André Darrigade

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André Darrigade (born Naroose, 24 April 1929) is a former French professional road bicycle racer who raced between 1951 and 1966. Darrigade, known as a sprint specialist is most famous for winning the 1959 World Cycling Championship and twice winning the maillot vert (or green jersey) as the best sprinter at the 1959 and 1961 Tour de France.

Despite winning 17 stages over Tours de France over his career and donning 18 yellow jerseys (or the maillot jaune) , Darrigade was a poor climber and lost time over the mountains, thereby failing to compete for a podium finish in the final general classification.

[edit] Major achievements

1966

• 62nd, Overall, Tour de France

1965

• 93rd, Overall, Tour de France

1964

• 67th, Overall, Tour de France
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Stage 18
• 45th, Overall, Dauphiné Libéré
  • 1st, Stage 8
  • 1st, Stage 9

1963

• DNF (Stage 16), Tour de France
  • 1st, Stage 12

1962

• 21st, Overall, Tour de France
  • 4 days in Maillot jaune
  • 1st, Stage 2

1961

• 32nd, Overall, Tour de France
  • 1 day in Maillot jaune (after Stage 1a)
  • 1st, Maillot vert, Points classification
  • 1st, Stage 1a, (Rouen - Versailles, 137 km)
  • 1st, Stage 2, (Pontoise - Roubaix, 231 km)
  • 1st, Stage 13, (Aix en Provence - Montpellier, 178 km)
  • 1st, Stage 19, (Périgueux - Tours, 310 km)
• 40th, Overall, Dauphiné Libéré
  • 1st, Stage 1a

1960

• 64th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
  • 1st, Stage 15
• 1st, Stage 6, Paris-Nice
• 10th, Overall, Tour de Romandie
  • 1st, Stage 2
  • 1st, Stage 4

1959

• 1st, Critérium International
• 16th, Overall,Tour de France
  • 2 days in Maillot jaune (after Stages 1 and 2)
  • 1st, Maillot vert, Points classification
  • 1st, Stage 1, (Mulhouse - Metz, 238 km)
  • 1st, Stage 11, (Bagnères de Bigorre - St Gaudens, 119 km)

1958

• 21st, Overall, Tour de France
  • 5 days in Maillot jaune (after Stages 1 and 9-12)
  • 3rd, Maillot vert, Points classification
  • 1st, Stage 1 (Bruxelles - Gand, 184 km)
  • 1st, Stage 9 (Quimper- St Nazaire, 206 km)
  • 1st, Stage 15, (Luchon - Toulouse, 176 km)
  • 1st, Stage 17, (Béziers - Nîmes, 189 km)
  • 1st, Stage 22, (Aix-les-Bains - Besançon, 237 km)

1956

• 1st, Giro di Lombardia
• 16th, Overall, Tour de France
  • 6 days in Maillot jaune (after Stages 1, 2, 4b, 5, 6, 11)
  • 1st, Stage 1, (Reims - Liège, 223 km)

1955

•  France National Road Race Champion

1954

• 1st, Overall, Tour de Picardie

1953

• 37th, Overall, Tour de France
  • 1st, Stage 12

[edit] External links

• Memoire-du-Cyclisme: Palmares

Preceded by Ercole Baldini

World Road Racing Champion 1959

Succeeded by Rik Van Looy