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Ranking 1959

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#	Name	Birthday	Team	Country	Score
1.	Jacques ANQUETIL	08-Jan-1934	Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson…	FRA	2651
2.	Rik VAN LOOY	20-Dec-1933	Faema - Guerra	BEL	2601
3.	Charly GAUL	08-Dec-1932	EMI - Guerra	LUX	2329
4.	Miguel POBLET	18-Mar-1928	Ignis - Frejus	ESP	2186
5.	Roger RIVIERE	23-Feb-1936	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	2180
6.	Federico MARTIN BAHAMONTES	09-Jul-1928	Tricofilina - Coppi	ESP	2158
7.	Andre DARRIGADE	24-Apr-1929	Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson…	FRA	2147
8.	Jos HOEVENAERS	30-Nov-1932	Faema - Guerra	BEL	2093
9.	Henri ANGLADE	06-Jul-1933	Libéria - Hutchinson	FRA	2028
10.	Ercole BALDINI	26-Jan-1933	Ignis - Frejus	ITA	1865
11.	Louison BOBET	12-Mar-1925	L. Bobet	FRA	1785
12.	Gerard SAINT	11-Jul-1935	Rapha - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	1682
13.	Angelo CONTERNO	13-Mar-1925	Carpano	ITA	1590
14.	Antonio SUAREZ VAZQUEZ	20-May-1932	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	ESP	1528
15.	Gastone NENCINI	01-Mar-1930	Carpano	ITA	1492
16.	Diego RONCHINI	09-Dec-1935	Bianchi - Pirelli	ITA	1431
17.	Rolf GRAF	19-Aug-1932	Tigra	SUI	1332
18.	Fred DEBRUYNE	21-Oct-1930	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	BEL	1251
19.	Michel VAN AERDE	02-Oct-1933	Carpano	BEL	1222
20.	Hans JÜNKERMANN	06-May-1934	Faema - Guerra	GER	1221
21.	Jean GRACZYK	26-May-1933	Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson…	FRA	1208
22.	Jean BRANKART	12-Jul-1930	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	BEL	1066
23.	Gilbert DESMET I	03-Feb-1931	Carpano	BEL	1034
24.	Nino DEFILIPPIS	21-Mar-1932	Carpano	ITA	1031
25.	Pierino BAFFI	15-Sep-1930	Ignis - Frejus	ITA	1028
26.	Michele GISMONDI	11-Jun-1931	Tricofilina - Coppi	ITA	1023
27.	Rino BENEDETTI	18-Nov-1928	Ghigi - Ganna	ITA	1011
28.	Alessandro FANTINI	01-Jan-1932	Atala - Pirelli - Lygie	ITA	1011
29.	Fernando MANZANEQUE SANCHEZ	04-Feb-1934	Licor 43	ESP	992
30.	Dino BRUNI	13-Apr-1932	Ignis - Frejus	ITA	978
31.	Marcel JANSSENS	30-Dec-1931	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	971
32.	Eddy PAUWELS	02-May-1935	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	954
33.	Armando PELLEGRINI	03-Jun-1933	EMI - Guerra	ITA	934
34.	Silvano CIAMPI	22-Feb-1932	Bianchi - Pirelli	ITA	930
35.	Leon VAN DAELE	24-Feb-1933	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	904
36.	Frans AERENHOUTS	04-Jul-1937	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	BEL	897
37.	Jean DOTTO	27-Mar-1928	Libéria - Hutchinson	FRA	889
38.	Francois MAHE	02-Sep-1930	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	887
39.	Willy VANNITSEN	08-Feb-1935	Ghigi - Ganna	BEL	885
40.	Noel FORÉ	23-Dec-1932	Groene Leeuw - Sinalco - SAS	BEL	879
41.	Pierre EVERAERT	21-Dec-1933	Rapha - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	869
42.	Vito FAVERO	21-Oct-1932	Atala - Pirelli - Lygie	ITA	857
43.	Jose SEGU SORIANO	08-Mar-1935	Kas	ESP	830
44.	Bruno MONTI	12-Jun-1930	Atala - Pirelli - Lygie	ITA	829
45.	Jean ADRIAENSENS	06-Jun-1932	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	BEL	828
46.	Norbert KERCKHOVE	21-Oct-1932	Faema - Guerra	BEL	826
47.	Brian ROBINSON	03-Nov-1930	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	GBR	808
48.	Martin VAN GENEUGDEN	21-Jan-1932	Ghigi - Ganna	BEL	798
49.	Frans SCHOUBBEN	11-Nov-1933	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	BEL	798
50.	Seamus ELLIOTT	04-Jun-1934	Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson…	IRL	793
51.	Joseph PLANCKAERT	04-May-1934	Carpano	BEL	758
52.	Guido CARLESI	07-Nov-1936	Molteni	ITA	750
53.	Arrigo PADOVAN	16-Jun-1927	Atala - Pirelli - Lygie	ITA	734
54.	Adriano ZAMBONI	22-Jun-1933	Torpado - Clément	ITA	726
55.	Joseph GROUSSARD	02-Mar-1934	Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson…	FRA	719
56.	Kurt GIMMI	13-Jan-1936	Tricofilina - Coppi	SUI	687
57.	Frans DE MULDER	14-Dec-1937	Groene Leeuw - Sinalco - SAS	BEL	687
58.	Cleto MAULE	14-Mar-1931	Carpano	ITA	679
59.	Petrus OELLIBRANDT	01-Dec-1935	Flandria - Dr. Mann	BEL	675
60.	Frans VAN LOOVEREN	22-Jun-1932	Faema - Guerra	BEL	667
61.	Ernesto BONO	25-Apr-1936	San Pellegrino Sport	ITA	666
62.	Graziano BATTISTINI	12-May-1936	Legnano - Pirelli	ITA	664
63.	Jean GAINCHE	12-Aug-1932	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	654
64.	Imerio MASSIGNAN	02-Jan-1937	Legnano - Pirelli	ITA	653
65.	Alfredo SABBADIN	20-Jan-1936	Mondia - Underberg	ITA	651
66.	Armand DESMET	23-Jan-1931	Groene Leeuw - Sinalco - SAS	BEL	644
67.	Marcel ERNZER	23-Mar-1926	EMI - Guerra	LUX	643
68.	Salvador BOTELLA	27-Mar-1929	Faema - Guerra	ESP	626
69.	Guido BONI	04-Nov-1933	Tricofilina - Coppi	ITA	619
70.	Raymond MASTROTTO	01-Nov-1934	Rapha - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	618
71.	Michel VERMEULIN	06-Sep-1934	Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson…	FRA	614
72.	Agostino COLETTO	14-Aug-1927	Carpano	ITA	609
73.	Aurelio CESTARI	16-Jun-1934	Atala - Pirelli - Lygie	ITA	601
74.	Hilaire COUVREUR	22-Sep-1924	Faema - Guerra	BEL	598
75.	Rene PRIVAT	04-Dec-1930	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	589
76.	Manuel BUSTO	01-Oct-1932	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	FRA	566
77.	Fernand PICOT	10-May-1930	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	551
78.	Max SCHELLENBERG	06-Oct-1927	Mondia - Underberg	SUI	551
79.	Marcel ROHRBACH	08-Apr-1933	Peugeot - BP - Dunlop	FRA	549
80.	Tino SABBADINI	21-Aug-1928	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	546
81.	Piet DAMEN	20-Jul-1934	Locomotief - Vredestein	NED	545
82.	Jesus GALDEANO PORTILLO	06-Jan-1932	Faema - Guerra	ESP	539
83.	Robert CAZALA	07-Jan-1934	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	539
84.	Alfred RUEGG	07-May-1934	Tricofilina - Coppi	SUI	538
85.	Valentin HUOT	01-May-1929	Mercier - BP - Hutchinson	FRA	535
86.	Lothar FRIEDRICH	11-Dec-1930	Torpedo - Fichtel & Sachs	GER	530
87.	Louis BERGAUD	30-Nov-1928	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	527
88.	Raphaël GEMINIANI	12-Jun-1925	Rapha - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	525
89.	Michel DEJOUHANNET	03-Jul-1935	Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop	FRA	496
90.	Juan CAMPILLO	16-Aug-1928	Faema - Guerra	ESP	491
91.	Giorgio ALBANI	15-Jun-1929	Molteni	ITA	488
92.	Antonino CATALANO	03-Jul-1932	Bianchi - Pirelli	ITA	483
93.	Mario TOSATO	11-Dec-1930	Torpado - Clément	ITA	480
94.	Aldo MOSER	07-Feb-1934	EMI - Guerra	ITA	476
95.	Rene PAVARD	03-Oct-1934	Helyett - Leroux - Fynsec - Hutchinson…	FRA	476
96.	Walter MARTIN	26-Sep-1936	Carpano	ITA	473
97.	Rene MARIGIL	24-Oct-1928	Licor 43	ESP	470
98.	Giorgio TINAZZI	04-Mar-1936	Mondia - Underberg	ITA	470
99.	Edgard SORGELOOS	14-Dec-1930	Faema - Guerra	BEL	466
100.	Roger HASSENFORDER	23-Jul-1930	Tricofilina - Coppi	FRA	459

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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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