1959 Tour de France

🏆 Winner

Federico Bahamontes (Esp)

General Information

Distance
4355 km
Stages
22
Finishers / Starters
65 / 120
Dates
25 June 1959 — 18 July 1959

Jerseys

Yellow Jersey
Federico Bahamontes (Esp)
123h 46' 45"
Green Jersey
André Darrigade (Fra)
613 pts
Polka Dot Jersey
Federico Bahamontes (Esp)
73 pts

Top 10 GC

# Rider Time / Gap
1 Federico Bahamontes (Esp) 123h 46' 45"
2 Henry Anglade (Fra) + 04' 01"
3 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) + 05' 05"
4 Roger Rivière (Fra) + 05' 17"
5 François Mahé (Fra) + 08' 22"
6 Ercole Baldini (Ita) + 10' 18"
7 Jan Adriaensens (Bel) + 10' 18"
8 Jos Hoevenaars (Bel) + 11' 02"
9 Gérard Saint (Fra) + 17' 40"
10 Jean Brankart (Bel) + 20' 38"

Stage Results

Stage 1
Mulhouse → Metz 238 km
1 André Darrigade (Fra) 5h 33' 45"
2 De Groot 00"
3 Meneghini 00"
4 Pierino Baffi (Ita) 00"
5 Hoevenaers 00"
6 Piet van Est (Nld) 00"
7 Kersten 00"
8 Jean Graczyk (Fra) 00"
9 Fabbri 00"
10 Kool 00"
Stage 2
Metz → Namur 240 km
1 Vito Favero (Ita) 6h 25' 02"
2 Gainche 00"
3 Dejouhannet 00"
4 Roger Rivière (Fra) 00"
5 Martin Van Geneugden (Bel) 00"
6 Brian Robinson (Gbr) 00"
7 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 00"
8 Ercole Baldini (Ita) 00"
9 Federico Bahamontes (Esp) 00"
10 Seamus Elliott (Irl) 00"
Stage 3
Namur → Roubaix 217 km
1 Robert Cazala 6h 11' 04"
2 Annaert 00"
3 Schellenberg 00"
4 Fernand Picot (Fra) 00"
5 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 00"
6 Armand Desmet (Bel) 00"
7 Baptista 00"
8 Vermeulin 00"
9 Gauthier 00"
10 Eddy Pauwels (Bel) 00"
Stage 4
Roubaix → Rouen 230 km
1 Dino Bruni 6h 40' 36"
2 Van Aerde 00"
3 Padovan 06"
4 Falaschi 06"
5 Armand Desmet (Bel) 06"
6 Voorting 06"
7 Piet van Est (Nld) 06"
8 Dejouhannet 06"
9 André Darrigade (Fra) 06"
10 Campillo 06"
Stage 5
Rouen → Rennes 286 km
1 Jean Graczyk (Fra) 8h 06' 36"
2 André Darrigade (Fra) 00"
3 Vito Favero (Ita) 00"
4 Hoevenaers 00"
5 Pierino Baffi (Ita) 00"
6 De Jongh 00"
7 Francis Pipelin (Fra) 00"
8 Galdeano 00"
9 René Privat (Fra) 00"
10 Pierre Everaert (Fra) 00"
Stage 6
Blain → Nantes 45.3 km
1 Roger Rivière (Fra) 56' 46"
2 Ercole Baldini (Ita) 21"
3 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 58"
4 Graf 01' 05"
5 Gérard Saint (Fra) 01' 12"
6 Charly Gaul (Lux) 01' 36"
7 Jean Brankart (Bel) 02' 01"
8 Henry Anglade (Fra) 02' 11"
9 Bono 02' 57"
10 Federico Bahamontes (Esp) 02' 58"
Stage 7
Nantes → La Rochelle 190 km
1 Roger Hassenforder (Fra) 4h 22' 44"
2 Martin Van Geneugden (Bel) 00"
3 Sabbadini 00"
4 Voorting 00"
5 Pierino Baffi (Ita) 00"
6 Brian Robinson (Gbr) 00"
7 Jan Adriaensens (Bel) 00"
8 Bleneau 00"
9 Kersten 00"
10 Jonsson 00"
Stage 8
La Rochelle → Bordeaux 201 km
1 Michel Dejouhannet 4h 53' 16"
2 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 00"
3 Seamus Elliott (Irl) 00"
4 Jean Forestier (Fra) 00"
5 Van den Borgh 00"
6 Fernando Manzaneque (Esp) 00"
7 Jan Adriaensens (Bel) 00"
8 Bouvet 00"
9 Lach 00"
10 Sabbadini 01' 27"
Stage 9
Bordeaux → Bayonne 207 km
1 Marcel Queheille 5h 19' 17"
2 Fernando Manzaneque (Esp) 01' 27"
3 Fabbri 01' 27"
4 Hoevenaers 02' 43"
5 Jean Graczyk (Fra) 02' 43"
6 Henry Anglade (Fra) 02' 43"
7 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 02' 43"
8 Van Aerde 02' 43"
9 Federico Bahamontes (Esp) 02' 43"
10 Roger Rivière (Fra) 02' 43"
Stage 10
Bayonne → Bagnères-de-Bigorre 235 km
1 Marcel Janssens (Bel) 6h 23' 33"
2 René Privat (Fra) 00"
3 François Mahé (Fra) 00"
4 Vermeulin 00"
5 Armand Desmet (Bel) 00"
6 Gérard Saint (Fra) 01' 56"
7 Hoevenaers 02' 48"
8 Bono 04' 44"
9 Marigil 04' 45"
10 Gauthier 07' 35"
Stage 11
Bagnères-de-Bigorre → St Gaudens 119 km
1 André Darrigade (Fra) 3h 19' 30"
2 Gérard Saint (Fra) 00"
3 Louison Bobet (Fra) 00"
4 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 00"
5 Vermeulin 00"
6 Hoevenaers 00"
7 Graf 00"
8 Armand Desmet (Bel) 00"
9 Hoorelbeke 00"
10 Valentin Huot 00"
Stage 12
St Gaudens → Albi 184 km
1 Rolf Graf 4h 25' 36"
2 Vermeulin 00"
3 Seamus Elliott (Irl) 46"
4 André Darrigade (Fra) 56"
5 Sabbadini 56"
6 Joseph Groussard (Fra) 56"
7 Plattner 56"
8 Gainche 56"
9 Van Aerde 56"
10 Brian Robinson (Gbr) 56"
Stage 13
Albi → Aurillac 219 km
1 Henry Anglade (Fra) 6h 12' 19"
2 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 00"
3 Federico Bahamontes (Esp) 00"
4 Brian Robinson (Gbr) 00"
5 Jan Adriaensens (Bel) 05"
6 François Mahé (Fra) 05"
7 Ercole Baldini (Ita) 10"
8 Hoevenaers 03' 52"
9 Fernando Manzaneque (Esp) 03' 52"
10 Louis Bergaud (Fra) 03' 52"
Stage 14
Aurillac → Clermont Ferrand 231 km
1 André Le Dissez 7h 03' 31"
2 Gérard Saint (Fra) 14"
3 Fernand Picot (Fra) 03' 02"
4 Van Aerde 03' 02"
5 Raphaël Géminiani (Fra) 03' 02"
6 Queheille 03' 02"
7 Busto 03' 02"
8 Jean Forestier (Fra) 03' 04"
9 Eddy Pauwels (Bel) 03' 08"
10 Lach 04' 44"
Stage 15
Le Puy de Dôme → Le Puy de Dôme 12.5 km
1 Federico Bahamontes (Esp) 36' 15"
2 Charly Gaul (Lux) 01' 26"
3 Henry Anglade (Fra) 03' 00"
4 Roger Rivière (Fra) 03' 37"
5 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 03' 41"
6 Jean Brankart (Bel) 03' 59"
7 Gérard Saint (Fra) 04' 01"
8 Valentin Huot 04' 17"
9 François Mahé (Fra) 04' 35"
10 Jan Adriaensens (Bel) 04' 40"
Stage 16
Clermont Ferrand → St Etienne 210 km
1 Dino Bruni 6h 25' 29"
2 Graf 00"
3 Eddy Pauwels (Bel) 00"
4 Martin Van Geneugden (Bel) 36"
5 André Darrigade (Fra) 36"
6 Thomin 36"
7 Gérard Saint (Fra) 36"
8 Marcel Rohrbach (Fra) 36"
9 Gismondi 46"
10 Lebuhotel 46"
Stage 17
St Etienne → Grenoble 197 km
1 Charly Gaul (Lux) 5h 37' 16"
2 Federico Bahamontes (Esp) 00"
3 Jean Graczyk (Fra) 03' 33"
4 André Darrigade (Fra) 03' 42"
5 Damen 03' 42"
6 Van Aerde 03' 42"
7 Padovan 03' 42"
8 Thomin 03' 42"
9 Joseph Groussard (Fra) 03' 42"
10 Ernzer 03' 42"
Stage 18
Le Lautaret → St Vincent 243 km
1 Ercole Baldini (Ita) 7h 48' 43"
2 Charly Gaul (Lux) 00"
3 Gérard Saint (Fra) 00"
4 Henry Anglade (Fra) 00"
5 Gismondi 00"
6 Adolf Christian (Aut) 00"
7 Brian Robinson (Gbr) 47"
8 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 47"
9 Jean Brankart (Bel) 47"
10 Roger Rivière (Fra) 47"
Stage 19
St Vincent → Annecy 251 km
1 Rolf Graf 8h 33' 31"
2 Gérard Saint (Fra) 04' 15"
3 Charly Gaul (Lux) 04' 54"
4 Federico Bahamontes (Esp) 04' 54"
5 Jean Brankart (Bel) 05' 52"
6 Damen 05' 52"
7 Eddy Pauwels (Bel) 05' 52"
8 Hoevenaers 05' 52"
9 François Mahé (Fra) 05' 52"
10 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 05' 52"
Stage 20
Annecy → Chalons sur Saône 202 km
1 Brian Robinson (Gbr) 5h 52' 21"
2 Padovan 20' 06"
3 André Darrigade (Fra) 20' 06"
4 Cazala 20' 06"
5 Martin Van Geneugden (Bel) 20' 06"
6 Lebuhotel 20' 06"
7 Van Aerde 20' 06"
8 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 20' 06"
9 Kamiel Buysse 20' 06"
10 Damen 20' 06"
Stage 21
Seurre → Dijon 69.2 km
1 Roger Rivière (Fra) 1h 39' 38"
2 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 01' 38"
3 Gérard Saint (Fra) 03' 38"
4 Jean Brankart (Bel) 03' 57"
5 Henry Anglade (Fra) 04' 38"
6 Jan Adriaensens (Bel) 04' 51"
7 Ercole Baldini (Ita) 05' 19"
8 François Mahé (Fra) 05' 43"
9 Hoevenaers 05' 51"
10 Alfred De Bruyne (Bel) 05' 55"
Stage 22
Dijon → Paris 331 km
1 Joseph Groussard (Fra) 9h 55' 52"
2 Padovan 00"
3 Bruni 00"
4 Hoevenaers 00"
5 André Darrigade (Fra) 00"
6 Van Aerde 00"
7 Martin Van Geneugden (Bel) 00"
8 Ernzer 00"
9 Kamiel Buysse 00"
10 Fernand Picot (Fra) 00"