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August 30, 2013 at 4:52 pm · Filed under Cycling, The history of cycle racing

In the Cav era the expectation is that the green jersey contenders will spend most of the Tour in the laughing group and pop up now and then to win a stage. Back in the fifties it was different and don’t get confused by Cav/Darrigade comparisons. All they share is having won twenty plus stages and a rainbow jersey but the Frenchman was far more complete than the Manxman.
Check out the top twelve in the green jersey competion in the 1959 Tour and then look at their positions overall. They are all beyond Cav’s wildest dreams. Even Oscar couldn’t compete with this lot. I haven’t a clue how the points were awarded but I see that in the previous Tour the Points winner had the lowest total so presumably that year it was one point for the win and so on.
Green jersey posn. Points total Overall posn.
Darrigade 613 16th
Saint 524 9th
Anquetil 503 Third
Gaul 425 12th
Bahamontes 425 First
Graf 394 21st
Riviere 390 4th
Hoevenaers 387 8th
Anglade 383 Second
Van Aerde 366 22nd
Baldini 315 6th
Robinson 314 19th
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