André Darrigade

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**André Darrigade**
Personal information
Full name	André Darrigade
Date of birth	April 12, 1929 (1929-04-12) (age 79)
Country	France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Major wins
World Cycling Championship (1959) Tour de France green jersey (1959,1961) Giro di Lombardia (1956)
Infobox last updated on:
April 16, 2007

Medal record
Competitor for France
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Bronze	1957 Waregem	Elite Men's Road Race
Bronze	1958 Reims	Elite Men's Road Race
Gold	1959 Zandvoort	Elite Men's Road Race
Silver	1960 Karl-Marx-Stadt	Elite Men's Road Race

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. Darrigade also won the 1956 Giro di Lombardia.

Despite winning 17 stages over Tours de France and donning 18 yellow jerseys (or the maillot jaune), Darrigade was a poor climber and lost time over the mountains, thereby failing to compete in the final general classification. His best final position was 16th in 1959.

[edit] Major achievements

1953

37th, Overall, Tour de France

1st, Stage 12

1954

1st, Overall, Tour de Picardie

1955

France National Road Race Champion

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)

1958

21st, Overall, Tour de France

5 days in Maillot jaune (after Stages 1 and 9-12)

3rd, Maillot vert, Points classification

Winner stages 1, 9, 15, 17 and 22

1959

World road race champion

1st, Critérium International

16th, Overall,Tour de France

2 days in Maillot jaune (after Stages 1 and 2)

1st, Maillot vert, Points classification

Winner stages 1 and 11

1960

64th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stage 15

1st, Stage 6, Paris-Nice

10th, Overall, Tour de Romandie

Winner stages 2 and 4

1961

32nd, Overall, Tour de France

1 day in Maillot jaune (after Stage 1a)

1st, Maillot vert, Points classification

Winner stages 1a, 2, 13 and 19

40th, Overall, Dauphiné Libéré

1st, Stage 1a

1962

21st, Overall, Tour de France

4 days in Maillot jaune

1st, Stage 2

1963

DNF (Stage 16), Tour de France

1st, Stage 12

1964

67th, Overall, Tour de France

Winner stages 2 and 18

45th, Overall, Dauphiné Libéré

Winner stages 8 and 9

1965: 93rd, Overall, Tour de France
1966: 62nd, Overall, Tour de France

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Ercole Baldini	World Road Racing Champion 1959	Succeeded by Rik Van Looy
Preceded by Jean Graczyk	Winner of the green jersey in the Tour de France 1959	Succeeded by Jean Graczyk
Preceded by Jean Graczyk	Winner of the green jersey in the Tour de France 1961	Succeeded by Rudi Altig