Charly Gaul

LUBorn 1932PfaffenthalActive 1955–1962

Charly Gaul — Grand Tour GC winner at the Tour de France

Career numbers at a glance

GC Wins

1

Best GC

#1

Editions

6

Height

1.74m

Weight

64kg

GC ranking distribution

1

Wins (GC)

2

2nd / 3rd

1

Top 10

2

Top 30

Stage wins (9)

YearRaceStageRouteDist.ProfileWin Style
1961Tour de FranceStage 9Saint-Etienne → Grenoble241 kmHills uphill finish—
1959Tour de FranceStage 17Saint-Etienne → Grenoble197 kmMountains flat finish—
1958Tour de FranceStage 8Chateaulin → Chateaulin46 kmHills flat finishTime trial
1958Tour de FranceStage 18Mont Ventoux → Mont Ventoux21 kmMountains uphill finishTime trial
1958Tour de FranceStage 21Briançon → Aix-les-Bains219 kmMountains flat finish—
1958Tour de FranceStage 23Besançon → Dijon74 kmHills flat finishTime trial
1956Tour de FranceStage 3Les Essarts → Les Essarts225 kmFlat—
1955Tour de FranceStage 8Thonon → Briançon267 kmFlat—
1955Tour de FranceStage 17Toulouse → Saint Gaudens123 kmFlat—

Race-by-race breakdown — Tour de France is Charly Gaul's top race

Teams (4)

1962

G.S. GAZZOLA-FIORELLI-HUTCHINSON

1 edition

1961

SUISSE-LUXEMBOURG

1 edition

1958–1959

PAYS BAS-LUXEMBOURG

2 editions

1955–1956

LUXEMBOURG MIXTE

2 editions

Rider profile

Nationality

LU

Born

1932

Born in

Pfaffenthal

Height

1.74 m

Weight

64 kg

Full career — 6 Grand Tour starts (1955–1962)

Participations by year

00111119551195611958119591196111962

Full race results (6 entries)

Year Race GC Rank Team Time
1962 Tour de France 9 G.S. GAZZOLA-FIORELLI-HUTCHINSON 114h 51' 05''
1961 Tour de France 3 SUISSE-LUXEMBOURG 122h 13' 49''
1959 Tour de France 12 PAYS BAS-LUXEMBOURG 124h 10' 44''
1958 Tour de France 1 PAYS BAS-LUXEMBOURG 116h 59' 05''
1956 Tour de France 13 LUXEMBOURG MIXTE 124h 33' 30''
1955 Tour de France 3 LUXEMBOURG MIXTE 130h 40' 46''