Tour de France 1963
50th Tour de France 1963 - final result | ||
Route length | 21 stages, 4,140.6 km | |
Tour winner | Jacques Anquetil | 113: 30: 05 h (36.481 km) |
Second | Federico Bahamontes | + 3:35 min |
Third | José Perez-Frances | + 10:14 min |
Fourth | Jean-Claude Lebaube | + 11:55 min |
fifth | Armand Desmet | + 15:00 min |
Sixth | Angelino Soler | + 15:04 min |
seventh | Renzo Fontana | + 15:27 min |
Eighth | Raymond Poulidor | + 16:46 min |
Ninth | Hennes Junkermann | + 18:53 min |
Tenth | Rik Van Looy | + 19:24 min |
Green jersey | Rik Van Looy | 275 p. |
Second | Jacques Anquetil | 138 P. |
Third | Federico Bahamontes | 123 P. |
Mountain scoring | Federico Bahamontes | 147 P. |
Second | Raymond Poulidor | 70 p. |
Third | Guy Ignolin | 68 P. |
Team evaluation | Saint-Raphaël-Gitane |
The 50th Tour de France took place from June 23 to July 14, 1963 and ran over 4,137 km over 21 stages. 130 racing drivers took part in the tour, 76 of which were classified.
Race course
Eddy Pauwels and Seamus Elliott can wear the yellow jersey for a few days after their stage victories on the first and third stages . After the first individual time trial, which Jacques Anquetil won, Gilbert Desmet took over the overall lead and was able to defend it during the Pyrenees.
On the Alpine stage to Grenoble , Federico Bahamontes won after a solo escape, the next day he took over the yellow jersey after making up time on Desmet again. Last year's winner Anquetil, who not only won the first time trial but also a stage in the Pyrenees, also won the 17th stage to Chamonix and thus won the yellow jersey. After a simulated technical defect, the Frenchman swapped his bike at the foot of the last climb for a lighter bike and was able to follow the otherwise superior mountain rider Bahamontes. With this move, Raphaël Géminiani , who had participated in the Tour de France himself in 1958 and raced against Bahamontes, proved his ability as Anquetil’s sporting director.
After his victory in the second individual time trial on the 19th stage, Anquetil's fourth Tour win was no longer to be taken. Although in 1963 only 79 km had to be covered in Anquetil's special discipline, the individual time trial (in 1962 it was 129.5 km), the Frenchman was able to win his third tour in a row. Federico Bahamontes finished second in the overall standings and also won the mountains classification by a clear margin from Frenchman Raymond Poulidor . At the finish in Paris, Poulidor was whistled more than 16 minutes behind after his eighth place, while Anquetil was greeted with much applause in the Parc des Princes .
The Belgian Rik Van Looy also won the green jersey after four stage wins .
The stages
Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
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1st stage | 23rd June | Nogent-sur-Marne - Epernay | 152.5 | Eddy Pauwels | Eddy Pauwels |
2nd stage (a) | June 24th | Reims - Jambes ( BEL ) | 185.5 | Rik Van Looy | Eddy Pauwels |
2nd stage (b) | June 24th | Jambes (BEL) - Jambes (BEL) | 21.6 ( MZF ) | Pelforth-Sauvage | Eddy Pauwels |
3rd stage | 25th June | Jambes (BEL) - Roubaix | 223.5 | Seamus Elliott | Seamus Elliott |
4th stage | June 26th | Roubaix - Rouen | 235.5 | Frans Melckenbeeck | Seamus Elliott |
5th stage | June 27th | Rouen - Rennes | 285 | Antonio Bailetti | Seamus Elliott |
6th stage (a) | June 28th | Rennes - Angers | 118.5 | Roger De Breuker | Seamus Elliott |
6th stage (b) | June 28th | Angers - Angers | 24.5 ( EZF ) | Jacques Anquetil | Gilbert Desmet |
7th stage | June 29th | Angers - Limoges | 236 | Jan Janssen | Gilbert Desmet |
8th stage | June 30th | Limoges - Bordeaux | 231.5 | Rik Van Looy | Gilbert Desmet |
9th stage | July 1 | Bordeaux - Pau | 202 | Pino Cerami | Gilbert Desmet |
10th stage | 2nd July | Pau - Bagneres-de-Bigorre | 148.5 | Jacques Anquetil | Gilbert Desmet |
11th stage | 3rd of July | Bagneres-de-Bigorre - Luchon | 131 | Guy Ignolin | Gilbert Desmet |
12th stage | July 4th | Luchon - Toulouse | 172.5 | André Darrigade | Gilbert Desmet |
Rest day | |||||
13th stage | July 6th | Toulouse - Aurillac | 234 | Rik Van Looy | Gilbert Desmet |
14th stage | 7th of July | Aurillac - Saint-Etienne | 236.5 | Guy Ignolin | Gilbert Desmet |
15th stage | 8th of July | Saint-Etienne - Grenoble | 174 | Federico Bahamontes | Gilbert Desmet |
16th stage | July 9 | Grenoble - Val-d'Isère | 202 | Fernando Manzaneque | Federico Bahamontes |
17th stage | 10th of July | Val d'Isère - Chamonix | 227.5 | Jacques Anquetil | Jacques Anquetil |
18th stage | July 11th | Chamonix - Lons-le-Saunier | 225 | Frans Brands | Jacques Anquetil |
19th stage | July 12 | Arbois - Besançon | 54.5 (EZF) | Jacques Anquetil | Jacques Anquetil |
20th stage | July 13th | Besançon - Troyes | 233.5 | Roger De Breuker | Jacques Anquetil |
21st stage | July 14th | Troyes - Paris | 185.5 | Rik Van Looy | Jacques Anquetil |
Web links
- Tour de France 1963 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1963 tour