The 1959 Tour de France was the 46th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Mulhouse with a flat stage on 25 June and Stage 11 occurred on 6 July with a mountainous stage to Saint-Gaudens. The race finished in Paris on 18 July.
Stage 1 25 June 1959 - Mulhouse to Metz,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 3 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 7 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t.General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands/Luxembourg + 30" 3 France - Paris/North-East + 1' 00" 4 Italy s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 7 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t.
Stage 2 26 June 1959 - Metz to Namur,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 France - West/South-West s.t. 3 France - Centre/Midi s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 International s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 Spain s.t. 10 International s.t.General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands/Luxembourg + 31" 3 Spain + 47" 4 France + 1' 01" 5 Italy s.t. 6 France - Centre/Midi s.t. 7 Netherlands/Luxembourg + 1' 06" 8 Belgium s.t. 9 Switzerland/Germany s.t. 10 France - Centre/Midi s.t.
Stage 3 27 June 1959 - Namur to Roubaix,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 3 Switzerland/Germany s.t. 4 France - West/South-West s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 Belgium s.t. 7 International s.t. 8 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 9 France - Centre/Midi s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - Centre/Midi + 27" 3 France - Paris/North-East + 1' 42" 4 France - Paris/North-East + 1' 45" 5 France - West/South-West + 1' 56" 6 Switzerland/Germany s.t. 7 Belgium + 2' 01" 8 Belgium + 2' 15" 9 France + 2' 28" 10 International + 3' 27"
Stage 4 28 June 1959 - Roubaix to Rouen,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Belgium s.t. 3 Italy + 6" 4 Italy s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 7 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 8 France - Centre/Midi s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 Spain s.t.General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - Centre/Midi + 27" 3 France - Paris/North-East + 1' 42" 4 France - Paris/North-East + 1' 45" 5 France - West/South-West + 1' 56" 6 Switzerland/Germany s.t. 7 Belgium + 2' 01" 8 Belgium + 2' 15" 9 France + 2' 28" 10 International + 3' 27"
Stage 5 29 June 1959 - Rouen to Rennes,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France s.t. 3 Italy s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 7 France - West/South-West s.t. 8 Spain s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - Centre/Midi + 27" 3 France - Paris/North-East + 1' 42" 4 France - Paris/North-East + 1' 45" 5 France - West/South-West + 1' 56" 6 Switzerland/Germany s.t. 7 Belgium + 2' 01" 8 Belgium + 2' 15" 9 France + 2' 28" 10 International + 3' 27"
Stage 6 30 June 1959 - Blain to Nantes, (ITT)
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Italy + 21" 3 France + 58" 4 Switzerland/Germany + 1' 05" 5 France - West/South-West + 1' 12" 6 Netherlands/Luxembourg + 1' 36" 7 Belgium + 2' 01" 8 France - Centre/Midi + 2' 11" 9 Italy + 2' 57" 10 Spain + 2' 58"General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - Centre/Midi + 1' 27" 3 France - Paris/North-East + 2' 11" 4 France - Paris/North-East + 2' 12" 5 Belgium + 3' 29" 6 Switzerland/Germany + 4' 02" 7 Belgium + 4' 23" 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 France + 6' 26" 10 International + 7' 04"
Stage 7 1 July 1959 - Nantes to La Rochelle,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Belgium s.t. 3 France - West/South-West s.t. 4 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 International s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 10 International s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - Centre/Midi + 1' 27" 3 France - Paris/North-East + 2' 11" 4 France - Paris/North-East + 2' 12" 5 Belgium + 3' 29" 6 Switzerland/Germany + 4' 02" 7 Belgium + 4' 23" 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 France + 6' 26" 10 France - Centre/Midi + 6' 45"
Stage 8 2 July 1959 - La Rochelle to Bordeaux,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - Centre/Midi 2 France s.t. 3 International s.t. 4 France - Centre/Midi s.t. 5 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 6 Spain s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 10 France - West/South-West + 1' 27"General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - Centre/Midi + 1' 27" 3 France - Paris/North-East + 2' 11" 4 France - Paris/North-East + 2' 12" 5 Belgium + 3' 29" 6 Switzerland/Germany + 4' 02" 7 Belgium + 4' 23" 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 France + 4' 25" 10 France - Centre/Midi + 6' 45"
Stage 9 3 July 1959 - Bordeaux to Bayonne,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 Spain + 1' 27" 3 Italy s.t. 4 Belgium + 2' 43" 5 France s.t. 6 France - Centre/Midi s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 Spain s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France + 1' 46" 3 France - Centre/Midi + 2' 22" 4 France - Centre/Midi + 3' 13" 5 Belgium + 3' 22" 6 Belgium + 3' 32" 7 France + 3' 38" 8 France - Paris/North-East + 3' 57" 9 France - Paris/North-East + 3' 58" 10 Italy + 4' 21"
Rest Day 1 4 July 1959 - Bayonne
Stage 10 5 July 1959 - Bayonne to Bagnères-de-Bigorre,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France s.t. 3 France - West/South-West s.t. 4 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 France - West/South-West + 1' 56" 7 Belgium + 2' 48" 8 Italy + 4' 44" 9 Spain + 4' 45" 10 France - Centre/Midi + 7' 35"General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - Paris/North-East 2 Belgium + 1' 17" 3 Belgium + 2' 22" 4 Belgium + 6' 47" 5 France - Centre/Midi + 6' 50" 6 Italy + 9' 36" 7 France - West/South-West + 10' 18" 8 Belgium + 10' 52" 9 France - Centre/Midi + 10' 57" 10 France - West/South-West + 11' 24"
Stage 11 6 July 1959 - Bagnères-de-Bigorre to Saint-Gaudens,
Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - West/South-West s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 6 Belgium s.t. 7 Switzerland/Germany s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 10 France - Centre/Midi s.t.General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - Paris/North-East 2 Belgium + 1' 17" 3 Belgium + 2' 22" 4 France - West/South-West + 9' 48" 5 France - Centre/Midi + 10' 57" 6 France - West/South-West + 11' 24" 7 France + 12' 13" 8 Italy + 13' 04" 9 Spain + 13' 18" 10 Netherlands/Luxembourg + 13' 25"
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