1961 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Length 21 stages, 4397 km
Overall Jacques Anquetil 122h 01' 33"
Second Guido Carlesi +12' 14"
Third Charly Gaul +12' 16"
Points Andre Darrigade 174 points
Second Jean Gainche 169 points
Third Guido Carlesi 148 points
Climber Imerio Massignan 95 points
Second Charly Gaul 61 points
Third Hans Junkermann 48 points
Teams French National Team
Second
Third

The 1961 Tour de France was the 48th running of the Tour de France, but the 59th anniversary. It meandered through France from June 25 to July 16, 1961. It consisted of 21 stages, a total of 4397 km (2732.17 mi), which was ridden at an average speed of 36.033 km/h (22.3899 mph). Out of the 132 riders who started the tour, only 72 managed to complete the tour's tough course. Throughout the 1961 Tour de France, two of the French national team's riders, André Darrigade and Jacques Anquetil held the yellow jersey for the entirety 21 stages. There was a great deal of excitement between the second and third places, concluding with Guido Carlesi stealing Charly Gaul's second place position on the last day by two seconds.

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[edit] Results

[edit] Stage Winners

Stage Start-Finish KM Winner Time
1a Rouen - Versailles 136.5 André Darrigade 3h 15' 16"
1b Versailles - Versailles Time Trial 28.5 Jacques Anquetil 39' 43"
2 Pontoise - Roubaix 230.5 André Darrigade 5h 31' 26"
3 Roubaix - Charleroi 197.5 Emile Daems 5h 00' 51"
4 Charleroi - Metz 237.5 Anatole Novak 6h 23' 31"
5 Metz - Strasbourg 221.0 Louis Bergaud 5h 48' 05"
6 Strasbourg - Belfort 180.5 Jozef Planckaert 4h 35' 39"
7 Belfort - Chalon sur Saône 214.5 Jean Stablinski 5h 21' 11"
8 Chalon sur Saône - St Etienne 240.5 Jean Forestier 7h 05' 10"
9 St Etienne - Grenoble 230.0 Charly Gaul 7h 05' 04"
10 Grenoble - Torino 250.5 Guy Ignolin 7h 30' 59"
11 Torino - Juan les Pins 225.0 Guido Carlesi 6h 42' 01"
12 Juan les Pins - Aix en Provence 199.0 Michel Van Aerde 5h 43' 08"
13 Aix en Provence - Montpellier 177.5 André Darrigade 4h 38' 37"
14 Montpellier - Perpignan 174.0 Eddy Pauwels 4h 21' 42"
15 Perpignan - Toulouse 206.0 Guido Carlesi 5h 33' 58"
16 Toulouse - Luchon / Superbagnères 208.0 Imerio Massignan 6h 58' 17"
17 Luchon - Pau 197.0 Eddy Pauwels 6h 29' 57"
18 Pau - Bordeaux 207.0 Martin Van Geneugden 5h 37' 18"
19 Bergerac - Périgueux Time Trial 74.5 Jacques Anquetil 1h 42' 32"
20 Périgueux - Tours 309.5 André Darrigade 8h 35' 59"
21 Tours - Paris 252.5 Robert Cazala 6h 31' 17"

[edit] Jerseys

Stage Yellow Jersey Green Jersey Polka Dot Jersey
1a André Darrigade
1b Jacques Anquetil
2 Jacques Anquetil
3 Jacques Anquetil
4 Jacques Anquetil
5 Jacques Anquetil
6 Jacques Anquetil
7 Jacques Anquetil
8 Jacques Anquetil
9 Jacques Anquetil
10 Jacques Anquetil
11 Jacques Anquetil
12 Jacques Anquetil
13 Jacques Anquetil
14 Jacques Anquetil
15 Jacques Anquetil
16 Jacques Anquetil
17 Jacques Anquetil
18 Jacques Anquetil
19 Jacques Anquetil
20 Jacques Anquetil
21 Jacques Anquetil André Darrigade Imerio Massignan

[edit] General Classification

Rank Name Country Time
1 Jacques Anquetil Flag of France France 122h 01' 33"
2 Guido Carlesi Flag of Italy Italy 12' 14"
3 Charly Gaul Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 12' 16"
4 Imerio Massignan Flag of Italy Italy 15' 59"
5 Hans Junkermann Flag of Germany Germany 16' 09"
6 Fernando Manzaneque Spain 16' 27"
7 Jose Perez-Frances Spain 20' 41"
8 Jean Dotto Flag of France France 21' 44"
9 Eddy Pauwels Flag of Belgium Belgium 26' 57"
10 Jan Adriaensens Flag of Belgium Belgium 28' 05"
11 Jos Hoevenaers Flag of Belgium Belgium 28' 27"
12 Alfred Ruegg Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 32' 14"
13 Michel Van Aerde Flag of Belgium Belgium 40' 34"
14 Jean Gainche Flag of France France 41' 26"
15 Jozef Planckaert Flag of Belgium Belgium 41' 53"
16 Adriano Zamboni Flag of Italy Italy 43' 26"
17 Frans Aerenhouts Flag of Belgium Belgium 45' 52"
18 Henry Anglade Flag of France France 47' 38"
19 Raymond Mastrotto Flag of France France 53' 19"
20 André Foucher Flag of France France 58' 08"
21 Marcel Queheille Flag of France France 58' 42"
22 Claude Mattio Flag of France France m.t
23 Edouard Bihouee Flag of France France 1h 05' 05"
24 Joseph Wasko Flag of France France 1h 06' 28"
25 Joseph Thomin Flag of France France 1h 06' 45"
26 Elio Gerussi Flag of France France 1h 07' 33"
27 Fernand Picot Flag of France France 1h 17' 41"
28 Pierre Beuffeuil Flag of France France 1h 19' 15"
29 Stéphan Lach Flag of France France 1h 19' 40"
30 Georges Groussard Flag of France France 1h 20' 58"
31 Louis Rostollan Flag of France France 1h 23' 12"
32 André Darrigade Flag of France France 1h 24' 51"
33 Aldo Bolzan Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 1h 26' 05"
34 Jean Milesi Flag of France France 1h 26' 39"
35 Jean Forestier Flag of France France 1h 28' 11"
36 Jean-Baptiste Claes Flag of Belgium Belgium 1h 28' 25"
37 Marcel Ernzer Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 1h 31' 57"
38 Luis Otano Spain 1h 32' 07"
39 Valentin Huot Flag of France France 1h 34' 50"
40 Robert Cazala Flag of France France 1h 36' 23"
41 Gérard Thielin Flag of France France 1h 38' 47"
42 Jean Stablinski Flag of France France 1h 39' 10"
43 Renzo Accordi Flag of Italy Italy 1h 46' 43"
44 Mario Minieri Flag of Italy Italy 1h 47' 49"
45 Joseph Groussard Flag of France France 1h 49' 00"
46 Louis Bergaud Flag of France France 1h 50' 03"
47 Seamus Elliott Flag of Republic of Ireland Ireland 1h 51' 05"
48 Manuel Busto Flag of France France 1h 54' 45"
49 Julio San Emeterio Spain 1h 54' 55"
50 Roberto Falaschi Flag of Italy Italy 2h 00' 22"
51 Piet Damen Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 2h 03' 12"
52 Antoine Abate Flag of France France 2h 04' 06"
53 Brian Robinson Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom 2h 04' 23"
54 Dieter Puschel Flag of Germany Germany 2h 07' 57"
55 Juan Campillo Spain 2h 09' 46"
56 Armando Pellegrini Flag of Italy Italy 2h 10' 22"
57 Bernard Viot Flag of France France 2h 20' 00"
58 Jaap Kersten Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 2h 20' 12"
59 Guy Ignolin Flag of France France 2h 22' 04"
60 Rolf Graf Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2h 24' 13"
61 Martin Van Geneugden Flag of Belgium Belgium 2h 26' 24"
62 René Marigil Spain 2h 29' 09"
63 Fritz Gallati Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2h 30' 04"
64 Antoon Van der Steen Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 2h 31' 35"
65 Ken Laidlaw Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom 2h 45' 47"
66 Jan Westdorp Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 2h 51' 39"
67 Serge Ruchet Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2h 54' 23"
68 Pierre Everaert Flag of France France 3h 01' 02"
69 Vicente Iturat Spain 3h 08' 02"
70 Raymond Hoorelbeke Flag of France France 3h 19' 42"
71 Jean-Claude Lefebvre Flag of France France 3h 47' 49"
72 André Geneste Flag of France France 4h 12' 56"

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