The 1961 Tour de France was the 48th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Rouen with a flat stage on 25 June and Stage 10 occurred on 4 July with a mountainous stage to Turin in Italy. The race finished in Paris on 16 July.
Stage 1a 25 June 1961 - Rouen to Versailles,
Stage 1a result and General Classification after Stage 1a RiderTeamTime 1 France 2 Italy s.t. 3 France - West/South-West s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Great Britain s.t. 6 Belgium s.t. 7 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.
Stage 1b 25 June 1961 - Versailles, (ITT)
Stage 1b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - Paris/North-East + 2' 32" 3 Italy + 2' 39" 4 France + 2' 43" 5 Switzerland/Luxembourg + 2' 55" 6 Germany + 2' 58" 7 France + 3' 03" 8 Belgium + 3' 05" 9 Italy + 3' 18" 10 Netherlands + 3' 21"General classification after stage 1b Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 4' 46" 3 Italy + 5' 25" 4 Spain s.t. 5 Great Britain + 5' 27" 6 France - West/South-West + 5' 42" 7 Italy + 5' 58" 8 Italy + 6' 13" 9 Italy + 6' 41" 10 Belgium + 6' 56"
Stage 2 26 June 1961 - Pontoise to Roubaix,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Belgium s.t. 3 Italy s.t. 4 France - West/South-West s.t. 5 Spain s.t. 6 France - Centre s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 Germany + 18" 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 4' 46" 3 Italy + 5' 22" 4 Spain s.t. 5 Great Britain + 5' 27" 6 France - West/South-West + 5' 42" 7 Italy + 5' 58" 8 Italy + 6' 13" 9 France + 6' 26" 10 Italy + 6' 41"
Stage 3 27 June 1961 - Roubaix to Charleroi,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Belgium + 2" 3 Belgium + 5" 4 Italy s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 Germany s.t. 7 France - West/South-West s.t. 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 Great Britain s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 4' 46" 3 Italy + 5' 22" 4 Spain s.t. 5 Great Britain + 5' 27" 6 France - West/South-West + 5' 42" 7 Italy + 5' 58" 8 France + 6' 26" 9 Italy + 6' 40" 10 Italy + 6' 41"
Stage 4 28 June 1961 - Charleroi to Metz,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - Centre 2 France s.t. 3 Switzerland/Luxembourg + 1" 4 Netherlands + 35" 5 Italy s.t. 6 France - West/South-West s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Netherlands s.t.General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 3' 59" 3 Italy + 5' 22" 4 Spain + 5' 23" 5 France - West/South-West + 5' 25" 6 Great Britain + 5' 27" 7 Italy + 6' 24" 8 Italy + 6' 28" 9 France + 6' 56" 10 Belgium + 7' 03"
Stage 5 29 June 1961 - Metz to Strasbourg,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - Centre 2 France - Centre + 40" 3 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 4 Netherlands s.t. 5 Netherlands + 4' 36" 6 Italy s.t. 7 France + 4' 56" 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 France - West/South-West s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 3' 58" 3 France - Centre + 4' 41" 4 Netherlands + 5' 04" 5 Italy + 5' 22" 6 Spain + 5' 23" 7 Great Britain + 5' 27" 8 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 France - West/South-West + 6' 25"
Stage 6 30 June 1961 - Strasbourg to Belfort,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy + 4' 41" 3 Spain + 4' 49" 4 France s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Switzerland/Luxembourg s.t. 9 Germany s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - Centre + 5' 21" 3 Italy + 5' 22" 4 Spain + 5' 23" 5 Great Britain + 5' 27" 6 Belgium + 7' 03" 7 Italy + 7' 49" 8 France + 8' 01" 9 Italy + 8' 10" 10 Switzerland/Luxembourg + 8' 13"
Stage 7 1 July 1961 - Belfort to Chalon-sur-Saône,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 1" 3 Belgium s.t. 4 France - West/South-West s.t. 5 France - West/South-West s.t. 6 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 France - Centre s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Spain + 4' 37" 3 France - Centre + 5' 21" 4 Italy + 5' 22" 5 Spain + 5' 23" 6 Great Britain + 5' 27" 7 Belgium + 7' 03" 8 Italy + 7' 49" 9 France + 8' 01" 10 Italy + 8' 10"
Stage 8 2 July 1961 - Chalon-sur-Saône to Saint-Étienne,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - Paris/North-East + 2" 3 France + 3' 39" 4 Italy + 3' 43" 5 France - West/South-West + 4' 09" 6 France + 4' 10" 7 France - West/South-West s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 France - West/South-West s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Spain + 4' 37" 3 France - Centre + 5' 21" 4 Italy + 5' 22" 5 Spain + 5' 23" 6 Great Britain + 5' 27" 7 Belgium + 7' 03" 8 Italy + 7' 55" 9 France - Paris/North-East + 8' 31" 10 France + 8' 07"
Stage 9 3 July 1961 - Saint-Étienne to Grenoble,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland/Luxembourg 2 France + 1' 40" 3 Italy s.t. 4 Germany s.t. 5 Spain s.t. 6 Italy + 3' 31" 7 Spain s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 France - West/South-West + 5' 15" 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Spain + 5' 07" 3 Switzerland/Luxembourg + 6' 03" 4 Italy + 7' 43" 5 Spain + 7' 44" 6 Germany + 8' 46" 7 Italy + 9' 06" 8 France - Centre + 9' 52" 9 France + 10' 42" 10 Italy + 12' 15"
Stage 10 4 July 1961 - Grenoble to Turin,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 France - Centre s.t. 3 Italy + 11' 10" 4 France + 12' 31" 5 France - West/South-West s.t. 6 France - Paris/North-East s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Great Britain s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Spain + 5' 07" 3 Switzerland/Luxembourg + 6' 03" 4 Italy + 7' 43" 5 Spain + 7' 44" 6 Germany + 8' 46" 7 Italy + 9' 06" 8 France - Centre + 9' 52" 9 France + 10' 42" 10 Italy + 10' 54"
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