1959 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1959 Tour de France Route of the 1959 Tour de France.png Route of the 1959 Tour de France followed counterclockwise, starting in Mulhouse and finishing in Paris 360px 25 June – 18 July 1959 22 4358 km 123h 46' 45" Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 yellow Spain Henry Anglade FRA Centre-Midi Jacques Anquetil FRA France Belgium Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 Spain André Darrigade FRA green France Gérard Saint FRA West/South-West 1958 1960 The 1959 Tour de France was the 46th edition of the Tour de France, taking place between 25 June and 18 July. The race featured 120 riders, of which 65 finished. The Tour included 22 stages over 4358 km 0 on. The race was won by Spanish cyclist Federico Bahamontes, who also won the mountains classification. The points classification was won by French sprinter André Darrigade. The Belgian team became the winner of the team classification. Although the French national team had the favourites, the race was contested between Henry Anglade, in a French regional team, and Bahamontes, in the Spanish national team. After the French national team refused to help Anglade, Bahamontes won the race. It was the first win by a Spanish cyclist. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1959 Tour de France The teams entering the race were:The history of the Tour de France – Year 1959 – The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1959/partants.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 14 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190414030723/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1959/partants.html dead 20em Belgium France Internationals Italy Netherlands/Luxembourg Spain Switzerland/West Germany Centre-Midi Paris/North-East West/South-West Pre-race favourites The French team included Jacques Anquetil, Louison Bobet, Raphael Géminiani and Roger Riviere, who were all considered possible Tour winners.http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/TdF/TdF1959.htm Spanish Climber Adds Yellow Jersey Barry Boyce Cycling Revealed 2004 25 February 2010 This also posed a problem, as they did all want to be team captain, and refused to work for each other.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 The Spanish team was headed by Federico Bahamontes, who in previous years did not care for flat stages and time trials, and only tried to win the mountains classification. In the 1959 season, Bahamontes had Fausto Coppi as manager, and Coppi convinced Bahamontes to focus on the general classification.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 The defending champion Charly Gaul was again placed in a mixed team of Luxembourgian and Dutch cyclists, and expected little support.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 The Italian team did not include Vito Favero and Gastone Nencini, who had performed well in the 1958 Tour. Their team captain was Ercole Baldini, winner of the 1958 Giro d'Italia, but he was not expected to be able to compete against Gaul, Bahamontes and Anquetil.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 Of the cyclists in the French regional teams, Henri Anglade was the most notable. He was included in the Centre-Midi team. The cyclists were represented by agents, who negotiated for the prices in post-tour criteriums. There were two major agents: Daniel Dousset, who represented Anquetil, Rivière and Bahamontes, and Piel Poulidor, who represented Anglade. This made it more important for Anquetil to help Bahamontes than Anglade.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 Route and stages The 1959 Tour de France started on 25 June in Mulhouse, and had two rest days, in Bayonne and Saint-Étienne.Augendre 2016 50 The highest point of elevation in the race was 2770 m ft on at the summit of the Col de l'Iseran mountain pass on stage 18.Augendre 2016 178Charly Gaul kan zijn gewicht (65 kg) na Tour de France in goud waard zijn Charly Gaul can be worth his weight (65 kg) after Tour de France in gold https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010838962:mpeg21:p011 Het Parool 24 June 1959 11 nl Delpher + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959.php Mémoire du cyclisme 46ème Tour de France 1959 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20120320164528/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959.php 20 March 2012 26 September 2016 deadAugendre 2016 50http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1959 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCC 19 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071832/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html 16 May 2008 live The history of the Tour de France – Year 1959 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1959/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 14 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190414030722/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1959/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 125 June Mulhouse to Metz 238 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage André Darrigade FRA 226 June Metz to Namur (Belgium) 234 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Vito Favero ITA 327 June Namur (Belgium) to Roubaix 217 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Robert Cazala FRA 428 June Roubaix to Rouen 230 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Dino Bruni ITA 529 June Rouen to Rennes 286 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jean Graczyk FRA 630 June Blain to Nantes 45 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Roger Rivière FRA 71 July Nantes to La Rochelle 190 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Roger Hassenforder FRA 82 July La Rochelle to Bordeaux 201 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Michel Dejouhannet FRA 93 July Bordeaux to Bayonne 207 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Marcel Queheille FRA 4 July Bayonne Rest day 105 July Bayonne to Bagnères-de-Bigorre 235 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Marcel Janssens BEL 116 July Bagnères-de-Bigorre to Saint-Gaudens 119 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) André Darrigade FRA 127 July Saint-Gaudens to Albi 184 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Rolf Graf SUI 138 July Albi to Aurillac 219 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Henry Anglade FRA 149 July Aurillac to Clermont-Ferrand 231 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) André Le Dissez FRA 1510 July Puy de Dôme 12 km on20px|alt=|link= Mountain time trial Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 1611 July Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Étienne 210 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Dino Bruni ITA 12 July Saint-Étienne Rest day 1713 July Saint-Étienne to Grenoble 197 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Charly Gaul LUX 1814 July Grenoble to Saint-Vincent (Italy) 243 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Ercole Baldini ITA 1915 July Saint-Vincent (Italy) to Annecy 251 km on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Rolf Graf SUI 2016 July Annecy to Chalon-sur-Saône 202 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Brian Robinson GBR 2117 July Seurre to Dijon 69 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Roger Rivière FRA 2218 July Dijon to Paris 331 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Joseph Groussard FRA Total 4358 km 0 onAugendre 2016 109 Race overview thumb|The peloton during stage nine between Bordeaux and Bayonne During the Tour, a package of strychnine, addressed to one of the teams, was intercepted by the Tour doctor.Dimeo 2007 59 Like in the previous years, Darrigade won the first stage.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 In the third stage, a group of 13 cyclists escaped, none of them considered favourites for the overall victory. The favourites let them escape, knowing that they would win enough time back in the mountains, and the group won more than 10 minutes on the rest. Robert Cazala from the French national team became the new leader.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 Anglade was riding well in the first stages. Because of an escape in stage 7, he gained a few minutes on the top favourites.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 In the ninth stage, the Belgian cyclists broke away, and the French team followed them. Cazala was not able to follow them, and he lost the lead. Eddy Pauwels became the new leaderMcGann McGann 2006 236–245 Pauwels lost the lead in the tenth stage, and regional Michel Vermeulin became the new leader.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 After stage 12, Anglade was in fifth place in the general classification,http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1959_12.php Mémoire du cyclisme 46ème Tour de France 1959 - 12ème étape fr 25 February 2010 the first of the favourites for the overall victory. In the thirteenth stage, Anglade attacked and won the stage. He jumped to second place in the general classification. The French team director then concentrated the strategy on beating Anglade, because he thought Anglade was the main threat. The fifteenth stage was an individual mountain time trial, won by Spaniard Bahamontes. Bahamontes climbed to the second place in the general classification, only 4 seconds behind Jos Hoevenaers, the last man from the escaped group in stage 3 to stay high in the general classification. Eddy Pauwels was in third place, while Anglade was still in fourth place, only 43 seconds behind Hoevenaers.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 In the sixteenth stage, Pauwels was in the escaped group, and won enough time to take over the lead in the general classification. In the seventeenth stage, Bahamontes and Gaul escaped. Gaul won the stage, but Bahamontes took the leading position. The eighteenth stage would determine the outcome of the race. Bahamontes was leading, but his teammates had used a lot of energy the day before. The French national team was expected to attack.McGann McGann 2006 236–245 In the eighteenth stage, Gaul was the first one to attack, and reached the top of the Galibier first, but later the other riders got back to him. On the way down from the Iseran, Bahamontes and Gaul were left behind, and Anquetil and Rivière were expected to increase their efforts, such that Bahamontes and Gaul would not be able to get back to them. Anquetil and Rivière did not want to assist each other and did nothing, so Bahamontes and Gaul were able to get back. Anquetil and Rivière then were left behind. On the last climb, Anglade attacked. Baldini and Gaul could follow, but Bahamontes could not, and at some moment was five minutes behind. This made Anglade the virtual race leader, which was against the wishes of the national team. Anquetil and Rivière then reached Bahamontes, and helped him to get back to Anglade. The only risk for Bahamontes left was the time trial in stage 21. At the start, Bahamontes was leading by 5'40". In the time trial, Anglade won 1'39" back on Bahamontes, but that was not enough. When the Tour ended in the Parc des Princes velodrome in Paris, the French crowd booed the French national team, because they did not allow Anglade the victory. Classification leadership and awards The time that each cyclist required to finish each stage was recorded, and these times were added together for the general classification. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.Nauright Parrish 2012 452–453 + Points given in each stage Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Points 100 80 60 50 40 35 30 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The points classification was calculated differently than in the years before. The winner of a stage received 100 points, down to 1 point for the 25th cyclist. André Darrigade took the lead by winning the first stage, and remained the leader for the rest of the race. The mountains classification was calculated by adding the points given to cyclists for reaching the highest point in a climb first.Nauright Parrish 2012 454 The team classification was calculated as the sum of the daily team classifications, and the daily team classification was calculated by adding the times in the stage result of the best three cyclists per team.Nauright Parrish 2012 455 It was won by the Belgian team. In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the cyclist considered most combative. The decision was made by a jury composed of journalists who gave points. The cyclist with the most points from votes in all stages led the combativity classification.van den Akker 2018 211–216 Gérard Saint won this classification, and was given overall the super-combativity award.Augendre 2016 50 The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given to the first rider to pass the memorial to Tour founder Henri Desgrange near the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 18. This prize was won by Charly Gaul.Bahamontes gunt Baldini ditmaal etappezege Gaul klimt naar tiende plaats Bahamontes awards Baldini this time stage win Gaul climbs to tenth place https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010950818:mpeg21:p009 Het Vrije Volk 15 July 1959 9 nl Delpher +Classification leadership and awards by stagevan den Akker Pieter Informatie over de Tour de France van 1959 Information about the Tour de France from 1959 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1959 https://web.archive.org/web/20190302050145/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1959 2 March 2019 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 2 March 2019 live Stage Winner General classification25px|alt=|link= Points classification25px|alt=|link= Mountains classificationmountains-jersey No jersey was awarded to the leader of the mountains classification until a white jersey with red polka dots was introduced in 1975.Nauright Parrish 2012 454 Team classification Combativity Bad luck award Award Classification 1 André Darrigade André Darrigade André Darrigade Louis Bergaud France Louis Bergaud Louis Bergaud André Le Dissez 2 Vito Favero Jean-Claude Annaert Otto Altweg 3 Robert Cazala Robert Cazala Louis Bergaud/Eddy Pauwels Eddy Pauwels Eddy Pauwels Jean Robic 4 Dino Bruni Piet van Est Piet van Est Jean Anastasi 5 Jean Graczyk Francis Pipelin no award 6 Roger Rivière Gérard Saint Louis Bergaud 7 Roger Hassenforder Jos Hoevenaers Gérard Saint 8 Michel Dejouhannet Seamus Elliott Mathias Löder 9 Marcel Queheille Eddy Pauwels Belgium Marcel Queheille Raphaël Géminiani 10 Marcel Janssens Michel Vermeulin Armand Desmet Gérard Saint Gérard Saint Guillaume Van Tongerloo 11 André Darrigade Federico Bahamontes Valentin Huot Jean Robic 12 Rolf Graf Manuel Busto Félix Lebuhotel 13 Henry Anglade Jos Hoevenaers Federico Bahamontes Henry Anglade Jean Dotto 14 André Le Dissez André Le Dissez Gérard Saint Max Schellenberg 15 Federico Bahamontes Victor Sutton Henry Anglade Max Schellenberg 16 Dino Bruni Eddy Pauwels no award Gérard Saint André Le Dissez 17 Charly Gaul Federico Bahamontes Charly Gaul Jef Planckaert 18 Ercole Baldini Michele Gismondi Adolf Christian 19 Rolf Graf Rolf Graf Carmelo Morales 20 Brian Robinson Brian Robinson Thadeus Wierucki 21 Roger Rivière Jan Adriaensens Rolf Graf 22 Joseph Groussard no award Roberto Falaschi Final Federico Bahamontes André Darrigade Federico Bahamontes Belgium Gérard Saint Seamus Elliott Final standings General classification + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1959 – Stage 22 Dijon > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1959/2200/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 14 April 2019 14 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190414030712/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1959/2200/etape.html dead Rank Rider Team Time1 Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 Spain 123h 46' 45"2 Henry Anglade FRA Centre-Midi + 4' 01"3 Jacques Anquetil FRA France + 5' 05"4 Roger Rivière FRA France + 5' 17"5 François Mahé FRA West/South-West + 8' 22"6 Ercole Baldini ITA Italy + 10' 18"6 Jan Adriaensens BEL Belgium + 10' 18"8 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium + 11' 02"9 Gérard Saint FRA West/South-West + 17' 40"10 Jean Brankart BEL Belgium + 20' 38" Final general classification (11–65) Rank Rider Team Time11 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 22' 20"12 Charly Gaul LUX Netherlands-Luxembourg + 23' 59"13 Louis Bergaud FRA Centre-Midi + 36' 54"14 Fernando Manzaneque ESP 1945 Spain + 57' 29"15 Jean Dotto FRA Centre-Midi + 1h 00' 04"16 André Darrigade FRA France + 1h 03' 01"17 Jef Planckaert BEL Belgium + 1h 05' 00"18 Lothar Friedrich FRG Switzerland/West Germany + 1h 11' 51"19 Brian Robinson GBR Internationals + 1h 12' 11"20 Michel Vermeulin FRA France Paris/North-East + 1h 16' 10"21 Rolf Graf SUI Switzerland/West Germany + 1h 19' 32"22 Michel Van Aerde BEL Belgium + 1h 19' 35"23 Armand Desmet BEL Belgium + 1h 23' 07"24 Joseph Thomin FRA West/South-West + 1h 33' 34"25 Marcel Janssens BEL Belgium + 1h 40' 39"26 Marcel Queheille FRA West/South-West + 1h 42' 22"27 Piet Damen NED Netherland/Luxembourg + 1h 42' 26"28 Raphaël Géminiani FRA France + 1h 43' 57"29 Raymond Hoorelbeke FRA France Paris/North-East + 1h 44' 35"30 Michele Gismondi ITA Italy + 1h 45' 19"31 Fred De Bruyne BEL Belgium + 1h 48' 50"32 Robert Cazala FRA France + 1h 49' 59"33 Marcel Ernzer LUX Netherland/Luxembourg + 1h 50' 33"34 Jean Forestier FRA Centre-Midi + 1h 50' 45"35 Jean Graczyk FRA France + 1h 56' 50"36 Ernesto Bono ITA Italy + 1h 57' 48"37 Victor Sutton GBR Internationals + 1h 58' 34"38 Aurelio Cestari ITA Italy + 1h 59' 31"39 Manuel Busto FRA Centre-Midi + 1h 59' 37"40 Julio San Emeterio ESP 1945 Spain + 2h 01' 51"41 Adolf Christian AUT Internationals + 2h 06' 10"42 Nello Fabbri ITA Italy + 2h 07' 29"43 Carmelo Morales Erostarbe ESP 1945 Spain + 2h 08' 43"44 Fernand Picot FRA West/South-West + 2h 11' 49"45 Aldo Bolzan ITA Netherland/Luxembourg + 2h 15' 20"46 Félix Lebuhotel FRA West/South-West + 2h 17' 06"47 José Gómez del Moral ESP 1945 Spain + 2h 19' 21"48 Valentin Huot FRA Centre-Midi + 2h 21' 00"49 Franz Reitz FRG Switzerland/West Germany + 2h 22' 22"50 Jaap Kersten NED Netherland/Luxembourg + 2h 24' 38"51 Marcel Rohrbach FRA Centre-Midi + 2h 25' 13"52 Arigo Padovan ITA Italy + 2h 25' 48"53 Martin Van Geneugden BEL Belgium + 2h 26' 21"54 Édouard Delberghe FRA France Paris/North-East + 2h 26' 32"55 Ernst Traxel SUI Switzerland/West Germany + 2h 33' 18"56 Joseph Groussard FRA West/South-West + 2h 33' 36"57 Waldemaro Bartolozzi ITA Italy + 2h 35' 07"58 Juan Campillo ESP 1945 Spain + 2h 35' 09"59 Louis Rostollan FRA Centre-Midi + 2h 38' 40"60 Pierino Baffi ITA Italy + 2h 44' 08"61 Kamiel Buysse BEL Belgium + 2h 46' 36"62 Tino Sabbadini FRA West/South-West + 2h 53' 15"63 Max Bléneau FRA West/South-West + 2h 54' 28"64 Dino Bruni ITA Italy + 3h 05' 13"65 Louis Bisilliat FRA Centre-Midi + 3h 12' 35" Points classification + Final points classification (1–10)Le palmarès du Tour de France The results of the Tour de France http://doc.rero.ch/record/173329/files/1959-07-20.pdf Feuille d'Avis du Valais 20 July 1959 3 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20190414014927/http://doc.rero.ch/record/173329/files/1959-07-20.pdf 14 April 2019 live RERO Rank Rider Team Points1 André Darrigade FRA France 6132 Gérard Saint FRA West/South-West 5243 Jacques Anquetil FRA France 5034 Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 Spain 4254 Charly Gaul LUX Netherlands/Luxembourg 4256 Rolf Graf SUI Switzerland/West Germany 3947 Roger Rivière FRA France 3908 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium 3879 Henry Anglade FRA Centre-Midi 38310 Michel Van Aerde BEL Belgium 366 Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10)http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1959/07/18/MD19590718-005.pdf Clasificacions es Classifications Mundo Deportivo 5 18 July 1959 https://web.archive.org/web/20190414182500/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1959/07/18/MD19590718-005.pdf 14 April 2019 live Rank Rider Team Points1 Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 Spain 732 Charly Gaul LUX Netherlands/Luxembourg 683 Gérard Saint FRA West/South-West 654 Valentin Huot FRA Centre-Midi 425 Roger Rivière FRA France 276 Louis Bergaud FRA Centre-Midi 247 Adolf Christian AUT Internationals 197 Michele Gismondi ITA Italy 199 Henry Anglade FRA Centre-Midi 1510 François Mahé FRA West/South-West 14 Team classification + Final team classification Rank Team Time1 Belgium 372h 02' 13"2 France + 31' 25"3 Centre-Midi + 59' 01"4 West/South-West + 1h 17' 38"5 Spain + 2h 17' 22"6 Italy + 3h 11' 27"7 Netherlands/Luxembourg + 3h 15' 00"8 Switzerland/West Germany + 4h 11' 47"9 Internationals + 4h 34' 57"10 France Paris/North-East + 4h 45' 19" Combativity classification + Final combativity classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points1 Gérard Saint FRA West/South-West 2432 Henry Anglade FRA Centre-Midi 1693 Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 Spain 1024 Michele Gismondi ITA Italy 101 Rolf Graf SUI Switzerland/West Germany6 Brian Robinson GBR Internationals 84 Marcel Queheille FRA West/South-West8 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium 829 Valentin Huot FRA Centre-Midi 7510 Louis Bergaud FRA Centre-Midi 68 Notes References 30em Bibliography Jacques Augendre Jacques Augendre http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf Guide historique Historical guide 2016 fr 27 October 2016 PDF Tour de France Paris Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf 17 August 2016 live Paul Dimeo https://books.google.com/books?id=VZafM5Vc_pQC A History of Drug Use in Sport: 1876–1976: Beyond Good and Evil London Routledge 2007 978-0-415-35772-2 McGann Bill McGann Carol The Story of the Tour de France: 1903–1964 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC Dog Ear Publishing Indianapolis, IN 2006 978-1-59858-180-5 Nauright John Parrish Charles Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC 2012 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, CA 978-1-59884-300-2 van den Akker Pieter Tour de France Rules and Statistics: 1903–2018 https://books.google.com/books?id=09sxwQEACAAJ 2018 Self-published 978-1-79398-080-9 Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 122–123 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1959 Tour de France 1 11 12 22 Category:Tour de France by year Tour De France, 1959 Tour de France Tour de France Tour de France Tour de France