The 1962 Tour de France was the 49th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between from 24 June and 15 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of . After more than 30 years, the Tour was again contested by trade teams. Frenchman Jacques Anquetil defended his title, winning his third Tour de France.
Classification standings
Legend Denotes the leader of the general classification Denotes the leader of the points classification
Stage 1 24 June 1962 — Nancy to Spa (Belgium),
+ Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"+ General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 30" 3 + 1' 00" 4 + 1' 00" 5 + 1' 00" 6 + 1' 00" 7 + 1' 00" 8 + 1' 00" 9 + 1' 00" 10 + 1' 00"
Stage 2a 25 June 1962 — Spa (Belgium) to Herentals (Belgium),
+ Stage 2a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"+ General classification after stage 2a Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 30" 3 + 1' 30" 4 + 1' 30" 5 + 1' 30" 6 + 1' 30" 7 + 1' 30" 8 + 1' 30" 9 + 1' 30" 10 + 1' 30"
Stage 2b 25 June 1962 — Herentals (Belgium), (TTT)
+ Stage 2b result Rank Team Time 1 2 + 1' 15" 3 + 1' 33" 4 + 1' 42" 5 + 2' 06" 6 + 2' 42" 7 + 3' 03" 8 + 3' 36" 9 + 4' 39" 10 + 4' 57"+ General classification after stage 2b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 36" 3 + 1' 05" 4 + 1' 05" 5 + 1' 05" 6 + 1' 50" 7 + 1' 30" 8 + 1' 36" 9 + 1' 36" 10 + 1' 36"
Stage 3 26 June 1962 — Brussels to Amiens,
+ Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"+ General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 24" 3 + 1' 29" 4 + 1' 29" 5 + 1' 54" 6 + 2' 00" 7 + 2' 00" 8 + 2' 00" 9 + 2' 03" 10 + 2' 11"
Stage 4 27 June 1962 — Amiens to Le Havre,
+ Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 2' 15" 7 + 2' 15" 8 + 2' 15" 9 + 2' 15" 10 + 2' 15"+ General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 35" 3 + 1' 29" 4 + 1' 29" 5 + 1' 54" 6 + 2' 00" 7 + 2' 00" 8 + 2' 00" 9 + 2' 03" 10 + 2' 11"
Stage 5 28 June 1962 — Pont l'Evêque to Saint-Malo,
+ Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 2" 4 + 2" 5 + 2" 6 + 2" 7 + 2" 8 + 2" 9 + 2" 10 + 2"+ General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 35" 3 + 1' 21" 4 + 1' 29" 5 + 1' 29" 6 + 1' 54" 7 + 2' 00" 8 + 2' 00" 9 + 2' 00" 10 + 2' 03"
Stage 6 29 June 1962 — Dinard to Brest,
+ Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"+ General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 23" 3 + 3' 14" 4 + 3' 49" 5 + 4' 35" 6 + 4' 43" 7 + 4' 43" 8 + 5' 08" 9 + 5' 14" 10 + 5' 14"
Stage 7 30 June 1962 — Quimper to Saint-Nazaire,
+ Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0" 3 + 5" 4 + 5" 5 + 5" 6 + 5" 7 + 5" 8 + 5" 9 + 5" 10 + 5"+ General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 23" 3 + 2' 22" 4 + 3' 02" 5 + 3' 07" 6 + 3' 50" 7 + 3' 54" 8 + 4' 35" 9 + 4' 43" 10 + 5' 08"
Stage 8a 1 July 1962 — Saint-Nazaire to Luçon,
+ Stage 8a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"+ General classification after stage 8a Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2' 46" 3 + 3' 40" 4 + 3' 41" 5 + 3' 54" 6 + 4' 00" 7 + 4' 04" 8 + 4' 07" 9 + 4' 40" 10 + 5' 42"
Stage 8b 1 July 1962 — Luçon to La Rochelle, (ITT)
+ Stage 8b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 22" 3 + 46" 4 + 1' 07" 5 + 1' 25" 6 + 1' 41" 7 + 1' 49" 8 + 1' 54" 9 + 1' 55" 10 + 1' 58"+ General classification after stage 8b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 51" 3 + 1' 21" 4 + 1' 59" 5 + 2' 00" 6 + 2' 16" 7 + 3' 20" 8 + 3' 21" 9 + 3' 35" 10 + 3' 36"
Stage 9 2 July 1962 — La Rochelle to Bordeaux,
+ Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"+ General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 45" 3 + 1' 36" 4 + 2' 06" 5 + 2' 44" 6 + 2' 45" 7 + 3' 01" 8 + 4' 05" 9 + 4' 06" 10 + 4' 20"
Stage 10 3 July 1962 — Bordeaux to Bayonne,
+ Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"+ General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 45" 3 + 1' 36" 4 + 2' 06" 5 + 2' 44" 6 + 2' 45" 7 + 3' 01" 8 + 4' 05" 9 + 4' 06" 10 + 4' 21"
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