Overview of the year 1963
Paris - Paris | total distance: 4138.0 km | number of stages: 21
Winner: Jacques Anquetil | St-Raphael | France | age: 29
time: 113hr 30min 5sec | average speed: 37.092 km/h
2nd place: Federico Bahamontes (+ 3min 35sec)
3rd place: Jose Perez-Frances (+ 10min 14sec)
winning team: St-Raphael
number of participants: 130 (finished: 76 |not finished: 54)
Jerseys winners:
Stages in 1963
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage
STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed | ||||||
1 | Paris - | Epernay | 152.5 km | Eddy PAUWELS | 3:30:03 | 43.6 km/h |
2a | Reims - | Jambes | 185.5 km | Rik VAN LOOY | 4:25:24 | 41.9 km/h |
2b | Jambes - | Jambes | 21.6 km | Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune | 0:27:58 | 46.3 km/h |
3 | Jambes - | Roubaix | 223.5 km | Seamus ELLIOTT | 6:10:38 | 36.2 km/h |
4 | Roubaix - | Rouen | 235.5 km | Frans MELCKENBEECK | 6:41:04 | 35.2 km/h |
5 | Rouen - | Rennes | 285.0 km | Antonio BAILETTI | 7:15:34 | 39.3 km/h |
6a | Rennes - | Angers | 118.5 km | Roger DE BREUKER | 2:44:05 | 43.3 km/h |
6b | Angers - | Angers | 24.5 km | Jacques ANQUETIL | 0:31:58 | 46.0 km/h |
7 | Angers - | Limoges | 236.0 km | Jan JANSSEN | 6:01:59 | 39.1 km/h |
8 | Limoges - | Bordeaux | 231.5 km | Rik VAN LOOY | 5:34:20 | 41.5 km/h |
9 | Bordeaux - | Pau | 202.0 km | Giuseppe "Pino" CERAMI | 4:41:57 | 43.0 km/h |
10 | Pau - | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 148.5 km | Jacques ANQUETIL | 4:37:18 | 32.1 km/h |
11 | Bagnères-de-Bigorre - | Luchon | 131.0 km | Guy IGNOLIN | 3:47:34 | 34.5 km/h |
12 | Luchon - | Toulouse | 172.5 km | André DARRIGADE | 4:33:49 | 37.8 km/h |
13 | Toulouse - | Aurillac | 234.0 km | Rik VAN LOOY | 6:58:05 | 33.6 km/h |
14 | Aurillac - | Saint-Étienne | 236.5 km | Guy IGNOLIN | 6:46:34 | 34.9 km/h |
15 | Saint-Étienne - | Grenoble | 174.0 km | Federico BAHAMONTES | 4:59:13 | 34.9 km/h |
16 | Grenoble - | Val d´Isère | 202.0 km | Fernando MANZANEQUE | 6:20:48 | 31.8 km/h |
17 | Val d´Isère - | Chamonix | 227.5 km | Jacques ANQUETIL | 7:25:05 | 30.7 km/h |
18 | Chamonix - | Lons-le-Saunier | 225.0 km | Frans BRANDS | 6:43:47 | 33.4 km/h |
19 | Arbois - | Besançon | 54.5 km | Jacques ANQUETIL | 1:12:20 | 45.2 km/h |
20 | Besançon - | Troyes | 233.5 km | Roger DE BREUKER | 6:20:06 | 36.9 km/h |
21 | Troyes - | Paris | 185.5 km | Rik VAN LOOY | 5:06:21 | 36.3 km/h |
Winners of stages in 1963 by nations (6):
BEL » 10 | FRA » 8 | ESP » 2 | ITA » 1 | NED » 1 | IRL » 1 |
Winners of stages in 1963 by cyclists (15):
Rik VAN LOOY » 4 | Jacques ANQUETIL » 4 | Roger DE BREUKER » 2 | Guy IGNOLIN » 2 | Seamus ELLIOTT » 1 | Jan JANSSEN » 1 | Fernando MANZANEQUE » 1 | André DARRIGADE » 1 | Frans MELCKENBEECK » 1 | Giuseppe "Pino" CERAMI » 1 | Frans BRANDS » 1 | Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune » 1 | Federico BAHAMONTES » 1 | Eddy PAUWELS » 1 | Antonio BAILETTI » 1 |
Climbs in 1963
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category
Winners of categorised climbs in 1963 by nations (2):
ESP » 12 | FRA » 5 |
Winners of ascents in 1963 by cyclists (5):
Federico BAHAMONTES » 10 | Guy IGNOLIN » 3 | Fernando MANZANEQUE » 2 | Raymond POULIDOR » 1 | Claude MATTIO » 1 |