Route de France 1958

The 45. Route de France found of 26. June to 19. July 1958 instead of and led on 24 stages across 4319 km.

The route de France 1958 began as in the two years before with a stage-win of the Frenchman André Darrigade. After the yellow leotard changed the carrier in the first week several times, it lands after a second stage-win of Darrigade again with the driver the French national man shank.

In the Pyreneeses the Italian Vito Favero you transferred total guidance, which it lost when mountain time driving on the Mont Ventoux the Frenchman Raphaël Géminiani. On the last heavy mountain-grope in the alps attacked the Luxemburger Charly Gaul and drove out during an however travel 12 minutes projection/lead on Géminiani, the yellow leotard moved again to Favero, which had likewise made time on Géminiani good. On this stage from Briançon to Aix les Bains the weather was cold and it rained, Géminiani, which drove for the regional team “ cent ral Midi “, deplored themselves later over the support lacking of the French national team.

Gaul, which mountain-gropes beside already the first two time driving had won, could decide also the last time driving for itself. Thus it displaced Favero and Géminiani and took over on the next to last stage the yellow leotard. To the last time driving previous year winner Jacques Anquetil did not begin after stomach problems, he up to this time the sieved seat of the total valuation had reserved and could not in the fight for the route victory any longer intervene.

The last stage was overshadowed by the death of an official in the park of the Princes after a collision with André Darrigade, which could win altogether five stages with the route 1958. The green leotard won the Frenchman Jean Graczyk, Federico Bahamontes won for the second time after 1954 the mountain valuation.

the stages

Web on the left of

• drivers and results
• review on the official side of the route de France (English)