Tour de France 1962
49th Tour de France 1962 - final result | ||
Route length | 22 stages, 4,273.5 km | |
Tour winner | Jacques Anquetil | 114: 31: 54 h (37.313 km / h) |
Second | Joseph Planckaert | + 4:59 min |
Third | Raymond Poulidor | + 10:24 min |
Fourth | Gilbert Desmet | + 13:01 min |
fifth | From Geldermans | + 14:04 min |
Sixth | Tom Simpson | + 17:09 min |
seventh | Imerio Massignan | + 17:50 min |
Eighth | Ercole Baldini | + 19:00 min |
Ninth | Charly Gaul | + 19:11 min |
Tenth | Eddy Pauwels | + 23:04 min |
Green jersey | Rudi Altig | 173 P. |
Second | Emile Daems | 144 P. |
Third | Jean Graczyk | 140 p. |
Mountain scoring | Federico Bahamontes | 137 P. |
Second | Imerio Massignan | 77 P. |
Third | Raymond Poulidor | 70 p. |
Team evaluation | Saint-Raphaël-Helyett |
The 49th Tour de France took place from June 24th to July 15th, 1962 and ran over 4,274 km on 22 stages. For the first time since 1929 there were no national and regional teams , but cycling teams supported by companies. 150 racing drivers took part in the tour , 94 of which were classified.
Race course
The tour began with a German stage win, Rudi Altig won the first section and after another stage win on the third stage, he was able to ride in the yellow jersey for a few days . Altig achieved a total of three stage wins and won the green jersey .
Raymond Poulidor , who had won the French championship and Milan-San Remo before the start of the tour , was affected by a broken hand at the start and already lost eight minutes on the first stage. However, he was able to improve in the course of the tour and won the difficult mountain stage to Aix-les-Bains . In the end, he finished third in the overall ranking.
Last year's winner Jacques Anquetil from France won two time trials as he did in 1961 , but only with the second success he was able to take the lead three days before the end of the tour. Anquetil had previously ridden defensively against the better climbers like Federico Bahamontes , who won the mountain classification for the fourth time .
Anquetil's fiercest competitor for the overall victory, however, was the Belgian Joseph Planckaert , who had taken over the yellow jersey in the Pyrenees. It was only through his victory in the last time trial, in which he took Poulidor and Planckaert off by five minutes each, that Anquetil made his third tour victory perfect. The Frenchman also set a new speed record with his victory: he was on average 37.306 km / h.
The stages
Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
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1st stage | June 24th | Nancy - Spa ( BEL ) | 253 | Rudi Altig | Rudi Altig |
2nd stage (a) | 25th June | Spa (BEL) - Herentals (BEL) | 147 | André Darrigade | André Darrigade |
2nd stage (b) | 25th June | Herentals (BEL) - Herentals (BEL) | 23 ( MZF ) | Flandria-Faema | André Darrigade |
3rd stage | June 26th | Brussels (BEL) - Amiens | 210 | Rudi Altig | Rudi Altig |
4th stage | June 27th | Amiens - Le Havre | 196.5 | Willy Vanden Berghen | Rudi Altig |
5th stage | June 28th | Pont-l'Évêque - Saint-Malo | 215 | Emile Daems | Rudi Altig |
6th stage | June 29th | Dinard - Brest | 235.5 | Robert Cazala | From Geldermans |
7th stage | June 30th | Quimper - Saint-Nazaire | 201 | Hubertus Zilverberg | From Geldermans |
8th stage (a) | July 1 | Saint-Nazaire - Luçon | 155 | Mario Minieri | André Darrigade |
8th stage (b) | July 1 | Luçon - La Rochelle | 43 ( EZF ) | Jacques Anquetil | André Darrigade |
9th stage | 2nd July | La Rochelle - Bordeaux | 214 | Antonio Bailetti | Willy Schroeders |
10th stage | 3rd of July | Bordeaux - Bayonne | 184.5 | Willy Vannitsen | Willy Schroeders |
11th stage | July 4th | Bayonne - Pau | 155.5 | Eddy Pauwels | Willy Schroeders |
12th stage | 5th July | Pau - Saint-Gaudens | 207.5 | Robert Cazala | Tom Simpson |
13th stage | July 6th | Luchon - Superbagnères | 18.5 ( EZF ) | Federico Bahamontes | Jozef Planckaert |
14th stage | 7th of July | Luchon - Carcassonne | 215 | Jean Stablinski | Jozef Planckaert |
15th stage | 8th of July | Carcassonne - Montpellier | 196.5 | Willy Vannitsen | Jozef Planckaert |
16th stage | July 9 | Montpellier - Aix-en-Provence | 185 | Emile Daems | Jozef Planckaert |
17th stage | 10th of July | Aix-en-Provence - Juan-les-Pins | 201 | Rudi Altig | Jozef Planckaert |
18th stage | July 11th | Juan-les-Pins - Briançon | 241.5 | Emile Daems | Jozef Planckaert |
19th stage | July 12 | Briançon - Aix-les-Bains | 204.5 | Raymond Poulidor | Jozef Planckaert |
20th stage | July 13th | Bourgoin - Lyon | 68 (EZF) | Jacques Anquetil | Jacques Anquetil |
21st stage | July 14th | Lyon - Pougues-les-Eaux | 232 | Dino Bruni | Jacques Anquetil |
22nd stage | 15th of July | Nevers - Paris | 271 | Rino Benedetti | Jacques Anquetil |
Web links
- Tour de France 1962 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1962 tour
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joel Godaert, Robert Janssens, Guido Cammaert: Tour Encyclopedie 1954 to 1965 . Uitgeverij Worldstrips, Gent 1999, p. 132 .