Overview of the year 1961
Rouen - Paris | total distance: 4397.0 km | number of stages: 21
Winner: Jacques Anquetil | France | France | age: 27
time: 122hr 1min 33sec | average speed: 36.033 km/h
2nd place: Guido Carlesi (+ 12min 14sec)
3rd place: Charly Gaul (+ 12min 16sec)
winning team: France
number of participants: 132 (finished: 72 |not finished: 60)
Jerseys winners:
Stages in 1961
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage
STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed | ||||||
1a | Rouen - | Versailles | 136.5 km | André DARRIGADE | 3:15:16 | 41.9 km/h |
1b | Versailles - | Versailles | 28.5 km | Jacques ANQUETIL | 0:39:43 | 43.1 km/h |
2 | Pontoise - | Roubaix | 230.5 km | André DARRIGADE | 5:31:26 | 41.7 km/h |
3 | Roubaix - | Charleroi | 197.5 km | Emile DAEMS | 5:00:51 | 39.4 km/h |
4 | Charleroi - | Metz | 237.5 km | Anatole NOVAK | 6:23:31 | 37.2 km/h |
5 | Metz - | Strasbourg | 221.0 km | Louis BERGAUD | 5:48:05 | 38.1 km/h |
6 | Strasbourg - | Belfort | 180.5 km | Jo PLANCKAERT | 4:35:39 | 39.3 km/h |
7 | Belfort - | Chalon-sur-Saône | 214.5 km | Jean STABLINSKI | 5:21:11 | 40.1 km/h |
8 | Chalon-sur-Saône - | Saint-Étienne | 240.5 km | Jean FORESTIER | 7:05:10 | 33.9 km/h |
9 | Saint-Étienne - | Grenoble | 230.0 km | Charly GAUL | 7:05:04 | 32.5 km/h |
10 | Grenoble - | Torino | 250.5 km | Guy IGNOLIN | 7:30:59 | 33.3 km/h |
11 | Torino - | Antibes | 225.0 km | Guido CARLESI | 6:42:01 | 33.6 km/h |
12 | Antibes - | Aix-en-Provence | 199.0 km | Michel VAN AERDE | 5:43:08 | 34.8 km/h |
13 | Aix-en-Provence - | Montpellier | 177.5 km | André DARRIGADE | 4:38:37 | 38.2 km/h |
14 | Montpellier - | Perpignan | 174.0 km | Eddy PAUWELS | 4:21:42 | 39.9 km/h |
15 | Perpignan - | Toulouse | 206.0 km | Guido CARLESI | 5:33:58 | 37.0 km/h |
16 | Toulouse - | Superbagnères | 208.0 km | Imerio MASSIGNAN | 6:58:17 | 29.8 km/h |
17 | Luchon - | Pau | 197.0 km | Eddy PAUWELS | 6:29:57 | 30.3 km/h |
18 | Pau - | Bordeaux | 207.0 km | Martin VAN GENEUGDEN | 5:37:18 | 36.8 km/h |
19 | Bergerac - | Périgueux | 74.5 km | Jacques ANQUETIL | 1:42:32 | 43.6 km/h |
20 | Périgueux - | Tours | 309.5 km | André DARRIGADE | 8:35:59 | 36.0 km/h |
21 | Tours - | Paris | 252.5 km | Robert CAZALA | 6:31:17 | 38.7 km/h |
Winners of stages in 1961 by nations (4):
FRA » 12 | BEL » 6 | ITA » 3 | LUX » 1 |
Winners of stages in 1961 by cyclists (16):
André DARRIGADE » 4 | Guido CARLESI » 2 | Jacques ANQUETIL » 2 | Eddy PAUWELS » 2 | Jo PLANCKAERT » 1 | Robert CAZALA » 1 | Anatole NOVAK » 1 | Charly GAUL » 1 | Imerio MASSIGNAN » 1 | Jean STABLINSKI » 1 | Michel VAN AERDE » 1 | Louis BERGAUD » 1 | Guy IGNOLIN » 1 | Martin VAN GENEUGDEN » 1 | Emile DAEMS » 1 | Jean FORESTIER » 1 |
Climbs in 1961
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category
Winners of categorised climbs in 1961 by nations (4):
FRA » 8 | ITA » 5 | BEL » 3 | LUX » 3 |
Winners of ascents in 1961 by cyclists (9):
Imerio MASSIGNAN » 6 | Charly GAUL » 3 | Jo PLANCKAERT » 2 | Guy IGNOLIN » 2 | Marcel QUEHEILLE » 2 | Eddy PAUWELS » 1 | Louis BERGAUD » 1 | Emmanuel BUSTO » 1 | Stéphan LACH » 1 |