Tour de France 1959

Tour de France 1959 — Federico Bahamontes wins overall after 22 stages

Edition key stats

GC Winner

Federico Bahamontes

Ouest-Sud Ouest

22

Stages

4,358

Total km

36.1

Avg km/h

3

Time Trials

Stage profile breakdown

5

Flat

23%

8

Mountain

36%

6

Hilly

27%

3

Time Trial

14%

Stage winners and teams — André Darrigade takes 2 stages

Final general classification (top 30)

RankRiderTeamTime
01
ESPAGNE123h 46' 45''
02
CENTRE-MIDI123h 50' 46''
03
FRANCE123h 51' 50''
04
FRANCE123h 52' 02''
05
OUEST-SUD OUEST123h 55' 07''
06
BELGIQUE123h 57' 03''
06
ITALIE123h 57' 03''
08
BELGIQUE123h 57' 47''
09
OUEST-SUD OUEST124h 04' 25''
10
BELGIQUE124h 07' 23''
11
BELGIQUE124h 09' 05''
12
PAYS BAS-LUXEMBOURG124h 10' 44''
13
CENTRE-MIDI124h 23' 39''
14
ESPAGNE124h 44' 14''
15
CENTRE-MIDI124h 46' 49''
16
FRANCE124h 49' 46''
17
BELGIQUE124h 51' 45''
18
SUISSE-ALLEMAGNE124h 58' 36''
19
INTERNATIONS124h 58' 56''
20
PARIS-NORD EST125h 02' 55''
21
SUISSE-ALLEMAGNE125h 06' 17''
22
BELGIQUE125h 06' 20''
23
BELGIQUE125h 09' 52''
24
OUEST-SUD OUEST125h 20' 19''
25
BELGIQUE125h 27' 24''
26
OUEST-SUD OUEST125h 29' 07''
27
PAYS BAS-LUXEMBOURG125h 29' 11''
28
FRANCE125h 30' 42''
29
PARIS-NORD EST125h 31' 20''
30
ITALIE125h 32' 04''

Stage winners (19 riders)

André Darrigade

2 stages

Stages 1, 11

Dino Bruni

2 stages

Stages 4, 16

Roger Riviere

2 stages

Stages 6, 21

Vito Favero

1 stage

Stages 2

Robert Cazala

1 stage

Stages 3

Jean Graczyk

1 stage

Stages 5

Roger Hassenforder

1 stage

Stages 7

Michel Dejouhannet

1 stage

Stages 8

Marcel Queheille

1 stage

Stages 9

Marcel Janssens

1 stage

Stages 10

Ernest Ecuyer

1 stage

Stages 12

Henri Anglade

1 stage

Stages 13

André Le Dissez

1 stage

Stages 14

Federico Bahamontes

1 stage

Stages 15

Charly Gaul

1 stage

Stages 17

Ercole Baldini

1 stage

Stages 18

Rolf Graf

1 stage

Stages 19

Brian Robinson

1 stage

Stages 20

Joseph Groussard

1 stage

Stages 22

Teams at the 1959 edition

TeamRidersBest GC
ESPAGNE6#1
CENTRE-MIDI9#2
FRANCE6#3
OUEST-SUD OUEST9#5
ITALIE9#6
BELGIQUE11#6
PAYS BAS-LUXEMBOURG5#12
SUISSE-ALLEMAGNE4#18
INTERNATIONS3#19
PARIS-NORD EST3#20

Stage profiles in the 1959 edition

7

Mountains flat finish

5

Hills flat finish

5

Flat

4

Hills uphill finish

1

Mountains uphill finish

Compare with other editions of the Tour de France

2025

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2024

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2023

Jonas Vingegaard Hansen

21 stages

2022

Jonas Vingegaard Hansen

21 stages

2021

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2020

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2019

Egan Bernal Gomez

21 stages

2018

Geraint Thomas

21 stages

Stage-by-stage data: all 22 stages of the 1959 Tour de France

All 22 stages

StageDateRouteDist.WinnerProfileSpeed
Stage 125 JunMulhouse → Metz238 kmAndré DarrigadeHills flat finish42.8 km/h
Stage 226 JunMetz → Namur234 kmVito FaveroHills uphill finish36.5 km/h
Stage 327 JunNamur → Roubaix217 kmRobert CazalaFlat35.1 km/h
Stage 428 JunRoubaix → Rouen230 kmDino BruniHills flat finish34.5 km/h
Stage 529 JunRouen → Rennes286 kmJean GraczykHills flat finish35.3 km/h
Stage 630 JunBlain → Nantes45 kmRoger RiviereHills flat finish47.6 km/h
Stage 71 JulNantes → La Rochelle190 kmRoger HassenforderFlat43.4 km/h
Stage 82 JulLa Rochelle → Bordeaux201 kmMichel DejouhannetFlat41.1 km/h
Stage 93 JulBordeaux → Bayonne207 kmMarcel QueheilleFlat38.9 km/h
Stage 105 JulBayonne → Bagnères-de-Bigorre235 kmMarcel JanssensMountains flat finish36.8 km/h
Stage 116 JulBagnères-de-Bigorre → Saint Gaudens119 kmAndré DarrigadeMountains flat finish35.8 km/h
Stage 127 JulSaint Gaudens → Albi184 kmErnest EcuyerFlat41.6 km/h
Stage 138 JulAlbi → Aurillac219 kmHenri AngladeHills uphill finish35.3 km/h
Stage 149 JulAurillac → Clermont-Ferrand231 kmAndré Le DissezMountains flat finish32.7 km/h
Stage 1510 JulClermont-Ferrand → Puy de Dôme12 kmFederico BahamontesMountains uphill finish19.9 km/h
Stage 1611 JulClermont-Ferrand → Saint-Etienne210 kmDino BruniHills uphill finish32.7 km/h
Stage 1713 JulSaint-Etienne → Grenoble197 kmCharly GaulMountains flat finish35.1 km/h
Stage 1814 JulGrenoble → Saint-Vincent d'Aoste243 kmErcole BaldiniMountains flat finish31.1 km/h
Stage 1915 JulSaint-Vincent d'Aoste → Annecy251 kmRolf GrafMountains flat finish29.3 km/h
Stage 2016 JulAnnecy → Chalon-sur-Saône202 kmBrian RobinsonMountains flat finish34.4 km/h
Stage 2117 JulSeurre → Dijon69 kmRoger RiviereHills uphill finish41.6 km/h
Stage 2218 JulDijon → Paris331 kmJoseph GroussardHills flat finish33.3 km/h