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Historic Overview André Darrigade

Rider

Overall Rank71
NameAndré DARRIGADE
Country
  France
Date of birth24-Apr-1929 - Narrosse (Aquitaine)

Biography

André Darrigade

André Darrigade (born 24 April 1929) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer between 1951 and 1966. Darrigade, a road sprinter won the 1959 World Championship and 22 stages of the Tour de France. Five of those Tour victories were on opening days, a record tied by Fabian Cancellara in 2012 (who won 4 prologues and an individual time trial in 2009).

source - Wikipedia

Badges

22 19 2 49

Major Victories

World Championships Road Race 1959
Giro di Lombardia 1956
Genova - Nizza 1964
Critérium International 1959
G.P. de l'Echo d'Alger 1955
Trofeo Baracchi 1956
Tour de France - stages 1953 (1), 1955 (1), 1956 (1), 1957 (3), 1958 (5), 1959 (2), 1960 (1), 1961 (4), 1962 (1), 1963 (1), 1964 (2)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1960 (1)
Paris - Nice - stages 1952 (1), 1960 (1), 1961 (1), 1963 (1), 1964 (1)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1961 (1), 1962 (1), 1964 (2)
Tour de Romandie - stages 1957 (1), 1960 (2)
Paris - Saint-Etienne - stages 1952 (1)
Driedaagse van Antwerpen - stages 1955 (1)
4 Jours de Dunkerque - stages 1958 (1)
Tour du Sud-Est - stages 1953 (1), 1963 (1), 1964 (1)
Tour d'Algérie - stages 1952 (1)
Menton - Genova - Roma - stages 1960 (1)
More results

Seasons

André Darrigade - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1951 La Perle - Hutchinson 149 278
2. 1952 La Perle - Hutchinson 358 142
3. 1953 La Perle - Hutchinson 844 53
4. 1954 La Perle - Hutchinson 911 53
5. 1955 La Perle - Hutchinson 1255 39
6. 1956 Helyett - Potin - Hutchinson 2105 12
7. 1957 Helyett - Potin 2137 12
8. 1958 Helyett - Leroux - Hutchinson 2304 10
9. 1959 Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson - A.C.B.B. 2633 7
10. 1960 Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson - A.C.B.B. 2558 5
11. 1961 Alcyon - Leroux 2029 10
12. 1962 Gitane - Leroux - Dunlop - R. Geminiani 1734 20
13. 1963 Margnat - Paloma - Dunlop 1551 26
14. 1964 Margnat - Paloma - Dunlop 1235 38
15. 1965 Margnat - Paloma - Inuri - Dunlop 570 108
16. 1966 Kamomé - Dilecta - Dunlop 306 183
Overall: 22679 71