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1962 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 10


Route of the 1962 Tour de France; followed counterclockwise, starting in Nancy and finishing in Paris

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 4,274 km (2,656 mi). 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.

Legend
Denotes the leader of the general classificationDenotes the leader of the points classification

24 June 1962 — Nancy to Spa (Belgium), 253 km (157 mi)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson6h 36' 33"
2André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
3Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 0"
4Jos Hoevenaers (BEL)Philco+ 0"
5Guido Carlesi (ITA)Philco+ 0"
6Gilbert Desmet (BEL)Carpano+ 0"
7Piet van Est (NED)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 0"
8Luis Otaño (ESP)Philco+ 0"
9Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
10Hans Junkermann (BEL)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 0"
1Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson6h 35' 33"
2André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 30"
3Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 00"
4Jos Hoevenaers (BEL)Philco+ 1' 00"
5Guido Carlesi (ITA)Philco+ 1' 00"
6Gilbert Desmet (BEL)Carpano+ 1' 00"
7Piet van Est (NED)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 00"
8Luis Otaño (ESP)Philco+ 1' 00"
9Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 1' 00"
10Hans Junkermann (FRG)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 1' 00"

25 June 1962 — Spa (Belgium) to Herentals (Belgium), 147 km (91 mi)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani3h 40' 48"
2Frans Melckenbeeck (FRA)Mercier–BP–Hutchinson+ 0"
3Willy Vannitsen (BEL)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 0"
4Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 0"
5Joseph Groussard (FRA)Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune+ 0"
6Bas Maliepaard (NED)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
7Giuseppe Zorzi (ITA)Ignis–Moschettieri+ 0"
8Piet van Est (NED)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 0"
9Frans De Mulder (BEL)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 0"
10Frans Schoubben (BEL)Peugeot–BP–Dunlop+ 0"
1André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani10h 15' 51"
2Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 30"
3Jacques Anquetil (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 1' 30"
4Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 1' 30"
5Michel Stolker (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 1' 30"
6Ercole Baldini (ITA)Ignis–Moschettieri+ 1' 30"
7Gastone Nencini (ITA)Ignis–Moschettieri+ 1' 30"
8Diego Ronchini (ITA)Ghigi+ 1' 30"
9Antonio Suárez (ESP)Ghigi+ 1' 30"
10Henry Anglade (FRA)Liberia–Grammont–Wolber+ 1' 30"

25 June 1962 — Herentals (Belgium), 23 km (14 mi) (TTT)

RankTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Flandria–Faema–Clément1h 27' 03"
2Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 1' 15"
3Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 1' 33"
4Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 1' 42"
5Ghigi+ 2' 06"
6Philco+ 2' 42"
7Ignis–Moschettieri+ 3' 03"
8Margnat–Paloma–D'Alessandro+ 3' 36"
9Carpano+ 4' 39"
10Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune+ 4' 57"
1André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani10h 45' 17"
2Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 36"
3Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 05"
4Piet van Est (NED)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 05"
5Jef Planckaert (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 05"
6Armand Desmet (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 50"
7Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 1' 30"
8Jacques Anquetil (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 1' 36"
9Michel Stolker (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 1' 36"
10Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 1' 36"

26 June 1962 — Brussels to Amiens, 210 km (130 mi)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson5h 32' 20"
2Joseph Groussard (FRA)Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune+ 0"
3Willy Vannitsen (BEL)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 0"
4Emile Daems (BEL)Philco+ 0"
5André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
6Jean Graczyk (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 0"
7Michel Van Aerde (BEL)Carpano+ 0"
8Jean Gainche (FRA)Mercier–BP–Hutchinson+ 0"
9Guido Carlesi (ITA)Philco+ 0"
10Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 0"
1Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson16h 17' 13"
2André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 24"
3Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 29"
4Jef Planckaert (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 29"
5Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 1' 54"
6Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 00"
7Jacques Anquetil (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 00"
8Michel Stolker (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 00"
9Hans Junkermann (FRG)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 2' 03"
10Antonio Suárez (ESP)Ghigi+ 2' 11"

27 June 1962 — Amiens to Le Havre, 196.5 km (122.1 mi)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Willy Vanden Berghen (BEL)Mercier–BP–Hutchinson4h 51' 17"
2Dino Bruni (ITA)Gazzola–Fiorelli–Hutchinson+ 0"
3Rolf Wolfshohl (FRG)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
4Giancarlo Manzoni (ITA)Legnano–Pirelli+ 0"
5Jean-Claude Lebaube (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
6Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 15"
7Frans Melckenbeeck (FRA)Mercier–BP–Hutchinson+ 2' 15"
8Tiziano Galvanin (ITA)Legnano–Pirelli+ 2' 15"
9Arthur Decabooter (BEL)Liberia–Grammont–Wolber+ 2' 15"
10Jean Graczyk (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 15"
1Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson21h 10' 45"
2André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 35"
3Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 29"
4Jef Planckaert (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 29"
5Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 1' 54"
6Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 00"
7Jacques Anquetil (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 00"
8Michel Stolker (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 00"
9Hans Junkermann (FRG)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 2' 03"
10Antonio Suárez (ESP)Ghigi+ 2' 11"

28 June 1962 — Pont l'Evêque to Saint-Malo, 215 km (134 mi)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Emile Daems (BEL)Philco5h 21' 48"
2Jean Graczyk (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2"
3Giancarlo Manzoni (ITA)Ignis–Moschettieri+ 2"
4Arthur Decabooter (BEL)Liberia–Grammont–Wolber+ 2"
5Michel Van Aerde (BEL)Carpano+ 2"
6Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 2"
7Jean Gainche (FRA)Mercier–BP–Hutchinson+ 2"
8Bas Maliepaard (NED)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 2"
9Joseph Velly (FRA)Margnat–Paloma–D'Alessandro+ 2"
10Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2"
1Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson26h 32' 00"
2André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 35"
3Emile Daems (BEL)Philco+ 1' 21"
4Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 29"
5Jef Planckaert (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 29"
6Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 1' 54"
7Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 00"
8Jacques Anquetil (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 00"
9Michel Stolker (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 00"
10Hans Junkermann (FRG)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 2' 03"

29 June 1962 — Dinard to Brest, 235.5 km (146.3 mi)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Robert Cazala (FRA)Mercier–BP–Hutchinson5h 41' 21"
2Willy Vanden Berghen (BEL)Mercier–BP–Hutchinson+ 0"
3Daniel Doom (BEL)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 0"
4Rolf Wolfshohl (FRG)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
5Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 0"
6Guy Ignolin (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
7Francesco Miele (ITA)Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune+ 0"
8Willy Schroeders (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 0"
9Édouard Bihouée (FRA)Mercier–BP–Hutchinson+ 0"
10Jos Hoevenaers (BEL)Philco+ 0"
1Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson32h 15' 56"
2Jos Hoevenaers (BEL)Philco+ 23"
3Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 3' 14"
4André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 3' 49"
5Emile Daems (BEL)Philco+ 4' 35"
6Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 4' 43"
7Jef Planckaert (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 4' 43"
8Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 5' 08"
9Jacques Anquetil (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 5' 14"
10Michel Stolker (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 5' 14"

30 June 1962 — Quimper to Saint-Nazaire, 201 km (125 mi)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Huub Zilverberg (NED)Flandria–Faema–Clément4h 30' 55"
2Bas Maliepaard (NED)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
3Pierino Baffi (ITA)Ghigi+ 5"
4Jean-Baptiste Claes (BEL)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 5"
5Piet van Est (NED)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 5"
6Jef Planckaert (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 5"
7Joseph Thomin (FRA)Margnat–Paloma–D'Alessandro+ 5"
8Fedele Rubagotti (ITA)Legnano–Pirelli+ 5"
9Imerio Massignan (ITA)Legnano–Pirelli+ 5"
10Italo Mazzacurati (ITA)Ignis–Moschettieri+ 5"
1Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson36h 48' 37"
2Jos Hoevenaers (BEL)Philco+ 23"
3André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 2' 22"
4Jef Planckaert (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 3' 02"
5Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 3' 07"
6Hans Junkermann (FRG)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 3' 50"
7Piet van Est (NED)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 3' 54"
8Emile Daems (BEL)Philco+ 4' 35"
9Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 4' 43"
10Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 5' 08"

1 July 1962 — Saint-Nazaire to Luçon, 155 km (96 mi)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Mario Minieri (ITA)Ghigi3h 29' 01"
2Rino Benedetti (ITA)Ignis–Moschettieri+ 0"
3Jean Graczyk (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 0"
4Bas Maliepaard (NED)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
5Dino Bruni (ITA)Gazzola–Fiorelli–Hutchinson+ 0"
6André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 0"
7Edgard Sorgeloos (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 0"
8Bernard Viot (FRA)Peugeot–BP–Dunlop+ 0"
9Michel Van Aerde (BEL)Carpano+ 0"
10Pino Cerami (BEL)Peugeot–BP–Dunlop+ 0"
1André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani40h 20' 00"
2Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 2' 46"
3Luis Otaño (ESP)Philco+ 3' 40"
4Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 3' 41"
5Gilbert Desmet (BEL)Carpano+ 3' 54"
6Willy Schroeders (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 4' 00"
7Jos Hoevenaers (BEL)Philco+ 4' 04"
8Henry Anglade (FRA)Liberia–Grammont–Wolber+ 4' 07"
9Jean Stablinski (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 4' 40"
10Michel Van Aerde (BEL)Carpano+ 5' 42"

1 July 1962 — Luçon to La Rochelle, 43 km (27 mi) (ITT)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Jacques Anquetil (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson54' 04"
2Ercole Baldini (ITA)Ignis–Moschettieri+ 22"
3Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 46"
4Jef Planckaert (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 1' 07"
5Antonio Suárez (ESP)Ghigi+ 1' 25"
6Guido Carlesi (ITA)Philco+ 1' 41"
7Willy Vanden Berghen (BEL)Mercier–BP–Hutchinson+ 1' 49"
8Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 1' 54"
9Diego Ronchini (ITA)Ghigi+ 1' 55"
10Antonio Bailetti (ITA)Carpano+ 1' 58"
1André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani41h 18in 18"
2Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 51"
3Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 1' 21"
4Gilbert Desmet (BEL)Carpano+ 1' 59"
5Henry Anglade (FRA)Liberia–Grammont–Wolber+ 2' 00"
6Luis Otaño (ESP)Philco+ 2' 16"
7Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 3' 20"
8Jean Stablinski (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 3' 21"
9Jos Hoevenaers (BEL)Philco+ 3' 35"
10Jef Planckaert (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 3' 36"

2 July 1962 — La Rochelle to Bordeaux, 214 km (133 mi)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Antonio Bailetti (ITA)Carpano5h 11' 17"
2Jean Graczyk (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 0"
3Franco Magnani (ITA)Ghigi+ 0"
4Huub Zilverberg (NED)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 0"
5Willy Schroeders (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 0"
6Frans Melckenbeeck (FRA)Mercier–BP–Hutchinson+ 0"
7Jean-Baptiste Claes (BEL)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw+ 0"
8Édouard Delberghe (FRA)Liberia–Grammont–Wolber+ 0"
9Alan Ramsbottom (GBR)Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune+ 0"
10Jean Milesi (FRA)Liberia–Grammont–Wolber+ 0"
1Willy Schroeders (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément46h 33' 41"
2André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 45"
3Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 1' 36"
4Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 06"
5Gilbert Desmet (BEL)Carpano+ 2' 44"
6Henry Anglade (FRA)Liberia–Grammont–Wolber+ 2' 45"
7Luis Otaño (ESP)Philco+ 3' 01"
8Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 4' 05"
9Jean Stablinski (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 4' 06"
10Jos Hoevenaers (BEL)Philco+ 4' 20"

3 July 1962 — Bordeaux to Bayonne, 184.5 km (114.6 mi)

RankRiderTeamTimeRankRiderTeamTime
1Willy Vannitsen (BEL)Wiel's–Groene Leeuw4h 54' 2"
2Giancarlo Manzoni (ITA)Ignis–Moschettieri+ 0"
3Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 0"
4Bernard Viot (FRA)Peugeot–BP–Dunlop+ 0"
5Jean Graczyk (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 0"
6Giancarlo Gentina (ITA)Carpano+ 0"
7Rik Van Looy (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 0"
8Michel Van Aerde (BEL)Carpano+ 0"
9Gilbert Desmet (BEL)Carpano+ 0"
10Arthur Decabooter (BEL)Liberia–Grammont–Wolber+ 0"
1Willy Schroeders (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément51h 27' 43"
2André Darrigade (FRA)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 45"
3Tom Simpson (GBR)Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani+ 1' 36"
4Albertus Geldermans (NED)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 2' 06"
5Gilbert Desmet (BEL)Carpano+ 2' 44"
6Henry Anglade (FRA)Liberia–Grammont–Wolber+ 2' 45"
7Luis Otaño (ESP)Philco+ 3' 01"
8Rudi Altig (FRG)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 4' 05"
9Jean Stablinski (FRA)Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson+ 4' 06"
10Jef Planckaert (BEL)Flandria–Faema–Clément+ 4' 21"
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