# List of teams and cyclists in the 1959 Tour de France

In the 1959 Tour de France, the French team included Jacques Anquetil, Louison Bobet, Raphael Géminiani and Roger Riviere, who were all considered possible Tour winners. This also posed a problem, as they all wanted to be team captains, and refused to work for each other. The Spanish team was headed by Federico Bahamontes, who in previous years did not care for flat stages and time trials, and only tried to win the mountains classification. In the 1959 season, Bahamontes had Fausto Coppi as manager, and Coppi convinced Bahamontes to focus on the general classification. The defending champion Charly Gaul was again placed in a mixed team of Luxembourgian and Dutch cyclists, and expected little support. The Italian team did not include Vito Favero and Gastone Nencini, who had performed well in the 1958 Tour. Their team captain was Ercole Baldini, winner of the 1958 Giro d'Italia, but he was not expected to be able to compete against Gaul, Bahamontes and Anquetil. Of the cyclists in the French regional teams, Henri Anglade was the most notable. He was included in the Centre-Midi team,
The cyclists were represented by agents, who negotiated for the prices in post-tour criteriums. There were two major agents: Daniel Dousset, who represented Anquetil, Rivière and Bahamontes, and Piel Poulidor, who represented Anglade. This made it more important for Anquetil to help Bahamontes than Anglade.

## Teams

* Netherlands/Luxembourg (combined)
* Belgium
* Italy
* France
* Spain
* Switzerland/Germany (combined)
* International
* France Centre-Midi
* France Paris North-East
* France West South-West

## Cyclists

Legend :
| No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour |
| Pos. | Position in the general classification |
| DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish |

### By starting number

| No. | Name | Nationality | Team | Pos. |
| 1 | Charly Gaul | Luxembourg | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 12 |
| 2 | Aldo Bolzan | Italy | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 45 |
| 3 | Marcel Ernzer | Luxembourg | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 33 |
| 4 | Jean-Pierre Schmitz | Luxembourg | Netherlands/Luxembourg | DNF |
| 5 | Piet Damen | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 27 |
| 6 | Daan de Groot | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | DNF |
| 7 | Piet De Jongh | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | DNF |
| 8 | Jaap Kersten | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | 50 |
| 9 | Bram Kool | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | DNF |
| 10 | Martin Van Den Borgh | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | DNF |
| 11 | Piet van Est | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | DNF |
| 12 | Gerrit Voorting | Netherlands | Netherlands/Luxembourg | DNF |
| 21 | Jan Adriaensens | Belgium | Belgium | 7 |
| 22 | Jean Brankart | Belgium | Belgium | 10 |
| 23 | Kamiel Buysse | Belgium | Belgium | 61 |
| 24 | Fred De Bruyne | Belgium | Belgium | 31 |
| 25 | Armand Desmet | Belgium | Belgium | 23 |
| 26 | Jos Hoevenaers | Belgium | Belgium | 8 |
| 27 | Marcel Janssens | Belgium | Belgium | 25 |
| 28 | Eddy Pauwels | Belgium | Belgium | 11 |
| 29 | Jef Planckaert | Belgium | Belgium | 17 |
| 30 | Michel Van Aerde | Belgium | Belgium | 22 |
| 31 | Martin Van Geneugden | Belgium | Belgium | 53 |
| 32 | Guillaume Van Tongerloo | Belgium | Belgium | DNF |
| 41 | Pierino Baffi | Italy | Italy | 60 |
| 42 | Ercole Baldini | Italy | Italy | 6 |
| 43 | Waldemaro Bartolozzi | Italy | Italy | 57 |
| 44 | Dino Bruni | Italy | Italy | 64 |
| 45 | Aurelio Cestari | Italy | Italy | 38 |
| 46 | Nello Fabbri | Italy | Italy | 42 |
| 47 | Roberto Falaschi | Italy | Italy | DNF |
| 48 | Giuseppe Fallarini | Italy | Italy | DNF |
| 49 | Vito Favero | Italy | Italy | DNF |
| 50 | Michele Gismondi | Italy | Italy | 30 |
| 51 | Arigo Padovan | Italy | Italy | 52 |
| 52 | Ernesto Bono | Italy | Italy | 36 |
| 61 | Jacques Anquetil | France | France | 3 |
| 62 | Louison Bobet | France | France | DNF |
| 63 | Robert Cazala | France | France | 32 |
| 64 | André Darrigade | France | France | 16 |
| 65 | Pierre Everaert | France | France | DNF |
| 66 | Raphaël Géminiani | France | France | 28 |
| 67 | Jean Graczyk | France | France | 35 |
| 68 | Roger Hassenforder | France | France | DNF |
| 69 | Raymond Mastrotto | France | France | DNF |
| 70 | René Privat | France | France | DNF |
| 71 | Roger Rivière | France | France | 4 |
| 72 | Jean Stablinski | France | France | DNF |
| 81 | Federico Bahamontes | Spain | Spain | 1 |
| 82 | José Berrendero | Spain | Spain | DNF |
| 83 | Juan Campillo Garcia | Spain | Spain | 58 |
| 84 | José Gómez del Moral | Spain | Spain | 47 |
| 85 | Jesús Galdeano | Spain | Spain | DNF |
| 86 | Aniceto Utset | Spain | Spain | DNF |
| 87 | René Marigil | Spain | Spain | DNF |
| 88 | Fernando Manzaneque | Spain | Spain | 14 |
| 89 | Luis Otaño | Spain | Spain | DNF |
| 90 | Julio San Emeterio | Spain | Spain | 40 |
| 91 | Carmelo Morales | Spain | Spain | 43 |
| 92 | Antonio Suárez | Spain | Spain | DNF |
| 101 | Ernest Ecuyer | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | DNF |
| 102 | Rolf Graf | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | 21 |
| 103 | Hans Hollenstein | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | DNF |
| 104 | Emanuel Plattner | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | DNF |
| 105 | Max Schellenberg | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | DNF |
| 106 | Attilio Moresi | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | DNF |
| 107 | Ernst Traxel | Switzerland | Switzerland/Germany | 55 |
| 108 | Otto Altweck | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | DNF |
| 109 | Lothar Friedrich | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | 18 |
| 110 | Mathias Löder | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | DNF |
| 111 | Winfried Ommer | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | DNF |
| 112 | Frans Reitz | West Germany | Switzerland/Germany | 49 |
| 121 | Adolf Christian | Austria | International | 41 |
| 122 | Richard Durlacher | Austria | International | DNF |
| 123 | Arne Jonsson | Denmark | International | DNF |
| 124 | Ole-Bent Retvig | Denmark | International | DNF |
| 125 | John Andrews | Great Britain | International | DNF |
| 126 | Tony Hewson | Great Britain | International | DNF |
| 127 | Brian Robinson | Great Britain | International | 19 |
| 128 | Seamus Elliott | Ireland | International | DNF |
| 129 | Victor Sutton | Great Britain | International | 37 |
| 130 | Tadeusz Wierucki | Poland | International | DNF |
| 131 | Antonino Baptista | Portugal | International | DNF |
| 132 | José Sousa Cardoso | Portugal | International | DNF |
| 141 | Jean Anastasi | France | France - Centre/Midi | DNF |
| 142 | Henry Anglade | France | France - Centre/Midi | 2 |
| 143 | Louis Bergaud | France | France - Centre/Midi | 13 |
| 144 | Louis Bisilliat | France | France - Centre/Midi | 65 |
| 145 | Emmanuel Busto | France | France - Centre/Midi | 39 |
| 146 | Michel Dejouhannet | France | France - Centre/Midi | DNF |
| 147 | Jean Dotto | France | France - Centre/Midi | 15 |
| 148 | Jean Forestier | France | France - Centre/Midi | 34 |
| 149 | Bernard Gauthier | France | France - Centre/Midi | DNF |
| 150 | Valentin Huot | France | France - Centre/Midi | 48 |
| 151 | Marcel Rohrbach | France | France - Centre/Midi | 51 |
| 152 | Louis Rostollan | France | France - Centre/Midi | 59 |
| 161 | Jean-Claude Annaert | France | France - Paris/North-East | DNF |
| 162 | Jean Hoffmann | France | France - Paris/North-East | DNF |
| 163 | Jacques Champion | France | France - Paris/North-East | DNF |
| 164 | Édouard Delberghe | France | France - Paris/North-East | 54 |
| 165 | Raymond Hoorelbeke | France | France - Paris/North-East | 29 |
| 166 | Stéphane Lach | France | France - Paris/North-East | DNF |
| 167 | André Le Dissez | France | France - Paris/North-East | DNF |
| 168 | Jean-Claude Lefebvre | France | France - Paris/North-East | DNF |
| 169 | Orphée Meneghini | France | France - Paris/North-East | DNF |
| 170 | René Pavard | France | France - Paris/North-East | DNF |
| 171 | Jean Robic | France | France - Paris/North-East | DNF |
| 172 | Michel Vermeulin | France | France - Paris/North-East | 20 |
| 181 | Max Bleneau | France | France - West/South-West | 63 |
| 182 | Albert Bouvet | France | France - West/South-West | DNF |
| 183 | Jean Gainche | France | France - West/South-West | DNF |
| 184 | Joseph Groussard | France | France - West/South-West | 56 |
| 185 | Félix Lebuhotel | France | France - West/South-West | 46 |
| 186 | François Mahé | France | France - West/South-West | 5 |
| 187 | Fernand Picot | France | France - West/South-West | 44 |
| 188 | Francis Pipelin | France | France - West/South-West | DNF |
| 189 | Marcel Queheille | France | France - West/South-West | 26 |
| 190 | Gérard Saint | France | France - West/South-West | 9 |
| 191 | Tino Sabbadini | France | France - West/South-West | 62 |
| 192 | Joseph Thomin | France | France - West/South-West | 24 |

### By team

Netherlands/Luxembourg :
| Netherlands/Luxembourg No.RiderPos. 1  Charly Gaul (LUX) 12 2  Aldo Bolzan (ITA) 45 3  Marcel Ernzer (LUX) 33 4  Jean-Pierre Schmitz (LUX) DNF 5  Piet Damen (NED) 27 6  Daan de Groot (NED) DNF 7  Piet De Jongh (NED) DNF 8  Jaap Kersten (NED) 50 9  Abraham Kool (NED) DNF 10  Martin Van Den Borgh (NED) DNF 11  Piet van Est (NED) DNF 12  Gerrit Voorting (NED) DNF | Belgium No.RiderPos. 21  Jan Adriaensens (BEL) 7 22  Jean Brankart (BEL) 10 23  Kamiel Buysse (BEL) 61 24  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) 31 25  Armand Desmet (BEL) 23 26  Jos Hoevenaers (BEL) 8 27  Marcel Janssens (BEL) 25 28  Eddy Pauwels (BEL) 11 29  Jef Planckaert (BEL) 17 30  Michel Van Aerde (BEL) 22 31  Martin Van Geneugden (BEL) 53 32  Guillaume Van Tongerloo (BEL) DNF | Italy No.RiderPos. 41  Pierino Baffi (ITA) 60 42  Ercole Baldini (ITA) 6 43  Waldemaro Bartolozzi (ITA) 57 44  Dino Bruni (ITA) 64 45  Aurelio Cestari (ITA) 38 46  Nello Fabbri (ITA) 42 47  Roberto Falaschi (ITA) DNF 48  Giuseppe Fallarini (ITA) DNF 49  Vito Favero (ITA) DNF 50  Michele Gismondi (ITA) 30 51  Arigo Padovan (ITA) 52 52  Ernesto Bono (ITA) 36 |
| France No.RiderPos. 61  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) 3 62  Louison Bobet (FRA) DNF 63  Robert Cazala (FRA) 32 64  André Darrigade (FRA) 16 65  Pierre Everaert (FRA) DNF 66  Raphaël Géminiani (FRA) 28 67  Jean Graczyk (FRA) 35 68  Roger Hassenforder (FRA) DNF 69  Raymond Mastrotto (FRA) DNF 70  René Privat (FRA) DNF 71  Roger Rivière (FRA) 4 72  Jean Stablinski (FRA) DNF | Spain No.RiderPos. 81  Federico Bahamontes (ESP) 1 82  José Berrendero (ESP) DNF 83  Juan Campillo Garcia (ESP) 58 84  José Gómez del Moral (ESP) 47 85  Jesús Galdeano (ESP) DNF 86  Aniceto Utset (ESP) DNF 87  René Marigil (ESP) DNF 88  Fernando Manzaneque (ESP) 14 89  Luis Otaño (ESP) DNF 90  Julio San Emeterio (ESP) 40 91  Carmelo Morales (ESP) 43 92  Antonio Suárez (ESP) DNF | Switzerland/Germany No.RiderPos. 101  Ernest Ecuyer (SUI) DNF 102  Rolf Graf (SUI) 21 103  Hans Hollenstein (SUI) DNF 104  Emmanuel Plattner (SUI) DNF 105  Max Schellenberg (SUI) DNF 106  Attilio Moresi (SUI) DNF 107  Ernst Traxel (SUI) 55 108  Otto Altweck (FRG) DNF 109  Lothar Friedrich (FRG) 18 110  Mathias Löder (FRG) DNF 111  Winfried Ommer (FRG) DNF 112  Frans Reitz (FRG) 49 |
| International No.RiderPos. 121  Adolf Christian (AUT) 41 122  Richard Durlacher (AUT) DNF 123  Arne Jonsson (DEN) DNF 124  Ole-Bent Retvig (DEN) DNF 125  John Andrews (GBR) DNF 126  Tony Hewson (GBR) DNF 127  Brian Robinson (GBR) 19 128  Seamus Elliott (IRL) DNF 129  Victor Sutton (GBR) 37 130  Tadeusz Wierucki (POL) DNF 131  Antonino Baptista (POR) DNF 132  José Sousa Cardoso (POR) DNF | France - Centre/Midi No.RiderPos. 141  Jean Anastasi (FRA) DNF 142  Henry Anglade (FRA) 2 143  Louis Bergaud (FRA) 13 144  Louis Bisilliat (FRA) 65 145  Emmanuel Busto (FRA) 39 146  Michel Dejouhannet (FRA) DNF 147  Jean Dotto (FRA) 15 148  Jean Forestier (FRA) 34 149  Bernard Gauthier (FRA) DNF 150  Valentin Huot (FRA) 48 151  Marcel Rohrbach (FRA) 51 152  Louis Rostollan (FRA) 59 | France - Paris/North-East No.RiderPos. 161  Jean-Claude Annaert (FRA) DNF 162  Jean Hoffmann (FRA) DNF 163  Jacques Champion (FRA) DNF 164  Édouard Delberghe (FRA) 54 165  Raymond Hoorelbeke (FRA) 29 166  Stéphane Lach (FRA) DNF 167  André Le Dissez (FRA) DNF 168  Jean-Claude Lefebvre (FRA) DNF 169  Orphée Meneghini (FRA) DNF 170  René Pavard (FRA) DNF 171  Jean Robic (FRA) DNF 172  Michel Vermeulin (FRA) 20 |
| France - West/South-West No.RiderPos. 181  Max Bleneau (FRA) 63 182  Albert Bouvet (FRA) DNF 183  Jean Gainche (FRA) DNF 184  Joseph Groussard (FRA) 56 185  Félix Lebuhotel (FRA) 46 186  François Mahé (FRA) 5 187  Fernand Picot (FRA) 44 188  Francis Pipelin (FRA) DNF 189  Marcel Queheille (FRA) 26 190  Gérard Saint (FRA) 9 191  Tino Sabbadini (FRA) 62 192  Joseph Thomin (FRA) 24 |