Time	               	 Dist.       	                 	Average                                          Time	                Dist.       	                 Average                                          
3.56'00"   	143 Km    		36.356 Km/Hr                                h.mm'sec"         1mile = 1.6 Km	Km/Hr

		The Average is form the Race winner 

Teams.     	1946	Huyberechts	&	Mercier - Hutchinson

		In the early days rides where some time sponsored for Individual Races or the sponsor changed by country were the race was held.

Teams.		1934	Individual		

		Pro with no Contract.   (The Tour, Giro and Vuelta where competed with National Teams)   see Note  1

		A  Individual ride could have short term contracts with a sponsor and ride for his national team which could be sponsored.

Teams		1924	Amateur		

		Rider was a amateur but competed in a Pro Race.

ABN		Abandoned 

Ama		Amateur

Bon   		Time Bonification    Time or points deducted from the overall classification.

Disq		Disqualified	

DND		Did not Depart 

DS		Director Sportive ,   Team manger, Team Director.

e.a		ex-aequo,  Finishing in equal place, we see this before photo finish and sensors became commonly used .

GCl 1,2,3		General Calcification  , General Classification place at stage finish.  

HD		Hors-Delais , outside of the time limited 

IDP		Independent a category between Amateurs and Professionals .

Ind TT		Individual Time Trail

Indv. Ind		Individual 	Professionals with no Contract .

Mnt Cl 1, 2, 3	Mountain Classification  Place in this classification at the end of the stage 

Mnt Clm		Mountain Climb  the race was only up hill

MNT St		Mountain Stage   The stage included Cat 2, 1 or HC mountians.

Neo Cl 1, 2, 3	Neo Pro Classification   Place in this classification at the end of the stage 

Pen		Penalized    Time or points added to the overall classification

Pnt Cl 1, 2, 3	Points Classification    Place in this classification at the end of the stage 

TT Cl 1, 2, 3           	Team Time Classification    Place in this classification at the end of the stage 

U23                   	Riders of 23 years of age or younger    AKA Neo Pro

TdF		Tour de France

GdI		Giro d'Italia

VaE		Vuelta a Espana	

RvB		Ronde van Belgium

RvH		Ronde van Holland

PT		Pro Teams  This is a group of 18 top league team which have to compete in the Pro Tour races.

PC		Professional Continental team Teams which can be invited to PT races but will normally compete in the 1.1 and 2.1 races.

CT		Continental Teams  Semi Pro Teams and Amateurs  compete mainly in the 1.2 and 2.2 or national cat races.

1A.R		Single day races  abandoned races no longer organized 

1.1, 2 or 3	Single day Races which are still organized .

1HC, PT or WT	Single day Races in the UCI Pro Team category .

2A.R		Multi day races  abandoned races no longer organized .

2.1, 2 or 3	Multi day Races which are still organized .

2HC, PT or WT	Multi day Races in the UCI Pro Team category .

Notes:

Note 1

The Tour de France introduced Commercial Team in 1962. 

The Giri d'Italy did this in the thirties 

The Vuelta a Espana Introduced the Commercial Teams in 1959 

The Tour de Suisse changed in the  fifties.