1962, Sport: Jacques Anquetil - Tour de France 1962

The French cyclist Jacques Anquetil wins the Tour de France on July 15, 1962 for the third time. For the first time “The Tour” was contested by trade teams instead of national teams. The Belgian Jef Planckaert placed second, and Raymond Poulidor was third. It was the 49th Tour de France, taking place from June 24 to July 15, 1962. It consisted of 22 stages over 4274 km.

General classification (1-10):

• Jacques Anquetil (France) 114h 31' 54"
• Jef Planckaert (Belgium) + 4' 59"
• Raymond Poulidor (France) + 10' 24"
• Gilbert Desmet (Belgium) + 13' 01"
• Albertus Geldermans (Netherlands) + 14' 05"
• Tom Simpson (UK) + 17' 09"
• Imerio Massignan (Italy) + 17' 50"
• Ercole Baldini (Italy) + 19' 00"
• Charly Gaul (Luxembourg) + 19' 11"
• Eddy Pauwels (Belgium) + 23' 04"

Ab Geldermans, Jacques Anquetil and Mies Stolker

Points classification (1-10):

• Rudi Altig (West Germany) 173
• Emile Daems (Belgium) 144
• Jean Graczyk (France) 140
• Rino Benedetti (Italy) 135
• André Darrigade (France) 131
• Jacques Anquetil (France) 99
• Willy Vannitsen (Belgium) 83
• Jef Planckaert (Belgium) 77
• Gilbert Desmet (Belgium) 76
• Raymond Poulidor (France) 73

Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor

Mountains classification (1-10):

• Federico Bahamontes (Spain) 137
• Imerio Massignan (Italy) 77
• Raymond Poulidor (France) 70
• Charly Gaul (Luxembourg) 58
• Jef Planckaert (Belgium) 37
• Eddy Pauwels (Belgium) 35
• Rolf Wolfshohl (West Germany) 33
• Juan Campillo (Spain) 32
• Jacques Anquetil (France) 31
• Emile Daems (Belgium) 18

Rik Van Looy

Team classification (1-10):

• Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson
• Mercier–BP–Hutchinson
• Flandria–Faema–Clément
• Wiel's–Groene Leeuw
• Gitane–Leroux–Dunlop–R. Geminiani
• Philco
• Ignis–Moschettieri
• Gazzola–Fiorelli–Hutchinson
• Margnat–Paloma–D'Alessandro
• Carpano

Rudi Altig

Super-combativity award (1–5):

• Eddy Pauwels (Belgium) 313
• Henry Anglade (France) 137
• Rolf Wolfshohl (West Germany) 133
• Raymond Poulidor (France) 112
• Rik Van Looy (Belgium) 35

First Stage: Nancy - Spa