1961 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Length	21 stages, 4397 km
Overall	Jacques Anquetil	122h 01' 33"
Second	Guido Carlesi	+12' 14"
Third	Charly Gaul	+12' 16"
Points	Andre Darrigade	174 points
Second	Jean Gainche	169 points
Third	Guido Carlesi	148 points
Climber	Imerio Massignan	95 points
Second	Charly Gaul	61 points
Third	Hans Junkermann	48 points
Teams	French National Team
Second
Third

The 1961 Tour de France was the 48th running of the Tour de France. It meandered through France from 25 June to 16 July 1961. It consisted of 21 stages, a total of 4,397 km (2,732.17 mi), which was ridden at an average speed of 36.033 km/h (22.3899 mph). Out of the 132 riders who started the tour, only 72 managed to complete the tour's tough course. Throughout the 1961 Tour de France, two of the French national team's riders, André Darrigade and Jacques Anquetil held the yellow jersey for the entirety 21 stages. There was a great deal of excitement between the second and third places, concluding with Guido Carlesi stealing Charly Gaul's second place position on the last day by two seconds.

[edit] Results

[edit] Stage Winners

Stage	Start-Finish	KM	Winner	Time
1a	Rouen - Versailles	136.5	André Darrigade	3h 15' 16"
1b	Versailles - Versailles Time Trial	28.5	Jacques Anquetil	39' 43"
2	Pontoise - Roubaix	230.5	André Darrigade	5h 31' 26"
3	Roubaix - Charleroi	197.5	Emile Daems	5h 00' 51"
4	Charleroi - Metz	237.5	Anatole Novak	6h 23' 31"
5	Metz - Strasbourg	221.0	Louis Bergaud	5h 48' 05"
6	Strasbourg - Belfort	180.5	Jozef Planckaert	4h 35' 39"
7	Belfort - Chalon sur Saône	214.5	Jean Stablinski	5h 21' 11"
8	Chalon sur Saône - St Etienne	240.5	Jean Forestier	7h 05' 10"
9	St Etienne - Grenoble	230.0	Charly Gaul	7h 05' 04"
10	Grenoble - Torino	250.5	Guy Ignolin	7h 30' 59"
11	Torino - Juan les Pins	225.0	Guido Carlesi	6h 42' 01"
12	Juan les Pins - Aix en Provence	199.0	Michel Van Aerde	5h 43' 08"
13	Aix en Provence - Montpellier	177.5	André Darrigade	4h 38' 37"
14	Montpellier - Perpignan	174.0	Eddy Pauwels	4h 21' 42"
15	Perpignan - Toulouse	206.0	Guido Carlesi	5h 33' 58"
16	Toulouse - Luchon / Superbagnères	208.0	Imerio Massignan	6h 58' 17"
17	Luchon - Pau	197.0	Eddy Pauwels	6h 29' 57"
18	Pau - Bordeaux	207.0	Martin Van Geneugden	5h 37' 18"
19	Bergerac - Périgueux Time Trial	74.5	Jacques Anquetil	1h 42' 32"
20	Périgueux - Tours	309.5	André Darrigade	8h 35' 59"
21	Tours - Paris	252.5	Robert Cazala	6h 31' 17"

[edit] Jerseys

Stage	Yellow Jersey	Green Jersey	Polka Dot Jersey
1a	André Darrigade
1b	Jacques Anquetil
2	Jacques Anquetil
3	Jacques Anquetil
4	Jacques Anquetil
5	Jacques Anquetil
6	Jacques Anquetil
7	Jacques Anquetil
8	Jacques Anquetil
9	Jacques Anquetil
10	Jacques Anquetil
11	Jacques Anquetil
12	Jacques Anquetil
13	Jacques Anquetil
14	Jacques Anquetil
15	Jacques Anquetil
16	Jacques Anquetil
17	Jacques Anquetil
18	Jacques Anquetil
19	Jacques Anquetil
20	Jacques Anquetil
21	Jacques Anquetil	André Darrigade	Imerio Massignan

[edit] General Classification

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Jacques Anquetil	France	122h 01' 33"
2	Guido Carlesi	Italy	12' 14"
3	Charly Gaul	Luxembourg	12' 16"
4	Imerio Massignan	Italy	15' 59"
5	Hans Junkermann	Germany	16' 09"
6	Fernando Manzaneque	Spain	16' 27"
7	Jose Perez-Frances	Spain	20' 41"
8	Jean Dotto	France	21' 44"
9	Eddy Pauwels	Belgium	26' 57"
10	Jan Adriaensens	Belgium	28' 05"
11	Jos Hoevenaers	Belgium	28' 27"
12	Alfred Ruegg	Switzerland	32' 14"
13	Michel Van Aerde	Belgium	40' 34"
14	Jean Gainche	France	41' 26"
15	Jozef Planckaert	Belgium	41' 53"
16	Adriano Zamboni	Italy	43' 26"
17	Frans Aerenhouts	Belgium	45' 52"
18	Henry Anglade	France	47' 38"
19	Raymond Mastrotto	France	53' 19"
20	André Foucher	France	58' 08"
21	Marcel Queheille	France	58' 42"
22	Claude Mattio	France	m.t
23	Edouard Bihouee	France	1h 05' 05"
24	Joseph Wasko	France	1h 06' 28"
25	Joseph Thomin	France	1h 06' 45"
26	Elio Gerussi	France	1h 07' 33"
27	Fernand Picot	France	1h 17' 41"
28	Pierre Beuffeuil	France	1h 19' 15"
29	Stéphan Lach	France	1h 19' 40"
30	Georges Groussard	France	1h 20' 58"
31	Louis Rostollan	France	1h 23' 12"
32	André Darrigade	France	1h 24' 51"
33	Aldo Bolzan	Luxembourg	1h 26' 05"
34	Jean Milesi	France	1h 26' 39"
35	Jean Forestier	France	1h 28' 11"
36	Jean-Baptiste Claes	Belgium	1h 28' 25"
37	Marcel Ernzer	Luxembourg	1h 31' 57"
38	Luis Otano	Spain	1h 32' 07"
39	Valentin Huot	France	1h 34' 50"
40	Robert Cazala	France	1h 36' 23"
41	Gérard Thielin	France	1h 38' 47"
42	Jean Stablinski	France	1h 39' 10"
43	Renzo Accordi	Italy	1h 46' 43"
44	Mario Minieri	Italy	1h 47' 49"
45	Joseph Groussard	France	1h 49' 00"
46	Louis Bergaud	France	1h 50' 03"
47	Seamus Elliott	Ireland	1h 51' 05"
48	Manuel Busto	France	1h 54' 45"
49	Julio San Emeterio	Spain	1h 54' 55"
50	Roberto Falaschi	Italy	2h 00' 22"
51	Piet Damen	Netherlands	2h 03' 12"
52	Antoine Abate	France	2h 04' 06"
53	Brian Robinson	United Kingdom	2h 04' 23"
54	Dieter Puschel	Germany	2h 07' 57"
55	Juan Campillo	Spain	2h 09' 46"
56	Armando Pellegrini	Italy	2h 10' 22"
57	Bernard Viot	France	2h 20' 00"
58	Jaap Kersten	Netherlands	2h 20' 12"
59	Guy Ignolin	France	2h 22' 04"
60	Rolf Graf	Switzerland	2h 24' 13"
61	Martin Van Geneugden	Belgium	2h 26' 24"
62	René Marigil	Spain	2h 29' 09"
63	Fritz Gallati	Switzerland	2h 30' 04"
64	Antoon Van der Steen	Netherlands	2h 31' 35"
65	Ken Laidlaw	United Kingdom	2h 45' 47"
66	Jan Westdorp	Netherlands	2h 51' 39"
67	Serge Ruchet	Switzerland	2h 54' 23"
68	Pierre Everaert	France	3h 01' 02"
69	Vicente Iturat	Spain	3h 08' 02"
70	Raymond Hoorelbeke	France	3h 19' 42"
71	Jean-Claude Lefebvre	France	3h 47' 49"
72	André Geneste	France	4h 12' 56"