Tour de France 1959
46th Tour de France 1959 - final result | ||
Route length | 22 stages, 4,358 km | |
Tour winner | Federico Bahamontes | 123: 46: 45 h (35.208 km / h) |
Second | Henry Anglade | + 4:01 min |
Third | Jacques Anquetil | + 5:05 min |
Fourth | Roger Rivière | + 5:17 min |
fifth | François Mahé | + 8:22 min |
Sixth | Ercole Baldini | + 10:18 min |
seventh | Jan Adriaensens | + 10:18 min |
Eighth | Jos Hoevenaers | + 11:02 min |
Ninth | Girard Saint | + 17:40 min |
Tenth | Jean Brankart | + 20:38 min |
Green jersey | André Darrigade | 613 P. |
Second | Gérard Saint | 524 P. |
Third | Jacques Anquetil | 503 P. |
Mountain scoring | Federico Bahamontes | 73 P. |
Second | Charly Gaul | 68 P. |
Third | Gérard Saint | 65 p. |
Team evaluation | Belgium |
The 46th Tour de France took place from June 25 to July 18, 1959 and ran over 22 stages with a total distance of 4,355 kilometers. 120 racing drivers took part in the tour, of which 65 were classified.
Race course
The French national team competed with a strong team and was considered a huge favorite: Jacques Anquetil , Roger Rivière , Louison Bobet and Raphaël Géminiani were supposed to fight for the victory. But the rivalry within the French team led Federico Bahamontes to secure the first Spanish tour victory.
The race for the tour victory was open for a long time, up to the 16th stage there were four drivers within a minute. On the 17th stage to Grenoble , Charly Gaul and Bahamontes broke away and reached the finish line with a lead of over three minutes. There they shared the wages of their work: Gaul was stage winner, Bahamontes got the yellow jersey , which he did not have to surrender until Paris. However, the Spaniard laid the foundation for his tour victory in the individual time trial on the Puy de Dôme , where he took off Gaul for almost a minute and a half. Bahamontes also won the mountain classification.
The French Henry Anglade , who started for the "Center-Midi" regional team, also profited from the rivalry in the French national team and came second in the overall standings, ahead of Anquetil. André Darrigade won the first stage for the fourth time in a row and at the end of the tour secured the green jersey after another stage victory .
Louison Bobet, winner of the Tour de France 1953 , gave up on his last participation on the roof of the tour, the 2764 m high Col de l'Iseran ; he was weakened by an illness. Jean Robic , tour winner in 1947 , was withdrawn from the race in Chalon-sur-Saône after he had exceeded the waiting period .
The stages
Stages | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
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1st stage | Mulhouse - Metz | 238 | André Darrigade | André Darrigade |
2nd stage | Metz - Namur ( BEL ) | 240 | Vito Favero | André Darrigade |
3rd stage | Namur (BEL) - Roubaix | 217 | Robert Cazala | Robert Cazala |
4th stage | Roubaix - Rouen | 230 | Dino Bruni | Robert Cazala |
5th stage | Rouen - Rennes | 286 | Jean Graczyk | Robert Cazala |
6th stage | Blain - Nantes | 45.3 ( EZF ) | Roger Rivière | Robert Cazala |
7th stage | Nantes - La Rochelle | 190 | Roger Hassenforder | Robert Cazala |
8th stage | La Rochelle - Bordeaux | 201 | Michel Dejouhannet | Robert Cazala |
9th stage | Bordeaux - Bayonne | 207 | Marcel Queheille | Eddy Pauwels |
10th stage | Bayonne - Bagneres-de-Bigorre | 235 | Marcel Janssens | Michel Vermeulin |
11th stage | Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Saint-Gaudens | 119 | André Darrigade | Michel Vermeulin |
12th stage | Saint-Gaudens- Albi | 184 | Rolf Graf | Michel Vermeulin |
13th stage | Albi - Aurillac | 219 | Henry Anglade | Jos Hoevenaers |
14th stage | Aurillac - Clermont-Ferrand | 231 | André Le Dissez | Jos Hoevenaers |
15th stage | Clermont-Ferrand - Puy de Dôme | 12.5 (EZF) | Federico Bahamontes | Jos Hoevenaers |
16th stage | Clermont-Ferrand - Saint-Etienne | 210 | Dino Bruni | Eddy Pauwels |
17th stage | Saint-Etienne - Grenoble | 197 | Charly Gaul | Federico Bahamontes |
18th stage | Col du Lautaret - Saint-Vincent ( ITA ) | 243 | Ercole Baldini | Federico Bahamontes |
19th stage | Saint-Vincent (ITA) - Annecy | 251 | Rolf Graf | Federico Bahamontes |
20th stage | Annecy - Chalon-sur-Saône | 202 | Brian Robinson | Federico Bahamontes |
21st stage | Seurre - Dijon | 69.2 (EZF) | Roger Rivière | Federico Bahamontes |
22nd stage | Dijon - Paris | 331 | Joseph Groussard | Federico Bahamontes |
Web links
- Tour de France 1959 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Cycling news about the 1959 tour