,485 |
160 |
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| Nov 3, 1937 |
Archambaud, Maurice (France) |
Milan |
45,767 |
282 |
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| Nov 7, 1942 |
Coppi, Fausto (Italy) |
Milan |
45,798 |
31 |
Photo of Coppi |
| June 6, 1956 |
Anquetil, Jacques (France) |
Milan |
46,159 |
369 |
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| Sept 19, 1956 |
Baldini, Ercole (Italy) |
Milan |
46,394 |
235 |
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| Sept 18, 1957 |
Riviere, Roger (France) |
Milan |
46,923 |
529 |
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| Oct 30, 1967 |
Bracke, Ferdinand (Belgium) |
Rome |
48,093 |
746 |
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| Oct 10, 1968 |
Ritter, Ole (Denmark) |
Mexico City |
48,653 |
560 |
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| Oct 25, 1972 |
Merckx, Eddy (Belgium) |
Mexico City |
49,432 |
779 |
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| Jan 19, 1984 |
Moser, Francesco (Italy) |
Mexico City |
50,808 |
1,376 |
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| Jan 23, 1984 |
Moser, Francesco (Italy) |
Mexico City |
51,151 |
343 |
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| Jul 7, 1993 |
Obree, Graeme (Britain) |
Hamar |
51,596 |
445 |
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| Jul 23, 1993 |
Boardman, Chris) (Britain) |
Bordeaux |
52,270 |
674 |
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| April 4, 1994 |
Obree, Graeme (Britain) |
Bordeaux |
52,713 |
433 |
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| Sept 2, 1994 |
Indurain, Miguel (Spain) |
Bordeaux |
53,040 |
327 |
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| Oct 22, 1994 |
Rominger, Tony (Switzerland) |
Bordeaux |
53,832 |
792 |
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| Nov 5, 1994 |
Rominger, Tony (Switzerland) |
Bordeaux |
55,291 |
1,459 |
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| Sept 9, 1996 |
Boardman, Chris (Britain) |
Manchester |
56,375 |
1,084 |
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