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 12 occurred on 7 July with a flat stage from Saint-Gaudens. The race finished in Paris on 18 July.
Stage 12 7 July 1959 - Saint-Gaudens to Albi,
Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland/Germany 2 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 3 International + 46" 4 France + 56" 5 France - West/South-West s.t. 6 France - West/South-West s.t. 7 Switzerland/Germany s.t. 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 International s.t.General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - Paris/North-East 2 Belgium + 2' 43" 3 Belgium + 3' 48" 4 France - West/South-West + 11' 14" 5 France - Centre/Midi + 12' 23" 6 France - West/South-West + 12' 50" 7 France + 13' 39" 8 Italy + 14' 30" 9 Spain + 14' 44" 10 Netherlands/Luxembourg + 14' 51"
Stage 13 8 July 1959 - Albi to Aurillac,
Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - Centre/Midi 2 France s.t. 3 Spain s.t. 4 International s.t. 5 Belgium + 5" 6 France - West/South-West s.t. 7 Italy + 10" 8 Belgium + 3' 52" 9 Spain s.t. 10 France - Centre/Midi s.t.General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France - Centre/Midi + 3' 43" 3 France - West/South-West + 5' 15" 4 Italy + 7' 00" 5 Spain + 7' 04" 6 France + 7' 27" 7 Belgium + 7' 58" 8 France + 9' 51" 9 International + 12' 05" 10 Belgium + 12' 13"
Stage 14 9 July 1959 - Aurillac to Clermont-Ferrand,
Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - Paris/North-East 2 France - West/South-West + 14" 3 France - West/South-West + 3' 02" 4 Belgium s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France - West/South-West s.t. 7 France - Centre/Midi s.t. 8 France - Centre/Midi + 3' 04" 9 Belgium + 3' 08" 10 France - Paris/North-East + 4' 44"General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Belgium + 9" 3 France - Centre/Midi + 3' 43" 4 France - West/South-West + 5' 15" 5 Italy + 7' 00" 6 Spain + 7' 04" 7 France + 7' 27" 8 Belgium + 7' 58" 9 France + 9' 51" 10 France - Paris/North-East + 14' 41"
Stage 15 10 July 1959 - Puy de Dôme,
Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 Netherlands/Luxembourg + 1' 26" 3 France - Centre/Midi + 3' 00" 4 France + 3' 37" 5 France + 3' 41" 6 Belgium + 3' 59" 7 France - West/South-West + 4' 01" 8 France - Centre/Midi + 4' 17" 9 France - West/South-West + 4' 35" 10 Belgium + 4' 40"General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Spain + 4" 3 Belgium + 40" 4 France - Centre/Midi + 43" 5 France - West/South-West + 3' 50" 6 France + 5' 08" 7 Belgium + 6' 38" 8 Italy + 7' 19" 9 France + 7' 28" 10 France - Paris/North-East + 15' 03"
Stage 16 11 July 1959 - Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Étienne,
Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Switzerland/Germany s.t. 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Belgium + 36" 5 France s.t. 6 France - West/South-West s.t. 7 France - West/South-West s.t. 8 France - Centre/Midi s.t. 9 Italy + 46" 10 France - West/South-West s.t.General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Belgium + 6" 3 Spain + 10" 4 France - Centre/Midi + 49" 5 France - West/South-West + 3' 56" 6 France + 5' 14" 7 Belgium + 6' 44" 8 Italy + 7' 25" 9 France + 7' 34" 10 France - Paris/North-East + 15' 09"
Rest Day 2 12 July 1959 - Saint-Étienne
Stage 17 13 July 1959 - Saint-Étienne to Grenoble,
Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands/Luxembourg 2 Spain s.t. 3 France + 3' 33" 4 France + 3' 42" 5 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 6 Belgium s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 France - West/South-West s.t. 10 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t.General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 Belgium + 4' 02" 3 Belgium + 4' 08" 4 France - Centre/Midi + 4' 51" 5 France - West/South-West + 7' 58" 6 France + 9' 16" 7 Belgium + 10' 46" 8 Italy + 11' 27" 9 France + 11' 36" 10 France - Paris/North-East + 19' 11"
Stage 18 14 July 1959 - Grenoble to Saint-Vincent,
Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 France - Centre/Midi s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 International s.t. 7 International + 47" 8 France s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France - Centre/Midi + 4' 04" 3 France - West/South-West + 7' 58" 4 France + 9' 16" 5 Italy + 9' 40" 6 Belgium + 10' 30" 7 Belgium + 10' 46" 8 France + 11' 36" 9 Belgium + 19' 04" 10 Netherlands/Luxembourg + 21' 26"
Stage 19 15 July 1959 - Saint-Vincent to Annecy,
Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland/Germany 2 France - West/South-West + 4' 15" 3 Netherlands/Luxembourg + 4' 54" 4 Spain s.t. 5 Belgium + 5' 52" 6 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 France - West/South-West s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France - Centre/Midi + 5' 40" 3 France - West/South-West + 8' 56" 4 France + 10' 14" 5 Italy + 11' 16" 6 Belgium + 11' 28" 7 Belgium + 11' 44" 8 France + 12' 34" 9 Belgium + 20' 02" 10 France - West/South-West + 20' 19"
Stage 20 16 July 1959 - Annecy to Chalon-sur-Saône,
Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 International 2 Italy + 20' 06" 3 France s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 France - West/South-West s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t.General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France - Centre/Midi + 5' 40" 3 France - West/South-West + 8' 56" 4 France + 10' 14" 5 Italy + 11' 16" 6 Belgium + 11' 28" 7 Belgium + 11' 44" 8 France + 12' 34" 9 Belgium + 20' 02" 10 France - West/South-West + 20' 19"
Stage 21 17 July 1959 - Seurre to Dijon, (ITT)
Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 1' 38" 3 France - West/South-West + 3' 38" 4 Belgium + 3' 57" 5 France - Centre/Midi + 4' 38" 6 Belgium + 4' 51" 7 Italy + 5' 19" 8 France - West/South-West + 5' 43" 9 Belgium + 5' 51" 10 Belgium + 5' 55"General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France - Centre/Midi + 4' 01" 3 France + 5' 05" 4 France + 5' 17" 5 France - West/South-West + 8' 22" 6 Italy + 10' 18" 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Belgium + 11' 02" 9 France - West/South-West + 17' 40" 10 Belgium + 20' 38"
Stage 22 18 July 1959 - Dijon to Paris,
Stage 22 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 Italy s.t. 3 Italy s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 Belgium s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Netherlands/Luxembourg s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 France - West/South-West s.t.General classification after stage 22 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France - Centre/Midi + 4' 01" 3 France + 5' 05" 4 France + 5' 17" 5 France - West/South-West + 8' 22" 6 Italy + 10' 18" 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Belgium + 11' 02" 9 France - West/South-West + 17' 40" 10 Belgium + 20' 38"
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