1959 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall	Federico Bahamontes	123h 46' 45"
Second	Henry Anglade	+4' 01"
Third	Jacques Anquetil	+5' 05"
Points	André Darrigade	613 points
Second	Gérard Saint	524 points
Third	Jacques Anquetil	503 points
Climber	Federico Bahamontes	73 points
Second	Charly Gaul	68 points
Third	Gérard Saint	65 points
Teams	Belgium	372h 02' 13"
Second	France	+31' 25"
Third	Centre-Midi	+59' 01"

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.

1 Results
- 1.1 General classification
- 1.2 Team classification
2 References

[edit] Results

[edit] General classification

Rank	Name	Country	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"

[edit] Team classification

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

Rank	Team	Time
1	Belgium	372h 02' 13"
2	France	31' 25"
3	Centre-Midi	59' 01"
4	West Southwest	1h 17' 38"
5	Spain	2h 17' 22"
6	Italy	3h 11' 27"
7	Holland-Luxembourg	3h 15' 00"
8	Switzerland-Germany	4h 11' 47"
9	International	4h 34' 57"
10	Paris North-East	4h 45' 19"