Overview of the year 1959

Date: June 25 - July 18 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:
 Federico Bahamontes
 Andre Darrigade
 Federico Bahamontes

Stages in 1959

number of stages in this year*: 22 | display finish towns on map
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage

STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed
1Mulhouse - Metz  238.0 km  FRA  André DARRIGADE  5:33:45  42.8 km/h
2Metz - Namur  240.0 km  ITA  Vito FAVERO  6:25:02  37.4 km/h
3Namur - Roubaix  217.0 km  FRA  Robert CAZALA  6:11:04  35.1 km/h
4Roubaix - Rouen  230.0 km  ITA  Dino BRUNI  6:40:36  34.4 km/h
5Rouen - Rennes  286.0 km  FRA  Jean GRACZYK  8:06:36  35.3 km/h
6Blain - Nantes  45.3 km  FRA  Roger RIVIÈRE  0:56:46  47.9 km/h
7Nantes - La Rochelle  190.0 km  FRA  Roger HASSENFORDER  4:22:44  43.4 km/h
8La Rochelle - Bordeaux  201.0 km  FRA  Michel DEJOUHANNET  4:53:16  41.1 km/h
9Bordeaux - Bayonne  207.0 km  FRA  Marcel QUEHEILLE  5:19:17  38.9 km/h
10Bayonne - Bagnères-de-Bigorre  235.0 km  BEL  Marcel JANSSENS  6:23:33  36.8 km/h
11Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Saint-Gaudens  119.0 km  FRA  André DARRIGADE  3:19:30  35.8 km/h
12Saint-Gaudens - Albi  184.0 km  SUI  Rolf GRAF  4:25:36  41.6 km/h
13Albi - Aurillac  219.0 km  FRA  Henry ANGLADE  6:12:19  35.3 km/h
14Aurillac - Clermont-Ferrand  231.0 km  FRA  André LE DISSEZ  7:03:31  32.7 km/h
15Clermont-Ferrand - Puy-de-Dôme  12.5 km  ESP  Federico BAHAMONTES  0:36:15  20.7 km/h
16Clermont-Ferrand - Saint-Étienne  210.0 km  ITA  Dino BRUNI  6:25:29  32.7 km/h
17Saint-Étienne - Grenoble  197.0 km  LUX  Charly GAUL  5:37:16  35.0 km/h
18Grenoble - Saint-Vincentd´Aoste  243.0 km  ITA  Ercole BALDINI  7:48:43  31.1 km/h
19Saint-Vincent d´Aoste - Annecy  251.0 km  SUI  Rolf GRAF  8:33:31  29.3 km/h
20Annecy - Chalon-sur-Saône  202.0 km  GBR  Brian ROBINSON  5:52:21  34.4 km/h
21Seurre - Dijon  69.2 km  FRA  Roger RIVIÈRE  1:39:38  41.7 km/h
22Dijon - Paris  331.0 km  FRA  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 |