1959 Tour de France
Route and stages
The 1959 Tour de France started on 25 June in Mulhouse, and had two rest days, in Bayonne and Saint-Étienne.

1959 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The 1959 Tour de France started on 25 June in Mulhouse, and had two rest days, in Bayonne and Saint-Étienne.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	25 June	Mulhouse to Metz	238 km (148 mi)	Plain stage	André Darrigade (FRA)

2	26 June	Metz to Namur (Belgium)	234 km (145 mi)	Plain stage	Vito Favero (ITA)

3	27 June	Namur (Belgium) to Roubaix	217 km (135 mi)	Plain stage	Robert Cazala (FRA)

4	28 June	Roubaix to Rouen	230 km (140 mi)	Plain stage	Dino Bruni (ITA)

5	29 June	Rouen to Rennes	286 km (178 mi)	Plain stage	Jean Graczyk (FRA)

6	30 June	Blain to Nantes	45 km (28 mi)	Individual time trial	Roger Rivière (FRA)

7	1 July	Nantes to La Rochelle	190 km (120 mi)	Plain stage	Roger Hassenforder (FRA)

8	2 July	La Rochelle to Bordeaux	201 km (125 mi)	Plain stage	Michel Dejouhannet (FRA)

9	3 July	Bordeaux to Bayonne	207 km (129 mi)	Plain stage	Marcel Queheille (FRA)

4 July	Bayonne	Rest day

10	5 July	Bayonne to Bagnères-de-Bigorre	235 km (146 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Marcel Janssens (BEL)

11	6 July	Bagnères-de-Bigorre to Saint-Gaudens	119 km (74 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	André Darrigade (FRA)

12	7 July	Saint-Gaudens to Albi	184 km (114 mi)	Plain stage	Rolf Graf (SUI)

13	8 July	Albi to Aurillac	219 km (136 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Henry Anglade (FRA)

14	9 July	Aurillac to Clermont-Ferrand	231 km (144 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	André Le Dissez (FRA)

15	10 July	Puy de Dôme	12 km (7.5 mi)	Mountain time trial	Federico Bahamontes (ESP)

16	11 July	Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Étienne	210 km (130 mi)	Plain stage	Dino Bruni (ITA)

12 July	Saint-Étienne	Rest day

17	13 July	Saint-Étienne to Grenoble	197 km (122 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Charly Gaul (LUX)

18	14 July	Grenoble to Saint-Vincent (Italy)	243 km (151 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Ercole Baldini (ITA)

19	15 July	Saint-Vincent (Italy) to Annecy	251 km (156 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Rolf Graf (SUI)

20	16 July	Annecy to Chalon-sur-Saône	202 km (126 mi)	Plain stage	Brian Robinson (GBR)

21	17 July	Seurre to Dijon	69 km (43 mi)	Individual time trial	Roger Rivière (FRA)

22	18 July	Dijon to Paris	331 km (206 mi)	Plain stage	Joseph Groussard (FRA)

Total	4,358 km (2,708 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1959, Tour de France included 22 stages over 4,358 km (2,708 mi).

final_sentence: The 1959, Tour de France included 22 stages over 4,358 km (2,708 mi).