Tour de France 1958
45th Tour de France 1958 - final result | ||
Route length | 24 stages, 4,319.5 km | |
Tour winner | Charly Gaul | 116: 59: 05 h (36.924 km / h) |
Second | Vito Favero | + 3:10 min |
Third | Raphaël Géminiani | + 3:41 min |
Fourth | Jan Adriaensens | + 7:16 min |
fifth | Gastone Nencini | + 13:33 min |
Sixth | Jef Planckaert | + 28:01 min |
seventh | Louison Bobet | + 31:39 min |
Eighth | Federico Bahamontes | + 40:44 min |
Ninth | Louis Bergaud | + 48:33 min |
Tenth | Jos Hoevenaers | + 58:26 min |
Green jersey | Jean Graczyk | 347 P. |
Second | Jef Planckaert | 406 P. |
Third | André Darrigade | 553 P. |
Mountain scoring | Federico Bahamontes | 79 P. |
Second | Charly Gaul | 64 P. |
Third | Jean Dotto | 34 P. |
Team evaluation | Belgium |
The 45th Tour de France took place from June 26 to July 19, 1958 and ran over 4,319 km over 24 stages. 120 racing drivers took part in the tour, of which 78 were classified.
Race course
As in the previous two years, the 1958 Tour de France began with a stage win for Frenchman André Darrigade . After the yellow jersey changed its wearer several times in the first week, after a second stage win by Darrigade, it ends up back with the driver of the French national team.
In the Pyrenees, the Italian Vito Favero took over the overall lead, which he lost again to the French Raphaël Géminiani in the mountain time trial on Mont Ventoux . Charly Gaul from Luxembourg attacked on the last difficult mountain stage in the Alps and drove out a 12-minute lead over Géminiani on a solo trip, the yellow jersey went back to Favero, who had also made up time on Géminiani. On this stage from Briançon to Aix-les-Bains the weather was cold and it was raining, Géminiani, who drove for the regional team "Central Midi ", later complained about the lack of support from the French national team.
Gaul, who had already won the first two time trials in addition to the mountain stage, also won the last time trial. As a result, he ousted Favero and Géminiani and took over the yellow jersey on the penultimate stage. For the last time trial, last year's winner Jacques Anquetil did not compete after stomach problems, up to this point he had occupied seventh place in the overall standings and could no longer intervene in the battle for the Tour victory.
The last stage was overshadowed by the death of an official in the Parc des Princes after a collision with André Darrigade, who won a total of five stages in the 1958 Tour. The green jersey was won by Frenchman Jean Graczyk , while Federico Bahamontes won the mountain classification for the second time since 1954 .
The stages
Stages | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
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1st stage | Brussels ( BEL ) - Ghent (BEL) | 184 | André Darrigade | André Darrigade |
2nd stage | Gent (BEL) - Dunkerque | 198 | Gerrit Voorting | Jos Hoevenaers |
3rd stage | Dunkerque - Le Tréport | 177 | Gilbert Bauvin | Wim van Est |
4th stage | Le Tréport - Versailles | 205 | Jean Gainche | Wim van Est |
5th stage | Versailles - Caen | 232 | Tino Sabbadini | Gilbert Bauvin |
6th stage | Caen - Saint-Brieuc | 223 | Martin van Geneughden | Gerrit Voorting |
7th stage | Saint-Brieuc - Brest | 170 | Brian Robinson | Gerrit Voorting |
8th stage | Circuit de Châteaulin | 46 ( EZF ) | Charly Gaul | Gerrit Voorting |
9th stage | Quimper - Saint-Nazaire | 206 | André Darrigade | André Darrigade |
10th stage | Saint-Nazaire- Royan | 255 | Pierino Baffi | André Darrigade |
11th stage | Royan - Bordeaux | 137 | Arrigo Padovan | André Darrigade |
12th stage | Bordeaux - Dax | 161 | Martin van Geneughden | André Darrigade |
13th stage | Dax - Pau | 230 | Louis Bergaud | Raphaël Géminiani |
14th stage | Pau - Luchon | 129 | Federico Bahamontes | Vito Favero |
15th stage | Luchon - Toulouse | 176 | André Darrigade | Vito Favero |
16th stage | Toulouse - Beziers | 187 | Pierino Baffi | Vito Favero |
17th stage | Béziers - Nîmes | 189 | André Darrigade | Vito Favero |
18th stage | Bédoin - Mont Ventoux | 21.5 (EZF) | Charly Gaul | Raphaël Géminiani |
19th stage | Carpentras - Gap | 178 | Gastone Nencini | Raphaël Géminiani |
20th stage | Gap - Briançon | 165 | Federico Bahamontes | Raphaël Géminiani |
21st stage | Briançon - Aix-les-Bains | 219 | Charly Gaul | Vito Favero |
22nd stage | Aix-les-Bains - Besançon | 237 | André Darrigade | Vito Favero |
23rd stage | Besançon - Dijon | 74 (EZF) | Charly Gaul | Charly Gaul |
24th stage | Dijon - Paris | 320 | Pierino Baffi | Charly Gaul |
Web links
- Tour de France 1958 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1958 tour