1962 Tour de France
Route of the 1962 Tour de France
Followed counterclockwise, starting in Nancy and finishing in Paris |
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| Dates | 24 June – 15 July | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22, including two split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,274 km (2,656 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 114h 31' 54" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Jacques Anquetil (FRA)
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(Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson) |
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| Second |
 Jef Planckaert (BEL)
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(Flandria–Faema–Clément) | |
| Third |
Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
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(Mercier–BP–Hutchinson) | |
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Points |
 Rudi Altig (FRG)
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(Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson) |
| Mountains |
 Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
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(Margnat–Paloma–D'Alessandro) | |
| Team | Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson | ||
The 1962 Tour de France was the 49th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 4,274-kilometre (2,656 mi) race consisted of 22 stages, including two split stages, starting in Nancy on 24 June and finishing at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 15 July. After more than 30 years, the Tour was again contested by trade teams. Jacques Anquetil of the Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson team defended his title to win his third Tour de France. Jef Planckaert (Flandria–Faema–Clément) placed second and Raymond Poulidor (Mercier–BP–Hutchinson) was third.
The points classification was won by Anquetil's teammate Rudi Altig. Federico Bahamontes of Margnat–Paloma–D'Alessandro won the mountains classification. The team classification was won by Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson, and Eddy Pauwels (Wiel's–Groene Leeuw) was given the award for the most combative rider. Altig and Emile Daems (Philco) won the most stages, with three.
From 1930 to 1961, the Tour de France was contested by national teams, but in 1962, the trade teams returned. From the late-1950s to 1962, the Tour had seen the absence of top riders who had bowed to pressure from their team's extra-sportif (non-cycling industry) sponsors to ride other races that better suited their brands. This, and a demand for wider advertising from a declining bicycle industry led to the reintroduction of the trade team format.
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