1959 Tour de Romandie explained

1959 Tour de Romandie
Date:	7–10 May 1959
Stages:	4
Distance:	825.4^[1]
Unit:	km
Time:	23h 01' 02"
First:	Kurt Gimmi
First Nat:	SUI
Second:	Rolf Graf
Second Nat:	SUI
Third:	Alfred Rüegg
Third Nat:	SUI
Previous:	1958
Next:	1960

The 1959 Tour de Romandie was the 13th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 7 May to 10 May 1959. The race started and finished in Fribourg.^[2] The race was won by Kurt Gimmi.

General classification

Final general classification^[3]

Rank	Rider	Time
1
2		+ 26"
3		+ 1' 00"
4		+ 1' 33"
5		+ 1' 34"
6		+ 5' 19"
7		+ 8' 07"
8		+ 9' 03"
9		+ 10' 16"
10		+ 10' 20"

Notes and References

Web site: Tour of Romandie (World Tour), Switzerland. BikeRaceInfo. 1 February 2018.
Web site: 13ème Tour de Romandie 1959. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20050328120701/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_romandie/romandie1959.php. 28 March 2005.
Web site: 1959 Tour de Romandie. First Cycling. 1 February 2018.