1959 Tour de France

The 1959 Tour de France was the 46th Tour de France, taking place between June 25 and July 18, 1959. The race featured 120 riders, of which 65 finished. The Tour included 22 stages over 4,391 km, with riders averaging 35.474 km/h.

The 1959 Tour de France saw the introduction of the Combativity award, the award for the most combative cyclist. The award went to the French cyclist Gérard Saint.

Results

Stage results

Stage	Route	Length (km)	Winner	Race leader
1	Mülhausen - Metz	238	André Darrigade	André Darrigade
2	Metz - Namur	234	Vito Favero	André Darrigade
3	Namur - Roubaix	217	Robert Cazala	Robert Cazala
4	Roubaix - Rouen	230	Dino Bruni	Robert Cazala
5	Rouen - Rennes	286	Jean Graczyk	Robert Cazala
6	Blain - Nantes	45*	Roger Rivière	Robert Cazala
7	Nantes - La Rochelle	190	Roger Hassenforder	Robert Cazala
8	La Rochelle - Bordeaux	201	Michel Dejouhannet	Robert Cazala
9	Bordeaux - Bayonne	207	Marcel Queheille	Eddy Pauwels
10	Bayonne - Bagnères-de-Bigorre	235	Marcel Janssens	Michel Vermeulin
11	Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Saint-Gaudens	119	André Darrigade	Michel Vermeulin
12	Saint-Gaudens - Albi	184	Rolf Graf	Michel Vermeulin
13	Albi - Aurillac	219	Henry Anglade	Jos Hoevenaers
14	Aurillac - Clermont Ferrand	231	André Le Dissez	Jos Hoevenaers
15	Puy de Dôme - Puy-de-Dôme	12*	Federico Bahamontes	Jos Hoevenaers
16	Clermont Ferrand - Saint-Étienne	210	Dino Bruni	Eddy Pauwels
17	Saint-Étienne - Grenoble	197	Charly Gaul	Federico Bahamontes
18	Le Lautaret - Saint-Vincent	243	Ercole Baldini	Federico Bahamontes
19	Saint-Vincent - Annecy	251	Rolf Graf	Federico Bahamontes
20	Annecy - Chalon-sur-Saône	202	Brian Robinson	Federico Bahamontes
21	Seurre - Dijon	69*	Roger Rivière	Federico Bahamontes
22	Dijon - Paris	331	Joseph Groussard	Federico Bahamontes

Stages with a * were individual time trials.

General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Federico Bahamontes	Spain		123h 46' 45"
2	Henry Anglade	France		4' 01"
3	Jacques Anquetil	France		5' 05"
4	Roger Rivière	France		5' 17"
5	François Mahe	France		8' 22"
6	Ercole Baldini	Italy		10' 18"
	Jan Adriaensens	Belgium		s.t.
8	Jos Hoevenaers	Belgium		11' 02"
9	Gérard Saint	France		17' 40"
10	Jean Brankart	Belgium		20' 38"
11	Eddy Pauwels	Belgium		22' 20"
12	Charly Gaul	Luxembourg		23' 59"
13	Louis Bergaud	France		36' 54"
14	Fernando Manzaneque	Spain		57' 29"
15	Jean Dotto	France		1h 00' 04"
16	André Darrigade	France		1h 03' 01"
17	Jozef Planckaert	Belgium		1h 05' 00"
18	Lothar Friedrich	Germany		1h 11' 51"
19	Brian Robinson	United Kingdom		1h 12' 11"
20	Michel Vermeulin	France		1h 16' 10"
21	Rolf Graf	Switzerland		1h 19' 32"
22	Michel Van Aerde	Belgium		1h 19' 35"
23	Armand Desmet	Belgium		1h 23' 07"
24	Joseph Thomin	France		1h 33' 34"
25	Marcel Janssens	Belgium		1h 40' 39"
26	Marcel Queheille	France		1h 42' 22"
27	Piet Damen	Netherlands		1h 42' 26"
28	Raphaël Geminiani	France		1h 43' 57"
29	Raymond Hoorelbeke	France		1h 44' 35"
30	Michele Gismondi	Italy		1h 45' 19"
31	Alfred De Bruyne	Belgium		1h 48' 50"
32	Robert Cazala	France		1h 49' 59"
33	Marcel Ernzer	Luxembourg		1h 50' 33"
34	Jean Forestier	France		1h 50' 45"
35	Jean Graczyk	France		1h 56' 50"
36	Ernesto Bono	Italy		1h 57' 48"
37	Vic Sutton	United Kingdom		1h 58' 34"
38	Aurelio Cestari	Italy		1h 59' 31"
39	Manuel Busto	France		1h 59' 37"
40	Julio San Emeterio	Spain		2h 01' 51"
41	Adolf Christian	Austria		2h 06' 10"
42	Nello Fabbri	Italy		2h 07' 29"
43	Carmelo Morales	Spain		2h 08' 43"
44	Fernand Picot	France		2h 11' 49"
45	Aldo Bolzan	Italy		2h 15' 20"
46	Félix Lebuhotel	France		2h 17' 06"
47	José Gomez del Moral	Spain		2h 19' 21"
48	Valentin Huot	France		2h 21' 00"
49	Franz Reitz	Germany		2h 22' 22"
50	Jaap Kersten	Netherlands		2h 24' 38"
51	Marcel Rohrbach	France		2h 25' 13"
52	Arrigo Padovan	Italy		2h 25' 48"
53	Martin Van Geneugden	Belgium		2h 26' 21"
54	Edouard Delberghe	France		2h 26' 32"
55	Ernst Traxel	Switzerland		2h 33' 18"
56	Joseph Groussard	France		2h 33' 36"
57	Waldemaro Bartolozzi	Italy		2h 35' 07"
58	Juan Campillo	Spain		2h 35' 09"
59	Louis Rostollan	France		2h 38' 40"
60	Pierino Baffi	Italy		2h 44' 08"
61	Kamiel Buysse	Belgium		2h 46' 36"
62	Tino Sabbadini	France		2h 53' 15"
63	Max Bleneau	France		2h 54' 28"
64	Dino Bruni	Italy		3h 05' 13"
65	Louis Bisilliat	France		3h 12' 35"

Team classification

Ten teams, national and regional, competed in the 1959 Tour:

References

• Official 1959 Tour de France results
• 1959 Tour de France results
• Bike Race Info - 1959 Tour de France
• Rewind - Editorials from our archives - 1959: Tour dominates