1959 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11

Cycling race stages thumb|350px|right|alt=Map of France with the route of the 1959 Tour de France|Route of the 1959 Tour de France The 1959 Tour de France was the 46th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Mulhouse with a flat stage on 25 June and Stage 11 occurred on 6 July with a mountainous stage to Saint-Gaudens. The race finished in Paris on 18 July. Stage 1 25 June 1959 - Mulhouse to Metz, 238 km 1 onhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1959.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090503042728/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959.php 3 May 2009 Stage 1 resulthttps://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1959.html 1959 Tour de France BikeRaceInfo 10 April 2024 Rank Rider Team Time 1 André Darrigade FRA France 5h 33' 45" 2 Daan de Groot NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 3 Orphée Meneghini FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 4 Pierino Baffi ITA Italy s.t. 5 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium s.t. 6 Piet van Est NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 7 Jaap Kersten NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 8 Jean Graczyk FRA France s.t. 9 Nello Fabbri ITA Italy s.t. 10 Bram Kool NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t.General classification after stage 1http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_1.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 1ère étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929054804/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_1.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 André Darrigade FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 5h 33' 45" 2 Daan de Groot NED Netherlands/Luxembourg + 30" 3 Orphée Meneghini FRA France - Paris/North-East + 1' 00" 4 Pierino Baffi ITA Italy s.t. 5 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium s.t. 6 Piet van Est NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 7 Jaap Kersten NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 8 Jean Graczyk FRA France s.t. 9 Nello Fabbri ITA Italy s.t. 10 Bram Kool NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. Stage 2 26 June 1959 - Metz to Namur, 234 km 1 on Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Vito Favero ITA Italy 6h 25' 02" 2 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 3 Michel Dejouhannet FRA France - Centre/Midi s.t. 4 Roger Rivière FRA France s.t. 5 Martin Van Geneugden BEL Belgium s.t. 6 Brian Robinson GBR International s.t. 7 Jacques Anquetil FRA France s.t. 8 Ercole Baldini ITA Italy s.t. 9 Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 10 Seamus Elliott IRL International s.t.General classification after stage 2http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_2.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 2ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120928175252/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_2.php 28 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 André Darrigade FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 11h 58' 00" 2 Daan de Groot NED Netherlands/Luxembourg + 31" 3 Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 Spain + 47" 4 Jean Graczyk FRA France + 1' 01" 5 Nello Fabbri ITA Italy s.t. 6 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi s.t. 7 Piet van Est NED Netherlands/Luxembourg + 1' 06" 8 Fred De Bruyne BEL Belgium s.t. 9 Rolf Graf SUI Switzerland/Germany s.t. 10 Louis Bergaud FRA France - Centre/Midi s.t. Stage 3 27 June 1959 - Namur to Roubaix, 217 km on Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Robert Cazala FRA France 6h 11' 04" 2 Jean-Claude Annaert FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 3 Max Schellenberg SUI Switzerland/Germany s.t. 4 Fernand Picot FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 5 Jean Stablinski FRA France s.t. 6 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium s.t. 7 Antonino Baptista POR International s.t. 8 Michel Vermeulin FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 9 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi s.t. 10 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 3http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_3.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 3ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120928175330/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_3.php 28 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Robert Cazala FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 18h 09' 38" 2 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi + 27" 3 Michel Vermeulin FRA France - Paris/North-East + 1' 42" 4 Jean-Claude Annaert FRA France - Paris/North-East + 1' 45" 5 Fernand Picot FRA France - West/South-West + 1' 56" 6 Max Schellenberg SUI Switzerland/Germany s.t. 7 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium + 2' 01" 8 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 2' 15" 9 Jean Stablinski FRA France + 2' 28" 10 Antonino Baptista POR International + 3' 27" Stage 4 28 June 1959 - Roubaix to Rouen, 230 km on Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Dino Bruni ITA Italy 6h 40' 36" 2 Michel Van Aerde BEL Belgium s.t. 3 Arigo Padovan ITA Italy + 6" 4 Roberto Falaschi ITA Italy s.t. 5 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium s.t. 6 Gerrit Voorting NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 7 Piet van Est NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 8 Michel Dejouhannet FRA France - Centre/Midi s.t. 9 André Darrigade FRA France s.t. 10 Juan Campillo ESP 1945 Spain s.t.General classification after stage 4http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_4.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 4ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929054718/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_4.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Robert Cazala FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 24h 50' 20" 2 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi + 27" 3 Michel Vermeulin FRA France - Paris/North-East + 1' 42" 4 Jean-Claude Annaert FRA France - Paris/North-East + 1' 45" 5 Fernand Picot FRA France - West/South-West + 1' 56" 6 Max Schellenberg SUI Switzerland/Germany s.t. 7 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium + 2' 01" 8 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 2' 15" 9 Jean Stablinski FRA France + 2' 28" 10 Antonino Baptista POR International + 3' 27" Stage 5 29 June 1959 - Rouen to Rennes, 286 km on Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jean Graczyk FRA France 8h 06' 36" 2 André Darrigade FRA France s.t. 3 Vito Favero ITA Italy s.t. 4 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium s.t. 5 Pierino Baffi ITA Italy s.t. 6 Piet De Jongh NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 7 Francis Pipelin FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 8 Jesús Galdeano ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 9 René Privat FRA France s.t. 10 Pierre Everaert FRA France s.t.General classification after stage 5http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_5.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 5ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929054749/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_5.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Robert Cazala FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 32h 59' 14" 2 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi + 27" 3 Michel Vermeulin FRA France - Paris/North-East + 1' 42" 4 Jean-Claude Annaert FRA France - Paris/North-East + 1' 45" 5 Fernand Picot FRA France - West/South-West + 1' 56" 6 Max Schellenberg SUI Switzerland/Germany s.t. 7 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium + 2' 01" 8 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 2' 15" 9 Jean Stablinski FRA France + 2' 28" 10 Antonino Baptista POR International + 3' 27" Stage 6 30 June 1959 - Blain to Nantes, 45 km on (ITT) Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Roger Rivière FRA France 56' 46" 2 Ercole Baldini ITA Italy + 21" 3 Jacques Anquetil FRA France + 58" 4 Rolf Graf SUI Switzerland/Germany + 1' 05" 5 Gérard Saint FRA France - West/South-West + 1' 12" 6 Charly Gaul LUX Netherlands/Luxembourg + 1' 36" 7 Jean Brankart BEL Belgium + 2' 01" 8 Henry Anglade FRA France - Centre/Midi + 2' 11" 9 Ernesto Bono ITA Italy + 2' 57" 10 Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 Spain + 2' 58"General classification after stage 6http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_6.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 6ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929054822/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_6.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Robert Cazala FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 33h 59' 45" 2 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi + 1' 27" 3 Jean-Claude Annaert FRA France - Paris/North-East + 2' 11" 4 Michel Vermeulin FRA France - Paris/North-East + 2' 12" 5 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium + 3' 29" 6 Max Schellenberg SUI Switzerland/Germany + 4' 02" 7 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 4' 23" 8 Fernand Picot FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 9 Jean Stablinski FRA France + 6' 26" 10 Antonino Baptista POR International + 7' 04" Stage 7 1 July 1959 - Nantes to La Rochelle, 190 km on Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Roger Hassenforder FRA France 4h 22' 44" 2 Martin Van Geneugden BEL Belgium s.t. 3 Tino Sabbadini FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 4 Gerrit Voorting NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 5 Pierino Baffi ITA Italy s.t. 6 Brian Robinson GBR International s.t. 7 Jan Adriaensens BEL Belgium s.t. 8 Max Bleneau FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 9 Jaap Kersten NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 10 Arne Jonsson DEN International s.t.General classification after stage 7http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_7.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 7ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929054845/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_7.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Robert Cazala FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 38h 27' 17" 2 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi + 1' 27" 3 Jean-Claude Annaert FRA France - Paris/North-East + 2' 11" 4 Michel Vermeulin FRA France - Paris/North-East + 2' 12" 5 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium + 3' 29" 6 Max Schellenberg SUI Switzerland/Germany + 4' 02" 7 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 4' 23" 8 Fernand Picot FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 9 Jean Stablinski FRA France + 6' 26" 10 Henry Anglade FRA France - Centre/Midi + 6' 45" Stage 8 2 July 1959 - La Rochelle to Bordeaux, 201 km on Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Michel Dejouhannet FRA France - Centre/Midi 4h 53' 16" 2 Jean Stablinski FRA France s.t. 3 Seamus Elliott IRL International s.t. 4 Jean Forestier FRA France - Centre/Midi s.t. 5 Martin Van Den Borgh NED Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 6 Fernando Manzaneque ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 7 Jan Adriaensens BEL Belgium s.t. 8 Albert Bouvet FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 9 Stéphane Lach FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 10 Tino Sabbadini FRA France - West/South-West + 1' 27"General classification after stage 8http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_8.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 8ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929054853/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_8.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Robert Cazala FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 43h 22' 04" 2 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi + 1' 27" 3 Jean-Claude Annaert FRA France - Paris/North-East + 2' 11" 4 Michel Vermeulin FRA France - Paris/North-East + 2' 12" 5 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium + 3' 29" 6 Max Schellenberg SUI Switzerland/Germany + 4' 02" 7 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 4' 23" 8 Fernand Picot FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 9 Jean Stablinski FRA France + 4' 25" 10 Henry Anglade FRA France - Centre/Midi + 6' 45" Stage 9 3 July 1959 - Bordeaux to Bayonne, 207 km on Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Marcel Queheille FRA France - West/South-West 5h 19' 17" 2 Fernando Manzaneque ESP 1945 Spain + 1' 27" 3 Nello Fabbri ITA Italy s.t. 4 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium + 2' 43" 5 Jean Graczyk FRA France s.t. 6 Henry Anglade FRA France - Centre/Midi s.t. 7 Jacques Anquetil FRA France s.t. 8 Michel Van Aerde BEL Belgium s.t. 9 Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 10 Roger Rivière FRA France s.t.General classification after stage 9http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_9.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 9ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120928175258/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_9.php 28 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Pauwels BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Belgium 48h 48' 27" 2 Robert Cazala FRA France + 1' 46" 3 Henry Anglade FRA France - Centre/Midi + 2' 22" 4 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi + 3' 13" 5 Jan Adriaensens BEL Belgium + 3' 22" 6 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium + 3' 32" 7 Roger Rivière FRA France + 3' 38" 8 Jean-Claude Annaert FRA France - Paris/North-East + 3' 57" 9 Michel Vermeulin FRA France - Paris/North-East + 3' 58" 10 Pierino Baffi ITA Italy + 4' 21" Rest Day 1 4 July 1959 - Bayonne Stage 10 5 July 1959 - Bayonne to Bagnères-de-Bigorre, 235 km on Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Marcel Janssens BEL Belgium 6h 23' 33" 2 René Privat FRA France s.t. 3 François Mahé FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 4 Michel Vermeulin FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 5 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium s.t. 6 Gérard Saint FRA France - West/South-West + 1' 56" 7 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium + 2' 48" 8 Ernesto Bono ITA Italy + 4' 44" 9 René Marigil ESP 1945 Spain + 4' 45" 10 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi + 7' 35"General classification after stage 10http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_10.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 10ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120929054725/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_10.php 29 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Michel Vermeulin FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France - Paris/North-East 55h 15' 58" 2 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium + 1' 17" 3 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium + 2' 22" 4 Marcel Janssens BEL Belgium + 6' 47" 5 Bernard Gauthier FRA France - Centre/Midi + 6' 50" 6 Ernesto Bono ITA Italy + 9' 36" 7 Gérard Saint FRA France - West/South-West + 10' 18" 8 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 10' 52" 9 Henry Anglade FRA France - Centre/Midi + 10' 57" 10 François Mahé FRA France - West/South-West + 11' 24" Stage 11 6 July 1959 - Bagnères-de-Bigorre to Saint-Gaudens, 119 km on Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 André Darrigade FRA France 3h 19' 30" 2 Gérard Saint FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 3 Louison Bobet FRA France s.t. 4 Jacques Anquetil FRA France s.t. 5 Michel Vermeulin FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France - Paris/North-East s.t. 6 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium s.t. 7 Rolf Graf SUI Switzerland/Germany s.t. 8 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium s.t. 9 Raymond Hoorelbeke FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 10 Valentin Huot FRA France - Centre/Midi s.t.General classification after stage 11http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_11.php 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 11ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120928175337/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_11.php 28 September 2012 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Michel Vermeulin FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France - Paris/North-East 58h 35' 28" 2 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium + 1' 17" 3 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium + 2' 22" 4 Gérard Saint FRA France - West/South-West + 9' 48" 5 Henry Anglade FRA France - Centre/Midi + 10' 57" 6 François Mahé FRA France - West/South-West + 11' 24" 7 Roger Rivière FRA France + 12' 13" 8 Ercole Baldini ITA Italy + 13' 04" 9 Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 Spain + 13' 18" 10 Charly Gaul LUX Netherlands/Luxembourg + 13' 25" References 30em 1959 Tour de France 1 11 12 22 Category:1959 Tour de France Category:Tour de France stages