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#	Name	Birthday	Team	Country	Score
1.	Jacques ANQUETIL	08-Jan-1934	ACBB	FRA	2691
2.	Rik VAN LOOY	20-Dec-1933	Faema - Guerra	BEL	2640
3.	Charly GAUL	08-Dec-1932	EMI	LUX	2234
4.	Roger RIVIERE	23-Feb-1936	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	2213
5.	Federico MARTIN BAHAMONTES	09-Jul-1928	Tricofilina - Coppi	ESP	2190
6.	Andre DARRIGADE	24-Apr-1929	ACBB	FRA	2179
7.	Henri ANGLADE	06-Jul-1933	Libéria - Hutchinson	FRA	2032
8.	Miguel POBLET	18-Mar-1928	Ignis - Frejus	ESP	1980
9.	Ercole BALDINI	26-Jan-1933	Ignis - Frejus	ITA	1893
10.	Jos HOEVENAERS	30-Nov-1932	Faema - Guerra	BEL	1815
11.	Gerard SAINT	11-Jul-1935	Rapha	FRA	1708
12.	Angelo CONTERNO	13-Mar-1925	Carpano	ITA	1614
13.	Antonio SUAREZ VAZQUEZ	20-May-1932	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	ESP	1551
14.	Rolf GRAF	19-Aug-1932	Tigra	SUI	1352
15.	Diego RONCHINI	09-Dec-1935	Bianchi	ITA	1345
16.	Fred DEBRUYNE	21-Oct-1930	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	BEL	1269
17.	Michel VAN AERDE	02-Oct-1933	Carpano	BEL	1241
18.	Hans JÜNKERMANN	06-May-1934	Faema - Guerra	GER	1240
19.	Louison BOBET	12-Mar-1925	L. Bobet	FRA	1230
20.	Jean GRACZYK	26-May-1933	Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson…	FRA	1226
21.	Gastone NENCINI	01-Mar-1930	Carpano	ITA	1158
22.	Jean BRANKART	12-Jul-1930	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	BEL	1082
23.	Gilbert DESMET I	03-Feb-1931	Carpano	BEL	1050
24.	Nino DEFILIPPIS	21-Mar-1932	Carpano	ITA	1047
25.	Michele GISMONDI	11-Jun-1931	Tricofilina - Coppi	ITA	1038
26.	Rino BENEDETTI	18-Nov-1928	Ghigi - Ganna	ITA	1026
27.	Alessandro FANTINI	01-Jan-1932	Atala - Pirelli - Lygie	ITA	1026
28.	Pierino BAFFI	15-Sep-1930	Ignis - Frejus	ITA	1018
29.	Fernando MANZANEQUE SANCHEZ	04-Feb-1934	Licor 43	ESP	1006
30.	Dino BRUNI	13-Apr-1932	Ignis - Frejus	ITA	993
31.	Marcel JANSSENS	30-Dec-1931	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	986
32.	Eddy PAUWELS	02-May-1935	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	968
33.	Silvano CIAMPI	22-Feb-1932	Bianchi	ITA	944
34.	Leon VAN DAELE	24-Feb-1933	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	918
35.	Frans AERENHOUTS	04-Jul-1937	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	BEL	911
36.	Jean DOTTO	27-Mar-1928	Libéria - Hutchinson	FRA	902
37.	Francois MAHE	02-Sep-1930	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	900
38.	Willy VANNITSEN	08-Feb-1935	Ghigi - Ganna	BEL	898
39.	Noel FORÉ	23-Dec-1932	Groene Leeuw - Sinalco - SAS	BEL	892
40.	Pierre EVERAERT	21-Dec-1933	Rapha	FRA	882
41.	Vito FAVERO	21-Oct-1932	Atala - Pirelli - Lygie	ITA	870
42.	Jose SEGU SORIANO	08-Mar-1935	Kas	ESP	842
43.	Jean ADRIAENSENS	06-Jun-1932	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	BEL	840
44.	Brian ROBINSON	03-Nov-1930	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	GBR	820
45.	Martin VAN GENEUGDEN	21-Jan-1932	Ghigi - Ganna	BEL	811
46.	Frans SCHOUBBEN	11-Nov-1933	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	BEL	811
47.	Seamus ELLIOTT	04-Jun-1934	ACBB	IRL	805
48.	Guido CARLESI	07-Nov-1936	Molteni	ITA	761
49.	Joseph GROUSSARD	02-Mar-1934	Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson…	FRA	730
50.	Arrigo PADOVAN	16-Jun-1927	Atala - Pirelli - Lygie	ITA	724
51.	Norbert KERCKHOVE	21-Oct-1932	Faema - Guerra	BEL	697
52.	Kurt GIMMI	13-Jan-1936	Tricofilina - Coppi	SUI	697
53.	Frans DE MULDER	14-Dec-1937	Groene Leeuw - Sinalco - SAS	BEL	697
54.	Adriano ZAMBONI	22-Jun-1933	Torpado - Clément	ITA	690
55.	Petrus OELLIBRANDT	01-Dec-1935	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	685
56.	Frans VAN LOOVEREN	22-Jun-1932	Faema - Guerra	BEL	677
57.	Ernesto BONO	25-Apr-1936	San Pellegrino Sport	ITA	676
58.	Graziano BATTISTINI	12-May-1936	Legnano - Pirelli	ITA	674
59.	Jean GAINCHE	12-Aug-1932	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	664
60.	Imerio MASSIGNAN	02-Jan-1937	Legnano - Pirelli	ITA	663
61.	Armand DESMET	23-Jan-1931	Groene Leeuw - Sinalco - SAS	BEL	654
62.	Marcel ERNZER	23-Mar-1926	EMI	LUX	653
63.	Armando PELLEGRINI	03-Jun-1933	EMI	ITA	644
64.	Cleto MAULE	14-Mar-1931	Carpano	ITA	644
65.	Salvador BOTELLA	27-Mar-1929	Faema - Guerra	ESP	635
66.	Guido BONI	04-Nov-1933	Tricofilina - Coppi	ITA	628
67.	Raymond MASTROTTO	01-Nov-1934	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	627
68.	Michel VERMEULIN	06-Sep-1934	Essor	FRA	623
69.	Agostino COLETTO	14-Aug-1927	Carpano	ITA	618
70.	Joseph PLANCKAERT	04-May-1934	Carpano	BEL	612
71.	Aurelio CESTARI	16-Jun-1934	Atala - Pirelli - Lygie	ITA	610
72.	Hilaire COUVREUR	22-Sep-1924	Faema - Guerra	BEL	607
73.	Rene PRIVAT	04-Dec-1930	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	598
74.	Bruno MONTI	12-Jun-1930	Atala - Pirelli - Lygie	ITA	591
75.	Manuel BUSTO	01-Oct-1932	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	FRA	574
76.	Fernand PICOT	10-May-1930	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	559
77.	Max SCHELLENBERG	06-Oct-1927	Mondia - Underberg	SUI	559
78.	Marcel ROHRBACH	08-Apr-1933	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	FRA	557
79.	Tino SABBADINI	21-Aug-1928	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	554
80.	Piet DAMEN	20-Jul-1934	Locomotief - Vredestein	NED	553
81.	Jesus GALDEANO PORTILLO	06-Jan-1932	Faema - Guerra	ESP	548
82.	Robert CAZALA	07-Jan-1934	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	548
83.	Alfred RUEGG	07-May-1934	Tricofilina - Coppi	SUI	547
84.	Valentin HUOT	01-May-1929	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	543
85.	Lothar FRIEDRICH	11-Dec-1930	Torpedo	GER	538
86.	Louis BERGAUD	30-Nov-1928	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	535
87.	Raphaël GEMINIANI	12-Jun-1925	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	533
88.	Michel DEJOUHANNET	03-Jul-1935	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	503
89.	Juan CAMPILLO	16-Aug-1928	Faema - Guerra	ESP	498
90.	Giorgio ALBANI	15-Jun-1929	Molteni	ITA	495
91.	Aldo MOSER	07-Feb-1934	Faema - Guerra	ITA	484
92.	Rene PAVARD	03-Oct-1934	Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson…	FRA	484
93.	Walter MARTIN	26-Sep-1936	Carpano	ITA	481
94.	Rene MARIGIL	24-Oct-1928	Licor 43	ESP	477
95.	Giorgio TINAZZI	04-Mar-1936	Torpado - Clément	ITA	477
96.	Edgard SORGELOOS	14-Dec-1930	Faema - Guerra	BEL	473
97.	Roger HASSENFORDER	23-Jul-1930	Tricofilina - Coppi	FRA	466
98.	Joseph THOMIN	30-Jun-1931	Libéria - Hutchinson	FRA	463
99.	Federico GALEAZ	10-Jan-1936	Torpado - Clément	ESP	456
100.	Antonio KARMANY	21-Jan-1934	Kas	ESP	454

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This is the ranking of the most successful professional cyclists in the world in 1959. Use the year and country filters below to look at the same overall ranking until a specific year in the past and/or for a specific country. Riders score points based on their results in the races. These points depend on the (historic) importance of the race, the competition during the race and the toughness of the course. Click on any rider to get an all time overview of the rider with details on the scores and rank for the various seasons and the most important results for each year.

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