Overview of the year 1962

Date: June 24 - July 15 1962
Nancy - Paris | total distance: 4274.0 km | number of stages: 22

Winner: Jacques Anquetil | St-Raphael | France | age: 28
time: 114hr 31min 45sec | average speed: 37.317 km/h
2nd place: Josef Planckaert (+ 4min 59sec)
3rd place: Raymond Poulidor (+ 10min 24sec)
winning team: St-Raphael
number of participants: 149 (finished: 94 |not finished: 55)
Jerseys winners:
 Jacques Anquetil
 Rudi Altig
 Federico Bahamontes

Stages in 1962

number of stages in this year*: 24 | display finish towns on map
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage

STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed
1Nancy - Spa  253.0 km  GER  Rudi ALTIG  6:36:33  38.3 km/h
2aSpa - Herentals  147.0 km  FRA  André DARRIGADE  3:40:48  39.9 km/h
2bHerentals - Herentals  23.0 km  BEL  Faema–Flandria–Clement   0:29:01  47.6 km/h
3Brussel - Amiens  210.0 km  GER  Rudi ALTIG  5:32:20  37.9 km/h
4Amiens - Le Havre  196.5 km  BEL  Willy VANDEN BERGHEN  4:51:17  40.5 km/h
5Pont l´Evêque - Saint-Malo  215.0 km  BEL  Emile DAEMS  5:21:48  40.1 km/h
6Dinard - Brest  235.5 km  FRA  Robert CAZALA  5:41:21  41.4 km/h
7Quimper - Saint-Nazaire  201.0 km  NED  Hubertus ZILVERBERG  4:30:55  44.5 km/h
8aSaint-Nazaire - Luçon  155.0 km  ITA  Mario MINIERI  3:29:01  44.5 km/h
8bLuçon - La Rochelle  43.0 km  FRA  Jacques ANQUETIL  0:54:04  47.7 km/h
9La Rochelle - Bordeaux  214.0 km  ITA  Antonio BAILETTI  5:11:17  41.2 km/h
10Bordeaux - Bayonne  184.5 km  BEL  Willy VANNITSEN  4:54:02  37.6 km/h
11Bayonne - Pau  155.5 km  BEL  Eddy PAUWELS  3:54:36  39.8 km/h
12Pau - Saint-Gaudens  207.5 km  FRA  Robert CAZALA  5:59:27  34.6 km/h
13Luchon - Superbagnères  18.3 km  ESP  Federico BAHAMONTES  0:47:23  23.2 km/h
14Luchon - Carcassonne  215.0 km  FRA  Jean STABLINSKI  6:01:50  35.7 km/h
15Carcassonne - Montpellier  196.5 km  BEL  Willy VANNITSEN  5:12:44  37.7 km/h
16Montpellier - Aix-en-Provence  185.0 km  BEL  Emile DAEMS  4:33:13  40.6 km/h
17Aix-en-Provence - Antibes  201.0 km  GER  Rudi ALTIG  5:27:36  36.8 km/h
18Antibes - Briançon  241.5 km  BEL  Emile DAEMS  9:20:06  25.9 km/h
19Briançon - Aix-les-Bains  204.5 km  FRA  Raymond POULIDOR  6:25:32  31.8 km/h
20Bourgoin-Jallieu - Lyon  68.0 km  FRA  Jacques ANQUETIL  1:33:35  43.6 km/h
21Lyon - Nevers  232.0 km  ITA  Dino BRUNI  6:27:02  36.0 km/h
22Nevers - Paris  271.0 km  ITA  Rino BENEDETTI  6:50:49  39.6 km/h

Winners of stages in 1962 by nations (6):
BEL » 8 | FRA » 7 | ITA » 4 | GER » 3 | NED » 1 | ESP » 1 |
Winners of stages in 1962 by cyclists (17):
Emile DAEMS » 3 | Rudi ALTIG » 3 | Jacques ANQUETIL » 2 | Robert CAZALA » 2 | Willy VANNITSEN » 2 | Dino BRUNI » 1 | Willy VANDEN BERGHEN » 1 | Jean STABLINSKI » 1 | André DARRIGADE » 1 | Hubertus ZILVERBERG » 1 | Eddy PAUWELS » 1 | Rino BENEDETTI » 1 | Antonio BAILETTI » 1 | Raymond POULIDOR » 1 | Faema–Flandria–Clement » 1 | Mario MINIERI » 1 | Federico BAHAMONTES » 1 |

Climbs in 1962

number of categorized climbs in this year*: 13 | display climbs on map
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category


Winners of categorised climbs in 1962 by nations (3):
ESP » 7 | FRA » 5 | BEL » 1 |
Winners of ascents in 1962 by cyclists (4):
Federico BAHAMONTES » 7 | Raymond POULIDOR » 3 | Juan CAMPILLO GARCIA » 2 | Eddy PAUWELS » 1 |