Overview of the year 1959
Mulhouse - Paris | total distance: 4358.0 km | number of stages: 22
Winner: Federico Bahamontes | Spain | Spain | age: 31
time: 123hr 46min 45sec | average speed: 35.474 km/h
2nd place: Henry Anglade (+ 4min 1sec)
3rd place: Jacques Anquetil (+ 5min 5sec)
winning team: Belgium
number of participants: 120 (finished: 65 |not finished: 55)
Jerseys winners:
Stages in 1959
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage
STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed | ||||||
1 | Mulhouse - | Metz | 238.0 km | André DARRIGADE | 5:33:45 | 42.8 km/h |
2 | Metz - | Namur | 240.0 km | Vito FAVERO | 6:25:02 | 37.4 km/h |
3 | Namur - | Roubaix | 217.0 km | Robert CAZALA | 6:11:04 | 35.1 km/h |
4 | Roubaix - | Rouen | 230.0 km | Dino BRUNI | 6:40:36 | 34.4 km/h |
5 | Rouen - | Rennes | 286.0 km | Jean GRACZYK | 8:06:36 | 35.3 km/h |
6 | Blain - | Nantes | 45.3 km | Roger RIVIÈRE | 0:56:46 | 47.9 km/h |
7 | Nantes - | La Rochelle | 190.0 km | Roger HASSENFORDER | 4:22:44 | 43.4 km/h |
8 | La Rochelle - | Bordeaux | 201.0 km | Michel DEJOUHANNET | 4:53:16 | 41.1 km/h |
9 | Bordeaux - | Bayonne | 207.0 km | Marcel QUEHEILLE | 5:19:17 | 38.9 km/h |
10 | Bayonne - | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 235.0 km | Marcel JANSSENS | 6:23:33 | 36.8 km/h |
11 | Bagnères-de-Bigorre - | Saint-Gaudens | 119.0 km | André DARRIGADE | 3:19:30 | 35.8 km/h |
12 | Saint-Gaudens - | Albi | 184.0 km | Rolf GRAF | 4:25:36 | 41.6 km/h |
13 | Albi - | Aurillac | 219.0 km | Henry ANGLADE | 6:12:19 | 35.3 km/h |
14 | Aurillac - | Clermont-Ferrand | 231.0 km | André LE DISSEZ | 7:03:31 | 32.7 km/h |
15 | Clermont-Ferrand - | Puy-de-Dôme | 12.5 km | Federico BAHAMONTES | 0:36:15 | 20.7 km/h |
16 | Clermont-Ferrand - | Saint-Étienne | 210.0 km | Dino BRUNI | 6:25:29 | 32.7 km/h |
17 | Saint-Étienne - | Grenoble | 197.0 km | Charly GAUL | 5:37:16 | 35.0 km/h |
18 | Grenoble - | Saint-Vincentd´Aoste | 243.0 km | Ercole BALDINI | 7:48:43 | 31.1 km/h |
19 | Saint-Vincent d´Aoste - | Annecy | 251.0 km | Rolf GRAF | 8:33:31 | 29.3 km/h |
20 | Annecy - | Chalon-sur-Saône | 202.0 km | Brian ROBINSON | 5:52:21 | 34.4 km/h |
21 | Seurre - | Dijon | 69.2 km | Roger RIVIÈRE | 1:39:38 | 41.7 km/h |
22 | Dijon - | Paris | 331.0 km | Joseph GROUSSARD | 9:55:52 | 33.3 km/h |
Winners of stages in 1959 by nations (7):
FRA » 12 | ITA » 4 | SUI » 2 | ESP » 1 | LUX » 1 | GBR » 1 | BEL » 1 |
Winners of stages in 1959 by cyclists (18):
André DARRIGADE » 2 | Roger RIVIÈRE » 2 | Rolf GRAF » 2 | Dino BRUNI » 2 | Vito FAVERO » 1 | Roger HASSENFORDER » 1 | Henry ANGLADE » 1 | Brian ROBINSON » 1 | Jean GRACZYK » 1 | Marcel JANSSENS » 1 | Charly GAUL » 1 | Robert CAZALA » 1 | Michel DEJOUHANNET » 1 | André LE DISSEZ » 1 | Joseph GROUSSARD » 1 | Ercole BALDINI » 1 | Marcel QUEHEILLE » 1 | Federico BAHAMONTES » 1 |
Climbs in 1959
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category
Winners of categorised climbs in 1959 by nations (7):
FRA » 7 | ESP » 5 | SUI » 1 | LUX » 1 | AUT » 1 | ITA » 1 | BEL » 1 |
Winners of ascents in 1959 by cyclists (12):
Federico BAHAMONTES » 4 | Gérard SAINT » 2 | Valentin HUOT » 2 | Carmelo MORALES » 1 | Armand DESMET » 1 | Adolf CHRISTIAN » 1 | André LE DISSEZ » 1 | Rolf GRAF » 1 | Michele GISMONDI » 1 | Louis BERGAUD » 1 | Jean DOTTO » 1 | Charly GAUL » 1 |