1961 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 10

Cycling race stages thumb|350px|right|alt=Map of France with the route of the 1961 Tour de France|Route of the 1961 Tour de France The 1961 Tour de France was the 48th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Rouen with a flat stage on 25 June and Stage 10 occurred on 4 July with a mountainous stage to Turin in Italy. The race finished in Paris on 16 July. Stage 1a 25 June 1961 - Rouen to Versailles, 136.5 km 1 onhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1961.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090131134145/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961.php 31 January 2009 Stage 1a result and General Classification after Stage 1ahttps://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1961.html 1961 Tour de France BikeRaceInfo 10 April 2024https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1961/06/26/MD19610626-010.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 10 26 June 1961 23 August 2025 RiderTeamTime 1 André Darrigade FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 3h 15' 16" 2 Mario Minieri ITA Italy s.t. 3 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 4 Joseph Groussard FRA France s.t. 5 Seamus Elliott IRL Great Britain s.t. 6 Frans Aerenhouts BEL Belgium s.t. 7 Philippe Gaudrillet FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 8 Jacques Anquetil FRA France s.t. 9 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy s.t. 10 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium s.t. Stage 1b 25 June 1961 - Versailles, 28.5 km 1 on (ITT) Stage 1b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA France 39' 43" 2 Albert Bouvet FRA France - Paris/North-East + 2' 32" 3 Graziano Battistini ITA Italy + 2' 39" 4 Henry Anglade FRA France + 2' 43" 5 Charly Gaul LUX Switzerland/Luxembourg + 2' 55" 6 Hans Junkermann FRG Germany + 2' 58" 7 Raymond Mastrotto FRA France + 3' 03" 8 Jef Planckaert BEL Belgium + 3' 05" 9 Imerio Massignan ITA Italy + 3' 18" 10 Albertus Geldermans NED Netherlands + 3' 21"General classification after stage 1bhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_1b.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 - 1ère étape (b) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111008002544/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_1b.php 8 October 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 3h 54' 29" 2 Joseph Groussard FRA France + 4' 46" 3 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 5' 25" 4 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 5 Seamus Elliott IRL Great Britain + 5' 27" 6 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West + 5' 42" 7 Armando Pellegrini ITA Italy + 5' 58" 8 Roberto Falaschi ITA Italy + 6' 13" 9 Mario Minieri ITA Italy + 6' 41" 10 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 6' 56" Stage 2 26 June 1961 - Pontoise to Roubaix, 230.5 km 1 on Stage 2 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1961/06/28/MD19610628-006.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 6 28 June 1961 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 André Darrigade FRA France 5h 31' 26" 2 Emile Daems BEL Belgium s.t. 3 Carlo Brugnami ITA Italy s.t. 4 Pierre Beuffeuil FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 5 Luis Otaño ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 6 Camille Le Menn FRA France - Centre s.t. 7 Joseph Vloeberghs BEL Belgium s.t. 8 Jean Forestier FRA France s.t. 9 Siegfried Renz FRG Germany + 18" 10 Jean-Baptiste Claes BEL Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 2http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_2.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 - 2ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111008002551/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_2.php 8 October 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 9h 26' 36" 2 Joseph Groussard FRA France + 4' 46" 3 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 5' 22" 4 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 5 Seamus Elliott IRL Great Britain + 5' 27" 6 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West + 5' 42" 7 Armando Pellegrini ITA Italy + 5' 58" 8 Roberto Falaschi ITA Italy + 6' 13" 9 André Darrigade FRA France + 6' 26" 10 Mario Minieri ITA Italy + 6' 41" Stage 3 27 June 1961 - Roubaix to Charleroi, 197.5 km on Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Emile Daems BEL Belgium 5h 00' 51" 2 Frans Aerenhouts BEL Belgium + 2" 3 Michel Van Aerde BEL Belgium + 5" 4 Carlo Brugnami ITA Italy s.t. 5 André Darrigade FRA France s.t. 6 Hans Junkermann FRG Germany s.t. 7 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 8 Jaap Kersten NED Netherlands s.t. 9 Brian Robinson GBR Great Britain s.t. 10 Georges Groussard FRA France s.t.General classification after stage 3http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_3.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 - 3ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111008002628/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_3.php 8 October 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 14h 27' 32" 2 Joseph Groussard FRA France + 4' 46" 3 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 5' 22" 4 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 5 Seamus Elliott IRL Great Britain + 5' 27" 6 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West + 5' 42" 7 Armando Pellegrini ITA Italy + 5' 58" 8 André Darrigade FRA France + 6' 26" 9 Roberto Falaschi ITA Italy + 6' 40" 10 Mario Minieri ITA Italy + 6' 41" Stage 4 28 June 1961 - Charleroi to Metz, 237.5 km on Stage 4 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1961/06/29/MD19610629-006.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 6 29 June 1961 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Anatole Novak FRA France - Centre 6h 23' 31" 2 Robert Cazala FRA France s.t. 3 Rolf Graf SUI Switzerland/Luxembourg + 1" 4 Jo de Haan NED Netherlands + 35" 5 Mario Minieri ITA Italy s.t. 6 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 7 Joseph Groussard FRA France s.t. 8 Frans Aerenhouts BEL Belgium s.t. 9 Jean-Baptiste Claes BEL Belgium s.t. 10 Jaap Kersten NED Netherlands s.t.General classification after stage 4http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_4.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 - 4ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111008003934/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_4.php 8 October 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 20h 52' 25" 2 Joseph Groussard FRA France + 3' 59" 3 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 5' 22" 4 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain + 5' 23" 5 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West + 5' 25" 6 Seamus Elliott IRL Great Britain + 5' 27" 7 Mario Minieri ITA Italy + 6' 24" 8 Armando Pellegrini ITA Italy + 6' 28" 9 André Darrigade FRA France + 6' 56" 10 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 7' 03" Stage 5 29 June 1961 - Metz to Strasbourg, 221 km on Stage 5 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1961/06/30/MD19610630-006.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 6 30 June 1961 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Louis Bergaud FRA France - Centre 5h 48' 05" 2 Jean Dotto FRA France - Centre + 40" 3 Stéphane Lach FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 4 Wim van Est NED Netherlands s.t. 5 Piet van Est NED Netherlands + 4' 36" 6 Carlo Brugnami ITA Italy s.t. 7 André Darrigade FRA France + 4' 56" 8 Fernand Picot FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 9 Guy Ignolin FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 10 Frans Aerenhouts BEL Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 5http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_5.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 - 5ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111008003615/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_5.php 8 October 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 26h 45' 26" 2 Joseph Groussard FRA France + 3' 58" 3 Jean Dotto FRA France - Centre + 4' 41" 4 Wim van Est NED Netherlands + 5' 04" 5 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 5' 22" 6 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain + 5' 23" 7 Seamus Elliott IRL Great Britain + 5' 27" 8 Stéphane Lach FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 9 Mario Minieri ITA Italy s.t. 10 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West + 6' 25" Stage 6 30 June 1961 - Strasbourg to Belfort, 180.5 km on Stage 6 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1961/07/01/MD19610701-006.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 6 1 July 1961 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jef Planckaert BEL Belgium 4h 35' 39" 2 Graziano Battistini ITA Italy + 4' 41" 3 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain + 4' 49" 4 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France s.t. 5 Carlo Brugnami ITA Italy s.t. 6 Imerio Massignan ITA Italy s.t. 7 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium s.t. 8 Alfred Rüegg SUI Switzerland/Luxembourg s.t. 9 Hans Junkermann FRG Germany s.t. 10 Jos Hoevenaers BEL Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 6http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_6.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 - 6ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111008003638/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_6.php 8 October 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 31h 25' 54" 2 Jean Dotto FRA France - Centre + 5' 21" 3 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 5' 22" 4 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain + 5' 23" 5 Seamus Elliott IRL Great Britain + 5' 27" 6 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 7' 03" 7 Graziano Battistini ITA Italy + 7' 49" 8 Henry Anglade FRA France + 8' 01" 9 Carlo Brugnami ITA Italy + 8' 10" 10 Charly Gaul LUX Switzerland/Luxembourg + 8' 13" Stage 7 1 July 1961 - Belfort to Chalon-sur-Saône, 214.5 km on Stage 7 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1961/07/02/MD19610702-010.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 10 2 July 1961 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jean Stablinski FRA France 5h 21' 11" 2 Joseph Groussard FRA France + 1" 3 Michel Van Aerde BEL Belgium s.t. 4 Joseph Thomin FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 5 André Cloarec FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 6 Bernard Viot FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 7 Antoon van der Steen NED Netherlands s.t. 8 Adriano Zamboni ITA Italy s.t. 9 Jean Milesi FRA France - Centre s.t. 10 Robert Cazala FRA France s.t.General classification after stage 7http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_7.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 - 7ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111008003939/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_7.php 8 October 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 36h 53' 38" 2 Fernando Manzaneque ESP 1945 Spain + 4' 37" 3 Jean Dotto FRA France - Centre + 5' 21" 4 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 5' 22" 5 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain + 5' 23" 6 Seamus Elliott IRL Great Britain + 5' 27" 7 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 7' 03" 8 Graziano Battistini ITA Italy + 7' 49" 9 Henry Anglade FRA France + 8' 01" 10 Carlo Brugnami ITA Italy + 8' 10" Stage 8 2 July 1961 - Chalon-sur-Saône to Saint-Étienne, 240.5 km on Stage 8 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1961/07/03/MD19610703-012.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 12 3 July 1961 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jean Forestier FRA France 7h 05' 10" 2 Stéphane Lach FRA France - Paris/North-East + 2" 3 Pierre Everaert FRA France + 3' 39" 4 Adriano Zamboni ITA Italy + 3' 43" 5 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West + 4' 09" 6 André Darrigade FRA France + 4' 10" 7 Joseph Thomin FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 8 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy s.t. 9 André Cloarec FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 10 Mario Minieri ITA Italy s.t.General classification after stage 8http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_8.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 - 8ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111008003956/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_8.php 8 October 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 44h 02' 58" 2 Fernando Manzaneque ESP 1945 Spain + 4' 37" 3 Jean Dotto FRA France - Centre + 5' 21" 4 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 5' 22" 5 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain + 5' 23" 6 Seamus Elliott IRL Great Britain + 5' 27" 7 Eddy Pauwels BEL Belgium + 7' 03" 8 Graziano Battistini ITA Italy + 7' 55" 9 Stéphane Lach FRA France - Paris/North-East + 8' 31" 10 Henry Anglade FRA France + 8' 07" Stage 9 3 July 1961 - Saint-Étienne to Grenoble, 230 km on Stage 9 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1961/07/05/MD19610705-006.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 6 5 July 1961 23 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Charly Gaul LUX Switzerland/Luxembourg 7h 30' 59" 2 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France + 1' 40" 3 Imerio Massignan ITA Italy s.t. 4 Hans Junkermann FRG Germany s.t. 5 Fernando Manzaneque ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 6 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 3' 31" 7 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain s.t. 8 Raymond Mastrotto FRA France s.t. 9 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West + 5' 15" 10 Carlo Brugnami ITA Italy s.t.General classification after stage 9http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_9.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 - 9ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111008004001/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_9.php 8 October 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 51h 09' 12" 2 Fernando Manzaneque ESP 1945 Spain + 5' 07" 3 Charly Gaul LUX Switzerland/Luxembourg + 6' 03" 4 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 7' 43" 5 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain + 7' 44" 6 Hans Junkermann FRG Germany + 8' 46" 7 Imerio Massignan ITA Italy + 9' 06" 8 Jean Dotto FRA France - Centre + 9' 52" 9 Raymond Mastrotto FRA France + 10' 42" 10 Carlo Brugnami ITA Italy + 12' 15" Stage 10 4 July 1961 - Grenoble to Turin, 250.5 km on Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Guy Ignolin FRA France - West/South-West 7h 30' 59" 2 Emmanuel Busto FRA France - Centre s.t. 3 Carlo Brugnami ITA Italy + 11' 10" 4 André Darrigade FRA France + 12' 31" 5 Jean Gainche FRA France - West/South-West s.t. 6 Bernard Viot FRA France - Paris/North-East s.t. 7 Frans Aerenhouts BEL Belgium s.t. 8 Brian Robinson GBR Great Britain s.t. 9 Imerio Massignan ITA Italy s.t. 10 Robert Cazala FRA France s.t.General classification after stage 10http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_10.php 48ème Tour de France 1961 - 10ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111008003404/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1961_10.php 8 October 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Anquetil FRA 20px|Yellow jersey France 58h 52' 40" 2 Fernando Manzaneque ESP 1945 Spain + 5' 07" 3 Charly Gaul LUX Switzerland/Luxembourg + 6' 03" 4 Guido Carlesi ITA Italy + 7' 43" 5 José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Spain + 7' 44" 6 Hans Junkermann FRG Germany + 8' 46" 7 Imerio Massignan ITA Italy + 9' 06" 8 Jean Dotto FRA France - Centre + 9' 52" 9 Raymond Mastrotto FRA France + 10' 42" 10 Carlo Brugnami ITA Italy + 10' 54" References 30em 1961 Tour de France 1a 10 11 21 Category:1961 Tour de France Category:Tour de France stages