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Historic Overview André Darrigade

Rider

Overall Rank70
NameAndré DARRIGADE
Country
  France
Date of birth24-Apr-1929 - Narrosse (Aquitaine)
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Biography

André Darrigade

André Darrigade (born 24 April 1929 in Narrosse) 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 48

Major Victories

World Championships Road Race 1959
Giro di Lombardia 1956
Genova - Nizza 1964
Critérium International 1959
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 82 373
2. 1952 La Perle - Hutchinson 315 151
3. 1953 La Perle - Hutchinson 741 49
4. 1954 La Perle - Hutchinson 753 57
5. 1955 La Perle - Hutchinson 1019 44
6. 1956 Helyett - Potin - Hutchinson 1779 11
7. 1957 Helyett - Potin 1989 11
8. 1958 Helyett - Leroux - Hutchinson 2164 7
9. 1959 Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson - A.C.B.B. 2259 9
10. 1960 Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson - A.C.B.B. 2171 7
11. 1961 Alcyon - Leroux 1720 12
12. 1962 Gitane - Leroux - Dunlop - R. Geminiani 1592 17
13. 1963 Margnat - Paloma - Dunlop 1322 29
14. 1964 Margnat - Paloma - Dunlop 1094 39
15. 1965 Margnat - Paloma - Inuri - Dunlop 465 115
16. 1966 Kamomé - Dilecta - Dunlop 263 191
Overall: 19728 70