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#	Name	Birthday	Team	Country	Score
1.	Jacques ANQUETIL	08-Jan-1934	ACBB	FRA	2680
2.	Rik VAN LOOY	20-Dec-1933	Faema - Guerra	BEL	2629
3.	Charly GAUL	08-Dec-1932	EMI	LUX	2224
4.	Roger RIVIERE	23-Feb-1936	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	2204
5.	Federico MARTIN BAHAMONTES	09-Jul-1928	Tricofilina - Coppi	ESP	2181
6.	Andre DARRIGADE	24-Apr-1929	ACBB	FRA	2170
7.	Henri ANGLADE	06-Jul-1933	Libéria	FRA	2024
8.	Miguel POBLET	18-Mar-1928	Ignis - Frejus	ESP	1972
9.	Jos HOEVENAERS	30-Nov-1932	Faema - Guerra	BEL	1807
10.	Ercole BALDINI	26-Jan-1933	Ignis - Frejus	ITA	1803
11.	Gerard SAINT	11-Jul-1935	Rapha	FRA	1701
12.	Antonio SUAREZ VAZQUEZ	20-May-1932	Licor 43	ESP	1544
13.	Angelo CONTERNO	13-Mar-1925	Carpano	ITA	1453
14.	Rolf GRAF	19-Aug-1932	Tigra	SUI	1346
15.	Diego RONCHINI	09-Dec-1935	Bianchi	ITA	1299
16.	Fred DEBRUYNE	21-Oct-1930	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	BEL	1264
17.	Michel VAN AERDE	02-Oct-1933	Carpano	BEL	1235
18.	Hans JÜNKERMANN	06-May-1934	Faema - Guerra	GER	1234
19.	Louison BOBET	12-Mar-1925	L. Bobet	FRA	1225
20.	Jean GRACZYK	26-May-1933	Helyett	FRA	1221
21.	Gastone NENCINI	01-Mar-1930	Carpano	ITA	1128
22.	Jean BRANKART	12-Jul-1930	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	BEL	1077
23.	Gilbert DESMET I	03-Feb-1931	Carpano	BEL	1045
24.	Nino DEFILIPPIS	21-Mar-1932	Carpano	ITA	1002
25.	Fernando MANZANEQUE SANCHEZ	04-Feb-1934	Licor 43	ESP	1002
26.	Michele GISMONDI	11-Jun-1931	Tricofilina - Coppi	ITA	994
27.	Pierino BAFFI	15-Sep-1930	Ignis - Frejus	ITA	988
28.	Marcel JANSSENS	30-Dec-1931	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	982
29.	Eddy PAUWELS	02-May-1935	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	964
30.	Dino BRUNI	13-Apr-1932	Ignis - Frejus	ITA	949
31.	Leon VAN DAELE	24-Feb-1933	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	914
32.	Frans AERENHOUTS	04-Jul-1937	Mercier	BEL	907
33.	Jean DOTTO	27-Mar-1928	Libéria	FRA	899
34.	Francois MAHE	02-Sep-1930	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	896
35.	Willy VANNITSEN	08-Feb-1935	Ghigi - Ganna	BEL	894
36.	Rino BENEDETTI	18-Nov-1928	Ghigi - Ganna	ITA	888
37.	Noel FORÉ	23-Dec-1932	Groene Leeuw	BEL	888
38.	Pierre EVERAERT	21-Dec-1933	Rapha	FRA	878
39.	Alessandro FANTINI	01-Jan-1932	Atala	ITA	878
40.	Vito FAVERO	21-Oct-1932	Atala	ITA	867
41.	Jose SEGU SORIANO	08-Mar-1935	Kas	ESP	839
42.	Jean ADRIAENSENS	06-Jun-1932	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	BEL	837
43.	Brian ROBINSON	03-Nov-1930	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	GBR	816
44.	Martin VAN GENEUGDEN	21-Jan-1932	Ghigi - Ganna	BEL	807
45.	Frans SCHOUBBEN	11-Nov-1933	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	BEL	807
46.	Seamus ELLIOTT	04-Jun-1934	ACBB	IRL	802
47.	Guido CARLESI	07-Nov-1936	Molteni	ITA	758
48.	Joseph GROUSSARD	02-Mar-1934	Helyett	FRA	727
49.	Norbert KERCKHOVE	21-Oct-1932	Faema - Guerra	BEL	694
50.	Kurt GIMMI	13-Jan-1936	Condor	SUI	694
51.	Frans DE MULDER	14-Dec-1937	Groene Leeuw	BEL	694
52.	Petrus OELLIBRANDT	01-Dec-1935	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	682
53.	Frans VAN LOOVEREN	22-Jun-1932	Faema - Guerra	BEL	675
54.	Jean GAINCHE	12-Aug-1932	Mercier	FRA	661
55.	Armand DESMET	23-Jan-1931	Groene Leeuw	BEL	651
56.	Marcel ERNZER	23-Mar-1926	EMI	LUX	650
57.	Adriano ZAMBONI	22-Jun-1933	Torpado	ITA	647
58.	Ernesto BONO	25-Apr-1936	San Pellegrino	ITA	634
59.	Salvador BOTELLA	27-Mar-1929	Faema - Guerra	ESP	633
60.	Raymond MASTROTTO	01-Nov-1934	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	624
61.	Michel VERMEULIN	06-Sep-1934	Essor	FRA	620
62.	Graziano BATTISTINI	12-May-1936	Legnano	ITA	612
63.	Joseph PLANCKAERT	04-May-1934	Carpano	BEL	609
64.	Hilaire COUVREUR	22-Sep-1924	Faema - Guerra	BEL	605
65.	Imerio MASSIGNAN	02-Jan-1937	Legnano	ITA	603
66.	Rene PRIVAT	04-Dec-1930	Mercier	FRA	596
67.	Guido BONI	04-Nov-1933	Tricofilina - Coppi	ITA	585
68.	Arrigo PADOVAN	16-Jun-1927	Atala	ITA	576
69.	Agostino COLETTO	14-Aug-1927	Carpano	ITA	575
70.	Manuel BUSTO	01-Oct-1932	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	FRA	572
71.	Cleto MAULE	14-Mar-1931	Carpano	ITA	568
72.	Fernand PICOT	10-May-1930	Mercier	FRA	557
73.	Max SCHELLENBERG	06-Oct-1927	Mondia - Underberg	SUI	557
74.	Marcel ROHRBACH	08-Apr-1933	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	FRA	555
75.	Tino SABBADINI	21-Aug-1928	Mercier	FRA	551
76.	Piet DAMEN	20-Jul-1934	Locomotief	NED	550
77.	Bruno MONTI	12-Jun-1930	Atala	ITA	548
78.	Jesus GALDEANO PORTILLO	06-Jan-1932	Faema - Guerra	ESP	545
79.	Robert CAZALA	07-Jan-1934	Mercier	FRA	545
80.	Alfred RUEGG	07-May-1934	Tricofilina - Coppi	SUI	544
81.	Valentin HUOT	01-May-1929	Mercier	FRA	541
82.	Armando PELLEGRINI	03-Jun-1933	EMI	ITA	539
83.	Aurelio CESTARI	16-Jun-1934	Atala	ITA	538
84.	Lothar FRIEDRICH	11-Dec-1930	Torpedo	GER	536
85.	Louis BERGAUD	30-Nov-1928	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	533
86.	Raphaël GEMINIANI	12-Jun-1925	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	531
87.	Silvano CIAMPI	22-Feb-1932	Bianchi	ITA	503
88.	Michel DEJOUHANNET	03-Jul-1935	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	501
89.	Juan CAMPILLO	16-Aug-1928	Faema - Guerra	ESP	496
90.	Rene PAVARD	03-Oct-1934	Helyett	FRA	482
91.	Rene MARIGIL	24-Oct-1928	Licor 43	ESP	475
92.	Giorgio TINAZZI	04-Mar-1936	Torpado	ITA	475
93.	Edgard SORGELOOS	14-Dec-1930	Faema - Guerra	BEL	471
94.	Roger HASSENFORDER	23-Jul-1930	Tricofilina - Coppi	FRA	464
95.	Joseph THOMIN	30-Jun-1931	Libéria	FRA	461
96.	Antonio KARMANY	21-Jan-1934	Kas	ESP	452
97.	Jaap KERSTEN	10-Nov-1934	Magneet	NED	448
98.	Friedhelm FISCHERKELLER	03-Jan-1935	Faema - Guerra	GER	443
99.	Jan ZAGERS	20-Mar-1931	Libertas - Eura Drinks	BEL	441
100.	Arthur DE CABOOTER	03-Oct-1936	Groene Leeuw	BEL	438

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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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